The Ritual Year 10. Magic in Rituals and Rituals in Magic, Innsbruck, Tartu: ELM Scholarly Press, 2015, 598 p. (editors: TATIANA MINNIYAKHMETOVA and KAMILA VELKOBORSKÁ)

Abstract

The tenth volume of The Ritual Year series reunites papers presented at the 10th annual conference of the Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF) Working Group on The Ritual Year, that took place in Innsbruck (Austria), 25–27 September 2014. The imposing volume brings together fifty-seven studies dealing with the conception of magic and magical rituals performed throughout the year and their correlation with religious ceremonies. It also presents articles dealing with contemporary magical practices represented in the year cycle and in the everyday life of practitioners of magic