TY - JOUR
TI - Contemporary Discourse on Spells on the Example of the Siberian Healer’s Handbooks
AU - Rybarczyk-Dyjewska, Joanna
TI - Contemporary Discourse on Spells on the Example of the Siberian Healer’s Handbooks
AB - 
	The aim of the article is to present the most characteristic elements of the contemporary Russian discourse on spells. The empirical material used here was based on magical handbooks and spell collections by Natalia Ivanova Stiepanova, who calls herself (coming from a well-known house of folk healers) the Healer from Siberia. The paper explains the genesis of Russian people’s sensibility to all signs of esotericism and shows huge popularity of magical practices in contemporary Russia. The paper also highlights mutual relations between magic, science and religion taking place in these areas (nowadays and in the past). The analysis of the material has shown that Russians today are firmly convinced of the existence of charms (bad spells cast with glances or words) which may cause various misfortunes. It is equally popular among them to believe that with the help of appropriate – as suggested by Stiepanova – magical rituals, a bad spell can be undone (got rid of). 
VL - 2019
IS - Volume 52, Issue 2
PY - 2019
SN - 0137-2432
C1 - 2084-4077
SP - 127
EP - 139
DO - 10.4467/20844077SR.19.009.11195
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/wspolczesny-dyskurs-o-urokach-na-przykladzie-poradnikow-uzdrowicielki-syberyjskiej
KW - magic
KW - religion
KW - spell
KW - discourse
KW - magical handbooks