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Wisdom Seekers: The Rise of the New Spirituality
Author(s): Nevill Drury (Author)
- Publisher: O Books
- Publication Date: 1 May 2011
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 312 pages
- ISBN-10: 1846945127
- ISBN-13: 9781846945120
Book Description
Wisdom Seekers: The Rise of the New Spirituality explores the origins and precursors of the New Age movement, its consolidation within the American counterculture of the late 1960s, and its development into an international spiritual perspective in contemporary Western society. The book considers the influence on the New Age of metaphysicians like Emanuel Swedenborg, Mesmer, Madame Blavatsky and Gurdjieff; pioneering thinkers like Freud, Jung and William James; and the contribution to New Age thought of Indian spiritual traditions and transpersonal psychology. Wisdom Seekers also describes the way in which the New Age paradigm has absorbed the most recent discoveries of quantum physics and consciousness research, and it explores the New Age focus on personal spiritual experience rather than formal religious doctrines.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Nevill Drury has written a wonderfully accessible and carefully researched review of the major historical and intellectual sources of the New Age. It is rich with detail, entertaining anecdotes, and thoughtful analysis. –(Dr Douglas Ezzy, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Tasmania)
About the Author
Dr Nevill Drury has written widely on the Western esoteric tradition, visionary consciousness and shamanism, as well as on contemporary art. He is the author of over sixty books.
