New Age Spirituality

New age spirituality has gain popularity in the last Century. This type of religious experience has its roots to beginning in the Transcendentalist movement of the 19th Century. Paper Masters can trace the history of New Age Spirituality or our writers can write on the beliefs and tenants of the New Age Movement.

New Age spirituality is the expression of personal belief based on the wide umbrella of practices and beliefs described as "New Age." There is no accepted, universal definition of "spirituality," but it is generally described as a person's self-transformation in the quest to seek fulfillment in subjective experience. Spirituality can be any meaningful experience. There is no holy text, formal organization, or unifying creed for what constitutes New Age spirituality.

The New Age Movement

The New Age movement began in the United States in the early 1970s, an outgrowth of the Age of Aquarius. There is no single unified dogma of New Age spirituality, but a collection of holistic practices and beliefs in a Source for all things, which is not necessarily God. New Age spirituality largely stresses the individual as the source of authority. At the root of all New Age spirituality is a democratic belief in the freedom of the individual to choose his or her path, belief system, and practices.

One of the core practices in New Age spirituality is that of channeling. Channeling is the idea that a human person can be a source of information, messages from divine beings, nature spirits, or the collective unconscious. Other aspects of New Age spirituality include:

• The healing power of crystals
• Tarot Cards
• Astrology
• Listening to New Age music
• Belief in various holistic healing techniques