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New Age, Paganism & Gnosticism

Centurions of the New Age
October 2016A "humanitarian" blogger calls the Prayer of the Centurion (Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof) one of the "most destructive phrases in human history."
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Tibetan Flags Over Berkeley
February 2009People whose ideological forebears fought so hard to keep religion out of the public sphere are now flying Tibetan prayer flags.
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On Retreat With Sister Rupp
June 2008This popular author and conference speaker, with a master’s in transpersonal psychology, is an evangelist for New Age syncretism.
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"An Ancient Structure to Beckon Gods"
November 2005The labyrinth is "a large, complex circle which is an ancient symbol of the Divine Mother, the God within, the Goddess..."
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Quantum Spirituality
April 2004"Did you ever wonder why we no longer hear teaching on serious personal sin?"
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Fire Alarms in the Night
April 2002Stratford Caldecott calls for a "new movement" that amounts to a New Ager-Catholic dialogue.
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"Deja Vu All Over Again": The Return of Paganism
February 1999The Roman historian Livy observed: "We can neither endure our vices nor face the remedies needed to cure them."
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The United Religions Initiative, A Bridge Back to Gnosticism
December 1998Episcopal Bishop Swing said the world needs “a global soul,” to be created by conferences, fundraising, and declarations.
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The Infantile Illusion of Omnipotence & the Modern Ideology of Science
October 1986Renewed scholarly interest in gnosticism has been, for the most part, remarkably sympathetic, as if it represented an important corrective and alternative to Christianity.
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Is Christianity the Same as Buddhism Underneath?
May 1986By some stretch of the imagination, Buddhism can be chopped down to fit Christianity, but Christianity cannot be chopped down to fit Buddhism.
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