| 单词 | superstition |
| 例句 | But in spite of all this repentance the rain hadn’t come, and now he told us he refused to be party to the superstitions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fears that townsfolk don’t appreciate. Every place has its little superstitions, and everyone laughs at what the folk across the river think.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Better Joe hath suggested some specific remedies, which Isaac the Joiner decries loudly as the cant of heathenish superstition; and indeed, one wonders at the applications of bone. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A doctor who didn’t understand local culture might mistake patients’ complaints for bizarre superstitions, or be utterly baffled by Haitian logic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Even today, some of these numerological superstitions are not dead. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Another superstition is that dolphins bring good luck, so I was glad to spot a school of them herding baitfish as Abbey and I motored up the shoreline. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z How can the old and the new, the past and the future, rational science and superstition, live side by side here without any sign of discomfort? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In school the science teacher had explained what superstition was, and then held the science textbook up for the class to see the true source of explanations. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Wishing to speak for proof of companionship, and knowing his delight in tales of superstition, I asked him, “Is your rifle anointed with luck grease?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t have thought you had it in you,” she said archly, “to revert to old superstitions.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Kepler, he was not immune to the superstitions of his day and had many encounters with mysticism. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The promotion of superstition was not considered a political necessity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t like to hear the small owl, for there was a superstition in the mountains concerning them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He believed in science and reason, he said, not superstition and voodoo. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he turned to us and declared it was high time for us to go to bed and put the light out on laughable Congolese superstitions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, he saw pursuit of a single truth as a symptom of an unbalanced mind, tantamount to superstition! Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z It was one of her many superstitions when it came to her work. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Cape pigeons often darted and flitted around the boat, but the men couldn’t bring themselves to kill the friendly birds, and ancient superstition forbade them from killing the albatross that still followed majestically above. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z There is hope in such a superstition; there is the illusion of control. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Even my little sister, Ji-yun, knew that the old superstitions were silly. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a tribal superstition I clung to, which said that if one did others a good turn, things would go right for that one day. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He always requested that seat, not out of superstition but out of habit. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This mixture of simplicity and cunning, of superstition and commercial reasoning, aroused Van Helsing, who said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It’s one of her superstitions—I mean rituals. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z For her, being Catholic isn’t just about religion—it’s about superstition and safekeeping and tradition. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But there are also appalling superstitions and deadly ethical ambiguities. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe had I grown up in a tribal reserve like my parents, maybe had all our neighbours been believers in voodoo and superstition, everything would have made sense to me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z All the rest—old Betonie and his stargazing, the woman in her storm-pattern blanket—all that was crazy, the kind of old-time superstition the teachers at Indian school used to warn him and Rocky about. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, he said, Copernicus was acknowledged by all astronomers except those who “were a bit slow-witted or under the superstitions imposed by merely human authority.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I know it’s a silly superstition, but I feel like it helps me in sports and school and stuff. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Let me walk you home from the bus station. Promise me. This seemed like a strange request to me, but I promised he could. “Is this like a superstition or something?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “The old ladies in China had many silly superstitions,” she said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Comets have always evoked fear and awe and superstition. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t fight her on her superstitions, I say to myself. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Although the boy had developed a superstition that each time he opened the book he would learn something important, he decided it was an unnecessary burden. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z None of this would be a mystery to a young ethnographer-doctor who was able to sort out superstition from legitimate symptoms of illness. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I don’t know if it was superstition or what, but if my father said “death” you can bet two seconds later spit would be flying out his mouth. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Some rely, instead, on superstitions: Take a pregnant woman with you, and the snakes will sleep as you pass by. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The split-verb superstition can even lead to a crisis of governance. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But then, much later, another rather curious idea arose, an assault by mysticism and superstition into what had been largely an empirical science. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was furious at himself for giving in to such superstition. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But she told me there’s some superstition that a bad dress rehearsal means a good show. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You understand that it is wrong to take joy in pagan rituals, because it breaks the first commandment. Pagan rituals are misinformed superstition, and they are the gateway to Hell. Do you understand that, then?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I had seen every kind of superstition in all four corners of the globe. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Doc was a pure scientist and incapable of superstition and yet when he came in late one night and found a line of white flowers across the doorsill he had a bad time of it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He said men needed more meat than women did, and that it wasn’t a superstition and he wasn’t being a jerk, studies had been done. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “He just thought it was a silly superstition,” I said quickly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You must leave your superstitions behind now,” her stepmother said sternly. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z No, the menace of the supernatural is that it attacks where modern minds are weakest, where we have abandoned our protective armor of superstition and have no substitute defense. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘This is not just a superstition or a myth,” he said, and then cited evidence from astronomers that at that time in history there was a comet that followed the path outlined in the Bible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupita’s teacher had told the class over and over that witchcraft was foolish superstition. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The research was successful, a triumph, as was much of the rest of his life, of reason over superstition. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t believe that hogwash superstition, do you? Bad luck! Baw, there's nothing to it.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As the HIV/AIDS epidemic spread around the world, and a wave of fear and superstition with it, Haitians were quickly labeled a “risk group.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He wanted the very best for his congregation, to take them out of the dark ages of superstition and witchery. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “Those tales serve a purpose, William, and how dare you dismiss our traditions as superstition? There is a reason they have survived.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And all through the ages men have believed the superstitions and doubted the scientist. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank always thought his grandmother’s superstitions were silly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, one of her annoying superstitions. You were still in my belly. It had something to do with a baby getting bad luck if the mother looks at the dead.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Aunt Jessie was a devotee of palm reading, one of the “minor superstitions” that was in vogue, along with seances, phrenology, and physiognomy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a fondness for the traditional harvest festivals, superstitions and all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The sudden, ridiculous superstition seized me that if she asked the question and I couldn’t answer it, I would never get to go. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z These Old World superstitions had been banished from my mother’s conscious mind, but they still operated in her dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was also a time of terrible superstition. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The notion presented one drawback, of course: nuns, and anything pertaining to them, were bad luck, and Perry was most respectful of his superstitions. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z That was one of my father’s idiosyncrasies, or superstitions. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z In his era, racing was a business made rigid by tradition and imitation, superstition and wives’ tales. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to dismiss her criticisms as just more of her Chinese superstitions, beliefs that conveniently fit the circumstances. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “And superstition. They are one and the same, anyway. We stop for good luck and because everyone enjoys an unexpected holiday.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Like many of us in Vietnam, Dobbins felt the pull of superstition, and he believed firmly and absolutely in the protective power of the stockings. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In that tiny Peloponnesian village the old superstitions survived. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z These boys brought with them voodoo superstitions, more mysterious than the ones I already held. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On the one hand he places learning, and on the other superstition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He tried to explain about the accidents, about his bad luck, but each time Pastor Tom cut him off, called it evil superstition. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And gradually the idea took root that magic was merely an old country superstition. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought about Grandmother’s silly gold statues of Chinese immortals, her superstitions about putting furniture in certain places and avoiding unlucky numbers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It seemed that people failed to meet my eye, made as if to walk through me; my superstitions began to transform themselves into something like mania. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Others build a whole superstition around it, looking for numbers all over the place. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Discoveries in mechanics and steam technology were applied mainly to the perfection of weapons, the encouragement of superstition, the amusement of kings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her of the superstitions people had about shoes: that putting them on a bed invited death into the family, that a quarrel would follow if one put on the left shoe first. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It was nonsense—it was superstition—the gyptians knew nothing, or they were up to something, or they weren’t to be trusted. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It’s a by-product of the famous superstition about splitting an infinitive. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought your brother’s superstitions drove you crazy.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, with the special patience and superstition of a scholarship boy, I looked at every word of the text. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z How pallid by comparison are the pretensions of superstition and pseudoscience; how important it is for us to pursue and understand science, that characteristically human endeavor. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew others laughed at Fjerdan superstition, but he trusted his gut. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My mother had a superstition, in fact, that children were predisposed to certain dangers on certain days, all depending on their Chinese birthdate. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z What had he come to, when superstition filled his head as if he were an ignorant fieldhand? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Was the tide of public opinion slowly turning away from superstition and toward discovery? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In his opinion, superstitions were largely a female preoccupation. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Frequently they were nothing but ordinary bits of superstition. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A lot of the magic attributed to the People is just superstition. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “They are only bedtime stories — it is superstition, nothing more.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Sharpe noted to the others that the boy was deprived of speech and reason, returned by the sight of the familial dead to his originary savage superstition and stupefaction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On the one hand—superstition and old wives’ tales; on the other hand—the scientist, trying to solve the puzzles and find the answers. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are nothing more than a low country girl who believes in archaic superstitions. You’ll never become more than that, Aisling. Never. Now get out of my room.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts,” she wrote, “and...as I looked at everything from a new standpoint, I grew more and more happy.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But, over time, the middle ground that people like Sprat and Bentley had sought to occupy between superstition and rationalism became increasingly embattled, and the pendulum began to swing the other way. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To have positive liberty, he explained, is to take control of one’s own mind; to be liberated from irrational fears and beliefs, from addictions, superstitions and all other forms of self-coercion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Old Grandma shook her head at him, but he called it superstition, and he opened his textbooks to show her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Growing up near the ocean, you learn about some strange superstitions. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “So the next thing to do,” he murmured, “is to play on Basta’s superstitions. What a good thing I gave him that little weakness. It was a clever move.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He would not understand the superstition of taking a whiff of him with her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My algebra final was swept up in this superstition. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Consequently Nelson places great stock in signs and superstitions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The things they carried were determined to some extent by superstition. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, she packs a wealth of cultural, political and economic detail into each scene, from Maasai superstitions to the statistics of the illegal ivory trade. Review: An Elephant’s Ghost Stalks the World in ‘Mlima’s Tale’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z As terrifying as that ordeal undoubtedly was, Rushdie has now elaborately mythologized it by the light of Aladdin’s lamp, recasting the tension between superstition and reason as a series of magical tales. Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a swirling tale of genies and geniuses 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z MIA COUTO’S writing fuses stark and rich imagery and is steeped in the history, superstitions and political turmoil of his native Mozambique. Of lions and men 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Archaic forms of belief are treated not as quaint superstitions, but as ways of understanding scary or inexplicable facets of experience. ‘The Northman’ Review: Danish Premodern 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z We regard them with a fascination that sometimes mutates into affection, sometimes into superstition and fear. Movie Review: ‘Tokyo Waka’ Examines the Urban Lives of Crows 2013-08-27T19:59:22Z It is, metaphorically, something to do with the names of the pubs themselves, those persistent reminders of a medieval past of squalor and superstition, breaking the contemporary sheen. The World's End – review 2013-07-18T14:30:00Z An old salt with alarmed hair and a wedge-shaped beard worthy of Melville, Wake is the veteran keeper of the lighthouse flame, the guardian of its traditions, language and superstitions. ‘The Lighthouse’ Review: Dark Nights, Troubled Souls, Hairy Men 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z A longstanding superstition holds that saying the title of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” while inside a theater — unless you are rehearsing or performing the play itself — will bring about a terrible curse. ‘Rent Live’ Review: How Do You Measure a Show You Were Never Meant to See? 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Shvarts developed her own, highly distinctive poetic religion, filled with references to Russian Orthodoxy, Judaism, Catholicism, superstition and folklore, but adhering closely to a personal vision. Elena Shvarts obituary 2010-05-06T17:40:00Z They also mention “a pattern of defying certain proscriptions of the Orthodox shtetl” in Soutine’s art, reminding us of the Second Commandment’s prohibition of graven images and the many folk superstitions about the “evil eye.” Chaim Soutine Show at Paul Kasmin Gallery 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Could it be that the move is less to do with genuine theatrical superstition and more of a marketing ploy to drum up a bit of tension and excitement? Should Alan Cumming beware the curse of Macbeth? 2013-04-16T15:03:45Z Now, using the pen name he has adopted for his mystery novels, he returns to this exciting era when science and superstition were battling for supremacy. Unmasking Magic and Murder in the Best New Crime 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Religious superstitions promoted and confused milk drinking from the beginning and still do so. Milk: A Local and Global History by Deborah Valenze ? review 2011-07-29T23:08:16Z Its criticisms of patriarchal authority, bureaucratic corruption and superstition in rural India are sharp and unsparing, but its political themes are embedded in a humanism that is at once expansive and specific. ‘Fire in the Mountains’ Review: The Mother of All Struggles 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z In a region where superstitions and similar stories are abundant, Bogicic says the difference in Kisiljevo is that the story was documented at the time by a representative of the then Habsburg monarchy, Frombald. Serbian village hopes its vampire will rival Dracula as tourist draw 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Goya’s caprichos mocked the foibles of Spanish society, especially the pretension of its upper classes and the superstition and ignorance that cut across all social strata. Perspective | A humor exhibition at NGA might not be funny, but it reminds us to laugh at what’s stupid 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Has he forgotten he was raised steeped in superstitions like theirs? ‘Spell’ Review: Occult Reprogramming 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z They were mired in superstition and misogyny and xenophobia, which did not necessarily mark them as villains but offered troubling indications of ordinary humanness. This is how I lost my faith: Science helped, yes — but finally I accepted the holy texts were written by man 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z The real puzzle is why adults should be so invested in encouraging and protecting the superstitions of children. Movie Review: In ‘Rise of the Guardians,’ Childhood Naïveté Wins 2012-11-20T22:29:12Z There are a number of theories for why this may be true, but this Brazilian recipe is a delicious way to test out the superstition for yourself. 31 New Year’s Day dinners for good luck 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Per Southern superstition and traditions, black-eyed peas, greens and cornbread represent coins, paper money and gold, thus guaranteeing a year of financial success. 5 foods that are traditionally eaten for luck in the New Year 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Myth, magic and superstition are inextricably intertwined with everyday verities, a technique that caused Ms. Morrison’s novels to be likened often to those of Latin American magic realist writers like Gabriel García Márquez. Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Many so-called rules are superstitions that good writers routinely ignore. Talking sense 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The sisters — 15-year-old July, full of fears and superstitions, in thrall to wild, unbiddable September, the elder by 10 months — are left to their own devices. ‘Sisters’ Builds a Gothic Plot to an Artful and Shocking Climax 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z For him, spirituality enters in to Indian art — but in the same way, he said, that much of Western music derives from a religious source or the way superstition permeates a culture. Mark Morris’s Love Letter to India, Through Music and Dance 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Here then, in this strangely hybrid world of superstition and rational thought, magic and science, witch burnings and book printing, the reality we now inhabit was founded. The Slowness of Literature and the Shadow of Knowledge 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Are there any theater superstitions that you subscribe to? Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Thanks to Southern superstition and a rich history dating back to the 1700s, the earthy yet creamy white beans are also a popular staple for New Year's dinner. Here’s how black-eyed peas became synonymous with New Year’s cooking 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z As Ms. Kort explains in her essay, postwar Germans were highly sensitive to any form of social or cultural expression involving folksy superstition and religiosity. Art Review: A Perverse Mind Populated by Devils, Snakes and Buxom Nudes 2011-03-31T22:27:26Z And the superstition about bad luck applies only to theatre not cinema. Harvey Weinstein's Cannes gala turns tricky for the Guardian 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z It is entirely — not dogmatically but stubbornly — on the side of reason, science and liberalism, values opposed by superstition, fundamentalism and political expediency. | 'Agora': Rachel Weisz in a Tale of Ancient Egypt 2010-05-27T22:24:00Z Once death was “stripped of superstition”, writes Mr Laqueur “and revealed in all its natural boldness”, the enlightened world recoiled. Dust to dust 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Loven's spooky "When You Point at the Moon" brought off-kilter humor to a child's superstition that if you point at the moon, the moon will cut your ears off. NW New Works showcases 8 works at On the Boards 2011-06-13T04:12:04Z West Africans, it seemed to some, were stuck in the fatal grip of irrational superstition. Best practice 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Does that cautious optimism stem from superstition or emotional self-preservation or what? Emmys Watch: Jesse Tyler Ferguson on Playing it Straight 2012-09-20T19:28:08Z Vlad was notorious for his cruelty, impaling Turks and thieves on wooden stakes, but he was no vampire and vampires are not part of Romanian superstition, which includes the belief that garlic wards off evil. Two to get comfy coffin for overnight stay in Dracula's castle 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Artis “would die,” he thinks, “chemically prompted, in a subzero vault, in a highly precise medical procedure guided by mass delusion, by superstition and arrogance and self-deception.” Joshua Ferris Reviews Don DeLillo’s ‘Zero K’ 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Like Powerball players who pin their hopes on a birth date, lottery hopefuls sometimes call on gimmicks and superstition to win. Cheap Broadway Tickets Can Be a Matter of Luck, Timing and Apps 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Gina is so unimpressed by this childish superstition and so dismayed by her austere environment that she contemplates running away. In Magda Szabo’s Magical Novel, a Statue Protects Students From the Nazis 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z It shows that the faux-mystique of the Zetas works and intimidates; that their name has become an evil talisman, and to avoid uttering it is a primal act of superstition. Amexica: on the frontline of the Mexican drugs trade 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z In the blindness of ego and the trust in superstition, he embodies the mind-set of senseless warmongering that seizes the populace. Movie Review: Danis Tanovic?s ?Cirkus Columbia,? Set in Bosnia 2012-02-16T23:59:02Z Religion and magic were still floating around in the culture in a pool with “superstition,” “witchcraft,” and “lying.” The Book of Mormon’s foggy origins 2012-08-12T16:01:00Z For if the mind was a net of imperfect associations, prone to prejudice, superstition, and delusion, then it was hardly dominated by a universally endowed right reason, but rather pedestrian, often wrong, reason. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z So though I’m a reform Jew, I paid especially close attention to my religion’s baby-shower superstition. Motherlode Blog: Miscarriage, Superstition and the Jewish Baby Shower 2014-02-21T16:01:03Z The Italian workers, meanwhile, imparted their own old-world superstitions. In New Hampshire, Can Bretton Woods Get Gnarly? 2011-02-18T19:55:00Z There are various ways to characterize the argument: between reason and superstition; between doubt and faith; between realism and magic. ‘Magic in the Moonlight’: Another Woody Allen Odd Couple 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Some retailers are betting on fans’ superstition to help them sell televisions, especially after Brazil was unceremoniously axed from the 2014 contest in a 7-1 blowout loss to Germany. As World Cup approaches, soccer-mad Brazilians rush to buy TVs 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Jeanne didn’t believe in God or any kind of afterlife, but lung cancer made believers of her family, so that she, who despised superstition, became a touchstone and talisman to the rest of them. Allegra Goodman: “Apple Cake.” 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z But in the meantime, the young man, like Temple Grandin or Cesar Millan, intuitively decodes the animal’s behavioral patterns, debunking generations of Viking superstition about the bloodthirsty, aggressive nature of dragons. Movie Review | 'How to Train Your Dragon': A 3-D Adventure Based on a Book by Cressida Cowell 2010-03-25T23:13:00Z His work has always leaned on folklore, superstitions and old wives’ tales. Paul Muldoon Collects His Poetic, Allusive, Satirical Thoughts 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Even when a pragmatic Farrell tries to debunk the clan’s superstitions, he can’t help sounding ridiculous: “Them old powers be fool-headed talk!” Review: ‘Outsiders,’ the Latest Iteration of the American Family as Criminal Enterprise 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z For Ms. Sauer’s part, she admitted in an e-mail before the couple’s wedding to a tiny bit of just-in-case doomsday superstition. Field Notes: Amid Talk of the Mayan Calendar Ending, Getting Married Is a Beginning for Many Couples 2012-12-21T21:12:34Z It has played a significant role in Western superstition and it has developed into an irrational fear for most as the date swings around every year. 13 surprising facts about Friday the 13th: Demystifying the superstitious date 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z "The yips are not a superstition," Dr. Sharon tells Ted and Coach Beard in response to their attempt to write off Dani's state as some kind of hoodoo. What "Ted Lasso" could help us to understand about athletes protecting their mental health 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z I lack the spiritual gene, and I can grow resentful of novels that lead me into a cave of superstition and hushed ignorance and then seal the entrance. In ‘Godsend,’ an Idealistic Young Woman Gets Tangled Up in Trouble in Afghanistan 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Enchanting but never sentimental, this novel is the story of an artist’s transcendence over the superstitions, betrayals and brutality of his time. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z While the original was released during the heyday of Hong Kong cinema, the remake is largely targeted at the lucrative mainland market, where censors once averse to superstition are now more open to supernatural-themed productions. Classic HK ghost film reinvented 24 years later 2011-04-23T16:57:09Z This was a time, after all, when old superstitions and new science were held in equilibrium. The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones by Jack Wolf – review 2013-01-11T20:00:04Z Putting that struggle between science and superstition into the deranged head of Tristan Hart is a very good idea, and Jack Wolf delivers his tale with passion, precision and poetry. The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones by Jack Wolf – review 2013-01-11T20:00:04Z "I think New York theater actors have certain foibles and predilections and prejudices and superstitions — there's a culture," Norton told Times reporters at an Oscars round table. Oscars 2015: Supporting actor nominees rejoice in their journeys 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z For reasons more to do with superstition than with logic, people regard a composer’s ninth symphony as a milestone. Music Review: Philip Glass 75th Birthday Concert at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-01T23:17:25Z She possessed a naturalist's loving attention to detail, combined with a likable fondness for demolishing superstitions. Field Notes from a Hidden City by Esther Woolfson – review 2013-02-02T15:30:01Z Amid the laughter, the boasting and the superstition, there are some of the expected evasions and excuses. Review: ‘The Look of Silence’ Confronts Individuals and Ideology of Indonesian Massacre 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Are there any theater superstitions that you subscribe to? Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z His paintings and prints make the potency of night terrors real and frightening – but what frightens us is not witchcraft but superstition, madness and human irrationality. Witches have always cast a wicked spell over art 2012-12-17T15:09:03Z Jefferson saw himself as part of a dignified and righteous endeavor—a cadre of scholarly men working to remove the layers of mythology and superstition that congealed during the first and second centuries of Christianity. Thomas Jefferson vs. the Bible: What America’s founding father really thought about religion 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z A slightly different and more widely known superstition held that women with this type of hairline would outlive their husbands. Paul Ryan, meet Eddie Munster 2012-08-15T12:00:00Z The value systems warped by poverty and imbued with superstition embody the clash between the old China and the new, the theme Mr. Ma’s books return to. Books of The Times: ‘The Dark Road,’ a Novel by Ma Jian 2013-06-11T19:33:26Z Through Jahan’s journey, she addresses weighty topics such as the conflict between art, science and politics; the crossroads of faith, superstition and fundamentalism; destiny and self-determination; and the many permutations of love. ‘The Architect’s Apprentice’: a boy and an elephant in Istanbul 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Its brief is for common sense, untainted by ideology or superstition. On the watch list: 'Ballers' and 'The Brink' 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z In some ways, science has triumphed over superstition. You are more than a sexual fetish — but online dating sites might not think so 2014-03-15T20:30:00Z The ancient human belief in signs and wonders faded away long ago as scientific knowledge brushed superstition aside. A sea of red that evokes thoughts of more than just algae 2012-11-30T13:20:02Z It will not have been an easy rethink, however, given a covert but pervasive superstition in publishing about the power of "The" titles. The week in books 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z I think New York theater actors have certain foibles and predilections and prejudices and superstitions — there's a culture. For these guys, it's about finding that rhythm 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Rutger Hauer’s character leads a group of mercenaries who claim a divine mandate, but the encroaching plague proves impervious to superstition. 5 Things to Do This Thanksgiving Weekend 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z When atheists reject all these as superstitions, they are not attacking a straw man. Lourdes: realistic about religion 2010-04-07T11:00:00Z “Il Buco,” in recounting a visit to the actual underworld, carries a hint of mythology, an awareness of old mysteries and superstitions. ‘Il Buco’ Review: Notes From Underground 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Everything else is not just commentary, but worse: superstition, gossip, theory, aesthetics — the very antithesis of real scholarship. Movie Review: ?Footnote,? a Satire and Family Drama by Joseph Cedar 2012-03-08T17:16:01Z In fact, it’s the last remnant of the Enlightenment efforts to combat superstition through law. Hello magic and witchcraft, goodbye Enlightenment 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Tribalism, feudalism and superstition are among the medieval codes that are resurgent in the “post-truth” digital age. In Munich, Young Directors Offer Horrors Both Real and Fantastical 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Is it because of the long-lasting effects of religious instruction in private schools in which superstition masquerades as knowledge? Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z I also learned that intelligence and education do not protect against superstition. I was an astrologer – here's how it really works, and why I had to stop 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z How the superstition plays out is only a teasing embellishment to a movie split into parts that only a vigilant detective could piece together. | 'The Double Hour': Romance or Film Noir? Both, and a Thriller 2011-04-14T23:37:10Z Culture, as a particular mix of religion, superstition, and the calculations of power, and with caste as a crucial determinant, is central to the story that Murugan is telling. How Perumal Murugan Was Resurrected Through Writing 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z As ever, the show inhabits “the middle ground between science and superstition,” to quote its intro. In Jordan Peele’s “Twilight Zone” Reboot, the Plot Is Often Less Brilliant Than the Premise 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z “When people abandon superstitions because they just seem antiquated, that creates a space for new associations to emerge,” Mr. Miller said. Tracing the Origins of a Black American New Year’s Ritual 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” seasoned with superstition and Greek myth, and a chorus chanting forebodingly. Review: Mac Wellman’s ‘Bad Penny’ Promises a Boat Ride to Hell 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “The main purpose of everyday superstition is to give a sense of control in circumstances where it’s lacking,” said Stuart Vyse, a psychologist and author. We’re Holding Tight to Our Good Luck Talismans 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z It envelops us in a red membrane of passion and fear, and, in some way, that I do not fully understand, it employs taboos and ancient superstitions to make its effect. Roger Ebert obituary 2013-04-04T21:17:32Z A more striking non-religious superstition, because people today still invest money in their mistaken belief, is water-witching, also variously known as dowsing, divining, or rhabdomancy. Jared Diamond: It’s irrational to be religious 2013-01-13T12:00:00Z But in putting this film together, I thought, we have this well of superstitions, let me draw from that; they have such a wide cultural reach. "It Lives Inside" director on his psychological monster and "counterintuitive" approach to suspense 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Mr Moshenska depicts an age that sits between superstition and a scientific revolution. Forgotten hero 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z By 1673, the year in which “City of Crows” is set, the papal bull officially recognizing the existence of witches had been stoking superstition in Europe for nearly 200 years. Black Death and the Black Arts: A Deadly Fictional Duo 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z “For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstition,” he wrote, adding “I cannot see anything ‘chosen’ about them.”. Einstein's 'God Letter' may fetch up to $1.5 million at New York... 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z He questioned superstition and he tested received wisdom. Weird science 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Weerasethakul’s work partly explores a tussle between the superstitions instilled in him as a child and what he describes as his “rational beliefs”. The man with the exploding head: the director inspired by his medical condition 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z “It was superstition,” he says, “or a bargain with the muse or something. ‘ Philip Pullman Has Made a Career Building New Worlds. He’s Not Done Yet 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Jimmy doesn’t share this superstition, and in any case he has a plan, or at least a how-to list for bank robbers that he decides to adapt for new circumstances. Review: ‘Logan Lucky’: Steven Soderbergh and His Motley Band of Thieves 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Alfaro also creatively draws on the darker myths and superstitions of earlier civilizations and mythologies. In eSe Teatro production, ‘Oedipus’ gets an L.A. makeover | Theater review 2012-12-10T22:17:46Z Odd superstitions arise along with strange rituals of grieving — just as spiritualism flourished around the agony of the Civil War. ‘American War’ follows today’s vitriol to a dystopian future 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z “Edith Evans taught me the superstition that you never say the last line of the play until opening night,” he explained. Christopher Plummer’s Robust Final Act Crowned a Noble Career 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z I thought that it was about how stupid superstition is and how science is right and everyone else is wrong. John Green on Mental Illness and Writing a Book That Mirrors His Own Life 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The Fox family’s unforgettable moments, odd habits and superstitions are, in many cases, Adlon’s own. Pamela Adlon takes the plunge: Discovering even "Better Things" ahead 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Lee isn’t writing magical realism per se — she is conjuring up a locale where the power of superstition still holds sway. Review | In ‘Red Island House,’ an American woman is enchanted, then repelled, by her time in Madagascar 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z It jumps in the first three pages alone from Spanish Catalonia to Jungian psychology to Abyssinian hospitality customs to sexual and marital superstitions in Egypt and Europe. New & Noteworthy 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Their part culminates in a powerful instrumental hook answering the vocal hook, "superstition ain't the way." Dissecting Stevie Wonder’s "Superstition," 50 years after we first heard its infectious grooves 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z The late designer’s penchant for superstition became charm bracelets, and his initials a “CD” fastening on a safety pin. Dior pulls the stars in conveyor-belt menswear show in Paris 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Horii also sees the masks as a form of control over contemporary anxieties, like some religious rituals and superstitions. Going to Burning Man? Don’t Forget to Pack a Mask 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Egyptian priests used them to play on the superstitions of their people. Man and Things 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Eggers began to understand the origins of all those maritime superstitions: “They come from trying to organise chaos, and if you live a life at sea, she is stronger than anything.” The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers on storms, seagulls and spraying Robert Pattinson with a hose 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Its truth is not like the canons of orthodoxy or the irrationality of prejudice and superstition. Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z Garcia Marquez said he drew on the stories that his grandmother told him when he was a child, laced with folklore, superstition and the supernatural. Mourning and memories in Garcia Marquez's languid hometown 2014-04-19T08:02:58Z “The rebel against tyranny, who stands in stark contrast to that mindless superstition and that mob mentality that causes people to give themselves the moral self-licensing to create the ‘other’… and thereby victimise people.” Devil's advocate: are satanists now the good guys in the fight against the evangelical right? 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z There are pious Muslims and cynical hedonists, and each migrant approaches the journey with a distinctive blend of superstition and pragmatism. Movie Review: ‘The Pirogue,’ Directed by Moussa Touré 2013-01-22T23:28:36Z “The power, the sex, the money, the raucous pranks, luck and fortune and superstition in the air,” Mr. Mayer says. ‘Rigoletto,’ in Rat Pack-Style, at the Met 2013-01-23T13:00:00Z “It swam with superstition and half-remembered facts pertaining to how many spiders we ate a year and the rate at which dentists killed themselves.” Review | Two authors expose the deceptive, self-aggrandizing absurdity of online life 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Since she grew up in the Bible Belt, she considered rooting out purpose, associated with religious superstition, to be part of her education. Why are we here? Evolution’s dirty secrets 2013-06-02T11:00:00Z All of the group’s albums, typically recorded live in reverberant spaces, are titled in sequence, and “13” — just out on the stylish Norwegian label Smalltown Supersound — has enough ominous tension to justify numerical superstitions. The Playlist: Danny Brown and the Weeknd Serve Up Twists and Turns 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z “He believes fundamentally that there is something to this business of having some knowledge, and some analysis of problems, as compared with living in a state of ignorance, superstition and drifting-into-whatever-may-come.” Weird suburbia: How atomic bombs and UFOs created modern America 2014-03-16T18:00:00Z We live in a culture that prides itself on being rational, when in fact we are as governed by superstitions, suppositions, as we ever were. Eula Biss' 'On Immunity' is a beautiful shot of insight 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Grudges, superstition, a belief in charms and otherworldly spirits: all this seems perfectly familiar. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z There’s a combination of suspicion and superstition in this part of the world that I thought I would be up against. Photographing the Unphotographable 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Every piece of social data suggests that those who favor faith and superstition over fact-based evidence will become the minority in this country by or before the end of this century. Atheists have their number: How the Christian right is hastening religion’s decline 2014-03-25T11:50:00Z “Now my superstition is not to do anything at the same time. If I put my makeup on at 6:20 one day, I wait till 6:21 the next day, or 6:19.” Ballet dancers have weird and quirky pre-show rituals that would put any sports star to shame 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “In the City of Killing” draws on “stereotypes of feminized Jewish males hopelessly softened by the humiliations of the diaspora” and of “the superstitions of blandly passive religiosity.” Before the Holocaust, Jewish Suffering Had One Name: Kishinev 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z There are many superstitions about mirrors – apparently actors believe, for instance, that it's bad luck to see their reflection over the shoulder of another person. Frankenstein on stage: a case of double vision? 2011-02-17T14:48:11Z One suggested answer is that supernatural religious beliefs are just ignorant superstitions similar to supernatural non-religious beliefs, illustrating only that the human brain is capable of deceiving itself into believing anything. Jared Diamond: It’s irrational to be religious 2013-01-13T12:00:00Z "With science answering many of those questions that we previously thought were unanswerable outside the realms of superstition and religious thinking, it's taken on a new importance in our lives," he says. Scientists invade Edinburgh Fringe 2013-08-05T06:56:50Z That the things in Korean fairy tales or superstitions are actually just one half-step away from where we are already. Shooting hoops and K-dramas: The American dream of not being relegated to a subplot 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Macbeth has attracted superstition in theatrical circles and it's deemed bad luck to name the play in a theatre. Curse of Macbeth? Actor taken to hospital after Branagh battle 2013-07-15T12:29:23Z The day-to-day life of the Victorian, as it is made up of tasks and things, belies the day-to-day mind of the Victorian—the preoccupations, superstitions, beliefs and ideals of an entire society. The strange and magical Victorian wonders of “Penny Dreadful” suffer no sophomore slump 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z There's more superstition as Lillian has a vision of doom that she must solve. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 8-12 October 2012-10-08T08:00:00Z Mr. Parkinson is a marvelously mercurial Henry, a cautionary example of what happens when we attribute divine rights to mortals with all-too-human impulses and superstitions. London Theater Journal: Shadowlands 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Unaware of the theatrical superstition that Macbeth should not be mentioned by name, Homer says the title of the play and McKellen is promptly struck by lightning. Should Alan Cumming beware the curse of Macbeth? 2013-04-16T15:03:45Z His description of Hunslet life — the lore, vocabulary, dress codes, superstitions and traditions of courtship, Sunday visiting and Saturday club singing — was essentially a plea for preserving local culture. Richard H. Hoggart, ‘Lady Chatterley’s’ Savior, Dies at 95 2014-04-23T20:45:56Z The people of Fraser’s Ridge hold Claire in high esteem, though they laugh off her sound medical advice, preferring superstition, bloodletting and bogus elixirs. Perspective | In Starz’s enjoyably escapist ‘Outlander,’ a relevant story line about finding the cure 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z “A woman drops her iPhone in the toilet and she happens to read the astrology column and reads that Mercury is in retrograde. She’s tuned into an ancient superstition and thinks, ‘Well, that’s it. Has your life gone haywire? It’s probably Mercury Retrograde. 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z But some decide that, as long as the property itself poses no actual threat, getting a good deal trumps superstition. ‘Murder houses’: The haunting final chapter in true-crime stories 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z It's a kind of superstition; explain your art, and there's a danger of explaining it away or getting writers' block, as he has in the past. Alan Bennett: 'I've often wanted to be bolder' 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z We modern folk snort at the superstitions of our ancestors. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z It's easy to see why some might consider passing a funeral cortege on the way to the theatre unlucky, but other superstitions are baffling. Should Alan Cumming beware the curse of Macbeth? 2013-04-16T15:03:45Z Even at this time of the year, when you're surrounded by fun, frivolity, superstition, arguments, turkey and greed, there's good and bad taste. Paul Morley's Showing Off? 2010-12-26T00:05:10Z Every mainstream misogynistic superstition stems from the rotten old myth of Genesis: woman as made not in God’s image, but from one of Adam’s spare parts, and thus inferior to man. The religious have gone insane: The separation of church and state — and Scalia from his mind 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z In other words, following superstition is different from following medical rules grounded in evidence of causal relationships. Motherlode Blog: Miscarriage, Superstition and the Jewish Baby Shower 2014-02-21T16:01:03Z Over breakfast at the Cafe Edison in Times Square, Mr. Brand spoke to Anita Gates about his Neil Simon disappointment; his band, the New Facility; and his superstitions. | Ari Brand: Ari Brand on ‘My Name Is Asher Lev’ 2012-11-11T04:40:29Z I was born with a brain that likes to run around in circles and chew its own tail, an obsessive-compulsive sponge that retreated into superstitions and rituals at a very young age. My year of anxiety: How my worries took control, and how I’m taking it back 2014-01-26T21:00:00Z When the phone starts ringing in a novel or short story, the air is charged with magic and coincidence, superstition and death. Nicholas Royle's top 10 writers on the telephone 2010-10-06T09:25:00Z Robert Graves once said that "a strange superstition survives among classicists that some flowers are poetical and others are not". Waiting for the Barbarians by Daniel Mendelsohn – review 2013-01-06T00:08:39Z Along the way he dismissed paranormal activities, astrology, all forms of superstition and gullibility. Atheism’s radical new heroes: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and an evolving new moral view 2014-03-02T17:00:00Z Set in the aftermath of a revolution, this Hungarian novel considers how superstitions rise in times of turmoil. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Thunderstown is broken, backward, overshadowed by mountains, dominated by a hulking cathedral, with a population riven by religious fundamentalism and ancient superstition. The Man Who Rained by Ali Shaw ? review 2012-02-10T22:55:03Z Unfortunately, there is superstition, too, about a new form of expression and thought known as Gutenberg’s printing press, but King Louis XI is not superstitious. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XI 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The superstitions in the film come from family members, and the older generation, and things I grew up rejecting in favor of modernity. "It Lives Inside" director on his psychological monster and "counterintuitive" approach to suspense 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The first glass of wine shown on that series isn’t consumed, it is tossed at a wall at a construction site for good luck — a local superstition. ‘Real Housewives’ in Greece, Israel and Canada 2013-06-06T12:00:01Z As in any sport, there are plenty of superstitions, and some center on the fashion. Rule No. 1: Don’t Outshine the Dog 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z But what if this show of faith — in visual evidence, in the documentary record, in the moral prestige of the moving image — is itself a kind of superstition? ‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Scott Atran and Pascal Boyer have independently pointed out that actual religious superstitions over the whole world constitute a narrow subset of all the arbitrary random superstitions that one could theoretically invent. Jared Diamond: It’s irrational to be religious 2013-01-13T12:00:00Z The time period is that mystical half-light of history when Scandinavia was little more than scattered Norse villages; when wisdom was woven with superstition much as the land is interlaced with fjords. Neal Shusterman Reviews Gary Paulsen’s Final Novel 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The couple perform every act of expiation they can imagine, obey every superstition, worship at every shrine. A Novel That Roiled India Is Now Translated Into English 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z “Feather Gatherers,” part of the Ice Factory festival, a wellspring of singular drama, unfurls in some fantastical Serbia of the mind, a Slivovitz-soaked realm of peasant blouses and folk superstitions. ‘Feather Gatherers’ Gives a Twist to a Russian Folk Tale 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of metaphorical weight in this speech, touching on isolation, distrust, superstition and more. ‘Burning Cane’ Review: Poverty and Despair in Rural Louisiana 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Now Phoebe is a single mother living in a postwar culture where superstition reigns. Books of The Times: ‘Archangel,’ by Andrea Barrett 2013-09-02T21:41:52Z Harold Ross, the editor of The New Yorker, wrote in 1941 that Californians “live in a world of rumors, dreams and superstitions, because newspapers out there don’t print much news.” Los Angeles Through the Centuries, Glimpsed by Kerouac, de Beauvoir, Waugh and Others 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z You may have thought we were long past the days when magazines had “resident astrologers” but astrology has been growing in popularity over the last decade, hitting peak superstition in the last few years. What were we thinking? The worst trends of the decade – ranked! 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Ghosts are superstitions, conjured up by a Chinese person’s own fears. Exclusive: An Excerpt from the Upcoming Novel by Amy Tan 2013-05-31T17:10:57Z Crammed with creaking theatrical cliches – superstitions and la-di-da luvvies – it treats theatre with patronising contempt. Have you been watching … Playhouse Presents? 2013-05-23T10:56:37Z It’s about 50 percent postcolonial escape fantasy, in which an uptight Briton moves to a tropical outpost of the former empire and learns to balance Western rationalism with Eastern superstition, emotion and ease. Review: In ‘Good Karma Hospital,’ Some Familiar TV Templates 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Tolkien told in his books — is largely concerned with how different groups overcome their biases and superstitions for a higher cause. ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 1, Episode 3: Island Time 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z This echoes the Asimov books’ atom-age belief in the power of reason over superstition. Review: The Math of ‘Foundation’ Doesn’t Add Up 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “These matters of popular belief and folks’-lore, these rights and legends and superstitions, were, after all, the poetry of the people, the bond that knit the peasant to the soil.” The Artist Who Dared to Paint Ireland’s Great Famine 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z “We are grieved,” says Wulawand, “to report that certain writers and actors at this network are in the grip of superstition.” Science fiction: ‘The Madonna and the Starship,’ by James Morrow Darren, a cynic and atheist, is in constant conflict with the ancient faiths and superstitions of his family and country. Is Love/Hate Ireland's answer to The Wire? 2013-07-24T10:28:50Z But the play maintains its momentum in the second half, and the idea of Rome as a city of thuggery and superstition is balanced by the cerebral debate about the morality of murder. Julius Caesar ? review 2011-01-11T21:30:00Z There’s a Vietnamese superstition: If you die away from home, your soul will become restless and won’t leave for the afterlife. Refugees, Ghosts and a Story About Stories 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z To westerners, witchcraft has become almost flippant superstition, like avoiding a black cat. Michael Stanley's top 10 African crime novels 2010-06-30T14:27:00Z The old-time scouts from that film, mocked for their superstitions about “intangibles” and “instincts,” get their revenge this time around, thanks to the greatest avenger of them all. Movie Review: ‘Trouble With the Curve,’ With Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams 2012-09-20T21:56:24Z In this brisk 1969 Ivorian feature, a young man, convinced he has left superstition behind for an independent, modern Africa, has visions of a woman who may represent a repressed, romanticized past. This Festival Could Alter Your Sense of Film History 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Indeed, Westminster is the kind of place where wardrobe superstitions are born. Rule No. 1: Don’t Outshine the Dog 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z As Derek K. Wilson, a prolific popular historian, reminds us in “A Magical World,” this meant that people didn’t distinguish between what we now call science and superstition. Review | How scientists came to be 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z The Times spoke to a handful of performers currently in Broadway shows — believers and skeptics — about superstitions, personal rites and whether they have ever had a moment in the theater that flirted with the supernatural. Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Do you have any superstitions in the booth? In his early days, even the Nationals’ F.P. Santangelo was bugged by his style 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z This suggests that religious superstitions aren’t just an accidental by-product of human reasoning powers but possess some deeper meaning. Jared Diamond: It’s irrational to be religious 2013-01-13T12:00:00Z Springsteen explains that superstition led him to keep cameras away in those days, something about a musician not wanting to look too closely at his bag of tricks. ‘No Nukes’ footage bypasses Springsteen’s aversion to film 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z A lot of actors have superstitions about “Macbeth.” Goodbye, Hades. Hello, Scotland. Amber Gray Parts With Persephone. 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z He shared chef duties at the first two and takes the wheel himself at Ugly Baby, which is named after the Thai superstition that evil spirits won’t bother harming unattractive infants. At Ugly Baby, the Name Isn’t All That’s Unusual 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z It is exactly because I reject superstition that I see Bill Maher as less of a critic of Islamic fundamentalism than an apologist for every other form of back-asswards fundamentalism. Bill Maher, atheist fundamentalist: Why he gives nonbelievers a bad name 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z It was a sort of superstition, so I humoured him. Ennio Morricone: ‘I don’t know the names of any pop musicians’ 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z As one rabbi told the Jewish Federations of North America in a piece on “To Shower or Not to Shower,” this tradition “is based more on superstition than anything else.” Motherlode Blog: Miscarriage, Superstition and the Jewish Baby Shower 2014-02-21T16:01:03Z But it's Shakespeare's Macbeth which is most shrouded in superstition – perhaps because of its supernatural element or perhaps merely because of the large number of fights. Should Alan Cumming beware the curse of Macbeth? 2013-04-16T15:03:45Z Are there any theater superstitions that you subscribe to? Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Regardless of superstition or omen, here were my friends, who had come from all points on the United States map, and there was my dress and my new brown cowboy boots. Modern Love: Newly Wed and Quickly Unraveling - Modern Love 2012-07-26T21:46:18Z The superstition of a seagull flying into the house, mass hallucinations possibly prompted by a panic attack are not returned to nor allowed the space for any tension to develop. "The Essex Serpent" review: Apple TV+ series needs more bite 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z And no stage superstition has more adherents than the one shrouding Shakespeare’s Scottish play: Anyone in a theater who speaks the name Macbeth aloud, except when rehearsing or performing the play, risks catastrophe. Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z He gently mocked local superstitions, the sound of temple bells that rang in “harmonious discord” and funeral rituals that “excel in pomp and expenditure.” Call Him an Early Adopter: Thomas Child, a 19th-Century Photographer in China 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Folk magic out of West Africa, not unlike Haiti’s voodoo and Cuba’s Santeria, feeds the Jamaican belief in superstition, witches and ghosts. Jamaica, Beyond the Beach 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z But superstition of matter is detrimental to the central Christian belief of the incarnation. Faith should harness art's appeal 2010-07-12T15:00:00Z We investigate these and other issues with Steve Jones, the geneticist and science writer, whose latest book, The Serpent's Promise looks at what the Bible has to tell us about food, ageing, and superstition today. Guardian Books podcast: Science, religion and the paranormal 2013-05-17T13:06:24Z Profoundly enchanting but never sentimental, “Tyll” is a magnificent story of an artist’s transcendence over the petty superstitions, convenient betrayals and widespread brutality of his time. When All the World’s at War, Only Theater Feels Real 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z The clinical eye — exacting, dispassionate, free of superstition — came into being a little after 500 B.C. on the wealthy Greek island of Thasos, Lane Fox argues in “The Invention of Medicine.” Three New Books on the Predigital Technologies That Shaped Our World 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Yet none of that is as cruel or destructive as the rumors, superstitions and politely sublimated rage swirling around these unfortunate characters in their rural township. 'Life, Above All' ? measured tale of AIDS in South Africa 2011-08-19T16:10:05Z It seems both necessary, and an act of superstition. Poem of the week: Love-Letter-Burning by Daniel Hall 2013-02-04T10:19:21Z I knew that a fear of wells is a common Chinese superstition, instilled by cautious grandmothers and history books detailing concubines’ bad ends. Explorer: Near Qingdao, Hiking a Magical Mountain 2013-08-21T21:04:17Z The first dates back to the first century, and is deeply rooted in superstition. Why do we say 'God bless you' when we sneeze? 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z And ghosts are a taboo subject in the world’s most populous nation, due to communist views on the supernatural: official Chinese censorship guidance prohibit films that “promote cults or superstition”. Ghosts, liberated women and Morgan Freeman: the films banned for odd reasons 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Wheatley has cited Paul Verhoeven as an influence, and the relish “Field” takes in religion, superstition and disease evokes the grit of Mr. Verhoeven’s medieval wallow “Flesh + Blood.” Movie Review: ‘A Field in England,’ Directed by Ben Wheatley 2014-02-07T01:18:16Z But local culture is a challenge in communities where world events are seen through the prism of religious fatalism and superstition. Ebola: life and death on the frontline 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Especially in Hollywood, where feelings akin to superstition run rampant. While TV shows await fall premiere, the summer rush to replace actors is on 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z He was repelled by its trappings, the bells, the candles, the incense, the mumbo jumbo, the superstitions, the bad art, the tawdry vestments and the general staginess. Catholic art was once the domain of Titian. Now, we get Susan Boyle 2010-09-19T21:15:00Z What I was taught to dismiss as superstition when I lived in the States is now a spiritual awakening. Sandra Cisneros Loves to Read About Women Waging Battle 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But the capacity for superstition is part of our DNA … All the things we fear – all the little people, if you like – are as present as they ever were. The Uninvited by Liz Jensen – review 2012-07-20T21:55:02Z But the biggest difference between us and those we met had nothing to do with rituals, astrology or superstition. Journeys: Traveling in Southeast Asia With a Rock-Star Baby 2010-12-17T20:45:37Z The fugue of religion and superstition sounds over these mise en scènes. A Young Artist Charts the Journey from “Haiti to Hood” 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Hill creates believable period characters, she creates a hermetic world that yet speaks of wider superstitions and histories, and creates plots with tension, pace and jeopardy without ever becoming heavy-handed. Kate Mosse's top 10 ghost stories 2010-10-27T10:24:00Z In the course of trying to re-establish the broadest meaning of the abstract geometry that has fascinated so many 20th-century artists, Hopkins makes us consider that ritual, worship, cruelty and superstition have always been inseparable.” Budd Hopkins, Abstract Artist and U.F.O. Author, Dies at 80 2011-08-25T03:59:54Z Mr. Breslin revealed that Mr. Pavarotti had two other superstitions: He banned the color purple and was skittish about the number 17, preferring to spend the 17th of any month in bed. Mr. Apple Pie, Ron Howard 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z She’s in touch with the part of herself where “snobbery and superstition overlap most abominably.” Review: ‘Pond’ Makes Misanthropy Compelling 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Instead, they make “notes” in the form of art that highlights myths, superstitions and practices native to the islands. Museum & Gallery Listings for Sept. 25-Oct. 1 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z This was an 18th-century movement that attempted to eradicate superstition — and the grave miscarriages of injustice of the witch trials that arose from such superstition. Hello magic and witchcraft, goodbye Enlightenment 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s superstitious to feel closer to the dead in the places where they lived, but if so, it’s a superstition shared by a great many people. Chasing Spirits: Mexico City’s House Museums 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Are there any theater superstitions that you subscribe to? Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The overall effect is like that of a giant Surrealistic collage, a crazy quilt of superstition, paranoia, perversity and idiocy. Review: Tony Oursler’s Grand Illusions, Science Left at the Door 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Some haunted houses have ditched all reference to Halloween superstitions to focus solely on scares inspired by real-life occurrences. Haunted houses for adults in demand, spark community outrage 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Bouchard, whose "royalist" parents named her Eugenie after one of the daughters of Britain's Prince Andrew, is a no-nonsense Canadian who has no time for any friends or superstitions on the tennis tour. 'Princess' Eugenie aiming for Wimbledon coronation 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The movie offers a harsh portrait of a patriarchal environment steeped in fear and superstition. | 'Vision': A Multitasking Nun in Medieval Germany 2010-10-12T22:37:00Z According to some superstitions, the consequences are believed to be divorce or even the death of a spouse. 5 leap-year traditions from around the world 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z I mean, with the superstitions and the stereotypes, and some of them were very relatable to me. We don't have a healthy relationship with death. Can humor and science help? 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z In a city governed by fantasy and superstition, that amounts to a distinction without a difference. Review: David Cronenberg Dissects Hollywood in ‘Maps to the Stars’ 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Just don't impose your superstitions on me, what to me is obviously made-up. "That's where I draw the line": David Cross has words for comics who moan about cancel culture 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z “Ghost Light” is a spectral tour of the hoary legends, superstitions and rituals that remain sacrosanct in the hearts of even the most jaded playmakers. Review: Specters of the Stage Enchant in ‘Ghost Light’ 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z The concerned conversations that always fill out the first act of movies like this graft the usual pseudoscientific speculation to superstitions passed down through Native tradition. 'I'm indigenizing zombies': behind gory First Nation horror Blood Quantum 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z In the coming years, a succession of fatal accidents, suicides, murders and other premature deaths strengthened superstitions about a curse surrounding the tomb. Behold, King Tut, in All His Majesty and Mystery 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The brutal realities of caste, its violence and sustaining context of superstition, ignorance and social neurosis have rarely been addressed head-on. How Bollywood is starting to deal with India's caste system 2010-12-16T22:30:02Z Yet Drugstore Cowboy ties that compulsion to organization and elaborate bits of drug logic and superstition, which suggests more structure to an addict’s behavior than the ordinary person’s. Drugstore Cowboy at 30: is this the best film ever made about addiction? 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z The idea that this is wrong is a grammatical superstition confected in the 18th century and foisted on a language that had been using such constructions without problem — as it still does. Memo to schoolmarms: It’s OK to use incomplete sentences 2013-04-18T17:09:00Z The one time that the crew seriously considered replacing it with a more modern model, “superstition won out,” according to the show’s production supervisor, Seth Sklar-Heyn. Bringing Broadway Spectacle Back to Life 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Modern viewers may shrug off such practices as superstition. Spellbinding Treasures From Japan’s Kamakura Period at Asia Society 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Young Chloe grew up in a house suffused with narrative and superstition. Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z They are fables of innocence, but also of terror, dense with superstition and sexual anxiety. Movie Review: ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ With Kristen Stewart 2012-05-31T17:47:53Z It is both a superstition and a matter of traditions. Arts & Leisure: Wrestling With Recovery Is No Fairy Tale 2011-06-29T12:00:06Z But much of the existing information and superstition is anecdotal, since for a lifetime it’s been almost impossible to study this chemically complex plant. High time: introducing the Guardian's new cannabis column for grownups 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Sure, this facility offers “a highly precise medical procedure guided by mass delusion, by superstition and arrogance and self-deception,” but as Jeffrey asks himself, “Doesn’t the fact of imminent death encourage the deepest self-delusion?” Don DeLillo’s novel ‘Zero K’ captures the swelling fears of our age 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Also, there was an element of superstition at work. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: R.I.P., dear friend. Like me, you were old and out of it, but you stubbornly soldiered on. 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Donoghue’s grave consideration of the damage religion can do when it crosses the line into superstition lifts the narrative rather than weighing it down. Stephen King Reviews Emma Donoghue’s Latest Novel 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Are Dr. Cawley’s methods, which he claims are a humane advance over the cruelty and superstition of the past, really a form of madness in their own right? Movie Review | 'Shutter Island': All at Sea, Surrounded by Red Herrings 2010-02-18T15:49:00Z Judging by this exhibition, the answer seems to be by artfully managing the fear, ignorance and superstition of the faithful. Art Review: Italian Paintings From the Feigen Collection, at Yale 2010-06-10T21:43:00Z "The effect is a postmortem image of themselves, allowing contemplation of mortality and their fears and superstitions around death," she says. Forever goth: Elders not about to lighten up 2012-02-15T19:29:02Z She spent a lot of time outside when she was young, tramping through woods and marshes, and clearly enjoys the frisson of superstition. Kate Mosse: a life in writing 2012-10-12T21:55:18Z Other prints in the series heap scorn on marriage and courtship rituals, Spanish social types and superstition. Goya’s ‘Los Caprichos’ Goes on View at National Arts Club 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Too much superstition attends the deployment of “racist.” Trump, the Squad, and the “Standard Definition” of Racism 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Lark, accessible by ship only twice a year from the mainland, is a closed patriarchal society mired in religion, paganism, suspicion, superstition and corrupt do-goodery which has suspended it in a sort of unenlightened rigor. Cunning, Damaged and Deranged: The Latest Thrillers by Women 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z I went nine months without a haircut after reading about a superstition related to avoiding cutting hair while pregnant. Motherlode Blog: Miscarriage, Superstition and the Jewish Baby Shower 2014-02-21T16:01:03Z None of these characters are overcoming their biases or superstitions in this week’s Episode 3, to be clear. ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 1, Episode 3: Island Time 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z If it’s what the other guys believe, it’s superstition. Perspective | Gene Weingarten answers your religion questions. Heaven help us. 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z It is like a 3D cartoon by Goya, ringing with the mad quality of the Spanish visionary's Caprices, his surreal send-ups of stupidity and superstition. How Yinka Shonibare's sculpture park exhibition shoots to thrill 2013-03-03T21:59:01Z Maher’s recent inquisition against wrongly arrested Texas teenager Ahmed Mohammed is perhaps the ugliest example of his abandonment of rational thought in favor of superstition. Bill Maher, atheist fundamentalist: Why he gives nonbelievers a bad name 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z For example, he credits his tutors for keeping him from superstition and vice and turning him toward a more austere and virtuous life. What did Marcus Aurelius believe? 'Meditations' has the answers. 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Despite it itching, he said he can’t let go of the superstition. Sounders, MLS navigating new playoff rules 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z He's no-nonsense about the superstition of only referring to this most atmospheric work as the "Scottish play". David Tennant celebrates 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z "Part of a traditional midwife’s role was adherence to superstitions, and she was perceived to be particularly skilled in halting exchanges with evil spirits." Were midwives the OG witches? How the history of mystic medicine and reproductive health intertwine 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The superstition starts with the dread of the number 13 or "triskaidekaphobia." This Friday Is The 13th ! Are You Ready? 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Prof Selove said: "This MA will allow people to re-examine the assumption that the West is the place of rationalism and science, while the rest of the world is a place of magic and superstition." Degree in magic to be offered at University of Exeter 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z "In Seychelles' history, there has never been until now, a political party leader arrested for superstition and witchcraft. This is something new and it is shameful for Seychelles," he was quoted as saying. Seychelles opposition leader Patrick Herminie charged with witchcraft 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The theme of hubris—of people oblivious to impending tragedy and superstition—heightens our fascination with folklore spirits that manifest as catalysts for reflection and change. A Fictional Psychological Thriller about the Rise of AI 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z What drove female practitioners out of obstetrics was far more the common, everyday machinations of the patriarchy rather than religious superstition. Were midwives the OG witches? How the history of mystic medicine and reproductive health intertwine 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The Y chromosome’s completion caps a history of ideology and superstition about genetics and human behavior that is illustrative of how people can use genetics to dehumanize those viewed as “disabled.” The Complete Human Y Chromosome Marks an Opportunity to Move Away from Stigma 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z These are superstitions, or a belief that something bad will happen even if there’s no reason to think that it will. Myth Busted: Friday the 13th 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The comedian also drew "mind maps" about topics including showbusiness, which featured spider-like offshoots representing subjects ranging from jokes, theatres and TV shows to superstitions, stage fright and nerves. Ken Dodd's widow saves 'invaluable' notebooks that he wanted to go up in flames 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Call it superstition, call it whatever you want, but let’s run with it.” Like in 1995, Jay Buhner believes Mariners can aim higher than wild card 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Additionally, it demonstrates how superstition prevailed in that era in ways not intellectually or emotionally dissimilar from the denialism seen today. What climate change deniers get totally wrong about the Little Ice Age 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z They were roaring long before Crawford appeared unmovable in the tunnel, head bowed trying to excise himself from the superstitions and butterflies that latch onto us all. 'I told you so.' Terence Crawford savors pummeling Errol Spence Jr. and his critics 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z One big superstition in the United States is that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day. Myth Busted: Friday the 13th 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z “It’s not even my corporate overlords. It’s superstition. So, I’ll tell you when the time is right,” he teased. How the most ‘incompetent talk show host of all time’ keeps getting guests 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Laws, norms, mores, superstitions, sentence structures, traffic signals — vast, overlapping codes, written and unwritten, silent and spoken, logical and arbitrary, local and global, tiny and huge, ancient and new. Tim Robinson and the Golden Age of Cringe Comedy 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Hume was one of the most powerful critics of all forms of organized religion, which he argued smacked of superstition. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Fighter superstition, at least in the cage, forbade any man who put on the mitts to play “Lose Yourself” by Eminem during a ring walk. 'I told you so.' Terence Crawford savors pummeling Errol Spence Jr. and his critics 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z But if Friday the 13th is only a superstition, why do people actually believe in it? Myth Busted: Friday the 13th 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Scientists’ ability to calculate advanced mathematical formulas and describe the subtleties of planetary motion not only spurred the Scientific Revolution but also substituted concrete information for superstition and firmly held religious beliefs. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z For centuries in India, the branding of witches was driven largely by superstition. Your Monday Briefing: Thailand Votes for Change 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Hume also expressed enormous contempt for the common people, who were ignorant and susceptible to superstition. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For centuries, the branding of witches was driven largely by superstition. India Struggles to Eradicate an Old Scourge: Witch Hunting 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z For most people, being afraid of Friday the 13th is just a superstition, something that we can have fun pretending to fear because we know, well, there’s really nothing to fear. Myth Busted: Friday the 13th 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z It is mere superstition backed by historical prejudices. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z “All of the guys have superstitions — that’s just part of mine.” Inside the preparations and superstitions fueling the Kraken’s playoff run 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The greatest novelist, poet, and philosopher of France during the height of the Enlightenment period, Voltaire became famous across Europe for his wit, intelligence, and moral battles against what he perceived as injustice and superstition. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Having enjoyed a stellar season, Neapolitans has been gearing up for weeks for the title celebration, casting aside their usual superstition about claiming victory before it happens. Italy's Naples explodes in joy as city finally regains soccer crown 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Some players abstain for various reasons — reverse superstition, follicular struggles, etc. Here is what makes the NHL playoffs different from the regular season 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The gruesome spectacle reflects the Philippines’ unique brand of Catholicism, which merges church traditions with folk superstitions. Filipinos to be nailed to crosses despite church objection 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The web of superstitions fit together like a puzzle eventually. Inside the preparations and superstitions fueling the Kraken’s playoff run 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Bottom line: If you want superstition, this isn’t the place to come. Analysis: Three things to know about the Kraken’s playoff pursuit 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z This hearkens back to what might be the oldest and most widespread drinking superstition: the simple act of “pouring one out” for the beloved dead, or “libation.” A global tour of drinking superstitions designed to ward off danger 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z So, the rock has stayed around as a minor superstition — going with him to spring training, road games and, maybe someday soon, a stall in the home clubhouse of Dodger Stadium. James Outman is having a breakout spring. Has he done enough to make Dodgers roster? 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Witness to the myriad ways that human beliefs and superstitions result in mass death and horrors, she sees little value in living forever. ‘The God of Endings’ review: A look at the dubious pleasure of eternal life 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Who would perform her dream walk out song, what are her superstitions and which social media celebrity would she like to fight? 12 rounds with... Rankin: Scottish ring walks and facing a Kardashian 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z But sports are more about probabilities than superstition or wishful thinking. Analysis: Three things to know about the Kraken’s playoff pursuit 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The potentially dangerous taking of tea and sipping of beer all come with social rituals woven into the daily fabric of ordinary life, and thus are particularly fertile ground for superstitions to grow. A global tour of drinking superstitions designed to ward off danger 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z But critics accuse him of practising witchcraft and spreading superstition and doing cheap tricks to impress the gullible masses. Bageshwar Dham Sarkar: The Indian guru making headlines over 'miracle' cures 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z As one of the few — okay, probably the only — Western tradition that revolves around a marmot's morning ritual, Groundhog Day is a particularly bizarre North American superstition. Why Groundhog Day actually has its roots in astronomy 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Fear of the future is a form of superstition. Death? Bill Nighy will worry about that later 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The Vatican’s ambassador to Congo, Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, said he believed the sight of a wheelchair-using pope could be a powerful teaching moment in a culture where disabilities are often viewed with suspicion and superstition. ‘He’s close to us’: Wheelchair users in Africa await pope 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z The injunction to maintain eye contact seems to be the most prevalent drinking superstition in Europe, cropping up from Spain to the Czech Republic without alteration. A global tour of drinking superstitions designed to ward off danger 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Mr Shastri has said he is "being falsely accused of promoting superstition" and that he hasn't claimed he can solve "every problem". Bageshwar Dham Sarkar: The Indian guru making headlines over 'miracle' cures 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The superstition comes from Pennsylvania Dutch culture, which makes sense given that the groundhog's range is largely confined to eastern U.S. states like Pennsylvania as well as Canada. Why Groundhog Day actually has its roots in astronomy 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z I should have a T-shirt with ‘death to superstition’ on it.” Death? Bill Nighy will worry about that later 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z It's not really a superstition thing, I'd say I'm not a superstition person. 'My dad wants paying after going TikTok viral' - Gauff column 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z A person born in a particular year takes on the traits of that year’s animal, according to superstition. Will the Year of the Rabbit finally bring us some peace in 2023? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Gordon writes, “It’s a bizarre belief that borders on superstition: that seeing a picture of a happy fat person bears some deeper agenda, subliminally encouraging others around us to get fatter.” What does the book ‘You Just Need to Lose Weight’ get right? Everything 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The witch trials were fomented by superstition and fear of disease, outsiders and Native Americans, and were stoked by petty jealousies and personal vendettas involving several families. Hundreds of Salem Witch Trials documents get new home 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z On game days, many more Argentines have been practicing some sort of cábala, or superstition designed to avoid causing any bad luck to their team. Behind Argentina’s World Cup Magic, an Army of Witches 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z In 2018, one of the group’s signs offered a cheer-deflating proclamation: “Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.” ‘Tis the season for atheists’ and Satanists’ yuletide antics 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Though he doesn’t believe in the zodiac superstitions, many in the Vietnamese community take them very seriously, he said. Will the Year of the Rabbit finally bring us some peace in 2023? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Holly is rich in symbolism and superstition, serving as medicine and legend in diverse cultures for thousands of years. These jolly hollies take any shape you like and brighten winter days 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z He has always been a Potemkin tycoon, parasitic off the superstition that great wealth is somehow symptomatic of other greatness. Opinion | Now the GOP can repent for the Trump era by denying him the nomination 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z World Cup guide: Experts on the 32 teams competing in Qatar have everything you need to know — from strengths and weaknesses to expectations and superstitions. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z It goes on to read, “During this festive season, let us celebrate reason, not superstition.” ‘Tis the season for atheists’ and Satanists’ yuletide antics 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z “The sentiment of the Egyptologist ... is not one of fear, but of respect and awe ... entirely opposed to foolish superstitions,” he said, according to H.V.F. King Tut’s tomb was discovered 100 years ago — and unleashed a ‘curse’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z In “Mysteries of the Middle Ages,” he countered popular beliefs that the Middle Ages was merely a time of superstition. Thomas Cahill, popular history writer, dead at 82 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Unity was built around superstitions and pre-match routines that grew following the team's opening win against South Korea. Maradona - cunning cheat or unplayable genius? 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Or was it just superstition that made the makeover necessary because of a belief it’s best not to put the cart before the chicken? Padres turn to October ace Musgrove vs. Phillies in Game 3 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z No sooner are we ensconced in the soothing world that Lydia edgily inhabits than we discover that all those nervous twitches and superstitions aren’t the mannerisms of an egocentric artist. Review | ‘Tár’: A seductive deep dive into a woman’s unraveling psyche 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The 30-page glossy, part of the publisher's "Tribute" series, starts with the royal beekeeper notifying the palace hive of the queen's death, a centuries-old tradition rooted in superstition about honey production. Queen Elizabeth's life features in a new comic book 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Then you can consider superstitions the building blocks of storytelling or fables. The brain is actually a fiction writer: How our minds create a sense of self from fragments 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Of course, Ovechkin doesn’t want to tempt fate, whether because of superstition or his typical aversion to focusing on the record chase during press conferences. Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin enters another season chasing after Wayne Gretzky 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The stark Irish drama “God’s Creatures” is set in a small fishing village beset by superstition and repetition. Review: Scandal strikes an Irish town in 'God's Creatures' 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z “Do people pray? Absolutely. I think a lot of people pray. But I think some of it is superstition as well,” said Masters, who used to play the game in college and the minor leagues. AP-NORC poll: On game day, some see prayer as a Hail Mary 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z You can even change the pregame routine, walk-up songs, the uniforms or any superstition that might seem relevant. Mariners’ magic number gets lower despite their struggles continuing vs. Rangers 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z It doesn't take much to spin up a superstition into something quite elaborate. The brain is actually a fiction writer: How our minds create a sense of self from fragments 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z What kind of fear and superstition might result from a supernova that was really bright in our skies? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The resulting superstition amounts to believing that wearing a special team jersey somehow causes the team to win. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z About a quarter of U.S. adults say superstitions or rituals can play a role in who wins a sporting event, according to the AP-NORC poll. AP-NORC poll: On game day, some see prayer as a Hail Mary 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z I'm not sure if it is going to become a superstition - because it didn't work! Positive attitude will help me get over Wimbledon - Jabeur column 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Sometimes the ball decisions players make are based on superstition. 'You’re looking for a lack of fluff': Why Wimbledon uses 55,000 tennis balls a year 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Unlike the planets, however, most comets appear at unpredictable times, which perhaps explain why they frequently inspired fear and superstition in earlier times. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z That said, it was “pure luck and pure superstition” that took the woman to the Goose Creek #03 store in the small town of Mardela Springs near the Delaware border. Maryland mom wins lottery for 3rd time in 5 years 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Rainey said he does the puzzles just about every day, but it’s not a superstition, so he doesn’t stress if time doesn’t allow for it. Nationals reliever Tanner Rainey is also a crossword devotee 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z If it happens for two consecutive games, you want to believe it’s the start of a trend, but baseball superstition won’t allow you to say it. Mariners offense continues to put up big numbers in another win in Oakland 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Such excessive credulity is otherwise known as superstition. Opinion | Texas drives our red-blue divide even wider 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z People have superstitions around fandom, and it’s part of the ceremony of fandom. How fandom built the internet as we know it, with Kaitlyn Tiffany 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z It’s set in a scientifically advancing 1893, while superstitions still haunt the Blackwater Estuary on England’s eastern coast. A mischievous god, a reverend and a newly engaged man: Tom Hiddleston has been busy 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Should players put their hands on this piece of hardware or steer clear in keeping with hockey superstition that it’s bad luck when a more important trophy is still possible. Captain’s crunch: Gritty Landeskog leads Avs back to final 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z He declined to celebrate in the fountain over superstitions and a looming race on Sunday. Ganassi returns to Belle Isle victory fountain with IMSA win 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z “As they contained nothing in which there were not to be seen superstition and lies of the devil, we burned them all, which they regretted to an amazing degree, and which caused them much affliction.” What did the ancient Maya see in the stars? Their descendants team up with scientists to find out 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Advocates who had watched for years as scientists dismissed mātauranga as unquantifiable superstitions were sensitive to a perceived lack of respect from the letter’s signatories. Can Ancient Maori Knowledge Aid Science? Ask These Freshwater Crayfish. 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Baseball is full of traditions, superstitions and quirks. Look Good, Feel Good, Play Good. Smell Good? 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z “We are not only fighting superstition, but traditional practices too,” Ms. Jadoun said. The Foot Soldiers in India’s Battle to Improve Public Health 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z The stories are simply reflective of naïve superstitions and overdeveloped imaginations. On Switzerland’s Mount Pilatus, a Writer Remembers 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z He sensed something special was brewing when his teammates, per baseball superstition, began ignoring him on the bench. Angels' big week: Hot start continues with no-hitter, power surge and plenty of drama 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Yet, it is Friday 13 and those prone to superstition would be forgiven for being extra cautious on a day renowned for being unlucky. Morning Bid: TGIF - is it over yet? 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Since then, the superstition forbids the show’s title to ever be spoken inside a theater. At ‘Macbeth,’ Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga on the unspoken word 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z My mother says she ate a lot of it while pregnant with me, which superstition would dictate is the reason for my affinity. Savory oatmeal shines with corn, cheese and crispy pepperoni 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, Pickle’s superstitions come back to haunt her, and Chase hunts sinker cypress near an old sawmill. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Fast Foodies’ on TruTV, the season finale of ‘Ghosts’ on CBS 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z That is, if you believe the superstition — or at least, believe in the history. Masters notebook: Weir, Hughes share win at Par 3 contest 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Whig employers needed immigrant workers but often wanted to control them on and off the job, and Whig reformers worried that poverty, superstition, and alcohol blinded the immigrants to the need for self-improvement. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “I have my own superstitions about all sorts of things, but not particularly about this,” said Craig, who plays the Scottish anti-hero. At ‘Macbeth,’ Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga on the unspoken word 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z He answers a question about superstitions by saying, “I would say the only thing is to play your a-- off, so if that’s a superstition, then there’s one for you.” Gonzaga’s Drew Timme is an NCAA basketball throwback 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The Witchcraft Act reflected the superstition and panic over the supernatural that spread throughout parts of Europe and in the U.S. colonies. Scotland apologizes for history of witchcraft persecution 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z At the same time, some Japanese intellectuals were disavowing ancient superstitions against eating meat and lobbying for a change in diet, pointing to Westerners’ physical strength and Japan’s need to compete. What Does the End of Beef Mean for Our Sense of Self? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Baffled by this resistance, Protestant advocates assumed that tippling workers were drenched in sin while Catholics favored ignorance and superstition, so they simply redoubled their efforts. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z He used his quill pen as if it were a deadly weapon in a thinker’s war against humanity’s worst enemies—intolerance, prejudice, and superstition. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Theatrical superstition dictates that actors should refer to it as The Scottish Play, unless running their lines, for fear of raising hell. Denzel Washington: I hadn't read or seen Macbeth 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z He didn’t hold with the hand-waving, faith in specific slot machines and other superstitions rife on the casino floor. Covid booster shots alongside jackpots at Maryland casinos? Yep. 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z I don’t know if it’s superstition or it’s selfish to think about that stuff when you’re just trying to win games. Perspective | Ryan Zimmerman: Face of the Franchise, Mr. Walk-Off, Washington’s forever 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Inspired by the Enlightenment’s cult of reason and deism, they also attacked the Catholic Church for defending the old order with what they called “superstitions.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z They wanted to rid religious faith of superstition and fear and promote tolerance of all religions. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But that's obviously just superstition, and it really works in the other direction: To not talk about something is the risky thing, it's to endow it with more power and mystery than it should have. "Trump will get his comeuppance": Rep. Jamie Raskin promises consequences for Jan. 6 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z This sounded like a superstition, like how rural villagers used to “tell the bees” about deaths in the household to ward off colony collapse. Perspective | If I could learn to cook for my partner during a pandemic, anyone can 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z We’re in a world war of information across multiple media platforms and the winners often appear to be those who would feed superstition and starve the truth. Opinion | What the Neil Young-Spotify moment teaches us 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Despising superstition and raw emotion, Enlightenment thinkers made the word “enthusiasm” one of the most negative terms in their vocabulary. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “Museums of atheism” displayed exhibits to show that religious beliefs were mere superstitions. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If farmers painted the stars usually called “hex signs” to bring luck and protection here, as superstition suggested, it seems to have worked. Pick Berks County over Lancaster for a more peaceful tour of Pennsylvania Dutch countryside 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z According to superstition, a person born in a particular year takes on the traits of that year’s animal. 2022 brings the Year of the Tiger. Are we in for a passionate, tumultuous year? 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The Bills won that game, 29-15 – and a superstition was born. Buffalo Bills fan hopes to keep lucky sweet-potato win streak going vs. Chiefs 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Known as "The Scottish Play", "Macbeth" is surrounded by superstition, something Washington said he "didn't pay much attention to". Putting superstitions aside, Denzel Washington takes on 'Macbeth' 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z In particular, the draft bans the use of “superstition” or other “emotional control” against women. China Moves to Overhaul Protections for Women’s Rights, Sort Of 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Lottery fans and sports bettors have superstitions about lucky shirts and losing streaks that rival astrology fantasies. Opinion | After a year like 2021, we all need something to believe in 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Many are familiar with the traits and superstitions associated with the Chinese zodiac. 2022 brings the Year of the Tiger. Are we in for a passionate, tumultuous year? 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z “These ‘believers,’” he said, using the term derisively, “they promise all kinds of stuff — motorcycles, TVs, fridges. They work off superstition. They mislead people.” Arrests, Beatings and Secret Prayers: Inside the Persecution of India’s Christians 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Most professional athletes do all the training and preparation in the world, but often can't get away from lucky superstitions. Women's FA Cup final: The preparation and superstition 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z In the midst of a dynasty forged by seniors, traditions and superstitions, the Falcons emerged last weekend atop the standings at the Nike Southeast Regional in Cary, N.C., for the first time since 2014. With mullets, a ‘shoe tree’ and plenty of talent, Severna Park cross-country reaches nationals 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z “The superstition just comes from the stress and it being a new thing when I first started,” Ratke said. Perspective | After a record 525 points, James Madison’s Ethan Ratke is still kicking 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Ta said that a lot of these superstitions are derived from philosophies of Buddhism and Taoism, mixed together with feng shui, folklore and mythology. 2022 brings the Year of the Tiger. Are we in for a passionate, tumultuous year? 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z As well as keeping his nerves intact, Eidevall said he welcomed superstitions as it is "healthy" to have some control - even if that means making yourself feel "a bit silly". Superstitions and a celebration in Women's FA Cup final 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z “It is superstitions or conspiracy theories they believe in and listen to, especially with the media spread nowadays,” said Beu, 36. One shot at a time: Albania battles the vaccine skeptics 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z “When something is a little off, we just can’t let that happen,” junior goalkeeper Morgan Stone said of the superstitions. Yorktown field hockey sticks to its routine to accomplish something it never has before 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Despite rising virus-related deaths, many Bulgarians remain skeptical of vaccines, due to unfounded fears of potential health damage, superstition or conspiracy theories. Bulgaria sees record COVID-19 deaths amid low vaccinations 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z A combination of village intrigue and superstition soon lifts the dead man into a saint and his motorcycle a deity in the desert state of Rajasthan. Dug Dug: A film inspired by India's motorcycle god 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z He has gone so far as to adhere to certain seafaring superstitions. Klay Thompson Finally Found Love. With His Boat. 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z “Though it’s not easy for them to cope with … the superstitions and conspiracies.” One shot at a time: Albania battles the vaccine skeptics 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z It’s a superstition not unlike a player wearing the same socks every day during a hitting streak. Dodgers' bat boys are different than they appear to be. Here's the inside info 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z I think a lot of Western people hearing that will say, "Oh, superstition," negative things like that. Neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan: "We're pushed strongly in the direction of over-diagnosing" 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z "In such cases, the administration can only make the villagers aware about the futility of such superstition and make them understand that such practices don't yield desired results," he added. Madhya Pradesh: Minor girls paraded naked in India 'rain ritual' 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Some had been coming to a weekly youth group at the mosque for years, where they’ve talked about superstitions, coping with loss and the realities of marriage. Muslim youth in America: A generation shadowed by the aftermath of 9/11 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Fox News: Do you have any superstitions you do before big matches? WWE Superstar Bianca Belair talks how faith helps her compete in the ring 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z That, in turn, influenced culture and politics, with especially high lethality, when Europe was riven by wars, superstition and intergroup strife. Perspective | Weather can help us make sense of art. And it’s not just about painting pretty clouds. The bigger question is on a night like this: what are your superstitions ahead of a big match? Euro 2020: England v Denmark buildup as Italy celebrate final spot – live! 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z He attributes the shortage of cadavers in Nigerian schools and the paucity of alternative sources to the widespread superstitions around dead bodies, which prevent people from donating. They disappeared after encounters with Nigeria’s security forces. Where are their bodies? 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z That idea that fallible humans could predict the future trajectory of largely unformed young people struck the writer as relying more on superstition and fear than on science or rationality, the writer contended. L.A. Times' Robert Greene awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z That kernel was the genesis for the novel, which is inevitably about the tension between superstition and science, between facts and fantasy. Review: Spellbinding novelist Rivka Galchen's new book is a hysterical witch hunt 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z |
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