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NS By Craig Jarman aGE DAW Today we find that a ‘New Age’ is upon us. All around we find an upsurge of crystals, health foods and natural therapies; yet nowhere do we find an explanation for this trend. The New Age is not a cult with it’s roots in the sixties just as Christianity is not a church. There’s more to it, there is a meaning behind the trend. What is the New Age? The New Age is generally perceived as a conglomeration of exhausted and the city began to collapse. Only the skeleton of the city esoteric philosophies and practices but is more widespread than most remained. people realise. It may be found at the forefront of every field, be it Yet the spring did not dic. Far away to the west up bubbled the physics, medicine or political theory. The New Age is not acult but spring. Again it remained unknown until a lost wanderer discovered a state of consciousness. the new outlet. Again the wanderer settled and tapped the spring and w -_ WwW By Craig Jarman Today we find that a ‘New Age’ is upon us. All around we find an upsurge of crystals, health foods and natural therapies; yet nowhere do we find an explanation for this trend. The New Age is not a cult with it’s roots in the sixties just as Christianity is not a church. There’s more to it, there is a meaning behind the trend. What is the New Age? The New Age is generally perceived as a conglomeration of esoteric philosophies and practices but is more widespread than most people realise. It may be found at the forefront of every field, be it physics, medicine or political theory. The New Age is not acult but a state of consciousness. An age dawns. It arrives as it is realised by the people. First it appears as a revolutionary idea held by one or a few but rapidly the idea catches on until it is encompassed by all. Youdon'tjointhe New Age - aNew Age is realised. The concept of the ages comes from astrology. Physically, the axis of the Earth wobbles in such a way that different regions of the universe are highlighted over time. Currently the vernal (spring) equinox points towards the cusp (midpoint) of the constellations Pisces and Aquarius, progressively turning towards Aquarius. “So what?” Well, the importance of this physical progression lies in the fact that it mirrors a corresponding development on the psychological plane. Psychologically, the vernal equinox points towards our highest values - it points towards our gods. As the ages progress our god- image develops, as the ages change our god-image transforms. God, however, does not change. It is much like the different facets of a single diamond. As the ages progress a new facet of the divine is revealed, while at the same time the old face loses it’s lustre and dies in the eye of the beholder. Thus the wobble of the earth marks the birth, maturing, death and subsequent rebirth of our god-image. Let me tell you a story: In the desert up bubbled a newly formed spring. Here it flowed unknown to humanity, providing for the trees and the animals. Then. one day an old hermit who had lost his way stumbled upon the spring and drank to his heart’s content. There the hermit remained and soon hehad tapped the spring and built alarge fountain to contain the water. Slowly passers-by noticed the remarkable health of the old man and stopped to ask of his secret. In answer the old man lead them to the spring, where they alsoremained. Soon other peoplecametosettle and the village became a town and the town became a city, always with the spring at it’s heart. Then one day the earth moved and the fountain ceased to flow. The water from the fountain was soon exhausted and the city began tocollapse. Only the skeleton of the city remained. Yet the spring did not dic. Far away to the west up bubbled the spring. Again itremained unknown until a lost wanderer discovered the new outlet. Again the wanderer settled and tapped the spring and again a city grew up around the fountain. But once again the carth moved and the fountain ran dry. Yet far away the spring found yet another outlet... The spring represents the deep, inexhaustible, divinely centred source of nourishment and meaning for humanity. It comes up from the dark depths of the unconscious and sprouts forth as inspiration. We find the spring where the waters of mystery erupt into our lives. The fountain is the philosophy whieh contains the mystery of the spring and to drink from the spring is to be nourished by the meaning which gives our lives purpose. Every age has had its own spring and with each subsequent age the spring draws closer and closer to the heart of our being. The progression of the ages thus describes the approach of heaven on Earth. From the Earth’s angle this development appears as the growing consciousness of humanity; from the perspective of heaven it is the maturing of God. Progression of figes In the Taurean age we derived our meaning from watching the mysterious cycles of nature. We worshipped the Great Mother God- dess while the gods were the spirits of the wheat, the earth, the sky and water. The age of Aries marked the rise of the masculine deities. The new fountain took the form of the Greek and Roman pantheons and for the first time the gods interacted with Man producing a race of heroes and demi-gods. In the age of Aries the qualities of the pioneer were held in highest esteem. The hero went where none had been before, exploring and developing the powers of the mind. As the Arian age progressed the ram-headed deity Yawch (JHVH) came into being. Yaweh was the epitome of Aries - he was an angry, quick-tempered god who would not tolerate the worship of one day an old hermit who had lost his way stumbled upon the spring water. The age: of Aries marked the rise of the masculine deities. The and drank to his heart’s content. There the hermitremained and soon new fountain took the form of the Greek and Roman pantheons and hehad tapped the spring and built alarge fountain to contain the water. for the first time the gods interacted with Man producing a race of Slowly passers-by noticed the remarkable health of the old man heroes and demi-gods. In the age of Aries the qualities of the pioneer and stopped to ask of his secret. In answer the old man lead them to were held in highest esteem. The hero went where none had been the spring, where they alsoremained. Soon other peoplecame tosettle before, exploring and developing the powers of the mind. and the village became a town and the town became a city, always As the Arian age progressed the ram-headed deity Yawch with the spring at it’s heart. Then one day the earth moved and the (JHVH) came into being. Yaweh was the epitome of Aries - he was fountain ceased to flow. 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