Esoterics See Resurgence in Russia Amid War, Pandemic

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
conflict will end in January, she predicted, as she dealt tarot cards on a desk decorated with silver boxes, an hourglass and a container
Alexeeva, a tarologist and astrologist from the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg said she has observed people being increasingly drawn
Telegram.Those practicing tarot reading, numerology, astrology and other such occult pastimes boast hundreds of thousands of followers on
spirituality and mysticism in Russia has a long history, but the economic collapse and societal chaos that accompanied the end of the Soviet
esotericism and pseudoscience.Fortune telling at "Coffee and Tarot" in Moscow.coffee_tarot / instagramSelf-styled psychic healers like
of books about fortune-telling, spiritual practices, mindfulness and positive thinking in Russia increased 53% last year, according to data
from publishing giant Eksmo-AST
And demand for tarot cards on Russian online marketplace Wildberries rose 486% in the same period, business daily Kommersant reported in
- Tarot shop, which opened in the Russian capital last year and offers tarot readings and fortune-telling services in a coffee shop
a message exchange on Instagram.With the start of the war with Ukraine on Feb
reality in which everything is terrible
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.In Russia, a belief in superstition often appears to overlap with religiosity.A total of 71% of
worried about whether international sanctions imposed as a result of the invasion of Ukraine will disrupt the supply of high-quality