Odd Russian Religious Sect

[Douglas Greenfield]

Florensky, following Gregory of Nyssa (e.g. On the Making of Man),
discusses resurrecting the entire body from a single nail
clipping. On the general question of body parts and wholes in
Orthodox thought, Gail Lenhoff has a fascinating article on relic
cults in Kievan Rus' and Muscovy (in one of the California Slavic
Studies volumes).

Best,
Doug

Quoting Mary Delle LeBeau <marydelle at EARTHLINK.NET>:

> Natalie,
>
> Is there any possibility that keeping nail clippings is related
> to a
> belief in magic? I have heard of some peoples who believe they
> have
> to keep all their nail clippings so that no one else will get
> them.
> They don't want them to fall into the hands of those who might
> use
> them for black magic or witchcraft inflicted on the owner of the
> clippings.  I find this discussion fascinating.
>
> Mary Delle LeBeau
>
> On 24 Jul 2003, at 14:44, Natalie O. Kononenko wrote:
>
> > I am responding to the message/query about Molokans who kept
> hair
> > clippings and nail parings.  I have been collecting material
> about
> > funerals and beliefs in the afterlife in Central Ukraine.  This
> is for a
> > book that I hope to finish soon.  My experience indicates that
> beliefs in
> >
> > Natalie Kononenko
> >
> >
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