superstition

10 subentries

• superstition
• civilized races cursed with (87:5.14)
• doctrinal fetish betrays man into (88:2.7)
• each generation smiles at ancestors’ (86:6.5)
• Jesus denounced (103:9.4) (149:2.10) (150:3.2-12)
• just ignorance in savage (86:2.3)
• moral police force of long evolutionary ages (70:11.5)
• religion becomes real as it emerges from (12:9.5)
• science should be devoted to destruction of (81:6.10) (195:7.1)
• secrecy essential to successful practice of (90:4.9)
• superstitions and superstitious practices named. See astrology; avoidance; bewitching; cannibalism; casting lots; coercion; divination; evil eye; exorcism; fetishes; flogging; fortunetellers; ghosts; holy water; incantations; Kaaba stone; knocking on wood; knotted cords; magic; mandrakes; manitou superstitions; massage; numerology; oaths; omens; oracles; ordeals; oudah; placation; propitiation; reincarnation; relics; renunciation; sacrifice; saints; scalping; shamans; shunning; signs; soothsaying; spells; spirit conjuring; spiritualism; Stone of Scone; taboos; thunderstones; tokens; tombs; totems; transmigration; visions; voices; voodoo doctors; vows; werewolves; wizards

Cross-references

• See astrology
• See avoidance
• See bewitching
• See cannibalism
• See casting lots
• See coercion
• See divination
• See evil eye
• See exorcism
• See fetishes
• See flogging
• See fortunetellers
• See ghosts
• See holy water
• See incantations
• See Kaaba stone
• See knocking on wood
• See knotted cords
• See magic
• See mandrakes
• See manitou superstitions
• See massage
• See numerology
• See oaths
• See omens
• See oracles
• See ordeals
• See oudah
• See placation
• See propitiation
• See reincarnation
• See relics
• See renunciation
• See sacrifice
• See saints
• See scalping
• See shamans
• See shunning
• See signs
• See soothsaying
• See spells
• See spirit conjuring
• See spiritualism
• See Stone of Scone
• See taboos
• See thunderstones
• See tokens
• See tombs
• See totems
• See transmigration
• See visions
• See voices
• See voodoo doctors
• See vows
• See werewolves
• See wizards

Cited alongside

Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.

• witchcraft 8
• magic 27
• traditions 14
• astrology 7
• casting lots 5
• divination 4
• doctrines 16
• dreams 22