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Originally posted by Xaphan
Personally I've never understood why people refer to it as "new age".
Some of these teachings/concepts have been around for thousands of years.
Originally posted by TheLastStand
Originally posted by Xaphan
Personally I've never understood why people refer to it as "new age".
Some of these teachings/concepts have been around for thousands of years.
you are exactly right. It is a retarded hodgepodge of recycled material. Only an idiot would fall for this crap!
Originally posted by FlyInTheOintment
reply to post by b3l13v3
Anton La Vey (head of the church of Satan) said that New Agers were Satanists without the acknowlegement of that fact, and in fact laughed at them for being too chicken to admit that they serve Lucifer through their rites and rituals...
Interesting thoughts on the striking similarities between practitioners of Satanism and certain New Age authors
I don't agree with all the thoughts on that page (for example that the Pope will be the False Prophet - I have no idea about the specifics of who's who); however, there's some critical insights on how Satanism and New Age philosophers share quite a lot - uncannily so - in common. For example, the commonality of channelled material from the Pleiades and ..........
The Age of Aquarius is either the current or new age in the cycle of astrological ages. Each astrological age, resulting from very slow precessional movement of the Earth's rotation, is approximately 2,150 years long, on average, but there are various methods of calculating this length that may yield longer or shorter time spans depending upon the technique used. Unlike sun-sign astrology where the first sign is Aries, followed by Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces, whereupon the cycle returns to Aries and through the zodiacal signs again, the astrological ages proceed in the opposite direction or order – normally termed retrograde. Therefore, the Age of Aquarius follows the Age of Pisces. It has been said that we are currently shifting into the Aquarian Age.[1]
The approximate 2150 years for each age corresponds to the average time it takes for the Vernal Equinox to move from one constellation of the zodiac into the next. This can be computed by dividing the Earth's 25,800 year gyroscopic precession period by twelve, the number of Zodiac constellations used by astrologers. According to different astrologers' calculations, approximated dates for entering the Age of Aquarius range from 1447 AD (Terry MacKinnell) to 3597 (John Addey).[2] The start date for the Aquarian age is somewhat contentious[
Ages are believed by some astrologers to affect mankind while other astrologers believe the ages correlate to the rise and fall of mighty civilisations and cultural tendencies. Aquarius traditionally "rules" electricity, computers, flight, democracy, freedom, humanitarianism, idealists, modernisation, astrology, nervous disorders, rebels and rebellion.[5] Other keywords and ideas believed associated with Aquarius are non-conformity, philanthropy, veracity, perseverance, humanity and irresolution.[6] The appearance or elevation in status of many of these Aquarian developments over the last few centuries is considered by many astrologers to indicate the proximity of the Aquarian age. There is no uniform agreement about the relationship of these recent Aquarian developments and the Age of Aquarius. Some astrologers believe that the influence of a New Age is experienced before it arrives because of a cuspal effect or Orb of Influence. Other astrologers believe the appearance of Aquarian developments, indicate the actual arrival of the Age of Aquarius.
They take aspects of every religion to try and ensnare more and more people into it,
Originally posted by artistpoet
reply to post by Itisnowagain
Fair enough but Peter Green has his own perspective which you say you share
You see it is easy to give out information but to show you understand that information or not you need to put forward your understanding of the information in your own words or by your own example.
Otherwise it is just the repetition of information and does not show your understanding of the information.
I do not mean this personally as it applys to me and others also
Just felt this needed saying
To all those who are bashing/flaming this thread, you won't even begin to understand any of this until you wake yourself up, until you begin to ask questions and become more and more curious about life, death and its mysteries.
Originally posted by Drew99GT
Originally posted by InfoKartel
reply to post by b3l13v3
Pardon me but people who believe in the whole new age bullcrap, ascension stories(this isn't dragonball z for crying out loud), indigo children...are like sheep to the slaughter. People who believe in the david icke and willcock bullcrap are probably as gullible as can be. The illuminati nonsense...that comes down to glorifying habitual drug abusers...bullcrap. Not to forget the nonsense about galactic federations, the bullcrap about aliens visiting Earth but only visiting those who oppress humanity or they travel millions of light years to scribble something into friggin' cornfields.
I mean, if you, honestly think about this from a SANE point of view...it's INSANE!
It's a money making scheme and it's called MARKETING.
Take these words as a warning and rip yourselves from this new age nonsense as soon as you can. It's a trick to keep you down.
THANK YOU! Most New Age websites have a paypal donate button...
Anyone who believes in any of the New Age crap, or in a one world government, or in any kind of human social utopia should best read a history book or two. Or watch this guy. He explains it brilliantly. Human nature is human nature. Each and everyone of us will always strive to be NUMBER 1! And that goes all the way to the top of politics and world affairs. I'm serious. You want some enlightenment? I dare you to watch this entire video. I double dare you. I triple dare you! Watch it to the end. Because it's the truth.
edit on 14-5-2012 by Drew99GT because: (no reason given)
It is the attitude and thought process you speak of that is adding to the collective problem.
Just because humanity tends to be ego driven in our inherent nature does not mean we do not need to change.It does not mean we will never change.Or that we were once not like this? have we forgotten or do so many not care anymore.?
A "New age" is needed. A era of change where greed,poverty,selfishness,hate,murder,oppression is no more.
Maybe that is not the thought process we all have when we think about 'new age' but personally for me,that is how I tend to look at it.
The old ways are not working for us.human nature does not need to be set in stone.Can you not change if you choose to? we can all change if we decide to.
I hope for a utopia like existence...a New age is possible...But only when we stop thinking.believing and acting like we presently are. Only when we collectively have had enough with the way things are,when we no longer believe and accept that this is the way things are...it is only human nature...will we change.
I would sincerely hope that we could all agree that we are much much more than evil,greed,war and selfishness.
The survival of the fittest mentality and competitive "I have to be number 1" way of thinking is a big part of our problem collectively.
I don't want to be number one,I want things to change so we can realize that we are all one.
reply to post by FlyInTheOintment
Anton La Vey (head of the church of Satan) said that New Agers were Satanists without the acknowlegement of that fact, and in fact laughed at them for being too chicken to admit that they serve Lucifer through their rites and rituals...
It is the truth. It's not detracting or adding anything. It's the truth. Can you handle it?
What you fail to understand is, no. We were always like this. A very limited amount of people have always been speaking truth into the face of a majority of people. Namely: These new age ideas come in books that people sell to gain money. These new age gurus challenge each other or work together to fool YOU in order to make as much money as possible and get as many followers as possible.
You just listed everything bad, made it be part of the "old world"...and proclaim that a "new world" does not have any of these traits.
It's not very concrete now is it? Everything bad on this side, everything good on that side. Which side are you going to pick? (The answer is obvious, but new age folk pretend it's a mystery)
That's why you new agers need to do some proper research because you've been saying the same stuff for close to or over a hundred years now, adding and detracting stuff to keep it interesting and up to date in order to sound reasonable to as many people as possible. But guess what? New agers have achieved less than nothing, in the sense that they've put more people into ignorance than taken out.
That has absolutely NOTHING to do with "new age" and everything to do with evolution of our species. What you describe will be achieved at some point, it's inevitable. Maybe in 100 years, maybe in 1000. Does that mean that the things "new agers" believe is helping? Not at all, it's putting more people to sleep than awaking them.
We sure are. But does that put food in your stomach? No. Does it put a roof over your head? No. See, you can talk like that all you want, but go to a third world country and say the same things, I guarantee you will think and feel stupid.