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In neither of the three countries I have lived in, (all in Europe), I have never seen any advert for fortune teller or anything connected with witchcraft. Sure, there were films about witches and wizzards, like Harry Potter, or various children's fairy tales, but I definitely didn’t see anyone believing that sticking a pin into a banana will stop your partner sleeping with someone else.
Of course. I think countries like Russia and Ukraine are affected more than any countries of the developed world. Until recently people were not wearing seatbelts, but had religious symbols in the cars protecting them instead. I personally know a woman who payed money to multiple psychics to cure an illness instead of going to a doctor. The amount of psychic services advertisements shocked me to be honest. People recommend "very good psychic" to each other ? Again, not everyone is affected ? but it is very widespread, especially among uneducated people.
I grew up in Central Florida. I saw adds for Miss Cleo all the time growing up. I can still hear her in my head with her faux accent: "Call now for your free reading!"
and each region/country/society has it's own specifics.
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Oscar Wilde: “Everything in moderation, including moderation.”
Plenty of Gogol's novels and stories are about "supernatural" as a matter of fact. Those stories where part of educational curriculum, and there are films based on his works..
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Every culture/country/groups of people interact with "supernatural" to some degree, from "knocking on wood" to playing with horoscope to hiring a psychic to following an occult. my observation is, the more vulnerable, the less secure, the less in control of events in one's life a person feels, the more likely he/she is to seek "supernatural" assistance. It's sort of a "crutch". It's the "degree of involvement and reliance" that matters. And there is so much more to it.. history, politics, legends, economics, laws, education... What drives people to believe and to seek help from supernatural, i am sure is a subject of a lot of research and PhDs..
But since we're talking about "russia" in the "russian topic", there were studies/surveys conducted, in 2012 and 2013, and they show that between 50+% and 60+% of population believes in superstitions and/or supernatural.
This one in Russian, states that 63% of population believes in superstitions.
This one is in English, shows in 2013 it is 52%, decline from same study in 2000 @ 57%.
11 Russian Superstitions (Because We Were Scared to Do 13)
Russians are a superstitious lot.www.themoscowtimes.com
I am not dishing on or singling out Russia, because i reside in Bay Area, North Cal, and there are plenty of "new agers" and "hot-tubers" and "the enlightened spiritual ones" with Master Degrees and PhD's who believe in supernatural and use some kind of services to "help with their lives and love matters"..
Of course you don’t put your shoes on the table. If you walk in those shoes outside, God knows what you have walked through! Some dog s**t and other interesting things... so maybe that will explain why you would die. One never knows what you can catch. The same way like you would never want to lick the pavement and the road.
How do you dry the umbrella? Do you stick it wet in a bag and let it mold? Or do you open it at your balcony and wait with drying it until it stops raining? (It makes sense to me to open it inside and leave it in the bath to dry).
Russia is still a third world country despite the space program. Last time I was in Moscow the ladies that I met there were discussing that a newly built church is cursed since some people who were hired to build it were not white and Muslim.
I will be paying attention now though, curious how I could miss these advertisements if they are indeed everywhere.Russia is still a third world country despite the space program. Last time I was in Moscow the ladies that I met there were discussing that a newly built church is cursed since some people who were hired to build it were not white and Muslim.
Russia is still a third world country despite the space program. Last time I was in Moscow the ladies that I met there were discussing that a newly built church is cursed since some people who were hired to build it were not white and Muslim.
I've lived in the US for nearly 20 years in three different states (Missouri, Arizona, Ohio) and never came across a psychic ad, and only once met someone who was a "healer", never met anyone who used them. I guess I was just lucky then.
Somebody I know well (in the US), highly educated and rational, regularly goes to "retreats" on the weekends to communicate with her dead child.Russia is still a third world country despite the space program. Last time I was in Moscow the ladies that I met there were discussing that a newly built church is cursed since some people who were hired to build it were not white and Muslim.
I've lived in the US for nearly 20 years in three different states (Missouri, Arizona, Ohio) and never came across a psychic ad, and only once met someone who was a "healer", never met anyone who used them. I guess I was just lucky then.
I can't see a really good attempt here imho but good for her pushing herself and giving a fight!
