New Age, Esoteric and Theosophical Founders

Founders of the modern Western esoteric, Spiritualist, New Thought and New Age lineage from the nineteenth century to the present, including the founders of Theosophy and Spiritism, the nineteenth century mental-healing movement that grew into Christian Science, Religious Science, Unity and related New Thought churches, twentieth century systems such as the Enneagram, Human Design and A Course in Miracles, the founder of Eckankar, French positivist philosophy's attempt to found a Religion of Humanity, and the transpersonal psychology, mindfulness, neo-shamanic and breathwork teachers whose practices are widely treated as a spiritual path in their own right.