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> Dimitrios Makridopoulos has always been fascinated by the preternatural. Devouring books about occult phenomena from childhood to adulthood, ... Apart from t
by JackFr 8y ago
> Dimitrios Makridopoulos has always been fascinated by the preternatural. Devouring books about occult phenomena from childhood to adulthood, ...
Apart from the utter nonsense that this story is, 'preternatural' does not mean the same thing as 'supernatural'. By using an obscure word incorrectly, rather than making the author appear literate and educated it makes him seem silly and ignorant.
- tlb 8y agoThe usage seems reasonable to me. > The preternatural is that which appears outside or beside the natural. It is "suspended between the mundane and the miraculous." In theology, the term is often used to distinguish marvels or deceptive trickery, often attributed to witchcraft or demons, from the purely divine power of the genuinely supernatural to violate the laws of nature. In the early modern period, the term was used by scientists to refer to abnormalities and strange phenomena of various kinds that seemed to depart from the norms of nature." -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preternatural https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preternatural