The New Age Movement

<p>Reincarnation auras and energizing crystals -- surely these are the stuff of fairy tales nothing more. People don't really speak to ancient Egyptian holy men or listen seriously to Shirley MacLaine for that matter -- do they? Drawing from a range of occult pagan and pseudo-scientific traditions the New Age Movement is broad diffuse hard to nail down -- and insidiously dangerous. Its belief in the divinity of humanity its emphasis on self-actualization and its looking forward to a coming utopian new world have tremendous appeal. But does it have the truth?</p>