0 (the state of fear and ignorance resulting from) the belief in magic, witchcraft and other things that cannot he explained by reason. -- pověra
Shamanism is not superstition, because it is actually used.
In 1937 a revolt broke out due to superstition.
In backstage social environments, superstitions and traditions spread.
He was a wilful virtuoso, yet an artful manager of men, happy to trade on the superstition of others.
Both sought to attack superstition and mysticism by providing a rational scientia amenable to human understanding.
This view is sometimes dogmatically defended, as if it were a bulwark of rational science against rank superstition.
In this there was a curious tension between asking historical questions about a seemingly quaint little theatrical superstition, while nonetheless still observing it.
We note the residue of such superstitions in a number of papers here in which creativity is linked to mental disorder or antisocial attitudes.
