6.
New Age, occult and other heterodox religious movements and writers:
Journal of the Spiritual Counterfeits Project (SCP):
The SCP says, "Since 1973, the SCP has
been a frontline ministry confronting the occult, the cults, and the
New Age movement and explaining why they are making an impact on our
society."
The following two SCP Journals provided a starting point for my
investigation of the New Age and globalist movements, and I have found
the insights from these articles to be of continuing value:
• New
World Order: The Iron Hand of Peace and Spiritual Unity - Vol.
16:2, 1991
• Preparing for the Cosmic
Millennium and the Coming Global Church - Vol. 19:2-3, 1995
Buy these magazines by ordering through the "Journals" section of the
SCP web site, at: http://www.scp-inc.org/ or by calling 510-540-0300
(the SCP office in Berkeley, California) between 9 am and 5pm, West
Coast time.
Reference works on non-Christian religious movements:
Anthony Aveni, Behind the Crystal Ball: Magic, Science,
and the Occult from Antiquity Through the New Age, 2002, rev.
ed., University Press of Colorado
Gavin Baddeley, Lucifer Rising: sin,
devil worship & rock'n'roll, Plexus, 2000
Eileen Barker and Margit Warburg, eds., New Religions and New Religiosity,
Aarhus University Press, 2000
David V. Barrett, The New Believers:
A Survey of Sects, 'Cults' and Alternative Religions, Cassell
& Co., 2003
R. Pierce Beaver, ed., Eerdmans'
Handbook to the World's Religions, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Co., 1994
George D. Chryssides, Exploring New
Religions, Cassell, 2000
Richard Cimino and Don Lattin, Shopping
for Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium, Jossey-Bass,
2002
Philip G. Davis, Goddess Unmasked:
The Rise of Neopagan Feminist Spirituality, Spence Publishing
Co., 1999
Malcolm C. Duncan, Duncan's Masonic
Ritual and Monitor, Crown, 3rd ed., 1976
Mircea Eliade, Shamanism: Archaic
Techniques of Ecstacy, Bollingen, 2004
Wouter J. Hanegraaff, New Age
Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular
Thought, State University of New York Press, 1998
Stephan A. Hoeller, Gnosticism: New
Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing, Quest Books,
Theosophical Publishing House, 2002
Philip Jenkins, Mystics and
Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History, Oxford
University Press, 2001
Richard Kirby and Earl Brewer, The
Temples of Tomorrow: World Religions and the Future, Grey Seal
Books, London, 1993
James R. Lewis and J. Gordon Melton, eds. Perspectives on the New Age, State
University of New York Press, 1992
J. Gordon Melton, Jerome Clark, and Aidan A. Kelly, New Age Almanac, Visible Ink Press,
1991
Timothy Miller, ed., America's
Alternative Religions, State University of New York Press, 1995
Peter Occhiogrosso, The Joy of
Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions,
Image Books, 1997
Christopher Partridge, ed., New
Religions: A Guide - New Religious Movements, Sects, and Alternative
Spiritualities, Oxford University Press, 2004
Thomas B. Roberts, ed., Psychoactive
Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion, Council on
Spiritual Practices, 2001
Jeffrey B. Russell, A History of
Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, and Pagans, Thames &
Hudson, 1982
Huston Smith, Cleansing the Doors of
Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and
Chemicals, Sentient Publications, 3rd ed., 2003
Richard Smoley and Jay Kinney, Hidden
Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions, Penguin/Arkana,
1999
Lawrence Sutin, Do What Thou Wilt: A
Life of Aleister Crowley, St. Martin's Griffin, 2002
James Webb, The Occult Establishment,
Open Court Publications, 1976
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky:
Books by her:
H P. Blavatsky, Isis Unveiled, vols. 1 and 2,
Theosophical University Press, 1999 reprint of 1877 ed.
H. P. Blavatsky, The Secret
Doctrine, vols. 1 and 2, Theosophical University Press, 1999
reprint of 1888 ed.
H. P. Blavatsky, The Secret
Doctrine, index, Theosophical University Press, 1997 reprint of
1888 ed.
Books about her:
Sylvia Cranston, HPB: The Extraordinary Life and Influence
of Helena Blavatsky, Founder of the Modern Theosophical Movement,
Tarcher, 1993
Bruce F. Campbell, Ancient Wisdom
Revived: A History of the Theosophical Movement, University of
California Press, 1980
Joscelyn Godwin, The Theosophical
Enlightenment, State University of New York Press, 1994
Michael Gomes, The Dawning of the
Theosophical Movement, Quest Books, 1987
K. Paul Johnson, Initiates of
Theosophical Masters, State University of New York Press, 1995
K. Paul Johnson, The Masters
Revealed: Madame Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge,
State University of New York Press, 1994
Tim Maroney, The Book of Dzyan,
Chaosium, 2000
Alice A. Bailey and the Lucis Trust:
Alice A. Bailey, A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, Lucis
Publishing Company, 1973
Alice A. Bailey, Education in the
New Age, Lucis Publishing Company, 1971
Alice A. Bailey, Esoteric Healing -
Volume IV: A Treatise on the Seven Rays, Lucis Publishing
Company, 1999
Alice A. Bailey, Esoteric Psychology
- Volume II: A Treatise on the Seven Rays, Lucis Publishing
Company, 1995
Here is an early Alice Bailey book, released when her publishing house
was called "Lucifer Publishing Company."
Alice A. Bailey, Initiation, Human and Solar,
Lucifer Publishing Company, 1924
Here is a modern edition of the same book:
Alice A. Bailey, Initiation, Human and Solar, Lucis
Publishing Company, 1997
Alice A. Bailey, Problems of Humanity, Lucis
Publishing Company, 3rd ed. 1993
Alice A. Bailey, The Consciousness
of the Atom, First Edition, Lucifer Publishing Co, 1922
Alice A. Bailey, The Destiny of the
Nations, Lucis Publishing Company, 1987
Alice A. Bailey, The Externalisation
of the Hierarchy, Lucis Publishing Company, 1983
Alice A. Bailey, The Rays and the
Initiations: Volume V, A Treatise on the Seven Rays, Lucis
Publishing Company, 1970
Alice A. Bailey, The Reappearance of
the Christ, Lucis Publishing Company, 1978
Alice A. Bailey, The Unfinished
Autobiography of Alice A. Bailey, Lucis Publishing Company, 1994
Foster Bailey,
Running God's
Plan, Lucis Publishing Company, 1972
Foster Bailey,
The Spirit of Masonry,
Lucis Publishing Company, 1979
Mary Bailey,
A Learning Experience,
1990, Lucis Publishing Company
Other theosophists:
Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon Davidson,
Spiritual Politics: Changing the
World from the Inside Out, Ballantine Books, 1994
David Spangler, Explorations:
Emerging aspects of the new culture, Lorian Press, 1980
David Spangler, Revelation: The
Birth of a New Age, Lorian Press, 1976 (5th Lorian Press
printing 1984)
Rudolf Steiner, Anthroposophical
Leading Thoughts, Rudolf Steiner Press, 1999
Rudolf Steiner, Spiritualism, Madam
Blavatsky, and Theosophy: An Eyewitness View of Occult History,
ed. by Christopher Bamford, Steiner Books, 2002
Robert Muller:
Robert Muller, My Testament to the UN: A Contribution to
the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, World Happiness and
Cooperation, 1994
Robert Muller, New Genesis: Shaping
a Global Spirituality, Doubleday, 1982
Robert Muller and Douglas Roche, Safe
Passage into the Twenty-First Century: The United Nations' Quest for
Peace, Equality, Justice, and Development, Continuum, 1995
The
Robert Muller School, The World Core Curriculum: Foundations,
Implementation, and Resources, 1999
Barbara Marx Hubbard:
Barbara Marx Hubbard, Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power
of Our Social Potential, New World Library, 1998
Barbara Marx Hubbard, Emergence: The
Shift from Ego to Essence, Hampton Roads, 2001
Barbara Marx Hubbard, Happy Birth
Day Planet Earth: The Instant of Co-Operation, Foundation for
Co-Creation, 1984
Barbara Marx Hubbard, The Book of
Co-Creation Part II - The Promise Will Be Kept: The Gospels, The Acts,
the Epistles, Foundation for Conscious Evolution, San Rafael,
California, 1993 (privately published)
Barbara Marx Hubbard, The
Evolutionary Journey: A Personal Guide to a Positive Future,
Evolutionary Press, 1993
Barbara Marx Hubbard, The Hunger of
Eve, Island Pacific Northwest, 1989
Barbara Marx Hubbard, The Revelation: A Message of Hope for the
New Millennium, Nataraj Publishing, Novato, CA, 1995
Barbara Marx Hubbard, The
Revelation: Our Crisis Is A Birth, Foundation for Conscious
Evolution, Sonoma CA, 1993
Neale Donald Walsch:
Neale Donald Walsch and Dr. Brad
Blanton, Honest to God: A Change of
Heart That Can Change the World, Sparrowhawk Publications, 2001
Neale Donald Walsch, Communion with
God, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000
Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations
with God for teens, Scholastic, Inc., 2002
Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations
with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1, Putnam Publishing
Group., 1996
Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations
with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 2, Hampton Roads Publishing
Company, Inc., 1997
Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations
with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 3, Hampton Roads Publishing
Company, Inc., 1998
Neale Donald Walsch, Friendship with
God: An Uncommon Dialogue, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999
Neale Donald Walsch, The New
Revelations: A Conversation With God, Atria Books, 2002
Neale Donald Walsch, Tomorrow's God:
Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge, Atria Books, 2004