[Astromancer]

Periods of change and uncertainty, the 1960's was surely one of those, often lead to interests in the occult. 19th Century America's fascination with seances, and 20th century England's as well, involve uncertainty and loss. The Spiritual seeking of the post war period was based on these first two plus the prosperity allowing the leisure to ask if their was more to life.

This is important because of who ends up were. Hippies and young people generally will be attracted to those offering deeper answers. The older occultists will be seeking solace and security more often. These aren't hard and fast rules. But those that speak to the dead will tend to get an older crowd. and those that offer revelations and enlightenment will skew toward the young. In both cases these will be middle and upper class crowds. The working class historically goes for conventional religion or social activism. This was very strong in the 1960's in our history.