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Jamaah kraton: the Muslim new agers from Pekalongan

Journal: Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies (Vol.2, No. 2)

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Page : 191-214

Keywords : New Age; Reiki; Meditation; Sufism; Hybrid;

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Abstract

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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