I did the Wicca thing back in the '90s and I have to agree with the commenter over at the Daily Mail who said:
"What they all have in common is a rather desperate need to elevate themselves from their humdrum lives and a need to be thought of as special. There's something slightly pitiful about this sort of attention seeking... wouldn't it be a little more dignified to just join an amateur dramatics club where they could dress up and play let's pretend?" That remark is SO SPOT ON that I think the guy must have attended some of the same events in Venice Beach that I did.