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'''Cosmic Humanism''', also called the '''New Age Movement''' is a [[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[religion]] and [[worldview]].  Cosmic Humanism claims that [[humanity]] must [[evolution|evolve]] into the New Age by realizing their godhood.<ref>Understanding the Times (Summit Ministries, Manitou Springs, Colorado 2006)</ref>  Cosmic Humanists use a wide variety of [[occult]] means in their effort to attain this higher consciousness, resulting a movement described as metaphysical or paranormal.<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/new%20age</ref>

'''Cosmic Humanism''', also called the '''New Age Movement''' is a [[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[religion]] and [[worldview]].  Cosmic Humanism claims that [[humanity]] must [[evolution|evolve]] into the New Age by realizing their godhood.<ref>Understanding the Times (Summit Ministries, Manitou Springs, Colorado 2006)</ref>  Cosmic Humanists use a wide variety of [[occult]] means in their effort to attain this higher consciousness, resulting a movement described as metaphysical or paranormal.<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/new%20age</ref><blockquote style="background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: .3em;">

 

This [[doctrine]] is a cornerstone of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|Mormon]] [[theology]]. The Fifth President of the Church, Lorenzo Snow, is credited with articulating this teaching: "As man is, God once was: as God is now, man may become."<ref>[https://www.mrm.org/lorenzo-snow-couplet As Man Is God Once Was? by Bill McKeever - Mormon Research Ministry (mrm.org)]</ref><blockquote style="background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: .3em;">

"The New Age movement...is an extremely large, loosely structured network of organizations and individuals bound together by common values (based in [[mysticism]] and monism—the world view that 'all is one') and a common vision (a coming 'new age' of peace and mass enlightenment, the 'Age of Aquarius')."<br>

"The New Age movement...is an extremely large, loosely structured network of organizations and individuals bound together by common values (based in [[mysticism]] and monism—the world view that 'all is one') and a common vision (a coming 'new age' of peace and mass enlightenment, the 'Age of Aquarius')."<br>

[A]ll New Agers believe that 'all is one'—everything that exists consists of one and the same essence or reality. A second assumption is that this Ultimate Reality is neither dead matter nor unconscious energy. It is Being, Awareness, and Bliss (which is to say, a [[Hindu]] conception of [[God]] as an impersonal, infinite consciousness and force).

[A]ll New Agers believe that 'all is one'—everything that exists consists of one and the same essence or reality. A second assumption is that this Ultimate Reality is neither dead matter nor unconscious energy. It is Being, Awareness, and Bliss (which is to say, a [[Hindu]] conception of [[God]] as an impersonal, infinite consciousness and force).

The first two assumptions imply two more: all that is, is God (which is pantheism); and man, a part of 'all that is,' is likewise divine...." <ref>Elliot Miller, A Crash Course on the New Age Movement, (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1989), pp. 15–16</ref></blockquote>

The first two assumptions imply two more: all that is, is God (which is pantheism); and man, a part of 'all that is,' is likewise divine...." <ref>Elliot Miller, A Crash Course on the New Age Movement, (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1989), pp. 15–16</ref></blockquote>

[[Image:Stonehenge.jpg|thumb|center|700px|Ancient sites such as [[Stonehenge]] are important to Cosmic Humanists]]

[[Image:Stonehenge.jpg|thumb|center|700px|Ancient sites such as [[Stonehenge]] are important to Cosmic Humanists]]