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"I am too firm in my consciousness of the marvelous to be ever fascinated by the mere supernatural."
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"“Why are you so certain this is all a hoax?” Prang asked, as we slipped between the twisted bars. “Ninety-seven percent of all supernatural events are crude hoaxes,” I said. “What about the other three percent?” “Clever hoaxes,” I said."
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Supernatural phenomena or entities are those beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin supernaturalis, from Latin super- 'above, beyond, outside of' + natura 'nature'. Although the corollary term "nature" has had multiple meanings since the ancient world, the term "supernatural" emerged in the Middle Ages and did not exist in the ancient world. Many cultures around the wor
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