People often say that the New Age Movement started in the 1970s, citing pyramids, crystals, and interest in Eastern religions. According to my research, the new age started in Europe in the 1700s and spread to America in the mid-1800s. The Positive Thinking Movement was a Depression-era offshoot of the new age. Dreaming Peace: Your Thoughts Can Change the World Click the book cover to read the book. Now posted free online! To read a history of positive thinking, click here. To see a timeline of positive thinking, click here. To read three hundred positive thinking quotations, click here. For other writing by this author, click here.