About The Enlightening Times

The Enlightening Times has been in operation since the spring of 1994. The first hardcopy issue was titled Living Spirituality and was printed and distributed in the Fall of 1994 largely on the East Coast of the U.S. 

In it, our mission statement appeared as follows:

The purpose of The Enlightening Times is to document the emergence of 'Western Spirituality, Alternative Perspectives, Whole Being and New Ways of Living in our Western Culture', all under the umbrella of what the ET refers to as Postmodernism.

Most of these ideas are no longer fringe, but are increasingly a part of mainstream society.

Peruse our web pages and discover what is going on. Enlightening perspectives on the fundamentalist virus in the New Age will appear. The ET has matured from a New Age rag, which once helped promote New Age ideologies into a journal of inquiry. I, the owner and editor of this web site no longer associate myself with New Agers. I find them to be riddled with a patina of would-be or wanna-be "enlightened ones" . This naiveté is rampant in the New Age. I moved through it, and I am here to document that too. The emergence of a Western based spirituality has still to grow through the fundamentalism in the New Age. So, let's take what is best from this ongoing maturation and share it with an increasing population. And, let us be responsible and try to eradicate the Virus. Fundamentalism is not attractive whether it be in Yoga, Buddhism, Meditation or Love.