Supernatural
entites or phenomena that are thought to be beyond the laws of nature
The word supernatural (from Latin: supernātūrālis) is used for things that some people believe are real, but that are not part of nature or inexplicable by the scientific laws of nature. Because we cannot prove whether these things are real, people often disagree about these things.
Some say that we should talk about things without talking about the supernatural, because we cannot prove that supernatural things are real. Other people say that although we cannot prove supernatural things in a scientific way, they are real. Some examples of supernatural things or examples are:
- Sorcery
- miracles
- precognition
- demonic possession
- souls, spirits, ghosts, phantoms, spectres, spooks, haunts, wraiths, shades, poltergeists, ectoplasms, visions, invisible men or apparitional experiences
- monsters
- yokai, yurei or obake
- angels or saints
- demons, ghouls, dybbuks or asuras
- kami
- extraterrestrial creatures
- legendary creatures
- God or gods
- Satan, devils, fiends or bogeys
- parapsychology
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- Religion
- Belief
- Superstition
- Ritual
- Near death experience
- Naturalism (philosophy) - the idea that the supernatural does not exist