The History of Communicating with the Dead. From Shamanic Rituals to Digital Avatars

People have always tried to bring back those they have lost. Through rituals. Through myths. Through art. Through technology.


This book tells how humanity has learned to speak with the dead over the centuries — and why this conversation has not stopped to this day. Shamans, ancient heroes, Slavic ancestors, medieval visions, vampires, spiritual salons, Gothic novels, and digital avatars — all are parts of one big story about how the living refuse to let go of the departed.


Yegor Timoshenko — a graduate student at NNGU named after N. I. Lobachevsky, a historian, and the author of the project "Professor Sour Cabbage" on "VKontakte" and TikTok, where he talks about myths and literature.