We Westerners know not much about our own religion and Christian practices but ironically, the non-knowledge and the non-practice led us to reject Christianity, which is funny, for how can one reject something one has rarely ever experienced and practiced.
The new age fashion is still in full swing and "centers for self-transcendence" and such pop up everywhere in the western hemisphere as well as in such nice places like Costa Rica or Bali, etc.
It is strange to look for something elsewhere when the same thing is already available in abundance. Although I understand the search and whoever makes peace with themselves in the process shall have it.
The search is within, indeed.