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THE BATHHOUSE AT MIDNIGHT: Magic in Russia
W.F.Ryan
"This is clearly a magnum opus. . . it will immediately be a classic in its field."
Richard Kieckhefer, Professor of History and Religion, Northwestern University
"Ryan's book is the first synthesis ever attempted of the large body of scholarly literature on the history of magic and diviniation in Russia up to the eigteenth century and beyond. His book will long be the definitive treatment of the subject. The Bathhouse at Midnight will not disappoint the reader: it is truly magisterial, both broad and deep. Ryan's surveys are detailed and accurate, and his judgements are impeccable."
Robert Matthiesen, Professor of Slavic Languages, Brown University
The first general history of magic in Russia from Byzantium to the eighteenth-century, with some themes followed up to the present day.
The title of this book refers to the classic time and place for magic, witchcraft, and divination in Russia. The Bathhouse at Midnight, by one of the world's foremost experts on the subject, surveys all forms of magic, both learned and popular, in Russia from the fifth to the eighteenth century.
While no book on the subject could be exhaustive, The Bathhouse at Midnight does describe and assess all the literary sources of magic, witchcraft, astrology, alchemy, and divination from Kiev Rus and Imperial Russia, and to some extent Ukraine and Belorussia. Where possible, Ryan identifies the sources of the texts (usually Greek, Arabic, or West European) and makes parallels to other cultures, ranging from classical antiquity to Finnic. He finds that Russia shares most of its magic and divination with the rest of Europe.
Subjects covered include the Evil Eye, the Number of the Beast, omens, dreams, talismans and
amulets, plants, gemstones, and other materials thought to possess magic properties. The first
chapter gives a historical overview, and the final chapter summarizes the political, religious, and
legal aspects of the history of magic in Russia. The author also provides translations of some key
texts.
The Bathhouse at Midnight will be invaluable for anyonestudent, teacher, or general
readerwith an interest in Russia, magic, or the occult. It is unique in its field and is set to become
the definitive study of Russian magic.
W. F. Ryan is academic librarian of the Warburg Institute at the University of London, School of
Advanced Studies. He has published widely on the subject of magic in Russia and is co-author of
the Penguin Russian Dictionary (1995) and co-editor of numerous scholarly books, including
Anglo-Russian Relations in the Age of Peter the Great (1998).
RUSSIAN MAGIC: Living Folk Traditions of an Enchanted Landscape
Cherry Gilchrist
In the heart of Russia, old ways of perceiving the spirits of home and nature still prevail. Fairy stories, folk art, and calendar customs carry hints of the old gods and offer a now rare way of linking human life to the landscape. This is as true for city dwellers and villagers, for the Russian soul is open to the power of myth and the mysteries of the universe. This book explains how Russia's concept of soul ("dusha") and sensitivity to the landscape extends to archaeologists, scientists, and doctors in Russia, who retain an open-minded approach and a keen interest in psychic phenomena, along with folk traditions and faith healing. Author Cherry Gilchrist has traveled often to Russia and researched its traditional lore, gaining knowledge she interweaves into this book. She blends that first-hand knowledge with serious research to paint a lively picture of these remarkable magical traditions and their enduring power.
BALKAN TRADITIONAL WITHCRAFT
Radomir Ristic
A fascinating look at the stories, lives and magic of the Traditional Witches of Serbia. This book is an amazing collection of trance rituals and rites, information on the fairy folk, legends, spells, traditional training and practices, deities, herbs, tools and more. It is truly a groundbreaking look at a very hidden piece of Serbian culture.
Translated into English for the first time, this book is a best-seller in its native Serbia.
Cossack Re-enactment Guide.
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Herbal Remedies from Russia
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Fascinating study of food lore and traditions
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KOZAKY RE-ENACTMENT HANDBOOK: A Guide To Recreating A Mid-Seventeenth Century Ukrainian Kozak (Cossack) Character
Maks Zobi
After twenty five years of living history experience on two continents, Maks has put together a book that gives the reader the most complete guide to developing a Ukrainian Kozaky character for reenactment, living history, role playing and wargames available in English.
There are sections on setting up a living history group and rules for the increasingly popular sport of live blade dueling and battles for mid-seventeenth century Easter Europe. Other areas covered in this painstakingly researched booklet include just about every facet oF Kozak costume, life, history, faith, food, drink and more.
FOOD IN RUSSIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Musya Glants and
Joyce Toome - Editors
Book is discounted due to bend in back cover - 1 copy in stock
This book includes the fascinating "Stovelore in Russian Folklife" by Snejana Tempest and "Food in the Rus Primary Chronicle" by Horace Lunt.
Fourteen scholars have contributed 13 essays, each impeccably documented with endnotes, on the place of food ("foodways") in Russian history and culture. Edited by Glants, a specialist on 19th- and 20th-century Russian painting, and Toomre, a Slavicist and culinary historian, the book spans over ten centuries, from Kievan Rus to the present. Relying on sources as diverse as personal journals, police records, paintings, poems, and cookbooks, the writers examine changing attitudes about food?moral, ideological, and spiritual?through the eyes of peasants as well as tyrants. Recent works have dealt with the relationship between food and power (Sidney Mintz, Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom, LJ 8/96), but certainly the specificity and breadth of this one makes it unique. Although lively reading, it is particularly recommended for academic collections with a strong focus in Russian history.
A RUSSIAN HERBAL
Igor Vilevich Zevin
The first guide to the ancient traditions of Russian herbal medicine and their extensive medicinal applications today.
Drawing on a wealth of oral and written traditions, the authors examine the best-known Russian herbs (all of which are widely available in North America and Western Europe) and explain their folkways, properties, and uses. Offering time-tested advice for using herbs to maintain general well-being, they also give clear and simple recipes for treating specific health problems from asthma and migraines to influenza and high blood pressure. Blessed with a wide variety of climates, geography, and flora, early Russians developed a rich folk tradition of herbal healing that ranks among the most sophisticated in the world. Nearly every Russian medical school offers courses of study on the knowledge and application of herbs, and many maintain a special research department that investigates the properties and practical modern applications of herbal medicine.
This is the first book to examine the traditions of Russian herbal medicine.
Young Adult's Myths of Eastern Europe.
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MYTHS OF RUSSIA AND THE SLAVS
Anita Dalal
For Grades 7 to 10
Examines myths of Russia and other Slavic countries and how these stories reflect the beliefs, history, and customs of the Slavs.
This book is the only young adult or children's book in English which introduces the myths of the Book of Veles and the Pagan Reconstructionist Myth of Dazhdbog. Highly entertaining.
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The Folklore of Subcarpathian Rus
Wonderfully Illustrated
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Actual photo of book.
Price:30
The Folklore Classic - Abridged
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VAMPIRES IN THE CARPATHIANS: Magical Acts, Rites and Beliefs in Subcarpathian Rus
Petr Bogatyrev
Book is in great condition but has green highlighter marks.
This is the first book to describe in detail the traditions and beliefs of the people of Subcarpathian Rus'--traditions which have been handed down, generation to generation, for hundreds of years. The author discusses the rites of the fourteen celebrations in the annual church calendar, from Christmas and the Epiphany to Lent and Easter. There are detailed descriptions of the festivals on the occasions of births, baptisms, weddings, and funerals. Also explored are Rusyn beliefs in supernatural beings and accounts of sightings of demons, witches, and vampires.
THE WORLD OF THE ANCIENT SLAVS
This is actually a new book, never read, but has a badly wrinkled dust cover. Out of Print
Zdenek Vana
...the obscure origins of the Slavs and their rapid expansion throughout eastern, central and southern Europe. Later chapters explore the religion and mythology of the Slavs before thier conversion to Christianity, the rise and fall of the Great Moravian empire and Kievan Russia and the Slav origins of what are today Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Serbia and Other Balkan countries...
BYZANTINE MISSIONS AMONG THE SLAVS
Francis Dvorak
Book is in excellent condition with plastic dust cover protectore. Dust cover does show some wear.
Dr. Dvorak re-examines Byzantium's missionary role in Christianizing the Slavic nations, expecially in the light of archaeological discoveries made in Moravia, Croatia, and Montenegro. He analyzes the architectural discoveries, includiang a larg number of Moravian stone churches closely related to prototypes in the Adriatic Latin regions and the accompanying rich grave finds in silver and gold, produced in ninth-century Moravia.
THE GOLDEN BOUGH
James Frazer
Penquin Edition
Very good condition
Penguin's Abridged edition of Frazier's monumental classic
Study of the Russian Occultists of the 19th and 20th centuries
THE OCCULT IN RUSSIAN AND SOVIET CULTURE
Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal
- Editor
Good Conditions - some wear, inside page corners bent, pencil marks & stamp.
A pioneering, richly interdisciplinary volume, this is the first work in any language on a subject that has long attracted interest in the West and is now of consuming interest in Russia itself. The cultural ferment unleashed by the collapse of the Soviet Union reawakened interest in the study of Russian religion and spirituality. This book provides a comprehensive account of the influence of occult beliefs and doctrines on intellectual and cultural life in twentieth-century Russia. Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal's introduction delineates the characteristics of occult cosmology which distinguish it from mysticism and theology, and situates Russian occultism in historical and pan-European contexts. Contributors explore the varieties of occult thinking characteristic of prerevolutionary Russia, including Kabbala, theosophy, anthroposophy, and the fascination with Satanism. Other contributors document occultism in the cultural life of the early Soviet period, examine the surprising traces of the occult in the culture of the high Stalin era, and describe the occult revival in contemporary Russia. The volume includes bibliographical essays on Russian occult materials available outside Russia. Contributors MIKHAIL AGURSKY, Hebrew University
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First Issue Spring 2008
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Summer 2008 Issue
Fall Issue 2008
The Crooked Path - Vol. 2
Issue 2 contains the following articles:
Artemisia - Eric De Vries
Bag of Bones - Steven Posch
Balkan Traditional Witchcraft - Radomir Ristic
Sympathetic Magic - R.J. Thompson
The Call - Veronica Cummer
The Dragon and the Dragon Slayer - Robin Artisson
Away With the Fairies - M.V. Wragg
Childe Ballad 243 - Steven Posch
Scourges and Traditional Craft - Radomir Ristic
Occult Significance of the Crossing Rite - R.J. Thompson
Cupmarks - Steven Posch
Great Spirits of Fate - Radomir Ristic
Virtues and Ethics - R.J. Thompson
Young Hornie Steals Fire - Steven Posch
The Road Less Travelled - Peter Paddon
Belladonna - Marilyn Istari R.
The Crooked Path - Vol. 1
SPRING 2008
contains the following articles:
Inside the Wicker Man - Peter Paddon
The Origin of the Word 'Witch' - R.J. Thompson
Witch's Ritual For Getting Rid of Evil Magic - 'Ku Potula' - Radomir Ristic
Tapping the Bone - Peter Paddon
Morning - Hedgewizard
Usage of Animals and Animal Body Parts in Traditional Witchcraft - Radomir Ristic
Candlemas and the Land
Ceremonies Charm R.J. Thompson
Cosmic Soup and the Mighty Dead - Peter Paddon
The Rite of Candlemas and the Land Ceremonies Charm R.J. Thompson
Blacksmith as Magus - Radomir Ristic
Celtic Nine Poems - Peter Paddon
As I Do Will It - Ann Finnin
Walking the Crooked Path - Peter Paddon
Turning The Hand of Fate - Raven Womack
Making a Traditional Witches' Besom - Peter Paddon
The Crooked Path - Vol. 3
Issue 3 includes the following articles:
The World through Eyes of Fire - Robin Artisson
Blood Rites - Peter Paddon
Harvest Home - R.J. Thompson
Herbal Lore - Radomir Ristic If Only - Mick Wragg
In Praise of the Lords journey - R.J. Thompson
Ritual Healing in Balkan Crafting - Radomir Ristic
In Search of Gwyddbwyll - Peter Paddon
The Mother Nights Spiral - R.J. Thompson
Urban Witchcraft - Radomir Ristic
Encountering Ancestors At Home and Away - Peter Paddon
Spirits of the Hollow Hill - Eric De Vries
Lady Fate - Kristine K
Biblical References in Traditional Witchcraft - Peter Paddon
Winter Issue 2008
Spring Issue 2009
Classic Resource on Slavic Pagan Spirituality
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The Crooked Path - Vol.4
Northern New Mexico by Grace Victoria Swann
In search of Watto by Steven Posch
The Black Goddess by Ann Finnin
On the Margins by Prinny Miller
Reconstruction and Recreation by Peter Paddon
The Goddess Hecate (illustration) by Cherrie Button
The Feel of Steel by Ann Finnin
Beltaine (illustration) by Cherrie Button
Celtic Witch (illustration) by Cherrie Button
The Intorkatura - Sending Back by Radomir Ristic
The Objective Astral by Ann Finnin
The Crooked Path - Vol. 5
Issue 5 includes the following articles:
Moved By The Shakers by Grace Victoria Swann
Conjure In The South by Gar Pickering
Ancestors and Sacred Space by Peter Paddon
Becoming a Traditional Witch by Robin Artisson
The White Penis Cult of Forest Grove by Sarah Lawless
Where Three Roads Meet by Cory Hutcheson
Faerie: The Awe of the Unseen and the Unknown by Robin Artisson
Of Faerie, Fetch and Familiar by Veronica Cummer
Does a System of Chakras Exist in Traditional Witchcraft? by Radomir Ristic
The Fire Brand and the Silver Thread by Robin Artisson
Egg-Dyeing Secrets by Steve Posch
Shaitan by Veronica Cummer
The Origin of Coven Structure by Radomir Ristic
Two Book Reviews by Peter Paddon
GNOSIS - Spring 1994
No. 31 - Russia and Eastern Europe Issue
OOP - Some wear - in very good shape.
Includes:
Introduction: A Glimpse of Eastern Expanses by Richard Smoley
Esoteric Russia by Stephan A. Hoeller
The Unknown Russian Mystic by Igor Kungurtsev and Olga Luchakova
The Cosmos of the Ancient Slavs by Adrian Ivakhiv
Turning to Orthodoxy by Siobhan Houston
The Eastern European Concept of Suffering by Valentin Tomberg
Danil Andreev: Herald of Unseen Worlds by Alexei Bogdanov
The Bogomils: Gnostics of Bulgaria by Paul Tice
Interview with Antoine Faivre
