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Straight Answers on the New Age
Horoscopes, crystals, the Human Potential Movement, meditation, channeling ... at last, everything you need to know about the New Age Movement is documented in this comprehensive volume written by one of the world's foremost experts. Answers to commonly asked questions follow each topical overview along with a mini-glossary of people, places, and terms associated with the subject.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published April 17, 1989
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Bob Larson
55 books39 followersBob Larson is an American radio and television evangelist, and a pastor of Spiritual Freedom Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Larson has authored numerous books critical of rock music and Satanism.
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October 21, 2024
THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR AND TALK SHOW HOST DEALS WITH THE "NEW AGE"
Bob Larson (born 1944) is an American radio and television evangelist, currently based in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has written many books, such as 'Larson's Book of Spiritual Warfare,' 'Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality,' 'Dead Air (Dead Air Series, Book 1),' 'Larson's New Book of Cults,' etc.
He wrote in the Preface to this 1989 book, "I continually confront the New Age Movement on my syndicated, life-by-satellite talk show... My research files are voluminous on everything from Aquarian occultism to New Age holistic health. Prominent New Age personalities have debated me... As I started to write this book, it seemed ironic that I hadn't done so sooner... Much of this book isn't editorialized; I simply report what's happening... By presenting a comprehensive and historical document on the New Age, I hope Christians and New Agers alike will consider more seriously the movement's ideas and implications."
Here are some additional quotations from the book:
"Critics of New Age holism say that, extravagant claims aside, no practitioner has yet opened blind eyes or cured an AIDS victim. Psychiatrists argue that it's not unusual for a fleeting sense of well-being to follow an exotic healing procedure." (Pg. 59)
"In 1970, Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder wrote a best-selling book entitled Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain. Their speculation about the power of pyramids began fueling a fad that had long interested occultists." (Pg. 67)
"The (New Age) Movement should not complain that it has gotten a raw deal from the press. Any misconceptions can be readily corrected by a variety of New Age periodicals. The most potent testimony to the Movement's scope is the tangible proof that a consuming public for New Age products exists in the form of magazine purchasers." (Pg. 169)
Bob Larson (born 1944) is an American radio and television evangelist, currently based in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has written many books, such as 'Larson's Book of Spiritual Warfare,' 'Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality,' 'Dead Air (Dead Air Series, Book 1),' 'Larson's New Book of Cults,' etc.
He wrote in the Preface to this 1989 book, "I continually confront the New Age Movement on my syndicated, life-by-satellite talk show... My research files are voluminous on everything from Aquarian occultism to New Age holistic health. Prominent New Age personalities have debated me... As I started to write this book, it seemed ironic that I hadn't done so sooner... Much of this book isn't editorialized; I simply report what's happening... By presenting a comprehensive and historical document on the New Age, I hope Christians and New Agers alike will consider more seriously the movement's ideas and implications."
Here are some additional quotations from the book:
"Critics of New Age holism say that, extravagant claims aside, no practitioner has yet opened blind eyes or cured an AIDS victim. Psychiatrists argue that it's not unusual for a fleeting sense of well-being to follow an exotic healing procedure." (Pg. 59)
"In 1970, Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder wrote a best-selling book entitled Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain. Their speculation about the power of pyramids began fueling a fad that had long interested occultists." (Pg. 67)
"The (New Age) Movement should not complain that it has gotten a raw deal from the press. Any misconceptions can be readily corrected by a variety of New Age periodicals. The most potent testimony to the Movement's scope is the tangible proof that a consuming public for New Age products exists in the form of magazine purchasers." (Pg. 169)
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