But what fads were there, when you were in H.S.? I can't remember any witches in H.S. (I'm 35), but I remember a fair share of heavy metal fans and D&D players (with me occasionally among the latter) who came in for much the same thing. A few self-destructed; the majority when on to be adults in the same basic range as most adults.
OTOH, I noted more than a few self-described witches and the like, when I was a freshman at the University of Michigan in 1984. There were a pair of roommates, one of whom was fundamentalist Christian, the other a self-described "white witch." Generally they got along. But when the did argue they would start -- as one of them put it -- "furiously blessing each other."
LOL! The first "witch thing" I remember was when my girlfriend told me that Stevie Nicks was a "white witch." I was a pretty confused high school kid at the time and didn't know what to make of it. Seemed a little creepy.
We had a contingent of "fleabags" (burnouts), the Led Zepellin crowd, and a handful of D&D players. No witches though.
My wife is 43, and I still can't get over the fact that her high school was divided between the "Us's" and the "Thems (burnouts)." 1975. Two years after the release of Dark Side of the Moon. Freaky.
In college I roomed with 3 Deadheads. One transferred. One drank himself into a janitor job. One managed to graduate. Strange religion, but no devil or nature worship.