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Shakespeare and the supernatural
Supernatural elements are of central significance in many of Shakespeare’s plays, contributing to their dramatic power and intrigue. Ghosts haunt political spaces and internal psyches, witches foresee the future and disturb the present, fairies meddle ...
Yan Brailowsky, V. Bladen
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SuperNatural 3.0—a database of natural products and natural product-based derivatives
Natural products (NPs) are single chemical compounds, substances or mixtures produced by a living organism - found in nature. Evolutionarily, NPs have been used as healing agents since thousands of years and still today continue to be the most important ...
Kathleen Gallo +6 more
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For many people worldwide, supernatural beliefs and attributions-those focused on God, the devil, demons, spirits, an afterlife, karma, or fate-are part of everyday life.
Julie J. Exline, J. Wilt
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Supernatural Sociology: Americans’ Beliefs by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Education
The authors analyze the 2020–2021 Chapman University Survey of American Fears (n = 1,035), the most recent nationally representative survey to examine fears of and beliefs about supernatural and paranormal phenomena, including ghosts, hauntings, zombies,
Tony Silva, Ashley Woody
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Traditional Supernatural Beliefs and Prosocial Behavior
In most of Africa, traditional supernatural beliefs, including beliefs in witchcraft, black magic, or fetishism, are widespread and have remained so despite the spread of Christianity. The effects of these beliefs remain unclear.
Etienne Le Rossignol +2 more
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Supernatural punishment beliefs as cognitively compelling tools of social control.
Why do humans develop beliefs in supernatural entities that punish uncooperative behaviors? Leading hypotheses maintain that these beliefs are widespread because they facilitate cooperation, allowing their groups to outcompete others in intergroup ...
L. Fitouchi, Manvir Singh
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Development of the Paranormal and Supernatural Beliefs Scale using classical and modern test theory
This study describes the construction and validation of a new scale for measuring belief in paranormal phenomena. The work aims to address psychometric and conceptual shortcomings associated with existing measures of paranormal belief.
C. Dean +5 more
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Pathways to care and supernatural beliefs among patients with psychotic disorders in Nepal
Longer pathways to care worsen the course of psychotic illness as well. The study aimed to assess the pathways to care, supernatural beliefs, and impact on the duration of untreated psychosis in patients with schizophrenia.
A. Gupta +5 more
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Inflaton as the Affleck-Dine baryogenesis field in hilltop supernatural inflation [PDF]
In this paper, we investigate the parameter space in the framework of hilltop supernatural inflation in which the inflaton field can play the role of Affleck-Dine field to produce successful baryogenesis. The suitable value of reheating temperature could
Chia-Min Lin, K. Kohri
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Supernatural in Malay people folklore in the Langkawi, Kedah district
The tradition of the Malay believes in supernatural elements in all aspects of life such as in matters that involves beliefs towards the existence of the unseen. According to Noriah (1983), supernatural incidents are matters that cannot be grasped by the
Abu Bakar, Roslina +2 more
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