Why is new age so popular?

[RileyG]

Why is it called New Age when this stuff is reinvented ancient ritual?

great question! I do not know why

 

[Offline4Better.]

I just don't understand the deal with tarot cards, crystals, smudging with sage. etc. A lot of it is influenced by ancient Pagan, Hindu, and Buddhist theologies.

Is it acceptable for a Catholic to use Sage in their home for a blessing or no?

God bless

Even my friend fell for tarot stuff. That is why I tell him not to discuss or practice stuff like that around me, and luckily he follows my rule. His mom is a devout Christian, and I have chatted with her about her son, and we are both concerned for him. This is the world tempting people. We have to keep people away from this stuff.

Now sage has a good smell. Use it for the smell, not for the blessing.

 

[RileyG]

Even my friend fell for tarot stuff. That is why I tell him not to discuss or practice stuff like that around me, and luckily he follows my rule. His mom is a devout Christian, and I have chatted with her about her son, and we are both concerned for him. This is the world tempting people. We have to keep people away from this stuff.

Now sage has a good smell. Use it for the smell, not for the blessing.

After reading about it, I would never use it.

 

[WarriorAngel]

Why is it called New Age when this stuff is reinvented ancient ritual?

The enlightenment aka new age sans Molech for public knowledge.

Maybe a new age of paganism where former pagans lived in ignorance without judgment of that same.
Whereas post Christ it is no longer ignorance but willful choices.

 

[RileyG]

The enlightenment aka new age sans Molech for public knowledge.

Maybe a new age of paganism where former pagans lived in ignorance without judgment of that same.
Whereas post Christ it is no longer ignorance but willful choices.

I think a lot of theologies and spirituals are recycled over time.

 

[WarriorAngel]

I think a lot of theologies and spirituals are recycled over time.

Real pagans were outside the scope of knowledge of the Almighty and though quite a mess of imperfection they knew a few things the Lord wrote in their hearts...

1. There was a Creator.
2. Sin had to be sacrificed for. [displeasing to the Creator]
3. Sacrifice in blood was atonement.
4. Blessings needed a sacrifice.
5. And prophecy was a gift of a Creator.

Whereas the Jews and then Christians had teachers.

So the soul knew something, the intuitive practices thereof; well off the mark til a teacher.

 

[Dave G.]

For the uninitiated who really don't know about New Age and especially it's movement in our times you really would do well to read this entire page I will link. It will set off alarms in any true Christian. New Age is occult and involves spirits. I'm serious.

Here is the link : New Age movement | Spiritualism, Holistic Health & Mysticism

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

For the uninitiated who really don't know about New Age and especially it's movement in our times you really would do well to read this entire page I will link. It will set off alarms in any true Christian. New Age is occult and involves spirits. I'm serious.

Here is the link : New Age movement | Spiritualism, Holistic Health & Mysticism

"The New Age movement united a body of diverse believers with two simple ideas. First, it predicted that a New Age of heightened spiritual consciousness and international peace would arrive and bring an end to racism, poverty, sickness, hunger, and war. This social transformation would result from the massive spiritual awakening of the general population during the next generation."


Well, that obviously has not happened and does not appear to be happening at all.



"Second, individuals could obtain a foretaste of the New Age through their own spiritual transformation. Initial changes would put the believer on the sadhana, a new path of continual growth and transformation."

We can only hope.

 

[Offline4Better.]

After reading about it, I would never use it.

Amen sir. It is good that you wouldn't fall for that stuff.

 

[Gnarwhal]

Probably because they bring in multiple things from various sources which brings up
a new form of spirituality. Of course it's dangerous and even leads to Satanic worship.

A young girl I knew as a child, is now an adult woman serving a life sentence for murdering
a boyfriend and disposing of his body. She got involved with a satanic type of group before
committing the murder. The group is thought to has stolen goats from a local farm in order to
use for their sacrificial rite that they held out in the woods.

It's been said before that New Age is a sort of "gateway drug" for spirituality, it always leads to darker and more evil things. It's rise in popularity seems to explain the commensurate rise in wickedness and depravity in our present culture.

 

[Annie Y.]

Hello there,

I read your thread and became interested in the topic. Pardon me for popping in again, RileyG. As a general rule of thumb, I wouldn't do things if I am unsure of its implications. For example, assuming I was a new Christian and someone came up to me holding a deck of Tarot cards, and I have no clue what it was except that it promised me spiritual guidance, the smarter part of me would tell me not to say "yes" because I don't know anything about it. Of course, the next thing I would do is call my best friend who is Christian, or a church leader and ask him or her what it was.

That being said, the reason why I wouldn't practise sage burning is because the practice has its origins in shamanism by the Native Americans for their rituals. A church elder once explained to a congregation that the best way to discern if something is spiritually safe or ungodly is to look at its source. With that wisdom, I would run for my life if I had a friend burning sage leaves in front of me. (Smudging - Wikipedia)

One of my piano students gave me a dreamcatcher with musical embellishments on it for Teacher's Day several years ago. Assuming I didn't know better, I would have hung it up over my bed. However, I gave it away to one of my musical friends. On hindsight, I should have destroyed the thing and tossed it into the garbage. This object has origins similar to sage burning.

As a youth leader in my mother church once mentioned, we have to be very careful and discerning with respect to spiritual matters like all the above. We don't want to open a door to unnecessary problems or at worst, trouble.

Kind Regards,
Annie Y.

 

[WarriorAngel]

It's been said before that New Age is a sort of "gateway drug" for spirituality, it always leads to darker and more evil things. It's rise in popularity seems to explain the commensurate rise in wickedness and depravity in our present culture.

I read that people doing witchcraft are addicted.
It's like a drug.
Well, I guess giving in once to it they cannot stop themselves without the help of the Lord, because the enemy keeps pushing them onwards.
I went into a forum where wiccans talk to check it out.

I've read Christians against it [who were once in it] and why people get in and often don't come out.

They can, but they need prayers and lots of it.

 

[WarriorAngel]

Hello there,

I read your thread and became interested in the topic. Pardon me for popping in again, RileyG. As a general rule of thumb, I wouldn't do things if I am unsure of its implications. For example, assuming I was a new Christian and someone came up to me holding a deck of Tarot cards, and I have no clue what it was except that it promised me spiritual guidance, the smarter part of me would tell me not to say "yes" because I don't know anything about it. Of course, the next thing I would do is call my best friend who is Christian, or a church leader and ask him or her what it was.

That being said, the reason why I wouldn't practise sage burning is because the practice has its origins in shamanism by the Native Americans for their rituals. A church elder once explained to a congregation that the best way to discern if something is spiritually safe or ungodly is to look at its source. With that wisdom, I would run for my life if I had a friend burning sage leaves in front of me. (Smudging - Wikipedia)

One of my piano students gave me a dreamcatcher with musical embellishments on it for Teacher's Day several years ago. Assuming I didn't know better, I would have hung it up over my bed. However, I gave it away to one of my musical friends. On hindsight, I should have destroyed the thing and tossed it into the garbage. This object has origins similar to sage burning.

As a youth leader in my mother church once mentioned, we have to be very careful and discerning with respect to spiritual matters like all the above. We don't want to open a door to unnecessary problems or at worst, trouble.

Kind Regards,
Annie Y.

In Leviticus [the priests] we see 'bring in boughs of trees to celebrate the Lord.'
Whereas it also says do not make creation a god as the pagans.
IE worship the created.

So you see, it is intent.

To use creation, such as burning sage, it becomes fully intent.
I quit burning it, but I read it cleans the filth in the air. Ions and so forth.
Which allegedly kills disease germs like virus or bacteria.

New age burns it for spiritual reasons where it then becomes another horse entirely.
Basically the pagans wiccans use the creation whereas ONE Creator made it, in a fashion not meant to be used for.
SO if it has helpful properties it is the Creator Who put it there.
Often times we become afraid and superstitious because of theft of the Creators rights.

Maybe they found out the helpful properties and as often happens, they stole it and use it for an entirely different thing.

From the prayers I pray, I have discovered evil is all creation. But witchcraft is about intent, rituals of that intent and so forth.
Sage is made by the Almighty, but to extract the evil from the creation is what they do.

Obviously cards and whatnot that 'divine' knowledge [usually lies that help us create in our heads, a wrong turn in life] are wrong on so many levels.
For one thing, the enemy has been a liar since the beginning. [St John]
so to seek divination is to seek lies.
It also causes folks to use them as authority above the Lord.
Yet all they are getting is fat whoppers.

As far as dream catchers, although the origin is pagan, albeit isolated pagans from anyone else, and superstitious in our day, it was as St Paul said... the Lord put laws in their hearts so they knew a Creator existed.
I see dream catchers as merely a decoration now. I doubt highly anyone intends for them to truly stop bad dreams.

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

It's been said before that New Age is a sort of "gateway drug" for spirituality, it always leads to darker and more evil things. It's rise in popularity seems to explain the commensurate rise in wickedness and depravity in our present culture.

Blaming "rise in wickedness and depravity in our present culture" on New Age seems like scapegoating to me. The wickedness and depravity in our present culture seems more related to materialism and narcissism extending far beyond those interested in anything New age.

 

[RileyG]

I read that people doing witchcraft are addicted.
It's like a drug.
Well, I guess giving in once to it they cannot stop themselves without the help of the Lord, because the enemy keeps pushing them onwards.
I went into a forum where wiccans talk to check it out.

I've read Christians against it [who were once in it] and why people get in and often don't come out.

They can, but they need prayers and lots of it.

Lord have mercy! Prayers for my brother, please. He uses tarot cards.

 

[WarriorAngel]

Blaming "rise in wickedness and depravity in our present culture" on New Age seems like scapegoating to me. The wickedness and depravity in our present culture seems more related to materialism and narcissism extending far beyond those interested in anything New age.

New Age, if you actually see the vain glory memes in social media is predominately a narcissistic platform.

In the darkest times, there will be a rise of the antichrist and many other antichrists.

If they are not for Christ... well, it's self explanatory.

 

[WarriorAngel]

Lord have mercy! Prayers for my brother, please. He uses tarot cards.

So many sinners, so little time.
I've been offering up Mass for eons for sinners to return to Church.
Join me. And of course your brother.

 

[RileyG]

So many sinners, so little time.
I've been offering up Mass for eons for sinners to return to Church.
Join me. And of course your brother.

Amen.