CONTENTS

RESPONSE TO THE NEW AGE
 PART I  -  GREENERY IS NOT NEW AGE

1. The New Age and Greenery.
2. The problem.
  Step 1:  A coherent thread.
  Step 2: 'The coherence is Satanic'.
  Step 3:  Good is evil.
  Countering a false argument.
3. Human Sin.
4. The New Era, not the New Age
5. The Modern World View: Renaissance and Enlightenment
6. Greenery
  6.1  Harmony with nature versus triumph over nature.
  6.2  Interconnectedness versus independence.
  6.3  Responsibility for the creation.
  6.4  Community versus individuality
  6.5  Intuition versus the supremacy of reason
  6.6  Holism versus reductionism and dualism
  6.7  Spirituality versus materialism
  6.8  Green economics versus commerce and finance
  6.9  Sustainability versus economic growth
  6.10  'Small is beautiful' versus economy of scale
  6.11  Peace versus war-making
  6.12  Local and global versus nation states
  6.13  Decentralisation versus centralisation
  6.14  A whole world view
7. Other strands of Green thinking.
  7.1  Alternativism.
  7.2  Decentralism
  7.3  Libertarianism
  7.4  Historical rather than logical roots
8. The validity of the groundswell
  8.1  Human responses: reaction and repentance
  8.2  Harmony with nature versus triumph over nature
  8.3  Interconnectedness versus independence
  8.4  Responsibility for the creation
  8.5  Community versus individuality
  8.6  Intuition versus the supremacy of reason
  8.7  Holism versus reductionism and dualism
  8.8  Spirituality versus materialism
  8.9  Green economics versus commerce and finance
  8.10  Sustainability versus short-term planning
  8.11  'Small is beautiful' versus economy of scale
  8.12  Peace versus war-making
  8.13  Local and global versus nation states
  8.14  Decentralisation versus centralisation
  8.15  Alternativism
  8.16  Decentralism
  8.17  Libertarianism
  8.18  Summary
9. Greenery, Ecology and Environmentalism
  
RESPONSE TO THE NEW AGE
 PART II  -  THE NEW AGE ITSELF

1. Greenery and the New Age
2. Why is there a problem?
3. Some views on the New Age
  3.1  The ETSC?
  3.2  Devil-centred?
4. How should we proceed?
5. What our response should not be
  5.2  Human Green concern
  5.3  Human inability
  5.4  Human arrogance
  5.5  Ignoring of sin
  5.6  Maximising human potential
  5.7  Human-centred spirituality
  5.8  Syncretism: bringing religions together
  5.9  Entry of Eastern religions
  5.11  Link with the occult
  5.12  The ETSC, etc.
6. What is the New Age?
  6.1  The Findhorn Community
  6.2  The Iona Community
  6.3  The Green Party
  6.4  Friends of the Earth
  6.5  GreenPeace
  6.6  WWF: The Worldwide Fund for Nature
  6.8  The Gaia Hypothesis
  6.9  The concept of Mother Earth
  6.10  Homeopathy
  6.11  'New Age Thinking'
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgements