A startlingly large number of lapsed Catholics in Italy are reverting to the deities of ancient Rome and turning to pagan seers, astrologers, and psychics, attesting to a potentially catastrophic collapse of Catholicism in its traditional bastion. Over 160,000 sorcerers are doing brisk business in the occult and New Age practices, with over three million Italians consulting the so-called “maghi” for advice and spending $8.6 billion in the process.