A new survey released by Springtide Research Institute confirms what metaphysical store owners and veteran tarot readers have known since the term Gen Z was invented: Younger Americans, known for fashioning their own spirituality the way they curate their social media feeds, are doing so using well-established alternative practices. "There is such little ownership over a religious belief system that you're just told all the right answers to. These other spiritual ways have a more personal connection -- those personal 'aha' moments," Jesse Brodka, a 22-year-old Roman Catholic, told Springtide.