Confidence was further eroded by the energy crisis of the 1970's. In the wake of their disappointment with modem materialism, people faced a spiritual void.
緊接著，能源危機在一九七○年襲捲而來，人們連現代化生活所賴以維持的根源也動搖了。現代人對生活的信心至此喪失殆盡。