ive heard about this new age thing where it is a spirtual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in western during the 1970s
o really? tell me more about it
it is often considered to be religous, those invovled in it typically perfer the designation of spiritual or mind, body and spirit and rarely use the term new age themselves
that is really interesting. how long has that been around?
it was develiped in the western nations during the 1970s
What else can ou tell me about it?
others contest this term and suggest that it is better seen as a milieu or zeitgeist.
As a form of Western esotericism, the New Age drew heavily upon a number of older esoteric traditions, in particular those that emerged from the occultist current that developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Such prominent occult influences include orders such as the work of Emanuel Swedenborg and Franz Mesmer, as well as the ideas of Spiritualism, New Thought, and Theosophy. A number of mid-twentieth century influences, such as the UFO
New Age
New Age is a term applied to a range of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s. Precise scholarly definitions of the New Age differ in their emphasis, largely as a result of its highly eclectic structure. Although analytically often considered to be religious, those involved in it typically prefer the designation of spiritual or Mind, Body, Spirit and rarely use the term "New Age" themselves. Many scholars of the subject refer to it as the New Age movement, although