Home›Open Questions›How many people participate in New Age spirituality worldwide?Open QuestionsHow many people participate in New Age spirituality worldwide?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "How many people participate in New Age spirituality worldwide?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/how-many-people-participate-in-new-age-spirituality.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). How many people participate in New Age spirituality worldwide?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/how-many-people-participate-in-new-age-spiritualityCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-how-many-people-participate-in-new-age-s, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {How many people participate in New Age spirituality worldwide?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/how-many-people-participate-in-new-age-spirituality}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionNew Age has no central organisation and no agreed boundary with the wider fields of alternative spirituality and Western esotericism it draws on, and its many independent teachers, retreat centres and publishers each keep at most their own local records.What would resolve this A sociological survey using a stated, defensible definition of participation, since belief surveys on individual New Age adjacent claims (reincarnation, astrology, psychic phenomena) measure belief rather than movement participation.OpenSociology of religionWouter J. Hanegraaff, New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular ThoughtCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnNew Age, Religions Well-attested Source New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular ThoughtWouter J. Hanegraafftier 1SourcesNew Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thoughttier 1Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Brill, 1996View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year