Bathhouse at Midnight
Bathhouse at Midnight The title of this book refers to the classic time and place for magic, witchcraft, and divination in Russia. While no book on the subject could be exhaustive, The Bathhouse at…
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Bathhouse at Midnight
The title of this book refers to the classic time and place for magic, witchcraft, and divination in Russia. 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. 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.
He finds that Russia shares most of its magic and divination with the rest of Europe.Subjects covered include the Evil Eye, the Number 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.