, ▁proph et , ▁s age ▁or ▁en light ened ▁one . ▁H ux ley ▁arg ues ▁that ▁those ▁who ▁have , ▁" mod ified ▁their ▁merely ▁human ▁mode ▁of ▁being ," ▁and ▁have ▁thus ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁compreh end ▁" more ▁than ▁merely ▁human ▁kind ▁and ▁amount ▁of ▁knowledge " ▁have ▁also ▁achieved ▁this ▁en light ened ▁state . ▁ ▁New ▁Age ▁ ▁The ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁per enn ial ▁philosophy ▁is ▁central ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁Age ▁Mov ement . ▁The ▁New ▁Age ▁movement ▁is ▁a ▁Western ▁spiritual ▁movement ▁that ▁developed ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁Its ▁central ▁pre cept s ▁have ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁" draw ing ▁on ▁both ▁Eastern ▁and ▁Western ▁spiritual ▁and ▁met aph ys ical ▁trad itions ▁and ▁inf using ▁them ▁with ▁influ ences ▁from ▁self - help ▁and ▁motiv ational ▁psych ology , ▁hol istic ▁health , ▁par aps ych ology , ▁conscious ness ▁research ▁and ▁quantum ▁physics ". ▁The ▁term ▁New ▁Age ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁coming ▁ast ro log ical ▁Age ▁of ▁Aqu arius . ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁Age ▁a ims ▁to ▁create ▁" a ▁spiritual ity ▁without ▁borders ▁or ▁conf ining ▁dog mas " ▁that ▁is ▁inclus ive ▁and ▁pl ural istic . ▁It ▁holds ▁to ▁" a ▁hol istic ▁world view ", ▁emphas ising ▁that ▁the ▁Mind , ▁Body ▁and ▁Spirit ▁are ▁inter related ▁and ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁mon ism ▁and ▁unity ▁throughout ▁the ▁universe . ▁It ▁attempts ▁to ▁create ▁" a ▁world view