Superstitions: And why we have them

There are many normalized superstitions present in our day and age, in mainstream anglophone culture. Some customs have been passed down through the centuries and others are recent phenomena. Some practices are so innocuous and normalized that it would take many a second before considering or labeling their behaviors as magical thinking. What’s the superstitious difference between avoiding going under a ladder or blowing out the candles on a cake? Max Cryer explains the origins of many of our cultural superstitions and reasons, utility they still have for keeping these practices going. He explores the areas of our life that continue to be colored by superstition. Any reader interested in culture might have pleasant “ah-ha” moments, whereby they’ll be able to identify superstitious behavior that they might have never considered to be such!

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