Is the Urantia Book considered a New Age work?
Not really. The last few decades have seen an emergence of various forms of teachings and groups coming from channelers, mystics, avatars, and the like. Many of these contain an esoteric approach to spirituality and some groups become cult-like with various rituals, practices and sometimes doctrines to be adhered to. If we consider these as a definition of “New Age”, the Urantia Book is not this category. It was published in 1955 before the New Age movement began. Also, the book stresses that we do not have to be mystics with esoteric knowledge in order to live a spiritually meaningful life. It teaches that God is no respecter of persons and that the average person can attain high levels of spiritual understanding and live their life accordingly. The Urantia Book does refer to the times we live in and are about to enter into as the “New Age” but this is in the context specific to the books teachings on modern times. It does claim to be the 5th Epochal Revelation to this planet. Through
