Superstition and Mystery Conversation Questions
Warm-up Task:
One person should think of a number from one to ten. They should focus on the number but not say it aloud. After a few seconds, the other person or people should write on paper the number that comes into their minds. Once everyone has written a number down, compare the results with the original thinker. If any of the numbers match, say what you think this means.
Discussion Questions:
- What's your lucky number?
- Do you think luck plays a part in your life? Are you lucky or unlucky?
- Do you have any kind of object that is meant to bring you luck?
- Do people in your culture believe certain things bring bad luck or warn us that something bad will happen? Give an example if you can.
- Do you know your star sign? Do you read your horoscope? How does it help you?
- Do you believe in ghosts? If not, how do you explain people's claims to have seen them?
- What do you think happens after we die?
- If you are at home and alone, are you more likely to think there is a ghost or something else in your house?
- What is the purpose of Halloween? Do you celebrate it? How?
- Telepathy is communication directly from one mind to another. Is it possible to communicate this way?
- Do you believe in hypnosis? What happens when a person is hypnotized?
- Have you ever visited a fortune teller? What methods did the fortune-teller use to predict your future?
- Have you experienced the feeling of déjà vu? How do you explain this strange feeling?
- Do you often dream while you sleep? Do dreams have meaning in real life?
- If you could time travel, when would you go to and what would you do there?
- If the multiverse is real, what are other versions of you doing in other universes?
- Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? What makes you think so?
- What do you think about UFO sightings? Have aliens visited earth?