Catholics and the New Age: How Good People Are Being Drawn into Jungian Psychology, the Enneagram, and the Age of Aquarius (Paperback)

~ (Author) "AFTER ONE YEAR OF COLLEGE I entered the Jesuit novitiate at Milford, Ohio, in August 1968, days before the riots at the Democratic Convention in..." (more)
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Fr. Pacwa probes the reasons why Catholics are dabbling in the New Age Movement. He shares his experiences and disillusionment with Jungian psychology, the enneagram and astrology. He aslo covers crystals and channelling.

Product Details

• Paperback: 234 pages
• Publisher: Servant Publications (February 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089283756X
• ISBN-13: 978-0892837564
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #311,518 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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79 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Balanced and Objective View on the New Age, August 10, 2000

By	Anthony Tan (Singapore Singapore) - See all my reviews

Pacwa, a Jesuit priest, gives a balanced and systematic treatment of the New Age movement. There are no emotional tirades and scathing attacks. This book is rigorous and scholarly (includes endnotes, a glossary and bibliography) yet very readable. He gives the history and logical arguments against these practices. This book is not just a good read. It's also good to give away to those who need it and good as a reference as well.

Pacwa exposes the roots of New Age infiltration into the Catholic Church. It's a controversial topic but he makes it pretty clear that using something like the Enneagram (a typology purporting that there are 9 types of characters) just doesn't square with being Catholic. Seen in the light of Tradition and Scripture, which Fr. Pacwa makes reference to, this and all New Age practices are dubious at best and diabolical at worst.

85 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars simple yet eloquent, August 8, 2001

By	Stephen Moser - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just finished this book and I have to say that I am amazed at the angry negative reviews I've read on this page. Folks, if crystals, horoscopes, tarot cards and contemplating one's navel are now considered (as was suggested in one review) modern, cutting edge psychology, then our society is in deep doo-doo. We should be furious that this mumbo jumbo has infiltrated the once respectable field of psychology, but the priest who wrote this book shows absolutely no anger towards the new age movement with which he experimented for a while. It seems clear to me that as he grew spiritually, he simply tired of the shallow, simplistic, ego-centric silliness of the new age - just as a boy becoming a young man tires of playing with the toys of his childhood.

58 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rational and non-inflamitory summary of the New Age., December 15, 1998

By A Customer

Father Pacwa is one of the few Christian writers, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, who is able to write about the subject without losing his readers in a web of delusional conspiracy theories. He assesses the dangers, philisophical implications, and silliness of many aspects of New Age culture, and relates them to his own life experiences. This book is already a Christian classic.