Abstract
In the context of the evolution of religious life in modern societies, the New Age is often quoted as the most extreme form of reconstruction of belief, characterized notably by deinstitutionalization, individualism and do-it-yourself faith. However, an in-depth analysis of this phenomenon leads one to seriously qualify these characterizations as rather simplistic and, in fact, to ask theoretical and methodological questions about them. Here it is not a question of providing definite answers, but rather instigating reflection on them and opening a debate on the relevance of certain interpretative contexts which the author thinks are too simplistic for an analysis of post-New Age groups. In order to do this, the author presents the results of a field analysis carried out between 1994 and 1998 in France, from which some directions for research are envisaged which would allow us to deepen our knowledge of these phenomena, situated on the border between religion and therapy.