Note that these three things are in fact quite interconnected, at least if you broaden 3 (‘paranormal beliefs’) to ‘paranormal/non-physical aliefs’, which of course may or may not stem from actual beliefs (‘expectations about the world’) in the rationalist sense; and 2 (‘rituals’ and ‘meditation’) to other mind-hacking practices which largely amount to the summoning and manifestation of inner psychological archetypes or mind-stances, experienced in personified forms which we may call “gods”. There is a broadly consistent range of “spiritual” practices ranging from the purest and most “rational” sort of meditation, to what we call “prayer” in a religious context, to the sort of mysticism which is directed at “summoning” and even “channeling” or being “controlled” by a god or spirit. And of course, having a general “sense of wonder” about the world is also something that greatly enhances the effectiveness of these other practices.
Note that these three things are in fact quite interconnected, at least if you broaden 3 (‘paranormal beliefs’) to ‘paranormal/non-physical aliefs’, which of course may or may not stem from actual beliefs (‘expectations about the world’) in the rationalist sense; and 2 (‘rituals’ and ‘meditation’) to other mind-hacking practices which largely amount to the summoning and manifestation of inner psychological archetypes or mind-stances, experienced in personified forms which we may call “gods”. There is a broadly consistent range of “spiritual” practices ranging from the purest and most “rational” sort of meditation, to what we call “prayer” in a religious context, to the sort of mysticism which is directed at “summoning” and even “channeling” or being “controlled” by a god or spirit. And of course, having a general “sense of wonder” about the world is also something that greatly enhances the effectiveness of these other practices.