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New Age Holistic Health: Implications for Seventh-Day Adventist Faith and Practice Andrews University Digital Commons @ Andrews University Dissertation Projects DMin Graduate Research 1996 New Age Holistic Health: Implications for Seventh-day Adventist Faith and Practice Manuel Vasquez Andrews University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dmin Recommended Citation Vasquez, Manuel, "New Age Holistic Health: Implications for Seventh-day Adventist Faith and Practice" (1996). Dissertation Projects DMin. 139. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dmin/139 This Project Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertation Projects DMin by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Andrews University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary NEW AGE HOLISTIC HEALTH; IMPLICATIONS FOR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAITH AND PRACTICE A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Ministry by Manuel Vasquez July 1996 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UMI Number: 9638068 Copyright 1996 by Vasquez, Manuel All rights reserved. UMI Microform 9638068 Copyright 1996, by UMI Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. UMI 300 North Zceb Road Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ®Copyright by Manuel Vasquez 1996 All Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. NEW AGE HOLISTIC HEALTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAITH AND PRACTICE A dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor o f Ministry by Manuel Vasquez APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE: / Adviser, Director of D.Min. Program C. Mervyn Maxwell Bruce L. Bauer Professor of Church History, Emeritus Albert S. Whiting Dean, SDA Theolcjgical Seminary Director, General Conference Health Werner K. Vyhmeister and Tejnperance Department Afilio'K_üupeRârs Date approved Director, Institute of Hispanic Ministries Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT NEW AGE HOLISTIC HEALTH; IMPLICATIONS FOR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAITH AND PRACTICE by Manuel Vasquez Adviser. C. Mervyn Maxwell Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. .ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH D.Min. Dissertation Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary Title: NEW AGE HOLISTIC HEALTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAITH AND PRACTICE Name of researcher: Manuel Vasquez Name and degree of faculty adviser: C. Mervyn Maxwell, Ph.D. Date completed: July 1996 Problem Alternative New Age holistic health therapies can be physically and spiritually dangerous for Seventh-day Adventist Christians because these therapies are based on nonbiblical worldview philosophies, universal energy forces, astrology, the occult, and Eastern mysticism. Method Primary and secondary New Age holistic health sources, as well as the Bible, the writings of Ellen G. White and other Christian writers were researched. Interviews were conducted with Chinese acupuncturists and New Age holistic health practitioners. The intent was to discover the roots of New Age holistic health therapies and practices and Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. the sources that the recent New Age holistic pioneers drew from in developing their characteristic modalities. Results The findings of this research dissertation are that New Age holistic health roots are deeply embedded in Eastern mystical religious philosophies, such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism, as well as the occult. It is shown that typically New Age holistic health pioneers were either associated with or practiced occult parapsychology and the psychic phenomena. Conclusion New Age holistic health therapies and practices are based on nonbiblical worldview philosophies. Eastern mysticism and the occult. It is spiritually dangerous, and sometimes physically harmful, for Christians to participate in these therapies or to think that they can separate the practices from their nonbiblical worldview philosophies and still remain loyal to their God and Savior. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I. THENEW AGE MOVEMENT AND HOUSTIC HEALTH ......................... 1 Defining the New Age M ovem ent .................................................................... 1 Definition o f T e rm s ............................................................................................. 4 Limitations o f the Study ...................................................................................... 1 Statement of the Problem .................................................................................... 7 The Purpose of the Project ............................................................................... 9 Justification for the Project ............................................................................... 9 Methodology ......................................................................................................... 11 n. THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT AND MODERN SPIRITUALISM The New Age Movement: Nineteenth Century Roots ..................................... 13 Emanual Swedenborg (1688-1772) ............................................................. 13 Franz Anton Mesmer (1733-1815) ................................................................ 15 Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) ............................................................. 16 Forerunners of the New Age Movement ...................................... 18 Helen Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891) ....................................................... 18 Alice Bailey (1880-1949) ............................................................................... 20 “Modem Spiritualism” and the Writings of Ellen G. W hite ........................... 21 The Nation Ripe for the New Age Movement ............................................ 22 Goal of the New Age Movement: Transformation ..................................... 25 The New Age Movement and Holistic Health ................................................ 26 Adventist Wholistic Health ............................................................................... 31 in. NEW AGE PHILOSOPHIES, ROOTS, AND HOLISTIC HEALTH ........... 33 The New Age Holistic Health Movement in America ..................................... 33 The New Age in One Word: Transformation .............................................. 35 Holistic Health, the Right Arm of the New Age Movement .................... 38 Tracing the Roots of New Age Holistic Health .............................................. 39 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM ) ........................................................... 41 Acupuncture and the Universal Energy of Chi/Qi .................................. 44 lit Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Massage Therapies .................................................................................... 50 Universal Healing Energy, Common Denominator ...............................
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