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Lectures
Divine Determinism of Death. On the Last Will and Testament Preparation
How Death looks like. Ritual funeral cycle. Divine determinism of Death. On the knowing of your death hour. Death “by the sins” (on the ill fate of deceased wrong-doers; sorcerers’ death). Preparation to death: last sacrament, last will and testament, making dead-clothes and "the eternal home" (a coffin). The variety of death omens. To be on the point of death is to be standing “on the threshold”.
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