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COVID-19, multiple emergencies, and moral entanglements: extraordinary and transcendental moral worlds as a new analytical framework
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2023)
Abstract: Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a multitude of complex emergencies, extending beyond the realm of health and healthcare. The situation presented a significant challenge to human security. The content analysis and literature review provide ev...
Introduction. Witchcraft, Magic, Divination and the Twenty-First Century
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Martor, Vol 28, Pp 7-12 (2023)
Abstract: Magic, witchcraft, and divination have been intensely exploited fields throughout the history of anthropological thought. One of the relevance for focusing on this topic in the twenty-first century is that no other field could connect better postmodern...
Witches, Sorcerers, and Demons in a Remote Corner of Northern Russia at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Martor, Vol 28, Pp 14-30 (2023)
Abstract: Ethnographic materials from Kargopol’skii region at the turn of the twenty-first century demonstrate that while paradigms of witchcraft and beliefs in the supernatural still existed, the paradigms had been somewhat narrowed when viewed within the histo...
'We Live in the Country of the Victorious Kafka': Witchcraft and Magic in Present-Day Russia (Download PDF)
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Martor, Vol 28, Pp 31-55 (2023)
Abstract: This article examines the problems associated with witchcraft and magical beliefs in contemporary Russia. It analyzes media discourse in online publication, video streams, social networks, and comments in public media resources in which ordinary people...
Faire et défaire des attaques de sorcellerie dans la Lorraine (France) du XXIe siècle
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Martor, Vol 28, Pp 56-71 (2023)
Abstract: If witchcraft in Lorraine (France) has been widely studied and commented on by medieval and modern historians thanks to the analysis of the context of the Inquisition, books on demonology, witchcraft trials and ordeals such as torture or the stake, thi...
Changing Destinies by Fighting Against Bad Luck
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Martor, Vol 28, Pp 73-88 (2023)
Abstract: In the traditional Romanian village, misfortune (bad luck) was countered by the use of magic means. Those who took the lead in performing the magico-ritual act were women who possessed special powers that enabled them to identify, isolate and destroy e...
'Was I or Wasn’t I Bewitched?' Conversations about Magic in Rural Transylvania
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Martor, Vol 28, Pp 89-99 (2023)
Abstract: For people who are familiar with my work, the topic of this paper is pretty much a surprise. I was surprised myself both by the question in the title, which I have received in my field research in medical anthropology, and an abundance of stories of be...
Marriage and Magic in a Transylvanian Village
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Martor, Vol 28, Pp 100-123 (2023)
Abstract: In this study I present the possibilities of magical influence on marriages, based on my fieldwork in a Transylvanian village. I investigate how, according to the villagers, the creation and dissolution of marriages can be magically influenced, and how...
The Magical Power of Căluș Against Ieleʼs Possession in Dolj County
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Martor, Vol 28, Pp 147-163 (2023)
Abstract: Analyzing the female mythological beings Iele [They], we follow the theoretical body of work opened by Mircea Eliade, Anca Giurchescu, and Bogdan Neagota. It is important to observe the period when Iele are very active, that is the transitional period ...
Reflections on Christian Magic
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Martor, Vol 28, Pp 138-146 (2023)
Abstract: This article tackles the much-disputed borderline between religion and magic, focusing on a sensitive subject that is still under debate: the Christian magic. The Christian doctrine states its irreconcilable opposition to magic, but in a practical pers...