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The New Age’s Vain Dream Author: Pastor David Cloud With each passing decade the vain dream grows stronger and gains more adherents. It is indeed the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, and the Age of Aquarius is the age of ME! With the turn of the twenty-first century there has been a dramatic increase in the popularity and influence of New Age thought. It is also called Human Potential, New Spirituality, Self Spirituality, Self Empowerment, Alternative Spirituality, and Global Transformation. Two decades ago the New Age seemed to be more the doctrine of Hollywood movie stars (Shirley MacLaine’s “I am God”) and Star Wars enthusiasts (“may the force be with you”) and the magic-crystal pop culture of rock & roll hippies than the philosophy of the average person or something to be taken seriously in churches. As we will see, this wasn’t true then, and it definitely isn’t true today. The New Age is on the move! The New Age philosophy has permeated the self-help, personal transformation field; it has leavened education and reached deeply into business, health care, psychological counseling, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, politics, government, sports, even the military. Neil Anderson says: “It is safe to say that the prevailing religion in America … is no longer Christianity but is instead New Age” (Christ Centered Therapy, 2000, p. 61). A trip to the average national-chain book store will verify this. New Age philosophy is found not just in the religious, spiritual, and …