| Many people believe that new age books are | | | | and metaphysical esoteric books. The various |
| different from spiritual books, even though there | | | | philosophy books available today, which are |
| are so many books available that are described as | | | | scriptures handed down over many centuries that |
| new age spiritual books. If we look at the terms | | | | are the core beliefs of the world's many religions, |
| new age and spiritual, we find similarities, where | | | | also have strong similarities in the original |
| spiritual refers to soul or spirit and new age has | | | | message, although the interpretation of these |
| been described as 'of or relating to spiritual and | | | | books over the ages has led to contrasting |
| consciousness raising movements'. New age | | | | viewpoints. Considering the strife that such |
| books encompass health, medicine, philosophy, | | | | opposing views of philosophy books over the |
| religion and the occult. And yet, the term new age | | | | ages has caused, perhaps this new age of |
| was only coined in recent decades, mainly from | | | | parapsychology, with its metaphysical, esoteric |
| the 1970's. So that begs the question - is there | | | | and spiritual messages and books will help break |
| such a thing as a New Age? Many so-called new | | | | down these old belief systems that have divided |
| age books (and spiritual books) that have been | | | | humanity for so long, particularly when unified |
| written over these past few decades are | | | | under the more acceptable catch-phrase of Mind |
| emphatic that we are indeed in a new age spiritual | | | | Body Spirit. The proliferation of self improvement |
| era that is NEW in every aspect to what has | | | | books alone has brought a spiritual awareness to |
| come before. However, researching older spiritual | | | | thousands, if not millions, who seek to grow |
| books and philosophy books shows that | | | | through better knowing themselves. Old |
| humankind has passed through eras of high | | | | philosophy books are being rewritten in more |
| enlightenment before - inspirational times of | | | | spiritual new age terminology and marketed under |
| metaphysical and spiritual awareness that equals | | | | various terms, not only new age and spiritual, but |
| or surpasses our current times. So is this perhaps | | | | also metaphysical books, esoteric books, new age |
| not a new age as such, but simply a remembering | | | | parapsychology, inspirational books, self |
| of metaphysical, esoteric, inspirational | | | | improvement and even philosophy books. An |
| parapsychology and spiritual powers that all of us | | | | increasing number of these books are being |
| possess but have temporarily forgotten. If this be | | | | grouped, on websites and also in physical |
| the case, then perhaps a more apt term would | | | | bookstores, under the Mind Body Spirit label. The |
| be Mind Body Spirit. Which brings us to another | | | | overriding influence of these books is inspirational, |
| so-called new age term ... parapsychology. New | | | | encouraging readers to delve deeper into |
| age parapsychology is the study of paranormal | | | | themselves to discover their true spiritual nature |
| phenomena and the term parapsychology comes | | | | and it is encouraging to see so many spiritual new |
| from the Greek para 'beside, beyond' and | | | | age parapsychology (Mind Body Spirit) books |
| psychology, derived from the Greek psyche 'soul, | | | | coming out in increasing numbers each year. Two |
| mind'. So, here we are back to the spiritual again | | | | such books are listed on although many readers |
| or, as mentioned above, Mind Body Spirit. And | | | | place them into various categories. They are a |
| yet, some people still insist that spiritual books, | | | | mixture of metaphysical, spiritual, esoteric and self |
| new age books and new age parapsychology are | | | | improvement books, even though they are based |
| totally separate themes. Perhaps that's why more | | | | in a sci-fi theme. Above all, they are inspirational, |
| and more people are coining the phrase Mind | | | | told from the viewpoint of an extra-terrestrial |
| Body Spirit in an attempt to mold these various | | | | race of Beings who are concerned about the |
| terms into a more unified category. If we look | | | | direction we are taking. Regardless of the various |
| more closely at the core messages in the various | | | | viewpoints, they will easily fall into the more |
| spiritual books, new age books, metaphysical, | | | | generalized Mind Body Spirit category and, overall, |
| esoteric, parapsychology, philosophy and even self | | | | the feedback from readers has been fantastic, |
| improvement books, we often find similarities that | | | | many of them describing the books as |
| are sometimes veiled in different terms that could | | | | 'inspirational and thought provoking'. As one reader |
| all be better described as Mind Body Spirit. Yes, | | | | wrote ''The story slowly engulfed me, drew me in |
| even philosophy books, which are essentially the | | | | until I was on my own journey. It opened my |
| belief or system of beliefs accepted as an | | | | mind, enticing me to read more. I ask, is this just |
| authoritative account by a group or philosophy | | | | a novel or a key to our future...?' |
| school, have similarities to each other and also to | | | | With the same birthday as Mark Twain, |
| the more recent spiritual new age parapsychology | | | | Gau-Ghan's stories will entertain & enlighten. |