Superstitions, Famous Superstitious People and How to Get Rid of Superstitions

1. SUPERSTITIONS
By Shahan Irshad

2. What Are Superstitions?
• Superstition is the belief in Supernatural
Causality that one event causes another
without any natural process linking the
two events
• Superstition can be defined as “Irrational
Beliefs, especially with regard to the
Unknown

3. Some Common Superstitions:

4. Some Common Superstitions:

5. Types of Superstitions:
• Good Luck Superstition:
A Horse Shoe, Finding a Four Leaf Clover, A Bird
Dropping, Putting Money In Pockets of New
Clothes, Birth Stones, Itchy Palm (Right), ……..
• Bad Luck Superstition:
A Broken Mirror, Black Cat crossing your
Path, Open Umbrella Inside, Cutting Nails in
Night, Curse of Friday – 13th, Fear of 13,…

6. Superstitious People:
Let’s Meet Some
Famous But
Superstitious
People!!

7. Superstitious People:
Queen Elizabeth I:
• Had Magician (John Dee) on Payroll, who
helped her in making decisions for state
affairs, war plans and almost everything….
• John Dee’s Magic Stone is still on display in
British National Museum
Napoleon Bonapart:
• Often consulting a clairvoyant (Madame
Normand) for advice on his war campaigns.
• Giving importance to small events like horse
stumbling, black cat crossing etc
• Had strong belief in dreams he see..

8. Superstitious People:
Adolf Hitler:
• Believed in potency of number “7”
• Believed in Magical Powers
• Consulted Astrologers and Fortune Tellers
Michael Jordan:
• His Lucky Number 23 on his Shirt
• Wore his Blue North Carolina Short as a
good luck charm under his NBA uniform
throughout his career

9. The Most Powerful Man
of current days:
Barack H. Obama:
• A tiny idol of Hanuman
• Bracelet belonging to a
US soldier deployed at
Afghanistan
• a gambler’s lucky chit
• a small locket with
Madonna and child

10. How to Get Rid of Superstitions

11. How to Get Rid of Superstitions
THINK
POSITIVE
THINK
SCIENTIFIC
Have Faith In
GOD

12. THANKS….
THANK YOU
SO MUCH
FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!