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supernaturalism

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The quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalness.

The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than physical or natural causes in the case.

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Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. Charles Baudelaire

It is only the inferior thinker who hastens to explain the singular and the complex by the primitive shortcut of supernaturalism. H. P. Lovecraft

Analysing in details the intractable issue of supernaturalism and the quest for political power in Nigeria will derail us from the major theme of this analysis. Source: Internet

Grant Richards, London. pp. 265-301 Clodd analyzed the SPR and saw nothing more than "barbaric spiritual philosophy", he mocked the language of SPR members "subliminal consciousness" and "telepathic energy" as a disguise for "bastard supernaturalism." Source: Internet

Indeed, some of the worst instances of ritualised supernaturalism take place in the high stakes politics of winner takes all where shameless desperate politicians aspiring for public office employ diabolical means in order to achieve their ambitions. Source: Internet

Matheson goes to great lengths to rationalize or naturalize the vampire myth, transplanting the monster from the otherworldly realms of folklore and Victorian supernaturalism to the test tube of medical inquiry and rational causation. Source: Internet

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