This article introduces and theorizes ‘decadence’ as a key feature of Lauren Barri Holstein's performance Notorious (2017). The decadence work is approached in light two main considerations: the spectacular presentation witchcraft an occult practice, what Holstein ‘does’ with staging witches witchcraft. Situated performances associated neo-occult revival (Ivy Monteiro Jex Blackmore), recent str...

Abstract In this article we aim to explore how vernacular ideas about spiritual power, words, and silence shape perceptions of religion witchcraft among the rural Komi people, whose predominant is Russian Orthodoxy. framework investigate local witchcraft, belonging, strangeness. During our joint ethnographic fieldwork trips Republic, Russia, these notions were evoked repeatedly in discussions c...

This study examines the experiences, fear of being killed, and reactions towards accusations elderly women, accused witchcraft. The respondents were women with an average age 65 years who had retired in rural South Africa. They responded to semi-structured interview questions, aimed at documenting insults, hurled them daily by members community. Thematic analysis indicated community’s hostile r...

The author presents the first case report of folie a deux from Saharan Africa. The clinical presentation of this disorder in Africa does not significantly differ from those reported elsewhere. But cultural factors like superstitions and witchcraft play an important role in the management of these patients. In the author's view, cooperation with the traditional healer with simultaneous administr...