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?
well as a form of western esotericism, the new age drew heaviily upon a number of older esoteric traditions
Hmm i guessa lot of things started in thewest
religions of the 1950s, the Counterculture of the 1960s, and the Human Potential Movement, also exerted a strong influence on the early development of the New Age. The exact origins of the phenomenon remain contested, but there is general agreement that it developed in the 1970s, at which time it was centred largely in the United Kingdom. It expanded and grew largely in the 1980s and 1990s, in particular within the United States. By the start of the 21st century, the term "New Age" was increasingly rejected within
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