Rituals tied to supernatural agents are judged more effective, boosting their potency

Evidence

Cristine Legare and André Souza (2012) have found that people, especially believers, see rituals that are associated with a supernatural agent to be more effective, which might also explain why rituals are more potent when combined with religion. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 783

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ritual power depends on meaninglessness, not personal significance — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 270
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Ritual power depends on meaninglessness, not personal significance — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 270

Broader Connections

• Ritual power depends on meaninglessness, not personal significance #complicates (0.78) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 270