Esoteric-philosophical-religious questions are now almost entirely dominated by the movement called New Age. The collapse of great religious and political systems, their inability to respond to anxieties about the expected end of the world and their inability to reject a sense of failure or helplessness contributed to the flourishing of this movement born in the United States.
Content, which can be read between the lines in esoteric works from the beginning of the 20th century, they used historical interpretations or the concept of a cosmic cycle. The "New Age" is related to the astrological vision of planetary evolution. It is believed, that it coexists with the "era, which begins at the moment, when the sunrise from the vernal equinox passes from the zodiac sign of Pisces to the sign of Aquarius ". This idea slowly and permanently took root in the "fashionable" circles of the United States, and then infected the Anglo-Saxon world, Western Europe, and recently even Eastern Europe – a new and very promising area for sects since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
The feelings of isolation and inconsistency experienced by American youth somewhat obscure the feelings of reintegration into the Cosmoplanet Great Whole.. Ruch New Age, which has become synonymous with rebirth, rehabilitates the former symbol of the mother planet, Gai, showing her as a nursing mother. This new current of thought gives the primeval water a double symbolic meaning: fetal and divine. The symbol of the New Age is Aquarius, that is, its Latin counterpart – January 18, considered the only chance for salvation in nuclear times19. New Age is based on the "new paradigm", that is, on a different standard than before, consisting of such elements, how: "ecology, friendly technologies, holistic science, transpersonal psychology, alternative practices, spiritual search "21. The formation of influential organizations is aimed at bringing about a radical change in society. Alternative solutions are proposed in all areas of life22.
The slogan of "return to the original state" reigns, supplemented with idyllic ecology and astrology, however, some movements embrace more political doctrines or display aggressive intentions:
The seer announces the arrival of the Antichrist between 1980 i 1999… A roller is held between two opposing and complementary screens: White and Black, Light and Darkness, Christ and Antichrist… Our Mother Earth is giving birth to a new race, The solar race…
The pains started, The wineskin will soon tear, and blood will flow.
These apocalyptic visions, delivered more or less in public, they draw on the old one, esoteric heritage, which becomes the source of renewed interest in "invisible governments" and paranormal powers, supposed to come from "initiation".