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The objective of this research was to know Muslim New Age identity, how the
New Age practitioners identify themselves as Muslim and apply religiosity, attitude and expression in their personal and social life. This research discusses
about the religious experiences perceived by those practitioners of Shamballa
Multi Dimension Healing.
It was a qualitative research using analytical descriptive method, in which the
researcher tried to describe the Muslim New Agers identity by explaining their
ritual and their perception about their religion and tradition. The location of this
research was in Pekalongan, because it is a good example to describe how New
Age impact to religion and tradition by describing how some Arabian Moslem
Pekalongan conducted some New Age activities.
The research finding shows that Jamaah Kraton from Pekalongan feel comfortable with New Age because of two main reasons: the fascinating teaching and
the charismatic leader. Moreover, they able to negotiate their religious identity
problem by passing over and mixed all religion’s teaching which has no contrary
with their main religion and tradition, Islam and Arab tradition. If they find any
contradiction (in common definition of other Muslim), they will not feel that they
conduct heresy, and the comfort ability they had picturing of a ‘merger and crossover’, ‘a creation of a mixed cultures and’ and ‘syncretism’.
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