As the year 2000, the millenium, approaches, spiritual pundits predict the dawn of a new age. But is this prediction really so new? Since the beginning of time, prophets have regularly announced the arrival of Heaven on Earth. Throughout history, idealists - as well as the not-so-idealistic - have attempted to create paradise in the here and now. The book puts today's so-called New Age into its historical perspective. It draws both on first hand experience of Utopian communities and interviews with current spiritual leaders as well as historical accounts of heavens and Utopias past.