NEW AGE

New Age : Although it is often referred to as a religion, the New Age is in reality an almost completely decentralized spiritual movement. It is composed of metaphysical bookstores, seminar leaders, authors, teachers and user/believers of a variety of techniques, such as channeling, past life regressions, pyramid science, crystal power, etc. It is a free-flowing spiritual movement -- a network of believers and practitioners -- where book publishers take the place of a central organization; seminars, conventions, books and informal groups replace of sermons and religious services. Conservative useage: closely coordinated groups including occultists, Wiccans, Satanists, astrologers, channelers, spiritists, etc.