L’avènement de la science météorologique du XVII$^{\protect \mathrm{e}}$ au XIX$^{\protect \mathrm{e}}$ siècle by Beaudouin, Denis

“…Since ancient times, natural phenomena have been observed and described, the first stage in the development of knowledge, often involving supposedly supernatural forces. It was in Europe in the 17th century that a scientific approach was developed, which became meteorology in the 19th century. …”
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Le genre féerique illustré à l’époque victorienne : splendeurs et déclin d’un genre entré en résistance by Audrey Doussot

“…In this context, illustrated Victorian fairy tales became vehicles of resistance against the banishment of imaginary supernatural literature and the rejection of illustration as art. …”
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Participation as “attingere” and Saint Thomas’ commentary on John 6:57 by Johannes von Voorst

“…I introduce the notion of supernatural participation of grace and Fabro’s development of the notions of ‘attingere’ as ‘partecipare per similitudinem’ and ‘partecipare per operationem’ for a fuller understanding of the notion of participation that Fabro holds to be so essential. …”
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Cierpienie i radość w duchowości św. Urszuli Ledóchowskiej by Marcin Godawa

“…As a consequence the problem of suffering is revaluated in the spirit of supernatural love and next it determines a conception of penance and asceticism. …”
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A Mall Intercept Survey on Religion and Worldview in the Cape Flats of Cape Town, South Africa by Thomas J. Farrar, Khanyisane A. Falake, Adriel Mebaley, Mandisi D. Moya, Ivor I. Rudolph

“…Variables considered included demographic characteristics, measures of religiosity and religious pluralism, participation in religious activities, and supernaturalism (both related and unrelated to a traditional Christian-Abrahamic worldview). …”
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Activities of Teenagers involved in the Pinamou Tradition in Central Maluku by Nastain

“…The recommended thing is to use charcoal to cover the face as protection from supernatural beings. The provisions in the Pinamou tradition carried out by teenagers are believed to protect them from danger despite many restrictions on activities.…”
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Snake and staff symbolism and healing by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… Since time immemorial the snake has been venerated as an enigmatic creature with supernatural powers. As a snake and staff symbol it is also traditionally associated with the healing arts, either as the single-snake attribute of Asclepius, or as the doublesnake attribute of Hermes. …”
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Culhwch ac Olwen como texto de transición de la materia artúrica by Luciana Cordo Russo

“…On the one hand, Arthur is depicted in a heroic tone, that is, with a set of attributes that tend to characterise him in early Welsh poems, in which he appears as the leader of a band of warriors who fight supernatural creatures. On the other hand, Arthur is “chief of the princes of this island”, he possesses a renowned court, and jealously guards customs and values. …”
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BASIS ETIKA LINGKUNGAN HIDUP MASYARAKAT TRADISIONAL MADURA by Hasani Utsman

“…Based on the ethnographical approach, the moral view of Maduranese traditional society is obtained through participant observation and direct interaction, the results of this study revealed that Maduranese traditional society put forward two main principles in interacting to the nature, i.e. harmony and belief to the supernatural forces, which is led to the diversity of the land use typology and nature’s rituals. …”
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Ghostly (re)visions: Embodying the Indian Caribbean churile by Christopher L. Ballengee

“…She is a ‘jumbie’ in limbo between the natural and supernatural realms. This article traces the migration of churile folklore from South Asia to the Caribbean and examines its relevance in Indian Caribbean culture today. …”
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La nocturnité au quotidien chez les Indiens tseltal du Chiapas (Mexique) by Aurore Monod Becquelin, Marie Chosson

“…This analysis invites us to scrutinise the Tseltal night from the perspective of its role as an agent of behaviours, thoughts, attitudes, and corporeal habits among these natives of the Mexican Highlands.As the home of sleep, night enables the dreamer to mix with supernatural beings, making accessible and visible a dynamic cosmos in which plants, animals, humans and nonhumans interact. …”
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Ritual objects for the feast of sukkot: Theoretical analysis of the Talmudic prescriptions and some of their ethnographical achievements in the Balkans by Vartejanu-Joubert Madalina

“…As we shall see, the making of the ritual object according to specific rules shows us its place in the encounter with the supernatural, the goal towards which any ritual device aspires. …”
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Christianity and medical science: A historical quest for remedy in time of epidemics by V.U. Iheanacho

“…In most instances, they do so either through faith or reason (science) alone, or through a combination of both. Supernatural powers are invoked through prayers and entreaties to assist mortals in their afflictions. …”
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Luxury, Mystification, and Oppressive Power in d’Holbach’s Philosophical Writings by Enrico Galvagni

“…It is nothing mysterious nor supernatural. This naturalization of luxury allows people to unmask the god-like tyrant as a common human being, showing that understanding how nature works can set man free not only from religion, but also from oppressive political power.…”
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<i>Foederis Arca</i>—The Ark of the Covenant, a Biblical Symbol of the Virgin Mary by José María Salvador-González

“…To justify such a designation, the author refers to the systematic analysis of the patristic, theological, and hymnic sources of the Eastern and Western Churches, in which the Virgin Mary is labeled as the “Ark of the Covenant” for her virginal divine motherhood, her supreme holiness, and her supernatural privileges. The perfect coincidence, with which for more than a millennium the Fathers, theologians, and liturgical hymnographers of the Greek-Eastern and Latin Churches alluded to the Virgin Mary through this biblical symbol, demonstrates the strong coherence of the Mariological theses of the Christian doctrinal tradition on the person and spiritual attributes of the Virgin Mary. …”
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Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński’s Concept of Christians Engagement in Culture by Ryszard Ficek

“…Moreover, by emphasizing elements such as the human person, family, nation, state, the international community, culture, economy, and politics, as well as the Church proclaiming the universal message of salvation, the personalistic vision of culture emphasizes its praxeological character, rooted in a specific human existence and oriented towards the supernatural dimension. Therefore, the human person is directly involved in the stream of modern civilization and its cultural changes, as well as finds his proper place in the dynamically changing realities of the contemporary world. …”
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A Mortal Visits the Other World – the Relativity of Time in Estonian Fairy Tales by Mairi Kaasik

“…This article analyses Estonian fairy tales with regard to perceiving supernatural lapses of time, focusing on the tale type cluster A Mortal Visits the Other World, which includes tale types ATU 470, 470A, 471, and 471A. …”
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MIRACLES AND THE PERFECTION OF BEING: THE THEOLOGICAL ROOTS OF SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS by Alexis V. Halapsis

“…Purpose of the article is to study the Western worldview as a framework of beliefs in probable supernatural encroachment into the objective reality. …”
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ETHNOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF AGRICULTURAL VOCABULARY AT KASEPUHAN CIPTAGELAR SUKABUMI by Dodik Murdiyanto Laksmana Putra, Wakit Abdullah Rais, Sawardi Sawardi

“…Rice culture society, which is a society that has a set of supernatural values and beliefs in rice entities. As a strong rice-cultured society, all main activities of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar community are centered on rice. …”
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