No, but then I haven't heard Einstein discussing "astral light" and "dancing Wu-Li masters" without blushing. (My "new age" comment referred to the posters on the thread, rather than the article.)
In any case, Einstein never accepted quantum mechanics, let alone quantum field theory, so his beliefs on the structure of the vacuum must be regarded as outmoded.
I don't think anybody mentioned "dancing Wu-Li masters". What the other poster had mentioned was that ancient civilizations acknowledged the existance of an Aether. The Akasha mentioned IS another name for Aether, and the word Akasha is derived from ancient Sanskrit.
In any case, Einstein never accepted quantum mechanics, let alone quantum field theory, so his beliefs on the structure of the vacuum must be regarded as outmoded.
Although Einstein may never have fully accepted quantum mechanics, quantum theory is now heading back towards the concept of an Aether.
As Einstein pointed out, there can be no General Relativity without the Aether...
Recapitulating, we may say that according to the general theory of relativity space is endowed with physical qualities; in this sense, therefore, there exists an ether. According to the general theory of relativity space without ether is unthinkable; for in such space there not only would be no propagation of light, but also no possibility of existence for standards of space and time (measuring-rods and clocks), nor therefore any space-time intervals in the physical sense.
Albert Einstein - 1920
E.g., the philosophical questions "how do I know what I know?", and "Is reality objective or subjective", and "What is the role of the 'I'" are similar to questions approached by quantum theory, the uncertainty principle, the exclusion principle, etc.
It may be written for the layman, but I wouldn't dismiss it as "new-agey". But everyone is entitled to an opinion.