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Supernatural powersIntroduction
The term supernatural pertains to an order of existence beyond the scientifically visible
Universe. Religious miracles are typically supernatural claims as are spells and curses,
divination, the belief that there is an afterlife for the dead, and innumerable others.
Supernatural beliefs have existed in many cultures throughout human history.
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The word has been derived from Latin
Super-supra above, natura nature
Its a highly controversial topic. And it is claimed that the controversy remains till there
exists the people who do not believe on the existence of supernatural powers. The
supernatural term is often used interchangeably with paranormal or preternatural
Some events occur according to natural laws, and others occur according to separate set of
principles external to nature. For example GOD is considered to be the ultimate creator of the
universe and the natural laws. Those who believe in angels and spirits generally assert that
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they are supernatural entities. Some religious people also believe that all things which
humans see as natural only act the same way consistently because god will it so, and that
natural laws are an extension of divine will.
Things/phenomena are which depict the presence of the belief on
supernatural powers:
Amulets and charms
Jinn and angels
Legendary characters such as vampires , leprechauns, fawns and other fairytale
characters
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Magic ; Claimed to be practised by many prophets sent by GOD almighty to preach
his message to mankind
Black magic;revengefull in nature
Mysterious incidents are claimed to happen due to some supernatural character behind
it
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Objective:
The purpose behind this project is to create awareness among our peers that what hazards lies
when we became victims in the hands of people, who claim themselves to be our mentors,
People like pir fakirs, who earn their living by making the common man fool.
It is to bring out the evil and unveil the traditional and prehistoric non Islamic practices going
on for several years.
The objective is not all about opposing the supernatural phenomena but, it is draw a line
between the truth and the infatuation. This topic has been chosen to bring out the stories and
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myths associated to many innocent lives which were given a silent death just because the
people surrounding them believed that they were cursed or casted with evil spells.
The objective is to rub off the dust of illiteracy and lighten up the fire of literacy .The
malpractices done by taking name of supernatural power under the shed of the name social
service, needs an eye of concern until it silently gains strength and engulf a civilized society
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Detailed introduction:
As enlisted before supernatural beliefs and powers are one of the controversial topics
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The word supernatural, superstitious, paranormal always invoke human ideas since the day
human landed on the surface of the earth. So being teenagers and highly inspired by the
legendary myths presented in comic books we choose this topic. Addition to that we have
been noticing the gradual rise in the crime rate of such areas where the people who believe in
supernatural powers are in excess. We have been noticing that as mankind is moving towards
the progress in technology, the world is getting divided in to two parts which has the
population of literate in illiterate. The illiterate population seeks refuge in things like amulets,
charms and other such things. They believe that they can gain power and strength hand in
hand by the help of these things, which actually are nothing but the ________
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The ratio of the people who believe in the presence of such powers in the south Asian
countries is more than the rest of the world, which somehow sometimes creates a barrier in
between the development and the society.
Government usually shows negligence to such things, according to the they have more
practical things to think about and work on, rather than searching for the social evil. Acting
realistic, yes the government of Pakistan is correct, but simultaneously we cant close our
eyes even and presume everything around us is just fine.
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Chapter 1
1.1 Hypothesis:
Illiteracy and unawareness is the main reason behind the high ratio of the people who believe
in the presence of supernatural powers. The research we conducted through questionnaires
and through the survey we took around the suburbs the point was even clearer than ever.
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1.2 Delimitation:
We have delimited our survey to the university and its surroundings. In an addition to that we
made our visit to Gilani research foundation. Where we conducted some interviews and
gathered our data.
1.3 Sampling:
We had given our questionnaires for about 20 people in the Air university .And we have
based our analysis on the results which were obtained from them .We interviewed 3 Tarot
card readers from the B.B.A. department. We also had conducted 5 interviews from the
various students about how they feel when they are asked do the paranormal things reallyexist?
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So our conclusion is totally based upon the survey we have done of the foundation and the
interviews we have conducted in the university.
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Chapter 2
2.1 Research:
The research we had done was not only internet oriented, but we made our visit too many of
the research foundations as enlisted in the previous chapter. We concluded our results
through the questionnaires and through the interviews we have conducted but in order to
create more awareness among ourselves and to create a wider picture of the topic in ourminds, we took the glance at the local news paper, and to our greatest surprised we found that
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people around us are still clutched in the clutches of fate. The still believe in existence of
such beings which can enter into their bodies and provide them powers. Such an article was
published in Dawn, the newspaper, stating that, the people of hunzakut posses a shamanistic
tradition centred on religious specialists. The practitioners inhale the smoke of burning
juniper branches and dance on a special music, drink blood from the freshly served goats
head, enter into ecstatic trances and converse with supernatural beings. Well the research
done through the news paper drew the clear picture in front of us telling. That, yes, illiteracy
is the major cause to the problem.
But as we delimited our research inside the university we conducted interviews. As the
people belonging to different areas come to the university, whether it is rural or urban. As we
went on, we noticed yes today what people do the first thing in the morning is to, go to the
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horoscope section in the news paper. The tarot card readers gave boost to our research. To
our greatest surprised we found some palm readers too who claimed to have the art of reading
the palm of the people and they can discuss the fate of the people.
Well the Gillani research foundation to which we made the visit provided us percentages of
the people living in the urban and rural areas who believe in the presence of different
supernatural beings.
2.2 Interviews:
The interview which we conducted contained the question that what do think about
paranormal, supernatural powers, do they exist?
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We interviewed Saba pervaiz first semester B.B.A. department, she replied Yes! They do.
To continue the talk we asked what makes you think that. She said Well the religion we
believe in, Islam, openly says in it holy book that the supernatural beings, such as, jinn,
fairies and angels exist, plus the religion was put to a start by the deliverance of Gods
message to mankind via angel...
We interviewed another girl from the same department and semester, Rabia Akhtar, who
sounded much more modernized and was off the fact that there exist any such supernatural
being.
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We conducted another interview with a girl, Zara Husain, first semester, from the telecom
engineering department. She replied well to me there exist only Allah where as the rest is
just fake. When we asked what makes he think so, she replied Its so unnatural and
unrealistic.
Whereas when we asked the same question from Mehreen Sohail, mechatronics seventh
semester, very quickly she answered Yes, offcourse there exist such things as vampires,
fawns, and many the other creatures to prove her right she quoted numeral examples, mostly
the incidents she told were from her native area.
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Again the same question was asked Omar farooq, from department of I.A.A.(first semester
mechanical engineering), he said Well yes the things like jinn ,fairies do exists, he added
into our information that the activities like black magic still persists . And it is also practiced
in the cities.
We interviewed DR.Ijaz Shafi, PHD. From M.I.T., who provided us with some percentages
too, of the ratio of people living in the urban and rural areas who believe in the presence
supernatural beings?
58% said that they believe in the existence of ghosts
55% said fairies 50% said that they believe in witches
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According to him, His research foundation did a survey and took a nationally
representative sample of men and women from across the country and they were read
out a list of four various supernatural beings and were asked how many among you
believe in any of these?
89% believed in jinn
10 % did not
1% doubted the fact
When they were asked about fairies
55% said yes
44% said they dont 1% again remain doubted on the fact
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According to him the research was done on 2650 men and women living in either
urban or rural areas. Well 58 % of the population living in the rural areas believe in
supernatural beings where as 42% living in the urban.
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2.3 Observation:
Well through the questionnaires and the interviews we conducted we got to know that yes
people today also believe in the presence of super natural powers. And the people living in
the cities are much sharper and cunning then the people living in the rural areas, they believein reasoning and proofs rather than these news and the myths and stories. People living in the
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backward areas are more likely to be fooled rather than the people living in the cities as they
are more connected to the facts and figures or then the people living in the rural areas. Urban
people remain safe just because they have educations in their hands. Whereas the rural people
are deprived of it. But we can close our eyes by saying that such people only exist in the rural
areas through our questionnaires we were challenged to gather the data according to the
hypothesis we have. But luckily it has been proven through our questionnaires that, Yes, its
due to lack of awareness and education.
2.4 Questionnaire:
The questionnaire has been attached in the annexure but lets discuss it briefly, The type of
questions which were put over the question paper were mostly straight to the point, and non
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controversial .It was kept in the mind that the answers should be in yes or no so that it is easy
together data and to reduce the error margin. Hence the data and the result produced and the
conclusion drawn from it has 99% confidence level.
The questionnaire included the questions like what area do u belongs, rural or urban.
What do you think should be the reason behind the huge ratio of believers of supernatural
powers?
And etc.
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Conclusion:The hypothesis has been proven right by questionnaires, and the interviews we have
conducted. Yes, illiteracy is the reason behind the huge population of people who believe in
the supernatural powers