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No, I pretty much think physicalism is the way things are. The emergent complexities of the interactions between human brains leads to some magic-like phenomenons within the social realm, but that all ultimately is governed by math and physics. And so while there is lots of space for spiritual thought, I don't think there's any basis at all for expecting that things like curses, or ghosts, or destinies are real.
I used to be way more superstitious about dice probabilities, and did little rituals. Nowadays I just chuck 'em, and I never fret about bad results, and I delight in good results. And hey, I still win dice games all the time - because it was never the dice that were getting in my way.