New Age Imagery

Definition

Mentalizations in the new age spiritual universe involve a special kind of imagery whose aim is to produce visual sensations by stimulating the five senses. It is a magical ritual. The purpose is to unite the microcosm with the macrocosm. Specifically, the union should be between the agent who meditates – an individual or a group – with a divine power, as professed by different religions or spiritual traditions, under the aegis of the higher self. Its utility is to give confidence to the agents to face the disorders around them, in search of harmony on the physical, astral, and spiritual planes. However, besides this benevolent magic action, it is believed that magic can also cause problems against which it is necessary to guard oneself.

Introduction

These two antithetical principles – the search for harmony and the conception of warring powers –were already present in Western magic at least from the time of Paracelsus (1493–1541), when it was believed that magical...