Our new age spirituality is not at all new. While it is claimed that it was a trend started in the 1970s, the philosophies go far back to ancient wisdoms. In short, new age spirituality includes any form of personal connection to the divine that comes from one’s search outside of main-stream religious doctrines. Psychic, esoterica, paganism, and holistic approaches to body, mind and spirit are the mainframe of new age thought. These days most people with New Age beliefs no longer refer to them as “New Age” and just think of themselves as spiritual rather than religious.