...s in the supernatural domain are closely related to concepts in [[religion|religious]] [[spirituality]], [[metaphysics]] and [[Schizotypy]].
...y humans should not discredit modern science, the simplistic and erroneous religious understandings of early humans should not discredit modern religion.
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There is another religious hymn recited on the festival of Shavuot (celebrating the giving of the Tora
...mankind in opposition to God, claiming that it and beasts mentioned in the books of Daniel and Revelation should be interpreted as metaphors. The word Levia
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...ent of '''Eclectic''' or '''Solitary Wiccans''' who claim to belong to the religious movement, but do not believe any doctrine or traditional initiation is nece
...vary, both between individuals and between traditions. Typically the main religious principles, ethics and ritual structures are shared, since they are key ele
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...context to determine the specific reasons for this connotation, and varied religious speculations have run the gamut. It is generally unknown whether and to wha
In Books of Kings 1.2–3,6,16, King Ahaziah of Israel, after seriously injuring
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''Ryūjin shinkō'' 竜神信仰 "dragon god faith" is a form of Shinto religious belief that worships dragons as water ''[[kami]]''. It is connected with ag
*Gould, Charles. 1896. [http://books.google.com/books?id=YKEAAAAAMAAJ&dq=mythical+monsters|''Mythical Monsters"]. W. H. Allen & C
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Revelation is considered one of the most controversial and difficult books of the Bible, with many diverse interpretations of the meanings of the vari
...century, it was included with the ''Apocalypse of Peter'' among "disputed" books in the ''Stichometry'' of St. Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople. In t
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...side of a mainstream [[religion]], but related-to or based in a mainstream religious doctrine. For example, [[Kabballah]] is the dominant mystical sect of [[Jud
Mystical doctrines typically refer to religious texts that are non-canonical to the major branches as well as more mainstre
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During his time of freedom (beginning 1790), he published several of his books anonymously. He met Marie-Constance Quesnet, a former actress and mother of
...d their philosophy on a purposeful flouting of moral norms and a hatred of religious ethics. In nature, they say, the strong win and the weak lose; therefore al
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...illain. Jason Voorhees has also been represented in numerous novels, comic books, and a cross-over film with another horror legend, [[Freddy Krueger]].
...n to Earth in ''Friday the 13th: Hell Lake''. In ''Hate-Kill-Repeat'', two religious serial killers attempt to find Jason at Crystal Lake, believing that the th
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...he term 'magic' is typically outdated, although in the direct quotation of religious scripture it may have some limited usage in modern times.
...e to magic by undermining belief in the sort of [[ritual]]ism that allowed religious rites to be re-purposed towards earthly, magical ends. Scientism, more tha
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...e Lairre was, according to the Planchette story, a French nun who left her religious order, married, and came to live in England. The groom was supposedly none
Further books on the Rectory hauntings have appeared over the years, including a collabor
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...rom the real causes. A scapegoat may be a child, employee, peer, ethnic or religious group, or country.
...rke first coined and described the expression "scapegoat mechanism" in his books ''Permanence and Change'' (1935), and ''A Grammar of Motives'' (1945). Thes
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...]. By the next year, he began reading books by alchemists and mystics, and books on [[magic]]. Biographer Sutin describes the pivotal New Year's event as a
...nce in 1904, while on vacation in Cairo, Egypt, led to his founding of the religious philosophy known as Thelema. Aleister's wife Rose started to behave in an o
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...n in blank verse. A second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books (mimicking the division of Virgil's ''Aeneid'') with minor revisions throug
...el's conversation in Book VIII, and Adam's visions presented by Michael in Books XI and XII. Eve does not feel it is her place to seek knowledge independent
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...a West African ancestor-based [[Spiritism|spiritist]]-[[Animism|animist]] religious tradition.
...ignificant evidence that the model for such syncretis] can be found in the religious practices of the Kongo Empire.
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...cenna]], [[Al-Ghazali]], and [[Averroes]], were intercommunicative. These religious traditions took on questions about the relation of man to God. The philoso
...hilosopher who drew substantially from religious ideas. Other influential religious thinkers of the time include [[Blaise Pascal]], [[Joseph Butler]], and [[Jo
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:*Many who attach religious significance to the phenomena apply more credit to the demonic explanation.
===Books===
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...blished.{{Citation needed}} Today most written science fiction appears in books although there is still a significant amount published in magazines and now
...nd Flash both had their own comic book reprints. As soon as original comic books began to appear, science fiction was a major genre. ''Planet Stories'' had
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...and yet in some sense distinct from him, illustrates a tendency of Jewish religious thought to distinguish persons within the unity of the deity. Christians th
...ot on the rank, classes and names of angels; and such works as the various books of [[Enoch]] and the [[Ascension of Isaiah]] supply much information on thi
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...It is possible that the story represents the subordination of a pre-Greek religious infrastructure by new Greek superstructures able to attribute the power of
...gons have been popularized in modern times by the fantasy genre such as in books, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Although not as well known as
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