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What is New Age Spirituality? To understand the movement, we need to explore four historical streams that combined in the 1960s and 70s: Western Esotericism, New Thought, the 60s Counterculture, and the adaptation of Asian religions in a western context.

00:00 What is the New Age?
3:58 Western Esotericism and the Dawn of a New Age
8:18 New Thought and Mind-Body Health Practices
12:23 The Counterculture and Detraditionalization
16:57 Americanization of Eastern Religions
19:33 The Mainstreaming of the New Age
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