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Ravitsejad Siberi eesti kogukondades

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Korb A.

Mäetagused

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2020

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vol. 78

89-110

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The article is based on manuscripts as well as sound and video recordings on folk medicine collected during fieldwork conducted by the researchers of the Estonian Folklore Archives in 1991–2013 from Estonians born and raised in different Siberian Estonian communities. The ancestors of the visited Estonians had either left their homeland in search of land in the last decades of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries or were descendants of those deported and exiled by the Russian tsarist authorities in the first half of the 19th century. Fieldwork at Siberian Estonians in the last decade of the 20th century enriched the Estonian Folklore Archives with invaluable lore material, including the material related to folk medicine. Although the advance of the state medicine system with small hospitals and first aid posts had reached Siberian villages half a century before, and the activity of healers had been banned for decades, the collectors were surprised by the number of healers in villages and the extent of the practical use of folk medicine. The folk medicine tradition was upheld mostly by older women (as was the case also with other fields of lore), which resulted, on the one hand, from the demographic situation, and, on the other hand, from women’s leading position in the preservation of communal traditions. In the older Siberian Estonian communities, which had been established by the deportees (e.g. Ülem(Upper)-Suetuk, Ryzhkovo), it was believed that healing words and skills were available and could be learned by anyone; they were often compared to God’s word. Some people thought that knowledge and skills could only be shared with those younger than yourself. In the villages established by exiles people were considerably more cautious about passing on healing words and the like. In most villages with southern Estonian background, healing charms were kept in secret, as it was believed that when sharing their knowledge, the healers would lose their abilities. It was only at their death’s door that the healers selected their successor. Not all the people who were offered to learn the healing skills were ready to accept the responsibility. The first or last child in the family was thought to have more prerequisites for becoming a good healer. In the first decade of the 21st century, the situation with passing on the healing words and skills had changed considerably in older Siberian villages. Many of the healers had passed away, and there were not enough young people who were interested in continuing the tradition. So the healing skills inevitably concentrated into the hands of a few wise women. Currently, the folk healing tradition in Siberian Estonian communities is fading away, above all, due to the fast aging and diminishing of the communities.

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Podlasie - gdzie religia spotyka magię

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Weber E.

Kultury Wschodniosłowiańskie - Oblicza i Dialog

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2014

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issue 4

209-215

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The article presents the results of the field and reporter work on folk healers, which I carried out in the region of Podlasie. In my article I want to explain the issues of discourse in which magic and religion are entangled, and depict as they relate to the local residents. It also has the task of documenting specific magical techniques used by healers called “Szeptuchy”. I examined those aspects personally by visiting any case that is mentioned in the article and by carrying out appropriate conversations and being the subject to their treatment. I also witnessed and was the object of those techniques, therefore, I was able to get closer to the true nature of the mentioned unique in the country phenomenon. It seems that this phenomenon should remain intact in possibly every aspect and cherished in its specific isolation and purity, unsullied by the contemporary globalist will of profit.

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Analiza antropologiczna potocznego wizerunku bioterapeuty w Polsce. Historia, tradycja, współczesność

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Pietrzyk A.

Ogrody Nauk i Sztuk

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2014

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issue 4

81-88

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W swoim artykule autorka analizuje wizerunek bioenergoterapeuty, opierając się na badaniach własnych z obszaru Łodzi oraz zgromadzonych materiałach zastanych, dotyczących całej Polski. W dobie rozkwitu biomedycyny, zastanawia fakt niezwykłej popularności bioenergoterapeutów i tzw. medycyny alternatywnej. Popularność ta nie jest wyłącznie rezultatem kryzysu służby zdrowia, lecz posiada uzasadnienie historyczno-kulturowe. Wizerunek bioenergoterapeuty kształtuje również nadzieja chorych na odzyskanie zdrowia, ich pragnienie bycia świadkiem interwencji sacrum w ludzki porządek świata, lub wynika ze świeckiej potrzeby widowiska, show, które wprowadzi jednostkę w świat głębszych doznań.

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In this paper the author analyzes the popular image of the Polish healer. The analysis is based on her own research conducted in the city of Lodz, as well as on the results of other studies carried out in Poland. In the era of spectacular achievements of academic medicine, the popularity of healers seems worth considering. It may be caused by social, cultural and demographic factors. According to the author, the image of the contemporary healer is a product of centuries-old traditions, as well as the therapists’ ability to adapt their image to patients’ needs and expectations.

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Ravitsejad Siberi eesti kogukondades

Podlasie - gdzie religia spotyka magię

Analiza antropologiczna potocznego wizerunku bioterapeuty w Polsce. Historia, tradycja, współczesność