Northern Europeans are currently turning into television watchers as well. Even in tribal centers in the remote Amazonian Rainforest, television, wired for battery operation is fast replacing the human contact afforded by the telling and re-telling of tales. Although Anthropologists are doing their best to preserve what they can for future generations, their efforts may be too little too late. Families divide up in the evenings, part on their computers - and the other part, parked in front of the television. Little time is spent sharing ideas or playing games or telling stories.
Few persons get to know their neighbors and a sense of isolation prevails.
It is my belief, which I plan to illustrate in these pages, that this sense if isolation is the causative agent in the revivalist movement towards 'New Age Religions'. Many of you may be asking about those persons belonging to organized religions. After all, the telling and re-telling of Bible stories is akin to folklore and teaches many valuable lessons. These folks often spend time with each other and establish the human contact necessary for their psychological health, so they are exempted from this discourse with the exception of the thousands upon thousands, moving toward 'New Age' due to their own knowledge of science and their inability to believe in literal translation. These persons tend to have interest in 'New Age Religion' as they are afforded the right to believe as they will.