I-New Age yigama elithi, ngesiNgisi, lisho "iminyaka entsha" noma "inkathi entsha". Ukunyakaza kwe-New Age kubonakala njengolwazi oluhlukile lwolwazi lokusebenzelana nemimoya, ama-currents emangalisa kanye nezikhombisi ze-esoteric ngokuphelele kwazo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, leli gama ngezinye izikhathi lisetshenziswe kwezinye izinzwa. Isibonelo, i-New Age njengenkolo, noma isiphambano phakathi kwezimo zenkolo ezikhuluma ngokuqala kwenkathi entsha.
New Age njengendlela subculture
Ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, zonke izimpondo zazalwa kanye nemigomo eyisisekelo ukuthi isiqondiso seNew Age esebenza esikhathini sanamuhla sibonakala, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi zonke lezi zinhlobonhlobo ezihlukahlukene zikhona njengama-subcultures ahlukene. Izimbali zenzeka ngawo-1970. Lesi siko saqala ekuqaleni futhi sathuthukiswa emazweni aseNtshonalanga. Kuyathakazelisa nokuthi amalunga enhlangano eyodwa ayengeke ayamukele ngokugcwele yonke imigomo yayo, futhi amukele izimiso zamanye amagatsha okuqondisa jikelele.
Umqondo oyinhloko ukuqala kwenkathi entsha, ephelele. Lezi zinkinga ezihlobene nokubhula ngezinkanyezi , okuthiwa yisikhathi esisha "inkathi ka-Aquarius." Isiphambano esiphakathi kwezici ezingokomoya, okufaka phakathi lamanje, sithinteka kakhulu, futhi imfundiso eyodwa engokomoya ayikwakhiwa.
Psychology New Age kanye Worldview
Umqondo oyinhloko wokugeleza kungukuguqulwa komqondo womuntu, lapho inkathi yayo yangempela izohlanganiswa khona ngokungahambisani nazo zonke ezinye izidalwa emhlabeni.
Kusukela kuzici ezijwayelekile zezwe ukubuka izici zabazinikezeli be-New Age, lezi zici ezilandelayo zingenziwa:
- kukhona unkulunkulu ongenamuntu, amandla amakhulu;
- Indawo yonke ayinakuphela naphakade;
- imibono ephelele emzimbeni;
- umuntu angashintsha abe unkulunkulu;
- uhlobo lendaba luyinto engafani, konke okungafani;
- ukuphindukuzalwa kukhona;
- Umuntu ufana futhi ulingana noNkulunkulu;
- ukuphila kuyinkimbinkimbi;
- ukuvumelanisa emkhakheni wezinkolo.
Ku-New Age, kunezindlela zokuguqula ukuqonda - ukuzindla , imikhuba engokomoya, nezimfundiso zemimoya ezisiza ukusondelana nesithombe esithandayo somuntu.