I'm not superstitious in the meaning that I avoid ladders or black cats. Why would I pass the oppertunity to pet a kitty? I actually pet that black kitty and if I see a ladder I walk under it. Black is my happy color and white is my unlucky color. So I try to defy them.
I am a firm believer of signs and I...
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oldernow:
There is a massive difference between folk wisdom and superstition. The former is based upon a blend of common sense for a specific region combined with an awareness of the forces (and entities) which are just slightly out of most humans awareness. Thanks to the modern homogeneous world a lot of this is lost and replaced by echoes, most of which are silly and empty. The salt thing: a long time ago salt was not so easy to come by, and spreading salt upon ground often rendered that ground dead for a long time--so to spill salt is to call death to you. tossing some of it behind you is like saying 'death get thee gone!' ... hang on to those books and knowledge from your grandmother's generation... it will be needed in the none too distant future... / as for stones--some are alive and have some power, most are lifeless and as such have no power at all other than to look pretty... hold stones in the palm of your hand and if it gets warm you may get a sense of the stone and even images of where it came from (which should be checked only after the fact).. such stones may be of help. (--i happen to be someone who has dealt with these things for many, many years--)
ofeliah:
thank you @oldernow for these insights :)
