Natural Powers

I was reading a book today in which a man learned secrets "which men, in their ignorance, have called magic". The real source of the power was not supernatural at all; it was as natural as gravity or magnetism, though less well known. I often wonder how often events or phenomena that the spiritually-inclined label "supernatural" and the materialistically-minded call "superstition" are in actual fact real but purely natural. Humans are great interpreters and reasoners, but sometimes we reason ourselves into a muddle. Take "ghosts" for instance. Some are adamant that they are in fact the spirits of the departed, and others insist that they are demons out to decieve us. On the other hand we have the school that believes they are nothing more than the result of our delusions. I'm not saying that any of them are necessarily incorrect - but must we either dimiss or supernaturilize everything we don't understand? Electricity would be dealt with in the same way, I suspect, when presented to those who were ignorant of its true causes. What if another, wholly natural, explanation could be made for ghosts (just as an example). Maybe their appearance is the result of inconsistencies or faults in the space/time fabric, allowing us a glimpse of another era or place? But that's silly you say. Oh really? It's a lot easier to call them delusions or demons isn't it? We're comfortable with those ideas. Any natural solution is pushing at the fringes of what we know and have believed, and therefore tends to make us uneasy. We would be fools, though, to shun these theories and avenues of investigation just on account of a little unease. After all, while we cannot harness illusions and would be wise not to attempt to manipulate the supernatural, the powers of nature lie waiting for stewards to take them up. All we have to do is stretch out our hand.