In my previous blog posts I had stated that the reading list from Frannie’s book Fixing Frannie contains New Age authors. In this post I will show the reading list and comment upon some of the notable New Age authors that not only have influenced her religious formation but which she recommends to her readers. The substantive information concerning these authors will be found at the links in each of the sections. Reading these articles will give you a better insight into the religious influences upon Frannie.
Marcia Montenegro of CANA/Christian Answers for the New Age was also a contributor to this blog post. You can find out more about her ministry at www.christiananswersforthenewage.org
Jung, C.G.
Jung was into the occult and pagan religions and can ultimately be referred to as a panentheist basing itself in a monistic worldview. For Jung there is a collective unconsciousness, a concept which Jung felt was proved by his principle of synchronicity. A book by Jung by the name Synchronicity can be found in the reading list of Frannie’s book, Fixing Frannie.
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra is one of the most well-known and successful New Age writers in the U.S. and maybe the West. Seven Spiritual Laws of Success presents such New Age concepts as pantheism and karma. He talks of success but achieving them is partly based on New Age worldviews.
Among other books written by Chopra is "The Third Jesus," about which an article was written showing his view concerning “Christ-consciousness”, a synonymous term with God-consciousness. Chopra denies the unique incarnation of Jesus but rather presents a New Age Jesus where he shows us that we too are One with the Father, just as he is.
http://christiananswersforthenewage.org/Articles_ChoprasThirdJesus.html
James Redfield
James Redfield lays out New Age principles in The Celestine Prophecy, including the belief that all is energy and as one spiritually advances, his body vibrates at a higher frequency and becomes lighter. He states that this is why Jesus was able to walk on water. The climax of the book is the teaching that you can advance to the point of your body disappearing, and he writes that this is why it appeared that Jesus ascended into heaven. Jesus did not really ascend, he just "lost" his body due to his high spiritual vibration.
New Age books don't just conflict with Christianity; they attack it. Montenegro’s article on this book: http://christiananswersforthenewage.org/Articles_Celestine.html
Redfield's The Tenth Insight is merely a continuation of The Celestine Prophecy (which presented "nine insights").
Gary Zukav
Zukav believes we create our own reality and that the present material world is illusory. The following is an article on Zukav's book, Seat of the Soul.
http://www.watchman.org/articles/new-age/gary-zukav--a-failure-to-name-evil/
Reading List (2nd ed.)[i]
The reading list was expanded in the second edition, two years after the first printing in 2001, adding two books from Chopra, two more from Zukav, and two more from Redfield.
Chopra, Deepak. The Way of the Wizard. Harmony Books, 1995
Chopra, Deepak. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. Amber-Allen Publishing, 1993.
Cousins, Norman. Anatomy of an Illness. Bantam, 1980.
Cousins, Norman. The Celebration of Life. Harper and Row, 1974.
Cousins, Norman. Head First. Penguin Books, 1989.
Church, Dawson and Sherr, Alan. The Heart of the Healer. Asian Publishing, 1987.
Frankl, Viktor. Man’s Search For Meaning. Washington Square Press, 1959.
Frankl, Viktor. The Doctor and the Soul. Vintage Books. 1980.
Hillesum, Etty. An Interrupted Life. Henry Holt and Company, 1996.
Jung, C.G. Synchronicity. Trans. R. F. C. Hull. Princeton University Press, 1969.
Mollette, Glenn. Silent Struggler. GMA Publishing and Inspiration Press, 2001.
Redfield, James. The Celestine Vision. Warner Books, 1997.
Redfield, James. The Tenth Insight.Warner Books, 1996.
Redfield, James. The Celestine Prophecy. Warner Books, 1993.
Siegle, Bernie, MD. Love, Medicine, Miracles. Harper and Row Publishers, 1986.
Siegle, Bernie, MD. Peace, Love and Healing. Harper and Row Publishers, 1989.
Zukav, Gary. Seat of the Soul. Simon and Schuster, 1989.
Zukav, Gary. Soul Stories. Simon and Schuster, 2000.
Zukav, Gary, Francis, Linda. Heart of the Soul. Simon and Schuster, 2001.
[i] Rose, Frannie. (2003) Fixing Frannie (2nd ed.). Newburgh, Indiana: GMA Publishing.
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