“I spent 2 full years helping protestants see the dangers of the NAM by pointing out the root causes”
Did you get anywhere with it?
“Some of the traditions which flow into New Age are: ancient Egyptian occult practices, Cabbalism, early Christian gnosticism, Sufism, the lore of the Druids, Celtic Christianity, mediaeval alchemy, Renaissance hermeticism, Zen Buddhism, Yoga and so on”
Yes, a deliberate modern twist in order to lull them to sleep...
“Wherefore we see that men are publicly tempted by the many allurements of pleasure; that there are journals and pamphlets with neither moderation nor shame; that stage-plays are remarkable for license; that designs for works of art are shamelessly sought in the laws of a so-called realism; that the contrivances of a soft and delicate life are most carefully devised; and that all the blandishments of pleasure are diligently sought out by which virtue may be lulled into sleep…
For, since generally no one is accustomed to obey crafty and clever men so submissively as those whose soul is weakened and broken down by the domination of the passions, there have been in the sect of the Freemasons some who have plainly determined and proposed that…
The multitude should be satiated with a boundless license of vice, as, when this had been done, it would easily come under their power and authority for any acts of daring.”
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/interelg/documents/rc_pc_interelg_doc_20030203_new-age_en.html
bronk-Did you get anywhere with it?
Yes and no.
Some people were greatful when I showed them these dangers backed up with plenty of information and they stopped practicing NA. Others,including a few Catholic's who were holding yoga classes in the church ignored me even when I gave them information from church documents condemning it.
Fighting this is like playing "wack a mole" with a hydra .You knock one out and it changes forms and pops back up again somewhere else.
We must be vigilant though. The devil figures we will get tired and lose our zeal-this is why daily rosaries,Saint Micheal Prayer, Jesus Prayer, attending Adoration etc..must be followed if we are to have strength to fight this enemy.