Tuesday, March 01, 2005
OCCULTISM IN RUSSIA
A reader sent in this article about occultism in Russia and its growth rate since the fall of the iron curtain. Little wonder that the Orthodox Church has backed away from ecumenism with Rome considering the state of our covents. According to the article:
Lawmakers believe that the occult business is becoming increasingly anti-social in Russia. Indeed, even the police will in most cases find it hard to establish if there is any magic behind someone's departure from business, or from life.
Occultism corrupts public morals, submerging people, especially young ones, into a world of illusions and the irrational. The Russian Orthodox Church, too, is waging a fierce campaign against the magic business. A Christian rehabilitation center for occultism victims has just opened in the capital.
The numbers tell the story:
According to statistics, one in every 1,500 Russians is a professional magician. It is hard to believe that in our age of the Internet and genetic engineering, the turnover of the occult services market is comparable with that of the drug market. There are more than thirty magic schools and centers operating in Moscow alone, with their monthly revenues ranging from $60,000 to $120,000. An estimated 3,500 to 6,000 individual practitioners occupy the rest of the niche.
Considering what is happening in America, this is a disturbing article.
