Superstition Vyse Stuart Independent scholar psychologist and author
Superstition Vyse Stuart Independent scholar psychologist and author Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Is breaking a mirror just an expensive waste of glass, or…
Specifikacia Superstition Vyse Stuart Independent scholar psychologist and author
Superstition Vyse Stuart Independent scholar psychologist and author
Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Is breaking a mirror just an expensive waste of glass, or something rather more sinister? Would you cross the path of a black cat, or step under a ladder?
A recent survey of adults in the United States found that 33 percent believed that finding a penny was good luck, and 23 percent believed that the number seven was lucky. Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. Where did these superstitions come from, and why do they persist today?This Very Short Introduction explores the nature and surprising history of superstition from antiquity to the present.
For two millennia, superstition was a label derisively applied to foreign religions and unacceptable religious practices, and its primary purpose was used to