The types of practices of communication with the dead in the modern Russian mystic-esoteric communities
The article is devoted to consideration of the types of practices of communication with the dead, which are used in the modern Russian mystic-esoteric communities. The classification of types of these practices is presented, as well as examples of their content and form are considered. Methods of communication with the dead, such as communication by technical means and by using various magical techniques are emphasized. The latter, in turn, can be divided into two categories: through ritual, and through entering into altered States of consciousness. Also a number of practices in which the authors try to combine various kinds of communication with the dead are presented.