Are all New Age religions cults?
No way. Many New Age, Pagan, Eastern, and other new religious movements are known for their openness to other traditions, democratic structure, and fiercely noncommercial values. These are in direct opposition to cultic values. Just like any other human tradition, however, there are cults based around New Age, Eastern, UFO, or other alternative philosophies — just as there are Christian cults. The cultic structure can be created around any belief system or human activity whatsoever. There are vitamin cults and multilevel marketing cults. Some critics believe that organizations within Amway, for instance, are the largest cultic groups in America. There are many different flavors of cults, including Bible-based, Large Group Awareness Training, Eastern Meditation, Commercial/Multilevel Marketing, Political/Terrorist, Psychotherapy, Occult/Satanic, New Age, Miscellaneous (built around charismatic personalities in the arts, for instance). Some cults are hybrids. The Moonies, for instance,
