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"New Age" is a bit of a vague term. It can refer to those who believe a new age is upon us - like the end of the Mayan calendar, 2012, age of Aquarius kind of thing. I think this partly comes from the 60s, too.
New age is a range of beliefs like into for example guides/guiding beings, a sort of mix and match of some material from different traditions and material people came up with in the last few decades.
In general, people who are firmly rooted in a traditional belief system like Buddhism or any other tradition that came down the centuries sometimes tend to look down on the "New Age movement". It can be a bit wishy-washy, and certainly has little organisation or tradition.
It is a wild mix, and nothing is much established there I would say. It has overlaps with interests in astrology, kinesiology, alternative modes of medicine, crystals, astral projection, energy work, channeling, manifesting and "The Secret", etc. But every person approaches it differently. What one new ager firmly believes might be another new ager's horror.
I personally see that few people I know would call themselves "new ager" and that it has become more of a derogatory term one gets labelled with by people who want to lower one's credibility.
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