Modern pagan religious movement discussed skeptically as seeming inauthentic, with practitioners buying crystals at malls rather than demonstrating genuine spiritual commitment.
"i think they're lying about believing in the gods. i've known a few wicca types in my life and they buy their crystals in the mall. how are you gonna connect with any spiritual energy from storebought crystals and fauxwood wands?"
"When I was younger, I would hang out with wiccans and the like, but there have only been a few people here and there that I've met that I know to be something more. Or at least I sometimes think they are something more. Other times, I'm just a complete atheist with no magical thinking."