Wicca what? Millennials are ditching religion for witchcraft and astrology

Source: Washington Examiner | October 27, 2017 | Siraj Hashmi

While America continues to dish on millennials this Halloween for being too sensitive about costumes, there’s a growing concern about the 18-to-29-year-old age demographic losing their religion and adopting the occult.

According to a Pew Research Center survey, more adults think a belief in God is not necessary to have good values and be a moral person. A growing share of millennials between 18 to 29 is starting to doubt the existence of God. From 2007 to 2012, the portion of young people who never doubted God’s existence dropped from 81 percent to 67 percent.

MarketWatch recently reported that millennials are partaking in a number of nonreligious spiritual practices such as witchcraft, also known as Wicca, and astrology.

“Whether it be spell-casting, tarot, astrology, meditation, and trance, or herbalism, these traditions offer tangible ways for people to enact change in their lives,” Melissa Jayne, owner of Brooklyn-based “metaphysical boutique” Catland, told MarketWatch. “For a generation that grew up in a world of big industry, environmental destruction, large and oppressive governments, and toxic social structures, all of which seem too big to change, this can be incredibly attractive.”

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