A former pediatrician has been charged with inciting hatred after reportedly seeking co-conspirators to join him in killing Russian Patriarch Kirill I using their "collective mind". 42-year Dmitri Shubin of Nizhny Novgorod apparently posted a number of statements on the Russian social networking site Vkontakte.ru. In these statements, he urged users to gather at his apartment at a set time to use their egregore (collective mind) against the Patriarch due to the strong role of the Russian Orthodox church in Russian society. Egregore is a concept developed in Rosicrucian and other occult philosophies and has been a popular concept in traditional magick (especially in Russian circles). Shubin, who listed himself on the site as an atheist, also reported having certificates from the Moscow School of Hypnosis and the School of Practical Psychology. Other interests which he provided on the site included "Cabala (Kabbalah), magic, and women". He also created an on-line survey asking whether they considered "the topic of killing the patriarch relevant" (most voted no).
Shubin has been the focus of legal attention in the past through his involvement in occult groups as well as a connection to a bizarre ritual killing in 2000. Two teenagers who were involved with an occult group run by Shubin stabbed a twelve-year old member of that same group to death. Although Shubin denied ordering the killing, he had recruited both teenagers while working as a pediatrician at a local hospital. Despite being cleared of involvement in the murder, he was warned by investigators at the time not to organize any more occult groups.
Shubin's activities only came to light after police responded to local complaints about his on-line statements which first began in March 2009 and continued until January of this year (his Vkontakte.ru profile was still on-line until very recently). In an interview with the Moscow Times, Shubin stated that, "I don't consider myself guilty. I just wanted to express my opinion about the government's policy on religious issues". When asked to comment on the matter, Patriarch Kyrill's office said the case was another reminder of the danger that occult groups pose to society. "We look at their leaders with pity and pray for them", a spokesman added.
It is possible to kill someone with only one's mind, though most people would think the idea is preposterous.
Now that he is charged, I guess he has more time to follow on his ideas.
Internet is not the place to vent one's interests and whomever wishes to act in such a manner, should act without quietly and without bringing attention to oneself.
Posted by: Raúl Cabada | March 25, 2012 at 03:08 AM