Why Magical Thinking Is So Widespread: Psychological Roots Of Common Superstitions

(ANALYSIS) At the core of most superstitions are certain intuitive notions about how the world works. Early anthropologists described these intuitions in terms of principles such as “similarity” and “contagion.”

Analysis, North America, NewsDimitris XygalatasNovember 19, 2022anxiety, luck, magical thinking, uncertainty, superstition, rituals, new age, Secondary FeatureComment

Forced To Have Virtual And Drive-By Funerals, Grieving Families Struggle With Closure

(OPINION) As a historian of religion interested in how different cultures make sense of death, Natasha Mikles noticed what appeared to be a momentous cultural shift in happening in America in terms of death rituals as over 850,000 Americans died from COVID-19.

OpinionNatasha MiklesJanuary 27, 2022Natasha Mikles, death rituals, pandemic, COVID-19, zoom, shomer, candi cann, j.z. smith, rituals, funerals, memorials, PandemicComment

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