Download Full eBooks in PDF
Popular Superstitions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Popular Superstitions book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Author : Charles Platt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:39000003809774
Author : Herbert Mayo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Apparitions
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020068578
Author : Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
Publisher : Plume Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0452284961
Triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13 If thirteen people sit down at a table, will one die within a year? Why did five U.S. presidents join the Thirteen Club? What is the only major New York hotel that has a thirteenth floor? In 13, a fascinating cultural history-cum-detective story, Nathaniel Lachenmeyer gets to the root of how one superstition—the fear of the number 13—developed among wildly divergent societies. A book about mythmaking, 13 explores why people believe what they believe, and the real reason Friday the 13th is the most unlucky day in the world.
Author : sir William Robert W. Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020422900
Author : Stuart Vyse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780192551313
Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a black cat, or step under a ladder? Is breaking a mirror just an expensive waste of glass, or something rather more sinister? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. A recent survey of adults in the United States found that 33 percent believed that finding a penny was good luck, and 23 percent believed that the number seven was lucky. Where did these superstitions come from, and why do they persist today? This Very Short Introduction explores the nature and surprising history of superstition from antiquity to the present. For two millennia, superstition was a label derisively applied to foreign religions and unacceptable religious practices, and its primary purpose was used to separate groups and assert religious and social authority. After the Enlightenment, the superstition label was still used to define groups, but the new dividing line was between reason and unreason. Today, despite our apparent sophistication and technological advances, superstitious belief and behaviour remain widespread, and highly educated people are not immune. Stuart Vyse takes an exciting look at the varieties of popular superstitious beliefs today and the psychological reasons behind their continued existence, as well as the likely future course of superstition in our increasingly connected world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Bernard Whitman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : Superstition
ISBN : UOM:39015053242585
Author : T. Sharper Knowlson
Publisher : READ BOOKS
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1444650823
This fascinating book here in its complete and unabridged form makes a worthy addition to the bookshelf of all those interested in this craft. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork
Author : SUPERSTITIONS.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020383890
Author : Herbert Mayo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Hallucinations and illusions
ISBN : ONB:+Z169525000
Author : Thomas Sharper Knowlson
Publisher : Career Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0878770135
Author : James Thacher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Superstition
ISBN : NYPL:33433070299742
Author : Herbert Mayo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Ghosts
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024434573
Author : John William Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Mesmerism
ISBN : HARVARD:32044089033302
Author : Thomas Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Ballads, English
ISBN : BSB:BSB10282355
Author : William Grant Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Amusements
ISBN : OXFORD:590944460
