Well, you see, the original New Agers were kind of respectable that way. At least they got their hands dirty, went to India, or lived in a commune with no running water or flushing toilets.
These New New Agers want enlightenment without all that bother. They’re not going to hike into the mountains of Tibet when they can take a private jet to a “spiritual retreat” in California or Arizona and still impress all their Instagram followers.
in the 50s and 60s they were traveling to Mexico for peyote and mushrooms.