Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: People
5. 1 'Wandering stars': seekers and gurus in the modern world 15
6. 2 Madame Blavatsky's Children: Theosophy and its heirs 37
7. 3 New Centres of Life 51
8. 4 Jung's Psychologising of Religion 65
9. Part 2: Places
10. 5 More of the Same? Christianity, vernacular religion and alternative spirituality in Glastonbury 81
11. 6 Iona and Healing: a discourse analysis 105
12. 7 Alternative Spirituality in Europe: Amsterdam 118
13. Part 3: Practices
14. 8 Gender and power in magical practices 135
15. 9 Boggarts and books: towards an appreciation of pagan spirituality 155
16. 10 Holism, healing and the new age 169
17. 11 An analysis of the festival for mind-body-spirit, London 188
18. 12 Personal development: the spiritualisation and secularisation of the human potential movement 201
19. 13 The new age and secularisation 220
20. 14 Expressive spirituality and humanistic expressivism: sources of significance beyond church and chapel 237
21. Notes on contributors 255
22. Index 259