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We ended last week’s episode with Russia’s TV-psychic boom of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. AM is guiding me on this bizarre exploration. Who...

Last week we took a cursory glance at Russia’s magic-related small ads, with the help of AM – someone who knows about these things. N...

The removal of Russia’s Soviet government was a catalyst for far-reaching change, the results of which are still felt today, for better and for...

In this final examination of Kizhi Pogost, we return to the recollections of AN, who inspired this mini series, but first… Fire and time As...

Last week we started looking at the remarkable living monument that is Kizhi Pogost, the famous three-building church compound on Kizhi Island in...

AN was barely at primary school when he first heard about Kizhi Pogost. It was the mid 1960’s and the reputation of this outstanding monument had...

This final episode of the series features (a lot of) snow and the supernatural entities that AM (my interviewee) senses among the flakes. In...

Last week we started examining AM’s spiritual views on the “Elemental” spirits of winter. Here she reveals more about her relationship with them...

“I always felt these beings before reading about them in fairy tales.” AM is talking to me about her lifelong experience of the “other”, a world...

In this final exploration of J’s experience in Russia, we leave her uncomfortable classroom experiences behind and head for freedom outside the...