Originally published at: British occultism reportedly making a comeback - Boing Boing
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Did you try sending a raven?
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Which is absolutely meaningless, as the UK Humanists were actively encouraging people to say they were non-religious if that’s what they were.
It doesn’t say much for the article if the whole comparison that they’re hanging it on falls apart at the first glimpse.
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He’s over at the Garden of Eden (aka. Bedford):
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OK, in that case forget the raven and send over an iron butterfly.
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There also is a crossover between paganism and TERFism, which might explain some of its popularity in the UK. Dianic Wicca has been a big red flag in the trans community for decades now, even amongst trans pagans.
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Obligatory!
I had no idea… that sucks. There is also some white supremacist wings of the neo-pagan movement, too… 
So I suppose I should not be surprised.
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I’m afraid the Laundry might have some stern comments about this.
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“English magick MUST remain respectable!”
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Hail, Glycon!
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Took me a while to wrap my head around that, but I think you mean the number of humanists is underreported, because they would be more likely to tick “”no religion” than “other” and fill in “humanist”.
My expectation for demonstrating that something has increased is that you compare it to past figures, e.g. the 2011 or 2001 census.
Apparently Shamanism increased from 650 in 2011 to 8.000 in 2021, but the number of Wiccans only increased by 1.000 (to almost 13.000) in the same period
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How are they counting the Jedi these days?
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In the latest census, the jedi were still on the decline.
The 2021 United Kingdom census recorded a dramatic decline in the number of Jedi Knights with fewer than 1,600 followers in England and Wales. The 2011 census recorded over 176,000 followers and the 2001 census recorded over 390,000 followers.[48]
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