I have recently read about a new dichotomy arising in Europe, Switzerland and Germany in particular, which suggests a division between "enlightened" religion or belief and religion or belief per se, after the various passes in which divisions or distinctions have been made before, like in the US evangelical scene with a distinction between "living faith" and religion per se, I think this could be a waste of time and could be religious seeking to extend the hand of friendship towards those who will strike it down but it could be a useful description of what differs between believers in God as opposed to believers in "odd".
A lot of the superstitious beliefs are linked with novelty, in a modern sense at least, all the trinkets and books and other material which I see on sale in reference to Wicca, Asatru, Druids, Angels, Ancestors, Tarot, whatever, has that aspect and it is terribly commercialised. I know that this is not the same for people who profess these beliefs to their belief systems themselves (I know I wouldnt want to be judged by Catholicism for Dummies or "socialism for dummies", if there was such a thing) but all the same its the gateway by which many young people become acquainted with such things.
There IS an aspect by which these things, these superstitions, could make life not simply more fearful or haunted by dread, like in the past, but more exciting or interesting, mundanity is transformed into myriad signs and wonders, and in this way it could have some attraction too. Most of the time superstition is linked with dread and I think that there are believers who may suspend doubts or disbelief about things like this but arent afraid of it and are then not considered superstitious. Which would be a different thing altogether.
I dont mess with things like Tarot or mysticism not simply out of disbelief but belief that it could have some little understood aspect in which it "works" even if its just triggering unconscious mechanisms or psychology. That said there are a lot of academic psychologists and researchers who would insist that the whole of Jung, psychoanalysis and concepts like the unconscious are superstition or only of literary value.