A holistic view of the New Age movement.

Do you wonder if there is a common set of ideas behind things like meditation, yoga, energy healing, UFOs, psychic readings, and life after death? This book will explain that there is indeed such a thing as “New Age thought.”

See if your beliefs match up with the common set—there is a list in this book.

Follow the history of the migration of Hinduism, Buddhism, and traditional Chinese medicine to America, in the hands of explorers and pioneers. How Franz Mesmer in Europe proposed similar ideas back in 1750s, and how they made it to America.

Meet some of the amazing people along the path, and amazing books that took readers by storm.

Tour the bewildering explosion of New Age best sellers in the last century and see them in context.

If you’re frustrated hearing about things that are new to you, you’ll find many short explanations here, for example, reincarnation, spiritualism (mediums speaking to the dead), crop circles, and Near-Death Experiences.

Find the most popular “start-here” books on topics that you like.

Discover that science has discovered and validated the paranormal! It’s normal now! Find references to the new science of subtle energy and the science of consciousness.