I do not believe in the supernatural, magic, ghosts or anything like that. However, I can be very superstitious about tempting fate and won’t make jokes or flippant remarks that could be interpretted as such.
For example, my partner made a dark joke about how she’d rather have cancer than such and such. I begged her not to say such things, not because the thought of her having cancer upset me (although it did), but because it feels as if saying stuff like that could make it happen.
I think that is not uncommon. I do the knock on wood stuff. Not because I actually think it will make a difference but its just kinda a thing. Its like when you have something that is not above the 95th percentile and you are hoping and like “trusting” in luck. Like right now I feel that way about my car. Its also like the “there are no athiests in foxholes”. When at deaths door its easy to reach out to supernatural help since its pretty clear your effed natural world wise.