I definitely agree there was always a reactionary undercurrent to even the better elements of the "New Age" movement, whoever I do think it's earliest incarnation was coming from a place of cultural disenfranchisement with Cold War society. It's regressive undercurrent has only come more pronounced with time as the more genuine Leftist elements within it, what existed, died off.
now?
it always has been. hippies are a chud subculture.
I definitely agree there was always a reactionary undercurrent to even the better elements of the "New Age" movement, whoever I do think it's earliest incarnation was coming from a place of cultural disenfranchisement with Cold War society. It's regressive undercurrent has only come more pronounced with time as the more genuine Leftist elements within it, what existed, died off.