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Belief in the supernatural comes from normal, everyday reasoning and perception.

The woman who saw the Virgin Mary in this piece of toast may not be crazy after all. According to a recent Newsweek article, researchers have found that supernatural belief arises from normal mental processes that have been either hijacked or exaggerated by suggestion and the inability to think scientifically.

Frequent surveys have shown that 90 percent of Americans believe in some form of the supernatural, from the feeling that you're being watched to conversing with departed loved ones to reincarnation. Perfectly reasonable people -- like California physician Dr. Walter Semkiw, who believes he is the reincarnation of John Adams -- believe in perfectly unreasonable things and science is trying to understand what triggers our supernatural tendencies.

In one example, University of Chicago researchers were able to make college students more likely to say they believed in both ghosts and God by simply telling them their personality type revealed they wouldn't have any friends by middle age. Stripped of hope for normal human relationships, the students were suddenly more willing to open their minds to the possibility of fostering future paranormal connections.

But what about those of us who believe in Obama toast?

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So it's perfectly rational to believe you're reincarnated, get spooked by ghosts and see faces in your toast. Let's not forget about visions of angels, either ...

Asylum Angels

    Slipped me notes under the desk
    While I was thinkin' about her dress
    I was shy I turned away
    Before she caught my eye

    nstiles42, Flickr

    Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine

    Frank Micelotta, Getty Images

    Does she walk? Does she talk?
    Does she come complete?
    My homeroom homeroom angel
    Always pulled me from my seat

    aaborgcarnival, Flickr

    She was pure like snowflakes
    No one could ever stain

    The memory of my angel
    Could never cause me pain

    Evan Agostini, Getty Images

    And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between

    Evan Agostini, Getty Images

    My blood runs cold
    My memory has just been sold

    Evan Agostini, Getty Images

    My angel is the centerfold
    Angel is the centerfold

    Jon Levy, Getty Images

    My angel is the centerfold
    Angel is the centerfold

    Klskogen, Flickr

    I was shakin' in my shoes
    Whenever she flashed those baby-blues
    Something had a hold on me
    When angel passed close by

    Peter Kramer, Getty Images

    My angel is the centerfold
    Angel is the centerfold

    Peter Kramer, Getty Images