Page 06: New Age Writings

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FROM PAGE 06:

"It is safe to say that

their separate shelving reflects a value judgment that New Age books,

generally un-endorsed by acadamians or Native people, and rarely containing footnotes or bibliographies,

are not authentic."

From Page 07:

New Age books "may imply that the reader can learn Native American tradition or gain 'medicine power' quickly, perhaps in ten easy lessons."

From Page 07:

"New Age authors do not necessarily appropriate traditions in a malicious attempt to convey mis-information; more often, they are simply ignorant of the depth and difficulty of the subject.

From Page 07:

"The problems inherent in the New Age movement are made clear by its most lucid critic, author Ken Wilber. Because there is no single or underlying New Age philosophy, he says, it is probably as correct to discuss New Age movements as a New Age movement...'they fail across the board: they lack a consistent technology of access to higher interior dimensions, they lack means (and even a theory) of social institutionalization...most of them end up regressing to various forms of mythic imperialism.'"

(see end note #9, page 350: Ken Wilber, 1995, Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution, (Boston:; Shambala Publications, page 518.)

From page 07:

"New Age authors "reject rationality and tradition as vehemently as they believe society rejects intuition and spontaneity."

From page 08:

"Books by self-appointed New Age 'experts' frequently contain the same indiscriminate mixing of cultures: many wells dug but none deep enough to strike water.

""New Age books about Native American healing are frequently written by people who seem entranced by the exotic. They have learned to talk the talk, but they don't walk the walk."

Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 02:32PM

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