Superstitions, Intellect and the Unseen

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Photo by Michał Jaszewski

I’ve been thinking recently about superstitions. How even in our post-enlightenment, educated world, with reams of information and expertise at our fingertips, superstitions still have a strong hold.

I’m a logical woman and yet sometimes superstitions creep up on me like a beacon from a past life. 

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Superstitions, of course, are beliefs or practices that are considered irrational, have no basis in science and are often based on fear. For example...