Talk:Abbey of the Everyman/@comment-95.195.131.238-20130624171443/@comment-9301675-20130801052736

Probably for the same reason real-world religions consider it bad, because of fear of the unknown and for control. People gaining spiritual knowledge and power through magic/witchcraft challenges the self-proclaimed authority of organized religion.

And religions do not necessarily need to be based around a personal deity, Buddhism and Confucianism being examples.