Problems with The New Age

I hope you have been hard at work stripping yourself of any lingering illusions about the state of the world. I certainly have been, and while much of what I uncovered is reserved for future writings, there is something I have recently come to a much stronger realisation about – the New Age. Now, those of you who used to follow me on Facebook (before I left it in disgust in 2016) may remember that I used to write an occasional series called Problems with the New Age. Well, here is a reboot of that.

First, what precisely is the New Age?

Aquarian Politics, Wokeness and The Slide into Authoritarianism

On reading this title you might say that you are not interested in politics and just want to learn about spirituality. Me too! But spirituality has been made political to such an extent that you can read an innocent sounding book or attend a perfectly ordinary course entitled something like Spirituality 101: A Beginners Guide and without knowing it be thrust head long into the world of politics.

Are you Wise or Woke?

Every period of history produces wise people. But only this century, this decade, the last few years, has produced people who are woke. By now everyone must have heard this word, used to describe those who have achieved a state of enlightenment and knowledge which enables them to magically see oppression, inequality, and injustice in ways that previous generations were blind to.

The Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius

There is an idea going around that humanity stands on the brink of a New Age in which unfairness, injustice, greed and discrimination will be swept to one side and a new order of fairness, equity, peace and human rights will prevail.

It is hard to say precisely where this belief originated. Perhaps it is an outgrowth of the anticipated Second Coming of the Messiah? Perhaps it’s a hangover from the peace and love vibes of the 1960’s? But wherever the idea comes from it now permeates our entire society. Everyone can see that everything is changing.

Thoughts:

HOW DO THE MYSTIC ARTS INTERSECT WITH THE MATERIAL WORLD?