More than 2 million copies in print. A series of brief books on contemporary religious movements, comparing what they believe with Christian doctrine and explaining effective ways of witnessing to their adherents. A wide range of quasi-religious practices can be classified as psychic phenomena. Still other practices embrace a common world view. Thus this volume deals with many topics, including astrology, Tarot cards, Ouija boards, palm reading and other kinds of fortune telling, psychic healing, and spiritism.
Practitioners typically make claims to supernatural powers that can be shown to be false.
Zen, like a lot of other imported things, got hot in North America during the sixties. Taoism and Confucianism are also dealt with in this volume. None of these are to be confused with Hindu-based movements such as Hare Krishna and TM, which are treated in another book. Hinduism and Buddhism both originated in the East, but they are not the same and should not be confused. Both these groups, along with other neo-pagan movements including some kinds of nature worship, are characterized by worship of a Mother Goddess.