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On January 17th and 18th, New Age sympathizer Leonard Sweet was the featured speaker at a conference hosted by the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada.

Leonard Sweet, who talks about christ-consciousness, meditation and labyrinths and "New-light embodiment" in his book Quantum Spirituality, is a conduit for the New Age into Christendom.

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Canadian believers should keep an eye open on the Church Planting Canada National Congress. Leonard Sweet was a speaker in 2003, and it will be interesting to see who is lined up for their next conference in 2007. Incidentally, Outreach Canada, the host of the Church Planting conference, has big plans for Canadians through their Transitional Leadership Ministries. On their list of recommended books is an assortment of books by Buddhist sympathizer Peter Senge.

Is Contemplative Spirituality in Canada?
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Contemplative Spirituality: A belief system that uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness (the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped in Christian terminology. The premise of contemplative spirituality is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all). Common terms used for this movement are "spiritual formation," "the silence," "the stillness," "ancient-wisdom," "spiritual disciplines," and many others.

Spiritual Formation: A movement that has provided a platform and a channel through which contemplative prayer is entering the church. Find spiritual formation being used, and in nearly every case you will find contemplative spirituality. In fact, contemplative spirituality is the heartbeat of the spiritual formation movement.