The New Age movement in Turkey: Sociological analysis on the socio-economic and cultural basis of healing groups

Since the 1960s, living under the name of coaching and personal development started to be influential in Turkey and "spiritual supermarket, do-it-yourself religious and secular holiness are" as named the New Age Beliefs, secularism is the effect that has losen and supernatural has provided to the return back to society with modernism discourse. Although the spiritual healers, that we have accepted as part of the New Age Movement, has been emphasized that they only serve a quality and healthy life to people with thete chniques they have applied, it is seen that the teachings of the New Age Movement have imposed on people in their Words and practices. In addition, the conservative group have many religious terminology concepts such as the concept of healing, using the technique they have applied, it has been seen that with the modern interpretations of the ancient teachings, they have attracted and absorbed the secular section. Finally, New Age Beliefs, including Turkey also the World wide, is a huge market of religious constitutes. Finding religious packages that appeals to every segment is attractive to modern individuals. In our study, how the spiritual healing that has a character opposite to the modernization process and the understanding of contemporary science has become widespread in the society, the reasons of the interest of individuals to this movement and the demographic characteristics of those interested, it has been clarified all the issues related to the characteristic structure reconstructed in individuals and what this structure reflects to society. Keywords: New Age, individualization of belief, healing, spirituality