Religion and Magic in Socialist and Postsocialist Contexts [Part I]: Historic and Ethnographic Case Studies of Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy, and Alternative Spirituality

Contents Foreword Introduction Common Work on the Future: Concept of Healing in Neo-Shamanism What Does It Mean to Be a True Orthodox in Post-Secular Russia: Attitude Toward Magic Among Orthodox Believers in the Middle Ural How to Become the “Slavic-Aryans”: The Founders of the Russian Neo-Paganism and Their Ambitions The Curse Prayers of Saint Vasile or How to “Declare War to the Devil” Maternity Rituals in the Soviet Western Ukrainian Borderland “Media Witches” in the 21st-Century Russia (Un)orthodox Practice: Magic and Retraditionalization in Post-Socialist Serbia Health Magic in Russian New Age List of Contributors