Yeah, what's deemed "normal" is subject to a lot of change. That's why I've never really payed a lot of attention to wether my beliefs were normal or not. Since I was 12 i focused on magical philosophy, and my faith has not wavered. Actually I've grown to see others as the ones who don't realize certain things.
I do a lot of small rituals and they always seem to work, main causes: belief and imagination.
Besides I don't think everything should be rationalized, somethings lose their value when they pass through the filter of reason...