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14. SUPERSTITIONS, OMENS, AND LUCKY SIGNS
14. SUPERSTITIONS, OMENS, AND LUCKY SIGNS
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Man’s earliest forays into the realm of the psychic probably had to do with portents – good and bad – which seemingly had a bearing on his future. How these arose was often a question; but it seems most likely that the occurrence of some unusual event, followed by another happening, logical or illogical, led to the belief that such a combination would take place again.
If it did, the portent was established, and after a few more repeats it was unlikely to die out. If it failed to deliver, the same type of reasoning caused people to suppose that some antidote had been provided, usually in the case of a counter-spell. This, too, could be the result of chance occurrence. But the practitioners of occult science, as it existed in those early days, were prompt to take credit for it, one way or another.
