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New
Age describes a broad movement in Western culture characterised
by an individual eclectic approach to spiritual exploration.
Rather than follow an organised religion its members construct
their own spiritual journey based on material taken as needed
from the mystical traditions of all the worlds religions
as well as shamanism, neopaganism and occultism. The name
also refers to the market sector which sells goods and servces
to people in the movement.
This
movement is particularly concerned with the unity of mind,
body and spirit. Its members may dip into many diverse teachings
and practises, some main stream and some fringe and formulate
their own beliefs and practices based on their experiences
in each. No clear membership or rigid boundaries actually
exist. The movement is most visible where its ideas are
traded, in specialist bookshops, music stores and fairs.
The
New Age movement has some attributes of a new, emerging
religion but is currently a loose network of spiritual seekers,
teachers, healers and other participants.
The
name New Age originated in 1960's counterculture. It was
popularized by the American mass media during the late 1980's,
to describe the alternative spiritual subculture interested
in such things as meditation, channeling, reincarnation,
crystals, psychic experience, holistic health, environmentalism,
and various “unsolved mysteries” such as UFO's,
Earth mysteries and Crop circles. Typical activities of
this subculture include participation in study or meditation
groups, attendance at lectures and fairs; the purchase of
books, music, and other products such as crystals or incense;
patronage of fortune-tellers, healers and spiritual counselors.
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New
age and alternative medicine:
Acupressure
Age of Aquarius
Alternative Medicine
Ayurveda
Edward Bach
Bach flower remedies
Branches of alternative medicine
Chiropractic medicine
Complementary and alternative medicine
Folk medicine
Homeopathy
Massage
Naturopathic Medicine
New Age
Qigong
Reiki
Shiatsu
Traditional Chinese medicine
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Music
Although
more rock than new age in genre the 1967 successful musical
Hair with its opening song "Aquarius" and the
memorable line "This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius"
brought the New age concept to the attention of a huge world
wide audience.
A large
percentage of music described as of New Age genre is instrumental,
and electronic. Arguably, this music has its roots in the
1970s with the works of such free-form jazz groups recording
on the ECM label such as Oregon, the Paul Winter Group,
and other pre-ambient bands; as well as ambient performers
such as Brian Eno and easy listening artists like Solomon
Keal.
Vocal
arrangements are also common. Enya, although claiming her
music is not of this genre, has won a New Age Grammy for
her music which utilizes vocals in a variety of languages,
including Latin. Less well known is Medwyn Goodall, who
relies mainly on electronic keyboard effects, and includes
acoustic guitar as well.
Music
labeled New Age often has a vision of a better future, expresses
an appreciation of goodness and beauty, even an anticipation,
relevant to some event. Rarely does New Age music dwell
on a problem with this world or its inhabitants; instead
it offers a peaceful vision of a better world. Often the
music is celestial, when the title names stars or deep space
explorations. Ennio Morricone wrote the entire score for
the movie Mission to Mars, and while the credits flash we
hear All the Friends, New Age orchestral style.
The
titles of New Age music are often illuminating, because
the words used by the artists attempt to convey their version
of truth, in a few short words. On listening to the music,
one may understand the idea within the title. Examples of
titles: Bond of Union, Sweet Wilderness, Shepherd Moons,
Animus Anima.
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Medicine
Many people with a New Age perspective also adopt Complementary
and alternative medicine. Some rely on New Age related treatments
exclusively, while others use them in combination with conventional
medicine. This is completly compatible with New age belief
in the unity of mind body spirit and the emphasis on things
natural. Some techniques worthy of mention are herbal medicine,
Ayurveda, acupuncture, homeopathy, iridology, auras and
the use of crystals in healing therapy.
It should
be noted that, when considered purely as medical techniques,
most of these systems of treatment are viewed with extreme
skepticism and even as quackery by most scientific professionals.
When tested using the same types of regimens as those applied
to pharamaceutical drugs and surgical techniques (for example,
double blind clinical studies), these systems typically
do not yield demonstrable improvements over standard techniques,
and may even produce harm in a greater number of cases.
However,
one benefit of New Age medicine's popularity, and its criticism
of conventional medicine, has been to encourage many medical
practitioners to pay closer attention to the entire patient's
needs rather than just her or his specific disease San Francisco
Medical Library (http://www.sfms.org/sfm/sfm199f.htm). Such
approaches, termed "holistic medicine", are now
becoming more popular. Conventional medicine has recognised
that a patient's state of mind can be crucial in determining
the outcome of many diseases, and this perception has helped
recast the roles of doctor and patient as more egalitarian.
Critics
of New Age medicine continue to point out that without some
kind of testing procedure, there is no way of separating
those techniques, medicinal herbs, and lifestyle changes
which actually contribute to increased health from those
which have no effect, or which are actually deleterious
to one's health.
Lifestyle
The following subjective description of a New Age lifestyle
illuminates the sociological dimension of the New Age movement.
Note the references to the "inter-connectedness"
of all things: "people feeling somehow, mysteriously,
they have met before or known each other from a distant
time" and an implicit cosmic goal "two people
meet and sense there may be a hidden meaning, or reason
why". Rather than reliance on social forms such as
regular church attendance, New Agers "recognize"
each other through their mutual perception of shared values,
and the shibboleths of New Age terms and usages:
New
Age lifestyles can be observed anywhere that people meet,
congregate, and visit. To an outside observer, the eventful
outcome of this meeting differs from other similar meetings
she may have seen before, because something changes. Something
clicks in people's behavior making them exchange information,
most always with everyone getting more out of the event
than was individually put into it. This often happens in
New Age lifestyles, becoming so common one would think the
new age has already left a mark on the mainstream! At one
time before the New Age lifestyle silently, without any
fanfare, changed western society, the outcome of interaction
was: someone wins and the other loses. Although this is
an overly simplistic view of social intercourse, it did
exist in general, at large. New Age introduced a think tank
style of social interaction, which results in a synergy--all
involved in a meaningful event are left with more clarity,
higher and more focused than before. Again, this is an overly
simplisitic view. People may not even believe they are New
Agers, though they fit the general pattern.
A typical conversation may begin in groups or in pairs,
where the subject involves insights, deeply held truths,
or even revelations, from a known or unknown origin. The
result of this interaction may bond the people involved
who share similar visions or outlooks. Feelings of déjà
vu may occur, with people feeling somehow, mysteriously,
they have met before or known each other from a distant
time in history.
Shopping at a store dealing in herbal supplements, two people
meet and sense there may be a hidden meaning, or reason
why they just happened to be purchasing ginseng tea at that
particular moment, in that particular place, at the same
time. Rather than overlooking the event, tucking it away
as a mere coincidence, they talk, more often about themselves
to each other, and interact, a key component of this lifestyle.
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