Sylvia Browne in the new Age Context
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Authors
Kleast, Ruth A.
Issue Date
2001
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
Rather than attempt to inquire about
and discuss the vast elements of the New Age Movement by going through a variety of
writers, I have chosen to approach it through the life and activities of the famous psychic,
Sylvia Browne. I will use other authors, though, to describe and provide insight into the
movement through its rejections, descriptions, and sources. I will also place Sylvia
Browne into some of these discussions. I realize that she does not necessarily embody
everything that could be said about the New Age Movement and also that those who may
fall under the New Age category do not share all of the same beliefs and practices in
which she participates. But such consistency is not a requirement of the New Age
Movement; rather, it is the inconsistency in what is considered New Age, that is
characteristic of it. I will also briefly consider the similarities between the New Age
Movement and Theosophy.
Another topic, which is relevant to the New Age Movement and to Sylvia
Browne, is the well-known psychic Edgar Cayce. Edgar Cayce lived between the height
of Theosophy and the New Age Movement's beginnings in the 1960's While he
personally was never a member of either movement, those within both movements sought
him out. (And in the case of the New Age Movement still seek him out). I will provide a
description of his life and activities mainly to point out the context within which Sylvia
Browne provides her new religion.
Description
iii, 177 p.
Citation
Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College
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