Magical Thinking and Going Back to the Past

There is something about Russia that is striking to those not watching. This is the tendency towards conspiracy and magical thinking. It matters because it also allows Russia to endure pain that Westerners cannot understand.

But now there is a food fight of sorts as to who controls a lot of this. Enter the Russian Orthodox Church:

“ Gundyaev wants to be an absolute monopolist in the trade of magical services.” Alexander Nevzorov — about the desire of the Russian Orthodox Church to ban magicians and sorcerers in Russia.

Behind the idea of ​​banning the activities of sorcerers and magicians in Russia is the economic interest of the Russian Orthodox Church, says publicist Alexander Nevzorov. The Patriarch sees them as competitors in the struggle for the use of the relics of new saints.

“Gundyaev wants to be an absolute monopolist in the trade of magical services and other nonsense. The attack on sorcerers, magicians and witches is due to the fact that they encroached on very important things — all sorts of relics, church artifacts, explains Nevzorov. — They make some kind of amulets from the relics . But the Russian Orthodox Church will never tolerate this. She understands that all she has are the saints and everything connected with them. This is its oil, these are the main minerals of the…