PART I IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE NEW AGE ITS HISTORY AND ORIGIN

On Sunday, August 16, 1987, hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people throughout the world sat down, crossed their legs, closed their eyes, lifted their hands toward the sky and waited for the first ray of sun light to appear over the horizon. While some burned incense and chanted "oommm," others raised their crystals into the air in order to capture the energy of the sun's rays during this "harmonic convergence."

In his book, The Mayan Factor, Jose Arguelles insisted that his research of ancient Mayan calenders showed that the "materialistic" world was going to be destroyed and, thus, usher in the New Age on August 16th. This would be brought about when three planets were aligned with the moon.