But, virtual communities are still not as good as flesh and blood communities. They do not allow us to look into one another's faces. They do not give us immediate and complete involvement. We cannot embrace one another through the Internet. To Americans, the word spiritual usually connotes individual experience.
Religion is the form spirituality takes when enacted in groups.
You can be spiritual alone all you want. You can read and pray and light candles, and even have mystical experiences. They are rungs in your ladder. With company, you quicken your ascent. You may be happy enough going along, with others you'll get farther, and faster.