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[7] The Oxford English Dictionary [8] describes them as "irrational, unfounded", Merriam-Webster as "a false conception about causation or belief or practice", [9] and the Cambridge Dictionary as "sans grounding in human reason or scientific knowledge". [10] This notion of superstitious practices is not causally related to the outcomes. [11]
A superstition is "a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation" or "an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition."
Facsimile reproduction of the first twenty chapter headings of the Indiculus superstitionum et paganiarum, below the Old Saxon Baptismal Vow. The Indiculus superstitionum et paganiarum (Small index of superstitions and paganism) is a Latin collection of capitularies identifying and condemning superstitious and pagan beliefs found in the north of Gaul [1] and among the Saxons during the time of ...
Super Giant Print Dictionary and Concordance: Holman Christian Standard Bible. Nashville, 2006. Kirk, G.S. "On Defining Myths". Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth. Ed. Alan Dundes. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. 53–61. Lazo, Andrew. "Gathered Round Northern Fires: The Imaginative Impact of the Kolbítar".
Superstition is the belief in supernatural causality—that one event causes another without any natural process linking the two events—such as astrology, omens, witchcraft, prophecies, etc., that contradicts natural science.
Page from the Gospel of Judas Mandaean Beth Manda in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, in 2016, a contemporary-style mandi. Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: γνωστικός, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Greek: [ɣnostiˈkos], 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among early Christian sects.
Christian views on magic vary widely among Christian denominations and among individuals. Many Christians actively condemn magic as satanic, holding that it opens the way for demonic possession. Some Christians simply view it as entertainment. Conversely, some branches of esoteric Christianity actively engage in magical practices.
The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Traditionally, spirituality is referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", [note 2] oriented at "the image of God" [4] [5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.