Posted on 10/20/2017 8:50:31 PM PDT by Simon Green
When Coco Layne, a Brooklyn-based producer, meets someone new these days, the first question that comes up in conversation isn’t “Where do you live?” or “What do you do?” but “What’s your sign?”
Interest in spirituality has been booming in recent years while interest in religion plummets, especially among millennials. The majority of Americans now believe it is not necessary to believe in God to have good morals, a study from Pew Research Center released Wednesday found. The percentage of people between the ages of 18 and 29 who “never doubt existence of God” fell from 81% in 2007 to 67% in 2012.
Meanwhile, more than half of young adults in the U.S. believe astrology is a science. compared to less than 8% of the Chinese public. The psychic services industry — which includes astrology, aura reading, mediumship, tarot-card reading and palmistry, among other metaphysical services — grew 2% between 2011 and 2016. It is now worth $2 billion annually, according to industry analysis firm IBIS World.
Melissa Jayne, owner of Brooklyn-based “metaphysical boutique” Catland, said she has seen a major uptick in interest in the occult in the past five years, especially among New Yorkers in their 20s. The store offers workshops like “Witchcraft 101,” “Astrology 101,” and a “Spirit Seance.”
“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,” she said. “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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The dog and teens in a candle lit basement.
I’m sorry that I don’t understand or fall for it but believe that it’s real to you. I cared for and watched both my parents die and saw a wonderful thing happen as they died. It was peaceful and spiritual for me, their passing.
I also dreamed of my Dad many times since he passed in 1999. I think dreams are what’s on our mind. My Dad in our house he’s never seen sitting at the table in his usual spot. But once I go to hug him, he’s not there anymore and I wake up. And my Mom, the night before my daughter’s wedding, I dreamed of her helping with getting my daughter ready for the wedding. Probably because she always said she wanted to live long enough to see all my daughters weddings. And she saw this wedding even though she wasn’t physically there.
But it’s more what’s in or on my mind than anything else.
You could probably say the same about my experiences with my parents’ deaths and dreams.
True. Always read or be aware of what your kids are doing no matter how hard it is. Even then, stuff happens that you have no control over. Raising kids is hard! I’ve been fortunate. Even those parents who do everything they can, have kids who stray.
Karma is fake. The whole idea of Karma, which isn’t a Christian belief, is fake. It’s Hindu and Buddhist belief that’s crossed over to mainstream. It has no basis in Christianity.
“People don’t understand it though - it doesn’t literally mean what goes around comes around although it kind of does”
Yeah, again, no basis in Christianity. A lot that goes around, comes around and just as much doesn’t. So “it doesn’t literally mean but it kind of does.” You are free to believe it, I don’t.
And it breaks into a zillion pieces when dropped.
Only weak minded people are deceived by magic or silly board games.I can’t believe anyone who believes Christ is our Savior believes in magic or demons. Yes, kids are susceptible but they’re susceptible to everything. Parents are there, or should be there, to counteract that.
Chestnut Hill? My two oldest wanted to go last year but couldn’t and again this year. It’s mostly a party like the Star Wars fans or concerts or whatever the newest fad is.
Beanie Babies,silly bandz, tomacatchi, Build a Bear, etc. Kids become attached then move on and adults keep it going.
Keep telling yourself that.
Then I guess Jesus and the apostles were weak minded people, eh?
After all, Jesus cast out demons and the apostles wrote about them.
Must be nice to know more than them.
Or the Holy Spirit.
Do you regularly teach God how things are and how they are supposed to be? Or do you just presume to know more than God?
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