New Age ndi mawu omwe, mu Chingerezi, amaimira "zaka zatsopano" kapena "nyengo yatsopano". Gulu la New Age limadziwika ngati mtundu wosiyana wa chidziwitso cha zamatsenga, maulendo achinsinsi ndi malangizo a esoteric mu zonse zawo. Kuwonjezera apo, mawuwo nthawi zina amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu mphamvu zina. Mwachitsanzo, New Age monga chipembedzo, kapena mtanda pakati pa zikhulupiriro zachipembedzo zomwe zimayankhula za kuyamba kwa nyengo yatsopano.
New Age monga subculture
Chakumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, mafunde onse anabadwa ndipo mfundo zazikulu zomwe bungwe la New Age likugwira masiku ano likuwonekera, koma panthawiyi mitundu yonseyi inakhala ngati subcultures yosiyana. Maluwawo anachitika m'ma 1970. Chikhalidwe ichi chinayambira ndipo chinapangidwa m'mayiko akumadzulo. N'zosangalatsanso kuti mamembala a bungwe limodzi sangavomereze mokwanira mfundo zake zonse, komanso avomereze mfundo za nthambi zina zomwe zimatsogolera.
Lingaliro lalikulu ndi kuyamba kwa nyengo yatsopano, yangwiro. Mafunde amenewo omwe amagwirizana ndi nyenyezi , amatchedwa nthawi yatsopano "nyengo ya Aquarius." Mtanda pakati pa uzimu, womwe umaphatikizapo pakalipano, uli wosiyana kwambiri, ndipo chiphunzitso chimodzi chauzimu sichinapangidwe.
Psychology New Age ndi Worldview
Lingaliro lalikulu la kuyendayenda ndiko kusinthika kwa chidziwitso chaumunthu, pamene chikhalidwe chake chenicheni chidzakhala chosagwirizana kwambiri ndi zolengedwa zina zonse padziko lapansi.
Kuchokera m'zochitika zonse za dziko lapansi zomwe zimawonetsa okhulupirira atsopano a New Age, zotsatirazi zingathe kusankhidwa:
- pali mulungu wopanda umunthu, mphamvu yayikulu;
- Chilengedwe chonse n'chopanda malire ndi chamuyaya;
- malingaliro onse pa thupi;
- munthu akhoza kusintha kukhala mulungu;
- chikhalidwe cha nkhani ndi chonyenga, chirichonse chiri chosaoneka;
- Kubadwanso kwatsopano kulipo;
- munthu ali wofanana ndi Mulungu;
- moyo ndiwopanda;
- syncretism mu gawo la zipembedzo.
Kwa New Age, pali njira zosinthira chidziwitso - kusinkhasinkha , zizolowezi zauzimu, ndi ziphunzitso zamatsenga zomwe zimathandiza kuti muyandikire chifanizo cha munthu.