Pike, Sarah M.1959-creatorThomson Gale (Firm)textbibliographyElectronic books.History.nyuNew York, N.YColumbia University Press©20042004monographicengaccess1 online resource (xiv, 220 pages) : illustrationsProvides a general introduction to the varieties of New Age and Neopagan religions in the United States today as well as an account of their nineteenth-century roots and emergence from the 1960s counterculture. Covering such topics as healing, gender and sexuality, millennialism, and ritual experience, it also provides a description and analysis of the spiritual worlds and social networks created by participants.Ancient mysteries in contemporary America -- Introduction to the religious worlds of Neopagans and New Agers -- Early varieties of alternative spirituality in American religious history -- The 1960s watershed years -- Healing and techniques of the self -- "All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals": sex, gender, and the sacred -- The age of Aquarius.Sarah M. Pike.Includes bibliographical references and index.n-us---New Age movementUnited StatesNew Age movementHistory20th centuryNeopaganismUnited StatesNeopaganismHistory20th centuryNeopagansUnited StatesUnited StatesReligion1960-Nouvel Âge (Mouvement)États-UnisNéopaganismeÉtats-UnisÉtats-UnisReligion1960-BODY, MIND & SPIRITNew ThoughtRELIGIONEckankarRELIGIONGeneralNeopaganismNeopagansNew Age movementReligionUnited StatesNew AgeHeidendomNeuheidentumNéopaganismeNouvel âge (Mouvement)20e siècleÉtats-UnisNew AgeUSA Since 1900 fast BP605.N48 P55 2004eb299/.9311.98Pike, Sarah M.New York : Columbia University Press, ©200497802315083840231508387EB00662331 Recorded Books22573/ctt272d0g JSTOR07CAD401-CC6F-4CCF-BF7A-E8A59E4A1692 OverDrive, Inc.http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=107244http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=107244http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=107244http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=107244CNTCS03082120200709055112.0ocn796955259eng