Вестник Мининского университета (Sep 2017)

PROJECTS OF RELIGIOUS CONSTRUCTION: CENTRE, MONASTERY, SCHOOL IN THE RUSSIAN PAGAN MOVEMENT OF THE SECOND PART XX - EARLY XXI CENTURY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE DISCOURSES OF N.N. SPERANSKOGO)

  • R. V. Shizhenskiy,
  • I. B. Mikheyeva

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Vol. 0, no. 1

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In the article are considered projects of creation and operation of the religious institutions: centre, monastery, school, in the framework of the contemporary pagan tradition. On the basis of analysis of this narrative source, sources of Internet and materials of interview with one of the leaders contemporary Russian paganism, author revealed backbone elements of «pagan church» of the head of community «Kalyada Vyatichians» N.N. Speranskogo ( Velimira). The most important components, necessary for life of this religious projection, should be considered: unification of existing Russian pagan ritual practice,construction of the complex of sacral objects (magic complex, priestly hut, «skit»), training pagan-elite, absolutisation of class attendants of a cult through sacralization, leading role of new priestly - volkhv element in the political and educational sphere of the life of society.

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