{"id":1629,"date":"2025-05-31T16:57:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T15:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindfckd.co.uk\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2025-06-06T16:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:26:26","slug":"touch-wood-the-secret-logic-of-superstitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/mindfckd\/2025\/05\/31\/touch-wood-the-secret-logic-of-superstitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Touch Wood: The Secret Logic of Superstitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Whether it&#8217;s avoiding ladders or kissing dice, superstitions shape our daily lives more than we think.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was just a random Wednesday, and I was walking home from class with a friend when I noticed something weird, she kept avoiding walking under signposts. So I asked her why.<br>\u201cWell, it\u2019s bad luck, isn\u2019t it?\u201d she said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And she\u2019s not the only one who believes in these kind of things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Superstitions, a belief or practice that we think is linked to some sort of fate, magic or supernatural influence that is beyond our control or explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People not liking black cats is funny because they\u2019re the really the celebrities of cats. No other kind of cat comes close. They have so much aura that people had to make up superstitions about them.<\/p>&mdash; Zito (@_Zeets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Zeets\/status\/1916601025362067755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve all heard popular ones like a fear of walking next to a black cat: They are generally believed to bring bad luck as they are usually associated with witches and demons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or walking under ladders: In the medieval times, it was believed that a ladder leaning against a wall resembled the gallows (a place where people were executed by hanging). So, if you were to walk underneath a ladder, it was believed that you too would die at the gallows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Admittedly, even I&#8217;m superstitious. I have avoided walking on three consecutive drain covers (or manholes) since secondary school and although the origin stories of this belief are not definitively known, some legends suggest it&#8217;s linked to an injury sustained by a child who fell through a poorly placed drain cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@how_to_british\/video\/7329211424880807201\" data-video-id=\"7329211424880807201\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@how_to_british\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@how_to_british?refer=embed\">@how_to_british<\/a> <a title=\"superstitions\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/superstitions?refer=embed\">#superstitions<\/a> &#38; <a title=\"badomens\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/badomens?refer=embed\">#badomens<\/a> in the UK! <a title=\"britishsuperstition\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/britishsuperstition?refer=embed\">#britishsuperstition<\/a> <a title=\"britishculture\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/britishculture?refer=embed\">#britishculture<\/a> <a title=\"slangs\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/slangs?refer=embed\">#slangs<\/a> <a title=\"britishthings\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/britishthings?refer=embed\">#britishthings<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - How To British\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7329211453771877153?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; How To British<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>And it\u2019s not just bad luck people, people also believe that if you perform certain practices it can bring you good luck instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like apparently seeing two magpies is said to bring you luck, getting pooed on by a bird supposedly means you&#8217;ve won the lottery (personally, not too sure i\u2019d be happy with that one) or even just seeing your lucky number fills people with a sense of joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But why exactly do so many of us believe in them, even if we say we don&#8217;t?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/cas\/anthropology\/faculty\/faculty_directory.host.html\/content\/shared\/cas\/anthropology\/Faculty-Staff\/faculty-profiles\/stevens-phillips.detail.html\">Phillips Stevens Jr<\/a>, a cultural anthropologist at the University of Buffalo and author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Rethinking-Anthropology-Magic-Witchcraft-Inherently\/dp\/103241426X\">Rethinking the Anthropology of Magic and Witchcraft &#8211; Inherently Human<\/a>, said that&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of these beliefs are rooted in magical thinking, and that people believe things which look like each other or have connections in some way can actually affect one another. \u201cThings that resemble other things have a causal relationship,\u201d he explains, \u201cand things that have been in contact with other things&#8230; have a stronger connection with those other things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s take the example of the fear surrounding opening your umbrella inside, umbrellas are used to ward off storms and rain. So by opening it inside it\u2019s like you&#8217;re \u201cbringing a storm into your house.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or people who avoid walking on cracks when on the pavement, \u201ca crack is, is damage, damage might infect you and cause some kind of ailment in you. So people avoid that kind of behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the kinds of superstitions that he explains is the principle in magical thinking, he says \u201cyou don&#8217;t want to establish a magical connection, because it could be harmful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Spirit invocation and command should&nbsp;not&nbsp;be considered magic; spirits are sentient and wilful beings, who might not do what we want them to do; the forces of nature are dumb, mechanistic, and can be directed by magic.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This distinction between spirits and magical forces reflect a deeper human desire to make sense of the world. 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