What beliefs do Christians hold regarding how humans can interact with the supernatural?
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Given that my [previous question](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/101966/61679) was not well-received, I will try again with a different one.
To the best of my knowledge, Christians believe in a supernatural realm where God resides, along with angels, cherubim, demons, and other spiritual entities. However, this supernatural realm is hidden from our five senses, which may explain why so many people are more inclined to believe in [naturalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism_(philosophy)) . By the way, many such individuals can be found on Philosophy Stack Exchange (I say this from personal experience). For instance, the [argument from divine hiddenness](https://iep.utm.edu/divine-hiddenness-argument-against-gods-existence/) has been gaining popularity in philosophy for good reason since its publication (by the way, *Truth Unites* has published a [response](https://youtu.be/_d-6UhOS0FE) to this argument). We perceive the natural world every day with our physical senses, but the supernatural seems to be concealed. Nonetheless, Christians believe that the supernatural can manifest and has indeed manifested in the past, at least under special circumstances. The resurrection of Jesus is arguably the most notable example of a supernatural manifestation in the natural that has been recorded.
However, it is unclear to me if there are other ways for the supernatural realm to interact with the natural world, beyond the resurrection of Jesus (which already happened about 2000 years ago), and whether human beings have any ability to initiate or facilitate such interactions **today**.
**What is an overview of Christian beliefs on how humans can interact with the supernatural?** What practices, techniques, or methods are available to facilitate such interactions **TODAY**?
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**Clarifications**
> What exactly do you mean by interact? The Bible says that the universe is not only created but upheld by the word of his power. At a very basic level the fact that you exist and continue to exist is an interaction between the supernatural and you.
The natural realm operates under regular laws that can be studied through scientific methods, involving observation and experimentation. In contrast, the supernatural realm lies beyond these regular laws and eludes direct scientific investigation, lacking physical principles that can describe it comprehensively (though fields like parapsychology, as seen in the [Journal of Parapsychology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Parapsychology) , may potentially challenge this notion). Despite its inscrutability to mainstream science, Christians assert that the supernatural realm can exert causal influence on the natural world, producing under certain circumstances perceivable effects, such as miraculous events (e.g., the resurrection of Jesus), spiritual experiences, and so on. **This causal influence of the supernatural over the natural (and vice versa) is what I would call "interaction."** However, if one posits that "everything is supernatural," the distinction between natural and supernatural becomes moot. If that's your view, then perhaps it would be more helpful and practical to distinguish between "usual" and "unusual" instead. The "usual" is studied by science and explained with regular laws (e.g., the laws of Physics), whereas everything else, like resurrections, would be considered unusual occurrences.
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