There is this anti-Putin shaman in Siberia who thinks he can rid the country of Putin with his magical incantations.
Putin sent 40 heavily armed special ops guys to arrest the unarmed middle-aged shaman. Why? Because he thinks that shaman’s magical incantations actually work.
Yes, he’s that stupid.
Now, in the best Soviet tradition, the poor shaman will be institutionalized and force-fed psychotropics until he goes completely mad.
The shaman had a lot of popular support, by the way. People in his region still live in medieval times.
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\ Why? Because he thinks that shamanβs magical incantations actually work.
This is too “rude” anti-Putin PR, especially since your blog is for thinking people.
Putin surely doesn’t believe in magic, but he does know about bad publicity and the prohibition of mentioning Putin outside of the most flattering context.
Have been reading kungurov’s blog during the last few days and he says the legitimacy of Putin is going down, likening the regime to a rotten tree. If so, the shaman is like a gust of wind.
https://kungurov.livejournal.com/242376.html
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“magical incantations”
A long, long time ago I remember reading a sentence that stuck with me and has explained a lot since. Paraphrasing “Russians aren’t religious, they’re superstitious” the context was the fascination with secret knowledge and ferreting out secrets that the person said permeated Russian society and had always been the prime motivator of the Russian Orthodox Church (full of mysterious rites and access to arcane knowledge).
I’ve also recently seen a few episodes of the Russian tv series Slepaja (a mystical blind old lady who people come to with their problems) and Gadalka (fortune tellers and their clients) and have been struck by the absolute lack of skepticism the unerring accuracy of the mystics and the complete faith given to all kinds of weird superstitions. I know this is low grade mass entertainment but I’ve never seen the like from any other European country…
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Absolutely. This is a great observation. The only aspects of Christianity that Russian speakers respond to are superstitious. It’s so widespread, even among educated people, it’s ridiculous.
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A suitable answer to shaman from the authorities would’ve been: Google translate) “And towards the shaman walking from Yakutsk, an enlightened old man comes out of the Athos monastery. And they meet on Red Square and in an honest, non-contact spiritual duel, they find out whose kung fu is cooler.”
“ΠΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²ΡΡΠ΅ ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΉΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ²ΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΡΡΠ°ΡΠ½Π΅ΠΉΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ΄Π°Ρ ΠΏΠΎ Π·Π°Π±ΡΠ°Π»Ρ Π±ΡΠΌΠ°ΠΆΠ½ΡΠΌ ΡΡΠ°ΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΌ, Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π΅Ρ Π² ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅Ρ Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡΡΠ°. Π Π½Π°Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΡ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠ°Π½Ρ, ΠΈΠ΄ΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΠΈΠ· Π―ΠΊΡΡΡΠΊΠ°, ΠΈΠ· ΠΡΠΎΠ½ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠ½Π°ΡΡΡΡΡ Π²ΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Ρ. Π ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ Π½Π° ΠΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠ»ΠΎΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈ ΠΈ Π² ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ Π±Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ Π΄ΡΡ ΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΊΠ΅ Π²ΡΡΡΠ½ΡΡΡ, ΡΡΡ ΠΊΡΠ½Π³-ΡΡ ΠΊΡΡΡΠ΅. Π Π°Π·Π²Π΅ ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π±Ρ Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎ? ΠΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π½Π° ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Ρ Π²Π°Ρ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠ°Π½Π° Π²Π»Π°ΡΡΠΈ Π²ΡΡΡΠ»Π°ΡΡ Π³ΡΡΠΏΠΏΡ ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ½Π°Π·Π°, Π²Π΄Π²ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π²ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ ΡΠΈΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΎΡΡΡΠ΄, ΠΎΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΠ½ΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠ΅Π½-ΠΠ°Π΄Π΅Π½Π°.”
https://mi3ch.livejournal.com/4613973.html
Is it true that India is showing a concerning trend? From here:
ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠ³ΠΈΠΎΠ·Π½ΡΠΉ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π°Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΌ
https://mi3ch.livejournal.com/4611346.html
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About India: oh yeah. Scary stuff. If there are any folks from India around here, I’m sure they can tell us how they feel about Modi. But it’s scary, indeed.
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