I have been around the edges of various new age groups on and off over the last 20 years or so. The most obvious problem to my eyes might be the grey hair problem. I rarely encountered younger people and the web design and quotation style approach is probably not appealing to the younger generation.  It looks a bit dated. This is related to what I call the tea and cucumber sandwich problem. I visited a Theosophy group and it was very much like a quaint English vicar’s tea party of a summer day. At the time I was a Marlboro and Stella sort of person. We were not on the same wavelength though we shared an interest.

In my view an approach to the teachings needs modernising and getting away from child of Arcane school approach.

If you look at the blue books opus and have the stamina to read Blavatsky there is a lot of information which is not strictly related to evolution and soul infusion. It could be significantly pared back.

I am pretty sure that the percentage of bone fide scientists in these movements is low. The incoming ray seven is the ray of synthesis which is much more analytical than the outgoing ray of idealism-devotion.

The nomenclature of esotericism uses terms from exact sciences which immediately puts off anyone so trained. Since the Tibetan started the number and percentage of scientifically literate people in humanity has grown markedly. We still get dinosaurs like Trump and the vaccine conspiracy theorists.

If the New Age is to dawn {eventually} old terminology must change. Astrology is a big turn off for some.

The biggest problem is the addiction to image-illusion. The smartphone with high resolution video cameras and so-called “social” media is a huge distraction. There will be some who feel a spiritual calling. There is a lot of noise and behaviour to get past. Image is not reality, though people expend effort on image and branding. Image is imaginary and not real. To get past the image/brand hype will not be facile.

To suggest to someone prone to immediacy that they need to commit to decades of meditation is not a vote winner.

When I was a gob-shite young man ~30 years of age with ~20 scientific papers I asserted that science could explain everything. I was adamant. I even said this to a dealer on a beach in Negril. He told me that I did not believe what I had said. He was right. Many scientists do not feel the need for religion, there is enough awe already in the scientific universe. The images of nebulae are stunning for example.

There are a lot of nice lower level spiritual practices which are life enhancing and uplifting, there is lot of fashion and trend. These may sate and trap people on the Odyssean Island of the lotus eaters.

It seems to me that the esoteric psychology made more abstract is the way to attract people. It is reasonably logical. There is apparently a growing mental health problem. This suggests to me that many minds are rejecting the modern way of life, its pressures and mores. This might be the way of least resistance.

Perhaps I might ponder on this.

Is there a way to really strip this back without losing too much?

Is there aways to verbalize higher mind to buddhi?

Hmnn…