New Age Encyclopedia : A Guide to the Beliefs, Concepts, Terms, People, and Organizations That Make Up the New Global Movement Toward Spiritual Development, Health and Healing, Higher Consciousness, and Related Subjects

Book by Melton, J. Gordon, Gordon, J. A book that offers a wealth of material that is difficult to find in other sources. The scope statement in the introduction indicates that these topics are not easily separated from the occult-psychic-metaphysical movements that proceeded the New Age Movement, but include metaphysical, medical, and political concerns, while excluding the broader territory of the Gale Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology (1984). Biographical, organizational, and definitional information is included This work brings together the diverse elements of this developing movement providing information on the beliefs, concepts, terms, people and organizations that make up the movement. Included in the encyclopedia is a chronology of the movement. Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction An Overview of the New Age Movement Chronology of the New Age Movement A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Educational Institutions Appendix Alphabetical and Keyword Index