Superstition

On the Merits of an Arranged Marriage

Dora Levy Mossanen | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Tradition, Arranged Marriage, Marriage, Habib Levy, Iran, Dora Levy Mossanen, Divorce, Women, Jewish Quarter, Farsi, Historian, History, The History of the Iranian Jews, Tehran, Courtesan, Superstition, Harem, The Last Romanov, Mahaleh, Culture News
Dora Levy Mossanen

Was theirs an arranged marriage? It certainly was. Were they different in every imaginable way? You bet. Yet they managed to build a relationship based on love and trust. I wonder whether that was possible only because divorce was not an option at the time.

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Where's The Proof?

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Sasquatch, Cryptozoology, Ohio Bigfoot Conference, Weird Science, Yeti, Cryptids, Superstition, Skepticism, Bigfoot, Video, Science News

By: Benjamin Radford, Life's Little Mysteries contributor Published: 05/17/2012 12:32 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries It may surprise people to...

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What Science Says About Friday The !3th

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Luck, Video, Friday the 13th, Unlucky, Superstition, Lucky, Friday the 13th Facts, Friday the Thirteenth, Science News

By: LiveScience Staff Published: 04/13/2012 08:59 AM EDT on LiveScience Does Friday the 13th freak you out? If so, hold on to your rabbit's foo...

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What Gets You Lucky?

Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Good Luck Charms, St. Patrick's Day 2012, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patty's Day, St Patricks Day, Superstition, Lucky Charms, Good Luck Charm, Superstitions, Slidepollajax, Women News
Margaret Wheeler Johnson

In anticipation of St. Patrick's Day, activate your luck by sending a photo of your good luck charm and a short description of what it does for you to women@huffingtonpost.com.

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The 7 Most Overrated Curses

Mark Juddery | Posted 12.23.2011

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Mark Juddery

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Science Needs To Ask: 'What Is Consciousness?'

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Living Universe, Cosmology, Consciousness, Superstition, Myths, Healthy Living Health News, Crumbling of Mythology, Fall of Mythology, Healthy Living Spirit, Mythology, Mythology and Spirituality, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

To go where science wants to go, it needs to become more complete, and for me, it can benefit hugely by expanding into the realm long governed by spirituality.

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The Occult Chickens Have Come Home To Roost: Religious Superstition In Iranian Politics

Ali Rahnema | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Iran, Iran Islam, Twelfth Imam, Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Occult, Green Movement, Superstition, Iranian Politics, Supreme Leader, Religion News
Ali Rahnema

Since early May 2011, charges of sorcery, witchcraft, and using supernatural powers to manipulate people and events for particular political ends have been leveled against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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My Lucky Hong Kong Gift

Jonathan Littman | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Branding, Book, Superstition, Hong Kong, China Economy, China, Business News
Jonathan Littman

Doing business in Hong Kong is not the same as doing business in New York, Paris or Rome. The biggest lesson for those planning to introduce a brand here or strike a deal is that superstition matters.

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A Grander View of Evolution, Sans Voodoo

David Vognar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Planning, Dalai Lama, Poverty, Children, Science, Social Darwinism, George Bernard Shaw, China, Government, Religion, Cycles, De Chardin, Sex, Humanity, Evolution, Superstition, Richard Dawkins, Lamarck, World News
David Vognar

A major reason for global political and personal problems is our misunderstanding of and blind conformity to cultural codes of attraction that reinforce insecurities, fear and social Darwinism.

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Tanzania To Hang Blood-Drinking Killer Of Albino Girl

Reuters | Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala | Posted 05.25.2011

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A man has been sentenced death by hanging for killing a five-year-old albino girl in Tanzania by hacking off her legs with a machete and then drinking...

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Boo! Is Friday the 13th Really Hazardous to Your Health?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: David Phillips, Safety, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friday the 13th, Bad Luck, Hellenologophobia, Science, Superstition, The Survivors Club, British Medical Journal, Baskerville Effect, Healthy Living News
Ben Sherwood

As many as 21 million Americans will change their behavior today because of superstition. They won't go shopping. They won't fly on planes. And the cost of all this fear is enormous.

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Bull Dinky From National Geographic

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stupidity, Natgeo, Exploitation, Devil's Bible, National Geographic, Religion Code, Christianity, Natgeo Cable Channel, Media Pandering, Humbug, Superstition, Codex Gigas, Healthy Living News
Stephen C. Rose

The Religion Code is a little piece I did a while back to flag the shameful pandering of mass media in dealing with Christian themes. Religion in itse...

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