New Age spiritual leader In the article about New Age it is written that The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century Blavatsky passed away much earlier in 1891 so it is not precise to categorize her in New Age spiritual leaders I suggest to move her into a new category New Age precursors or New Age predecessors where Swedenborg Vivekananda and others can also be placed 174 3 242 51 Done Other predecessors also included