New Age
New Age
At wikipedia, begins in 1970s

Reaction against traditional religion, rationalism

Social, occult, spiritual wings

Emphasis on the personal rather than doctrinal

Focus on the immmediate, suspicion of the academic

Influence of Eastern religions

Positive thinking

Tendency to follow gurus

Carl Jung

Alternative medicine, channeling, past lives

No such thing as coincidence

Peace movement, environmentalism, global unification, rejection of consumerism

Limited interest in history of the new age