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Contemporary Life and Witchcraft : Magic, Divination, and Religious Ritual in Europe.
Witchcraft is very much alive in today's post-communist societies. Stemming from ancient rural traditions and influenced by modern New Age concepts, it has kept its function as a vibrant cultural code to combat the adversities of everyday life. Intricately linked to the Orthodox church and its...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stuttgart :
Ibidem Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Introduction; Researching the Witchcraft Discourse; Writing about Contemporary Witchcraft; Chapter 1: Difficult Life Situations and Witchcraft; 1.1 Witchcraft Situations and Reasons for Entering the Witchcraft Discourse; Delay of Marriage; Unhappy Marriage, Problematic Love Relationship; Inexplicable Illnesses, 'Mal de Vivre'; Milk Mana and Fertility Transfer; 1.2 Symptoms, Signs, and Signals of a Witchcraft Situation; The Pink Dress; 1.3 Entering the Witchcraft Discourse; Social Discourse and Personal Choice
- The Apotropaic Dimension of Witchcraft Situations: Ritual Gestures and Interior MemoryBuilding the Narrative; Chapter 2: The Actors in Witchcraft Situations; 2.1 The Witchcraft Discourse: General Lines and Specific Actors; 2.2 Roles and Actors; Afflicted Actors; The 'Incidental Diagnostician'; The Fortune Teller; The Traditional Unwitcher and Magical Healers; The Orthodox Priest or Monk; 2.3 Who are the Magical Aggressors?; Possessors of 'Grace'; The Regionalization of Witchcraft; Transmitting the Abnormal Gift; The Punishment of Witches; Chapter 3: Therapeutic Interventions
- 3.1 The Logic of the ApotropaicFaces of Fear and Cycles of Ritual Defense; Drawing Boundaries in Contemporary Witchcraft Discourse; 3.2 Forms of Therapeutic Ritual; The Evil Eye; Religious Unwitching; Informal Specialization; 3.3 Protection and Combat Limits; Chapter 4: Magic and Religion; 4.1 Magic, Religion, and Science as Key Concepts in Anthropology; 4.2 Social Change and Insecurity: Three Examples; France; Russia; Romania; Social Change and Witchcraft Discourse: Concluding Remarks; 4.3 Orthodox Religion and Magical Practice; Magic, Religion, and Processes of Secularization
- Religion and Magical Practices under CommunismPost-communist Developments; Concluding Remarks