Editing Spiritual evolution (section)

===New Age===
[[New Age]] thought is strongly syncretic. A common theme is the evolution or the transcendence of the human or collective planetary consciousness in a higher state or higher "vibratory" (a metaphor taken from [[G. I. Gurdjieff]]) level.

David Spangler's communications speak of a "New Heaven and a new Earth", while [[Christopher Hills]] refers (perhaps influenced by Sri Aurobindo) to
the divinization of man.<ref>Christopher Hills (1977) ''Nuclear Evolution&nbsp;– Discovery of the Rainbow Body'' (university of Trees Press, Boulder Creek, CA) 2nd ed. p.30</ref>

''[[Jonathan Livingston Seagull]]'' narrated the idea of evolution in a fascinating fashion. [[James Redfield]] in his novel ''[[The Celestine Prophecy]]'' suggested that through experiencing a series of personal spiritual insights, humanity is becoming aware of the connection between our evolution and the Divine. More recently in his book ''God and the Evolving Universe: The Next Step in Personal Evolution'' (2002) co-written with [[Michael Murphy (author)|Michael Murphy]], he claims that humanity is on the verge of undergoing a change in [[higher consciousness|consciousness]].

It is also known as the path of Ascension.