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folklorica-3747	Ivanits, Linda	W. F. Ryan. The Bathhouse at Midnight: Magic in Russia	2021	2	.pdf	application/pdf	1012	40	53	It is divided into sixteen chapters that cover, among other things, popular magic and the evil eye; the functions of wizards and witches and Russian�s extensive terminology for them; divinations, omens, and signs; dreams and predictions from the human body (itches, twitches, sneezing and the like); spells and curses (including a discussion of the structure of the zagovor and abundant translated texts); talismans and amulets; materia magica (with a very lengthy and useful roster of real and fantastic plants prescribed for magic rites); texts as magic (including �The Letters of Christ to Abgar,� �The Letter to St. Peter/St. Nicholas,� �The Dream of the Virgin,� �and �The Twelve Fridays�), numerology, geomancy, alchemy, and astrology; and a final chapter on the church, the law and the state (including a roster of witchcraft cases that the Synodal court dealt with in the 18th century). For Ryan magic seems integral to the whole human experience.	cache/folklorica-3747.pdf	txt/folklorica-3747.txt