Q (cid:136) 1 New Age Encyclopedia A Mind * Body * Spirit Reference Guide 000000title cip.p65 1 1/15/2003, 12:36 PM 2 (cid:137) New Age Encyclopedia This page intentionally left blank 000000title cip.p65 2 1/15/2003, 12:36 PM Q (cid:136) 3 New Age Encyclopedia A Mind * Body * Spirit Reference Guide By Belinda Whitworth NEW PAGE BOOKS A division of The Career Press, Inc. Franklin Lakes, NJ 000000title cip.p65 3 1/15/2003, 12:36 PM 4 (cid:137) New Age Encyclopedia Copyright  2003 by Belinda Whitworth All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher, The Career Press. NEW AGE ENCYCLOPEDIA EDITED BY CLAYTON W. LEADBETTER TYPESET BY NICOLE DEFELICE Cover design by Diane Y. Chin Printed in the U.S.A. by Book-mart Press To order this title, please call toll-free 1-800-CAREER-1 (NJ and Canada: 201-848-0310) to order using VISA or MasterCard, or for further information on books from Career Press. The Career Press, Inc., 3 Tice Road, PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 www.careerpress.com www.newpagebooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Whitworth, Belinda New Age encyclopedia : a mind, body, spirit reference guide / by Belinda Whitworth. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56414-640-5 (pbk.) 1. New Age movement—Encyclopedias. I. Title. BP605.N48 W553 2003 299'.93—dc21 2002038676 000000title cip.p65 4 1/15/2003, 12:36 PM Q 5 DDDDDeeeeedddddiiiiicccccaaaaatttttiiiiiooooonnnnn For my parents, with love AAAAAccccckkkkknnnnnooooowwwwwllllleeeeedddddgggggmmmmmeeeeennnnntttttsssss Thanks to the following for permission to reproduce or adapt material: Animal Aid, Association for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, British Anti-Vivisection Association, Chrysalis Books, HarperCollins, Healing Tao Centre, Here’s Health magazine, David Higham Associates, Hodder and Stoughton, Kessinger Publishing, Kindred Spirit magazine, Natural Death Centre, Oxford University Press, Pagan Federation, Penguin Group, Piatkus, Quest Books, (UK) Reiki Association, Sansom & Co., John Seymour Associates, Simon & Schuster, and David Smith. Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders but I apologize for any omissions. Particular thanks to: King Arthur Pendragon for infor- mation on druidry; Bunk for lending her books; Cheryl Critchley for the affirmation exercise and tarot card meanings; Clews Everard, Director, Stonehenge, for information about access; Lisa Hawken, Carol Mathews, and Sowelu for telling their stories; Surinder Whitworth for lending her magazines. Heartfelt thanks to Frog, Jon Barnes, and Alan Haley for keeping my computer going and without whom this book would never have been finished. Finally, very special thanks to Cheryl for being a source of such inspiration and to Frog for keeping my feet on the ground. 00000dedi.p65 5 1/15/2003, 12:36 PM This page intentionally left blank Q (cid:136) 7 IIIIInnnnntttttrrrrroooooddddduuuuuccccctttttiiiiiooooonnnnn Every two thousand years, the Earth moves into a different sign of the zodiac, and we presently have moved or soon will move (experts disagree on this) from the age of Pisces to the age of Aquarius. This new age, it is said, could bring about our spiritual reawakening and a golden era for humankind. The New Age movement is concerned with just about every area of existence, but I came to it first through love for Nature and concern about the environment, then complementary health and counseling, and, more recently, meditation and tarot reading. I wanted this book to be a simple introduction to the main themes, but, when I started to write it, I discovered that I knew a lot less than I thought and that the movement was much wider and older than I’d imagined. If you, too, feel overwhelmed or confused, just remember that one of the basics of New Age thought is that we don’t have to take anyone else’s word for it but our own anymore—“isms” and “ologies” are things of the past. So absorb what you like from the book and ignore the rest. Another New Age basic is the belief that we can change and that we don’t have to suffer to learn. So read on, enjoy, and be happy. 7 0000intro.p65 7 1/15/2003, 12:36 PM This page intentionally left blank A 9 AAAAA Abduction by Aliens The first reported alien abduction was in Brazil in 1957 and since then they have occurred all over the Western world— in Europe including the UK, Australia, South Africa, Russia, and North America. Although people’s experiences vary quite widely, the following features recur: (cid:137) Light, especially a beam which draws the person up, and sometimes vibration. (cid:137) A spacecraft of some kind. (cid:137) Humanoid beings, especially small gray ones with large black eyes, who communicate by te- lepathy. (cid:137) Medical tests being performed and eggs or sperm removed so that human/alien offspring can be produced. (cid:137) Lost periods of time and inexplicable small wounds. Not everyone remembers everything that happens to them and sometimes the full story is only recovered through hypnosis. Many people find the experiences terrifying but according to John E. Mack, a professor of psychiatry who has investigated over eighty cases, some abductees have a sense of entering a 9 01a.p65 9 1/15/2003, 12:36 PM