supernaturalism
Belief in miracles
Supernaturalism is belief in forces or phenomena beyond the natural world—gods, spirits, miracles, or other entities that transcend physical laws.
The term often appears in philosophical or theological contexts, contrasting with naturalism, which holds that everything can be explained through natural causes.
His supernaturalism made him skeptical of purely scientific explanations for consciousness.
Belief in deity
- deismNon-intervening creator belief
- pantheismReality itself is holy
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- polytheismBelief in multiple deities
monotheism · metaphysics · creationism · theodicy · dualism · fatalism · spiritualism · mysticism
Liquor or apparitions
- ghostsSpirits of the deceased
- angelsDivine winged messengers
- demonsMalevolent supernatural beings
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
apparitions · specters · phantoms · poltergeists · wraiths · djinn · faeries · elementals
Supernatural lingering presences
- possessionState of owning
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
- prophecyForetelling of future events
revelation · resurrection · levitation · telekinesis · telepathy · precognition · clairvoyance · apparition
Ritual to expel demons
- seanceRitual to contact spirits
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- incantationSpoken magical formula
conjuring · necromancy · sorcery · witchcraft · shamanism · mediumship · invocation · evocation
All gods of a religion
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- cosmogonyStudy of universal origins
- epicsLong heroic narratives
sagas · theogony · apocalypse · eschatology
Indigenous spiritual healer
- mediumMiddle size or state
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- seerOne who envisions futures
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
prophet · exorcist · witch · sorcerer · necromancer · druid · priestess · mystic
Existence beyond mortality
- heavenSky or bliss
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- purgatoryPlace of temporary suffering
- limboState of uncertain waiting
underworld · ethereal · otherworld · netherworld · celestial · infernal · paradise · nirvana
theism
Belief in deity
polytheism · monotheism · metaphysics · creationism · theodicy · dualism · fatalism · spiritualism · mysticism · occultism
spirits
Liquor or apparitions
deities · apparitions · specters · phantoms · poltergeists · wraiths · djinn · faeries · elementals · demigods
hauntings
Supernatural lingering presences
- possessionState of owning
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
prophecy · revelation · resurrection · levitation · telekinesis · telepathy · precognition · clairvoyance · apparition · ectoplasm
exorcism
Ritual to expel demons
- seanceRitual to contact spirits
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
incantation · conjuring · necromancy · sorcery · witchcraft · shamanism · mediumship · invocation · evocation · blessing
pantheon
All gods of a religion
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- cosmogonyStudy of universal origins
epics · sagas · theogony · apocalypse · eschatology
shaman
Indigenous spiritual healer
oracle · prophet · exorcist · witch · sorcerer · necromancer · druid · priestess · mystic · clairvoyant
afterlife
Existence beyond mortality
limbo · underworld · ethereal · otherworld · netherworld · celestial · infernal · paradise · nirvana · elysium
tarot
Divination card set
runes · pendulum · scrying · incense · candles · altar · grimoire · wand · chalice · pentacle
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
- philosophiesempiricism, stoicism, nihilism, idealism, materialism
supernaturalismnaturalism
Worldview excluding the supernatural
materialism · physicalism · atheism · secular humanism · reductionism
supernaturalismrationalism
Reason as knowledge source
skepticism · freethought · disenchantment · demythologization · empiricism
natural, nature, supernatural, superlative, supernaturally, supernaturals