New Perspectives

New Perspectives is one of a host of periodicals established during the late 1980s as the New Age Movement peaked and one of the few to survive into the post-New Age era. In its broad statement of purpose, it focuses attention on the emergence of a new consciousness and information considered by many to be esoteric. It is also tracing the movement of the movements of the last generation, from human potentials to New Thought metaphysics, into the self-conscious and self-critical mainstream culture.

Each issue of New Perspectives is built around a set of feature articles, often grouped around a single theme, that highlight issues within the larger community of people who accept an esoteric and holistic perspective on the world. Articles treat psychic reality, various forms of spiritual and alternative healing, and varieties of esoteric practice. A strong concern for healthy living is projected with articles that advocate practices (from dietary changes to spiritual exercises) that promote a healthful lifestyle in general. Each issue also contains a set of columns that include book reviews, movie and video reviews, and evaluation of New Age/holistic health spas, hotels, and retreats. Unlike most New Age periodicals, formed with an emphasis on networking between New Age organizations, practitioners, and devotees, New Perspectives has followed a more traditional magazine format centered upon providing its readers information and a perspective on what is seen as a forward-looking emerging culture. That perspective includes the attempt to highlight the similarities between people in spite of their apparent differences.

New Perspectives has been published quarterly since its founding in 1987. Editor/publisher Allan Hartley may be contacted at P.O. Box 3208, Hemet, CA 92546. In 1999 it added an Internet presence at http://www.newperspectivesjournal.com/.

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New Perspectives. Hemet, Calif., n.d.

New Perspectives. http://www.newperspectivesjournal.com/. (March 12, 2000).