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| | Superstition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Superstition is also used to refer to folkloric belief systems, usually as juxtaposed to another religion's idea of the spiritual world, or as juxtaposed to science. | | | Superstitions may also be expressed in religious beliefs or practice, belief in extraordinary events, supernatural interventions, apparitions or the efficacy of charms, incantations, the meaningfulness of omens and prognostications. | | | Superstition may be expressed in the terminology of religion, giving rise to skeptical thinkers' opinion that all religion is superstition. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Superstition |
| | "Superstition is the baseless fear of the gods, religion the pious worship." According to Isidore of Seville (Etymolog., l. | | | Superstition sins by excess of religion, and this differs from the vice of irreligion, which sins by defect. | | | The Catholic devotions which are connected with holy places, holy shrines, holy wells, famous relics, etc. are commonly treated as superstitious by non-Catholics who either reject all worship of saints and relics or assume pious frauds on the part of the priests who benefit by the worship. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14339a.htm
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| | Superstition |
| | The foundation of superstition is ignorance, the superstructure is faith and the dome is a vain hope. | | | Superstition is the child of ignorance and the mother of misery. | | | Superstition built the cathedrals and temples, all the altars, mosques and churches, filled the world with amulets and charms, with images and idols, with sacred bones and holy hairs, with martyrs' blood and rags, with bits of wood that frighten devils from the breasts of men. |
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http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/superstition.html
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| | Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary |
| | The Protestants regard the relics, the indulgences, the mortifications, the prayers for the dead, the holy water, and almost all the rites of the Roman Church, as a superstitious dementia. | | | Superstition born in Paganism, adopted by Judaism, infested the Christian Church from the earliest times. | | | It is therefore clear that it is the fundamentals of the religion of one sect which is considered as superstition by another sect. |
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http://history.hanover.edu/texts/voltaire/volsuper.html
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| | The Pearl Study Guide / The Pearl Summary |
| | Superstition 6: Juana still believes that the pearl is cursed, and she asks Kino to throw it back into the sea again, but he refuses. | | | Superstition 9: When Kino looks into the pearl and sees only the tragedies that have befallen his family, he begins to believe that the pearl is cursed, but he still cannot part with it. | | | Elements of their original faith remain, such as incantations like the one Juana mutters. |
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| | Superstition |
| | Every one of you who places your faith for spiritual protection or salvation in a human being or in a thing is practicing faith in superstition. | | | Dear friends, I've written this message and I send it forth with a prayer that the Holy Spirit will convince you of the sin of superstition (that is if you are) and that He'll help you to turn from such sinful practices and put your faith in God and walk with Him. | | | One has said, "Superstition is a flagrant, blatant denial of all the Bible stands for. |
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http://our.homewithgod.com/sinque/Sermon58.html
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| | Separation of State and Superstition |
| | Religion teaches that it's okay to believe in nonsensical superstition and therefore religion corrupts and destroys the mind. | | | He is the president of the church council at Christ Lutheran Church in Wichita Kansas and has been a member of the church for about 30 years. | | | When religion ruled we had the dark ages and the inquisitions and the crusades and all manner of evil. |
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http://superstition.blogspot.com
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| | Sabbath Superstition |
| | These are important questions and for many years the church in our country has answered them both in the affirmative, and a vast number of people not Christians have also said "yes" because they wanted votes, or because they feared to incite the hatred of the church. | | | The Jews kept that day with infinite strictness, and with them this space of time known as the Sabbath became so holy that he who violated it by working was put to death. | | | The same notions about the holy day were adopted by the Dissenters in England, and it became the principal tenet in their creed. |
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http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/sabbath_superstition.html
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| | It may or may not be superstition for a man to believe he must kiss the Bible to show he is telling the truth. | | | It is certainly the most grovelling superstition for him to believe that, if he kisses the Bible, anything he says will come true. | | | It is the partisans of divorce, not the defenders of marriage, who attach a stiff and senseless sanctity to a mere ceremony, apart from the meaning of the ceremony. |
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http://www.chesterton-library.net/divorce.txt
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| | Sweet, 'Hemans, Heber, and _Superstition and Revelation_' - Romantic Passions - Romantic Circles Praxis Series, ... |
| | In her last extant stanza (28), Hemans begins to historicize Zoroastrianism as the religion of Persian conquerors: "And with that faith was conquest." Her fragment ends with Persia's "quenchless flame" accompanying Cyrus "from shore to shore" (496/28). | | | In Superstition and Revelation she had proposed the daring syncretic project that could meet this need: a harmonizing of Shelleyan syncretism with established religion. | | | Superstition and Revelation is as echoic--as allusive, if you will--as any text in Hemans. |
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http://www.rc.umd.edu/praxis/passions/sweet/sweet.html
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| | Silly Superstitions: What is the source of some of our strangest beliefs? |
| | The superstition of knocking on wood was derived from touching the wood of the cross on which Jesus was crucified, and walking under a ladder should be avoided because the triangle represented the Holy Trinity. | | | And one more, about religion now...I read in a book of witchcraft that the Christians "devil" was actually once a God of another religion, a god of hunting, hence the horns...the book said that's what people do, the god from one religion becomes the devil to another. | | | It's a paradox, I know, but that is the way it is. For years the church has tried to stop superstitions by saying that who believes in them doesn't believe in God. |
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http://www.islandnet.com/~luree/silly.html
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| | THE UNACCEPTABLE COST OF RELIGIOUS SUPERSTITION |
| | All three children died because their parents believed in the faith-healing BS that the Bible is full of. | | | Minnesota is one of the 46 backward states stepped in superstition where it's perfectly legal to kill kids if your religious beliefs embrace faith-healing. | | | It's estimated that every month between 1 and 5 children die due to the religious superstition of their parents or guardians. |
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http://www.deism.com/harrison.htm
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| | Superstition quotes |
| | “Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother” | | | “The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction” | | | “The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences” |
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http://en.thinkexist.com/quotations/superstition
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| | Wedding Traditions & Superstitions |
| | Superstition is, of course, at the back of the old verse dealing with the bride's ensemble: | | | It is unlucky for anyone to refuse a slice of cake - both for the person concerned and for the newly-weds. | | | In some countries a slipper is also sometimes thrown at them - symbolizing the womb and a charm to ensure they have children. |
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http://wintersteel.homestead.com/Weddings.html
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| | Superstition and Beliefs, How our beliefs shape our world... |
| | Superstition is also a good example of a type of belief that you can choose not to "buy into". | | | Superstition and Beliefs, How our beliefs shape our world... | | | Those who choose to believe, find their world delivering what they expect.... |
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http://www.globalpsychics.com/lp/superstition/menu.htm
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| | AlterNet: The End of Reason |
| | Many dictionaries define superstition as "belief which is not based on human reason or scientific knowledge." The American Heritage Dictionary defines superstition as "a belief, practice or rite irrationally maintained by ignorance of the laws of nature" and "a fearful or abject state resulting from such ignorance or irrationality." | | | The central problem with organized, assertive religion, of course, is that it endows superstition with a moral and messianic fervor. | | | As a condition of being hired, the program's employees are required to sign a statement affirming their belief in a literal interpretation of the Bible. |
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http://www.alternet.org/story/21641
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| | Carleton Cunningham: The Devil and the Religious Controversies of Sixteenth-Century France |
| | He went on to say that certain priests and monks, who are ignorant and of an "incomparable impudence," respond with deception to those who seek them out in times of sickness and need. | | | This controversy is merely one aspect of the polemical debates that arose out of the Protestant attack on the doctrine of Purgatory. | | | In addition, it should be noted that both passages reveal that these views permeated all levels of the social hierarchy and were not merely peasant superstitions.' |
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http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH35/cunn1.html
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| | NAUTICAL NOTIONS sailing and boating superstitions |
| | This superstition is founded in the belief that sharks have the ability to sense those near death. | | | A stone thrown over a vessel that is putting out to sea will cause great waves and storms, and ensures she will never return. | | | If she sees a sparrow, she will marry a poor man and be very happy. |
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http://users.eastlink.ca/~grahamfamily/superstition.htm
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| | Prometheus Books |
| | The recent growth of eccentric cults, the pursuit of mystic practices, and a spate of books and television broadcasts on the occult all testify to a resurgence of irrational beliefs. | | | In order to rationalize the chaos of literally thousands of such beliefs, Planer divides superstitions into three major groups: | | | Briefly, superstition is defined as an irrational belief that serves to palliate fear. |
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http://www.prometheusbooks.com/catalog/book_6.html
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| | The Trial Of Irrationality In West Africa |
| | Samuel Doe himself was so rooted in deadly superstition that he blew his country into pieces. | | | From Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana to Sekou Toure’s Guinea to Samuel Doe’s Liberia the issue of culture and development, especially deadly superstitious beliefs, have never been at the center of West Africa’s development discourse till now. | | | Views expressed by the author(s) do not necessarily reflect those of GhanaHomePage. |
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http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=59629
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| | Maktaaq |
| | Just in case Luck misplaced my street address, there is another superstition that saves the day: the first busker I pass on any day, I must give him some money and in return my whole day is lucky. | | | Luck, according to this superstition, will surely knock on my door any day now. | | | This new superstition entered my life in February 2003 when I translated Romanian beliefs and proverbs: the book wasn't clear from which part of Romania this superstition originated. |
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http://maktaaq.blogspot.com/2004/05/superstition.html
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| | Amazon.com: Believing in Magic : The Psychology of Superstition : Books: Stuart A. Vyse |
| | From superstition to religion, from habits to rituals, from black cats to Wade Boggs and his chicken ritual. | | | * The Chapter 1 summary of sociological studies of religion and magic is excellent, and Chapter 3 on the relation between superstition and coincidence is good, and is a major aspect of the "problem" of superstition. | | | He claims that the evidence shows not that "superstition breeds success" but rather that "success breeds superstition!" (See page 27, last line.) After the belated acknowledgment of the value of routine and rituals on page 90, he again reverts to his earlier position of no value. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195136349?v=glance
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| | GTO: Superstition - TV.com |
| | But having no interest in any form of superstition, he burns them all. | | | Onizuka himself receives a pile of cursed letters. | | | Tell the world what you think of Superstition. |
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http://www.tv.com/gto/superstition/episode/237581/summary.html
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| | Superstition |
| | Prayer: Lord Jesus, may you, who are truth incarnate, bring light to every thought, so that we will see the way through lies and falsehoods that seek only to destroy. | | | (Thank you, Lord!) Superstition may creep into our lives, but abiding in Jesus, who is the truth, will help us weed it out! | | | The devil is alive and well, working his calumnies, whispering evil. |
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http://daily.presbycan.ca/devotions/1999/99-09-13.html
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| | The Superstition Behind Friday the 13th |
| | Notice again, 13 is still considered good luck in Italy, home of the Roman Catholic church, which separated from the rest of Christianity due to conflicting political and theological disagreements. | | | For a superstition to spread so far it must be distributed through a largely influential source, such as Christianity. | | | Therefore, anything that goes wrong on the 13th is assumed to be the effect of some supernatural evil. |
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http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/4885/fri13.html
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| | Superstition |
| | Safar: It was said that the people of Jaahiliyyah used to have superstitions concerning the month of Safar, therefore the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam said: “No Safar”. | | | It was said that the Arabs used to believe that there was a snake in the stomach which would harm a person when he had intercourse, and that this was contagious, so the Wise Lawgiver negated this. | | | They also used to think that if someone was murdered, an owl would come out of his head and would keep repeating: “Give me a drink, give me a drink,” until the slain person was avenged and his murdered was killed. |
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http://www.alminbar.com/khutbaheng/supsaf1.htm
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| | Medieval Sourcebook: Stephen de Bourbon: "De Supersticione" : On St. Guinefort |
| | he sixth thing to say is about insulting superstitions, some of which are insulting to God, others to man. The superstitions which attribute divine honors to demons or any other creature insult God. | | | Idolatry is one example, or when wretched women sorcerers seek salvation through the adoration of saddles (sambuca) to which they make offerings, through the condemnation of churches and relics of the saints, through carrying their children to ant-hills or other places in search of healing. | | | urther on the said error of heretical depravity, something must be said about the superstition of the vain cult of divinations, incantations, oracles, the diverse devilish delusions by which the Devil attacks the Christian people, drawing after him with the tail of fallacious seduction innumerable souls of the stupid. |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/guinefort.html
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| | Superstition Bash |
| | The Superstition Bash is an event which explores the fascinating world of belief through history. | | | Events can now be found around the world, organized at multiple venues and attracting people of all ages and interests. | | | Explore the possibilities of hosting a Superstition Bash in your community! |
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http://www.csicop.org/superstition
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| | Japanese superstition |
| | In many shrines, temples and souvenir shops, amulets are sold that are supposed to bring luck, safety or good fortune. | | | There are also some imported superstitions such as the believe that black cats crossing the street in front of you cause bad luck. | | | The world of Japanese superstition (Hiro's Home Page) |
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http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2209.html
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| | SUPERSTITION Maine-Coons |
| | Find more about our cattery and beliefs in the | | | Remember to bookmark our page, it will be updated frequently and please don't forget to sign our guest book. | | | We hope you will enjoy your visit to the Superstition Maine Coon website. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Farm/2013
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| | Online Tee Times - Superstition Springs Golf Club |
| | Tee times listed here must be booked online. | | | To make a reservation or for more information just click on a tee time. | | | Online Tee Times - Superstition Springs Golf Club |
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| | Apache Junction Public Library |
| | As the population of the Salt River Valley grows the lights of Phoenix continue to advance on the realm of the Dutchman's Lost Gold Mine and the Apache Thunder God. | | | Superstition Mountain was formed during a tectonic maelstrom which resulted in a massive caldera. | | | What is the origin of the name Superstition Mountain? |
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| | Urban Legends Reference Pages: A World of Luck (Friday the 13th) |
| | Many different sources for the superstition surrounding the number thirteen have been posited, the most common stemming from another Christian source, the Last Supper, at which Judas Iscariot was said to have been the thirteenth guest to sit at the table. | | | as a date of supreme unluckiness might seem to be obvious and inevitable, superstitions regarding | | | already describes it as being an "ancient superstition.") |
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| | Superstitions Old Wives Tales Beliefs & Misconceptions A-L |
| | Superstition A to L includes Friday the Thirteenth | | | Superstitions Old Wives Tales Beliefs & Misconceptions A-L | | | Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time |
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| | GORP - Superstition Wilderness |
| | It was during this period that the Superstitions were formed. | | | For those interested in the history of the area within the Superstition Wilderness, there are a few reference books, but much remains to be learned. | | | Old timers agree that the range was fully stocked by about 1890. |
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http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/az_super.htm
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| | Superstition Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Superstitions are the home of the legends of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine and the Peralta Stones. | | | The nearest cities to the Superstitions are Apache Junction on their west side and Superior on their south side. | | | The Greater Superstition Mountain Area (aka "The Superstitions" or "The Supes") is bounded by US 60 on the S, SR-88 on the NW, and SR-188 on the NE. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_Mountains
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| | Best of Superstition Mountain Arizona |
| | The Spanish were the first Europeans to discover Superstition Mountain and it was probably named by early settlers and farmers who heard the stories of mystery, strange happenings and how the Pima Indians feared the sacred grounds of the Apache. | | | In and around Superstition Mountain, one can bite-off what he or she wants to chew. | | | And nearby in very close proximity are the recreation highlights of the Verde River, and the lakes of Canyon and Saguaro where boating and fishing among the canyon walls offer views that exist no where else on earth. |
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| | I know of no group of people, no race, no culture, and no nation without at least a few superstitions, many of which westerners might consider odd, weird, eccentric or even childish, despite the fact that they have been convinced that their superstitions are quite valid, powerful and accurate. | | | You see, it all depends on where you live, how you were educated, your religious and family background, your psychological composition and your daily environment. |
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| | DVD Times - Superstition |
| | For some reason the pacing is decidedly slow, the sequence as a whole taking up over ten minutes of screen time. | | | As such it seems best to label Roberson’s efforts as being the latter, but as we progress through Superstition, even this may prove to be too kind. | | | Indeed, we are soon in a position where we eagerly await the next murder as it appears to be the only place in which we may find something akin to invention. |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Superstition: Books |
| | This is the basic hypothesis of David Ambrose's "Superstition", and the horrors that follow are based on the struggle between the wills of the group that created an imaginary ghost, and the will of the imaginary ghost that seems to think that he is real. | | | Does this make the ghost real or a construct of its creators? | | | Superstition is more, therefore, than your average UK horror shocker involving the supernatural. |
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| | Lost Dutchman Goldmine Museum - Apache Junction Arizona |
| | This mine was made famous by Jacob Waltz, known as "the Dutchman", who took the secret of "his mine" to the grave in 1891. | | | The Superstition Mountain Museum collects, preserves and displays the artifacts, history and folklore of the Superstition Mountains, Apache Junction and the surrounding region. | | | Get a feeling of what the ol' west was really like back at the turn of the century. |
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http://www.superstitionmountainmuseum.org
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| | Superstition Area Land Trust |
| | The Superstition Area Land Trust (SALT) is the only nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the open spaces surrounding the Superstition Mountains. | | | Most of the land surrounding the Superstitions is owned by the Arizona state land department, whose mandate is to manage the land to fund various public institutions. | | | Steeped in history and folklore, they lure visitors from around the world to explore the history and romance of the old West. |
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| | Technorati Tag: superstition |
| | Posts tagged Superstition per day for the last 30 days. | | | This page shows blog posts, photos, and links that have been tagged superstition. | | | Become a member to save searches in a Watchlist. |
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| | HikeArizona.COM :: Wilderness [Index of All Hikes] |
| | It’s located seven miles east of Apache Junction. | | | Carlson & Stewart’s book “Hiker’s Guide to the Superstition Wilderness” is an excellent reference on the area with loads of hikes and gobs of history. | | | This Wilderness was designated in 1939, and was expanded to its present size in 1984. |
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http://hikearizona.com/interestDEX.php?ID=21&WID=57
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| | Superstition |
| | Elvira - The Mistress of the Dark, takes you on a trip into her magic swirling House of Superstition. |
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http://www.nwave.com/ride/superstition
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| | SDORC - Superstition Mountains |
| | Superstition is an area to the southeast of Ocotillo Wells and Northeast of Plaster City. | | | It can be reached by road through El Centro, or by dirt by riding on the dirt roads from either Ocotillo Wells or Plaster City. |
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http://www.sdorc.org/ohvareas/super/super.html
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| | superstition - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "superstition" is defined. | | | We found 24 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word superstition: | | | Phrases that include superstition: baseball superstition, magic and superstition, the serpent superstition |
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