The Age of Enlightenment can be dated from the Treaties of Wesphalia (May - Oct 1648), which marked the end of the 30 Years' War between Protestants and Catholics, and the French Revolution, 1789 This is an obviously important Age which included both Spiritual giants such as George Fox, and other thinkgs such as Newton. The concepts that originated during the Age of E. were crucial for the eventual entry of an even "higher" level of thinking represented by MMY, namely Advaita Vedanta. George Fox was a friend of Cromwell and healed the latter's Daughter. Fox introduced Quietism as an important component of European Piety, independent of the influence of the Papacy. This freedom of thought along with Freemasonry influenced the Founding Fathers in the US and the French Revolution.
It's obviously hard to see MMY coming to the West via a Catholic country. The US and the UK were fertile ground to the new, revolutionary teachings of MMY. Jai Guru George Fox and thanks also the O. Cromwell! Below: Catholics and Protestants coming together at the Treaty of Westphalia, agreeing not to blow each other's heads off (a good first step) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Westphalia#/media/File:Westfaelischer_Friede_in_Muenster_(Gerard_Terborch_1648).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Westphalia#/media/File:Westfaelischer_Friede_in_Muenster_(Gerard_Terborch_1648).jpg
