Todorov defines the fantastic as being any event that happens in our world that seems to be supernatural.

(Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), a fictional peacekeeping and spy agency in a world populated with superheroes and numerous supernatural phenomena.

Nor does faith have to be in a supernatural being.

But the moral power of religious faith does not need a supernatural explanation.

And our kids' heroes are also role models for them, because they have supernatural talents.

On the wall is my book called Supernatural, which allows me to remember what I've done, because I forget.

EXETER Those who believe that a supernatural being created the universe have never posed an intellectual challenge to evolutionary theory.

During times of conflict, opposition has been particularly vehement as people are more likely to call on the supernatural realm.

Belief in an afterlife, which may be naturalistic or supernatural, is in contrast to the belief in oblivion after death.

And by the human spirit, I don't mean anything divine, I don't mean anything supernatural certainly not coming from this skeptic.

Once the trainee is officially initiated as a healer, they are, in some societies, considered to be half man and half spirit, possessing the power to mediate between the human and supernatural world to invoke spiritual power in their healing processes.

They may also suggest a slight tendency, on the part of those uttering them, to believe in some kind of supernatural endorsement.

The Secret Circle is an American supernatural teen drama that aired on The CW from September 15, 2011, to May 10, 2012.

We see them as the domain of supernatural creatures like the djinn, who are made of smokeless fire and are the symbol of elusiveness.

For thousands of years, humans have relied on education, persuasion, social institutions, and the threat of real (or supernatural) punishment to make people behave decently.

The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name.

However, they stipulate that decisions about right and wrong must be based on the individual and common good, with no consideration given to metaphysical or supernatural beings.

24 7 is a little bit of an exaggeration, but it does take practice. Now, some people will say, well, magic, that must be the work of some evil supernatural force.

That's what I do in life telling stories, writing novels and today I would like to tell you a few stories about the art of storytelling and also some supernatural creatures called the djinni.

Many believe that sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea result from touching a stone after a female dog urinates on it and there is a general belief that these diseases are caused by bad spirits and supernatural causes.

They learned of mythical images that took the form of animals, learned of supernatural beings that gave hidden lessons, recreated and imagined history, transported us to ancestral places, and promoted communication between grandmothers and grandfathers, uncles and neighbours.

While you're thinking about that, this was an experiment done by Susan Blackmore, a psychologist in England, who showed subjects this degraded image and then ran a correlation between their scores on an ESP test How much did they believe in the paranormal, supernatural, angels and so forth.

But at the same time, as Arthur C. Clarke said, The rotting of the human mind, the business of believing in the paranormal and the occult and the supernatural all of this total nonsense, this medieval thinking I think something should be done about that, and it all lies in education.

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He compared the capitalist world (i.e., First World) to the nobility and the communist world (i.e., Second World) to the clergy.

There is my world and there is your world, and my world is always better than your world, because my world, you see, is rational and yours is superstition.

The axis mundi (also cosmic axis, world axis, world pillar, center of the world, world tree), in religion or mythology, is the world center or the connection between Heaven and Earth.

6 World Bank, World Development Indicators 2005 online.

They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

They are of the world therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

So this whole world, the nano world, this area in here is called the nano world, and the nano world, the whole micro world that we see, there's a nano world that is wrapped up within that, and the whole and that is the world of molecules and atoms.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

This destructive world has already experienced two world wars.

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

The United Nations was designed to serve the world of the aftermath of the Second World War a world different in many ways from today's world.

There is no justice in the world. There is some justice in the world. The world is just.

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Sources World Bank, World Bank Development Indicators 2005 and Central Intelligence Agency, World Factbook 2005 (pipelines and waterways).

World War II As in the first world war, Sweden remained officially neutral during World War II, although its neutrality during World War II has been disputed.

The World Health Organization (WHO) dedicated World Health Day to road safety and, together with the World Bank, launched the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention.

World War III (WWIII, WW3 or the Third World War) is a hypothetical worldwide conflict following World War II.

On World Health Day, WHO and the World Bank jointly launched the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention.