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New Age Metaphysics – Metaphysics in the ‘New Age’
Just like other eras in history such as the Aquarian Age, the ‘New Age’ is a period that has been described by historians as the era when spiritual knowledge will evolve. We currently find ourselves in this extraordinary period that had been forecasted by many visionaries and physicians such as Nostradamus, Lazarus and Edgar Cayce. The reason why the ‘New Age’ is extraordinary is that the believers consider this as an opportunity for humans to raise their consciousness to the level of the creator. No wonder Christians often refer to this era as the era of Jesus Consciousness!
New Age Metaphysics brings together science and faith in a supreme fashion as it aims at infusing scientific theories with the ideas argued under the New Age Cycle, in other words, it creates a beautiful balance between logical reasoning and inner beliefs.
Pagan Metaphysics
If we say that the principles of metaphysics act as the foundation on which Pagan beliefs stand, then it would not be incorrect but it can mislead us onto thinking that metaphysics gave birth to paganism. In fact, Pagan ideas find their origin long before anyone ever came up with terms such as ‘metaphysics’ or ‘paganism’. Think beyond this play of words and you will understand the true relationship between Pagan ideals and metaphysics principles.
While the followers of New Age Metaphysics lay their emphasis on the positive side of things, the followers of Pagan Metaphysics also consider the dark side. In fact, not only Pagan ideals acknowledge or recognize the negative side but they reason that unless you look at darkness you cannot identify what light is. By not turning a blind eye on the negative, Pagan metaphysics puts forth the idea that it is the negative that defines the positive.
Metaphysics as a religion
Whether people agree or not, the fact remains that majority of present day religions find their roots in metaphysics. However, this fact has given birth to a misconception that metaphysics itself is a religion. The fact is that Metaphysics not only encompasses or originates religions but many sciences, philosophies and literature find their roots in this doctrine. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why most encyclopedias and dictionaries define metaphysics as a philosophical theory that professes that “all things are part of each other and searches to discover first cause principals”.
However, when we set out to analyze religions that spring from the fountain of metaphysics, we find that these religions preach that everything is part of God, but nothing individually can be identified as God. They paint God as the ultimate source of life, of good and evil, of fertility and drought, of abundance and scarcity and so on. But while defining different religions the rituals, beliefs and principals their followers embrace and follow should always be considered.
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New Age Metaphysics brings together science and faith in a supreme fashion as it aims at infusing scientific theories with the ideas argued under the New Age Cycle, in other words, it creates a beautiful balance between logical reasoning and inner beliefs.
Pagan Metaphysics
If we say that the principles of metaphysics act as the foundation on which Pagan beliefs stand, then it would not be incorrect but it can mislead us onto thinking that metaphysics gave birth to paganism. In fact, Pagan ideas find their origin long before anyone ever came up with terms such as ‘metaphysics’ or ‘paganism’. Think beyond this play of words and you will understand the true relationship between Pagan ideals and metaphysics principles.
While the followers of New Age Metaphysics lay their emphasis on the positive side of things, the followers of Pagan Metaphysics also consider the dark side. In fact, not only Pagan ideals acknowledge or recognize the negative side but they reason that unless you look at darkness you cannot identify what light is. By not turning a blind eye on the negative, Pagan metaphysics puts forth the idea that it is the negative that defines the positive.
Metaphysics as a religion
Whether people agree or not, the fact remains that majority of present day religions find their roots in metaphysics. However, this fact has given birth to a misconception that metaphysics itself is a religion. The fact is that Metaphysics not only encompasses or originates religions but many sciences, philosophies and literature find their roots in this doctrine. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why most encyclopedias and dictionaries define metaphysics as a philosophical theory that professes that “all things are part of each other and searches to discover first cause principals”.
However, when we set out to analyze religions that spring from the fountain of metaphysics, we find that these religions preach that everything is part of God, but nothing individually can be identified as God. They paint God as the ultimate source of life, of good and evil, of fertility and drought, of abundance and scarcity and so on. But while defining different religions the rituals, beliefs and principals their followers embrace and follow should always be considered.
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