Meaning of super-supernatural | Babel Free

Definitions

Above and beyond the supernatural; being unbounded by the supernatural limits, such as the individual soul.

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Examples

“It is possible, and also probable, that a time will come⟳ when an invention will be produced to make⟳ the submarine useless. There are no anti-super dreadnaughts now, but there will probably come⟳ an invention known as a super-supernatural dreadnaught.”

“I was thinking about it last⟳ night: wondering where it would be. Somewhere in the spaces of the night — between the stars. Don’t you often wonder⟳ whether a soul has a chemical origin? Some day clever men will discover⟳. Souls have⟳ substance, more tenuous than light⟳. And light⟳ has substance. You can bend⟳ light⟳ with a magnet: I have⟳ seen it done. The ether has substance: compared with other unknown elements, ether may be as thick as treacle. Supposing some super-supernatural scientist could examine⟳ the ether as we examine⟳ a shovel full of earth? Is it not possible that the soul germ might be discovered? For a soul has no size and no weight and no likeness to man.”

“Now that the CLOD has decided that it is naughty to see⟳ the show⟳, its business probably will become⟳ super-supernatural.”

“But why are we bound to treat⟳ what is natural as something actually superior to what is supernatural; as something which is not even merely supernatural, but is in the exact sense⟳ super-supernatural?”

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