New Age is a term that is sometimes used to describe a variety of belief systems and practices that involve the incorporation of or metaphysical ideas into scientific concepts and theories. These belief systems and practices are often based on the idea that there are aspects of reality that cannot be explained by traditional scientific methods and that there are other ways of understanding the world beyond the material and physical.

often involves the use of alternative and non-traditional practices and techniques, such as energy healing, , and crystal therapy, in an attempt to understand and explain the world and our place in it. It is often associated with the New Age movement, which is a spiritual and cultural movement that emerged in the 1970s and is characterized by a focus on individual spiritual growth and personal transformation.