Georgi Mishev

Georgi Mishev, PhD, born 1982, is a Bulgarian author and researcher in ancient culture and religion of the Mediterranean world and especially in magic practices, rituals and ancient relics in the folklore of the Balkan people. He has a bachelor's degree in Russian and German language, master's degree in Preservation of the cultural-historical heritage in the Republic of Bulgaria (master's thesis on the subject Thracian material and immaterial cultural-historical heritage in the region of Thracian cult centre Starosel) and doctoral degree in the field of cultural-historical heritage (PhD thesis on the subject Bulgarian traditional culture as an information resource about the magica in ancient Southeastern Europe).

The scholar knowledge of G. Mishev is enriched by his personal observations and conversations with magical practitioners in Bulgaria today. Because of his education - Russian and German philology, he is familiar with the written magical rituals of a number of Slavic and Germanic peoples. A tremendous contribution to his understanding of the ancient magical tradions and especially the Greek Magical Papyri was the seminar 'Ancient magical formulae' of Prof. Johann Tischler at the Dresden University of Technology, Germany in 2003/2004 and during the same period emerged his interest about Hittite ritual practices used later for comparative research of the Thracian culture.

Blessed by being a member of family of healers and trained in folk traditional magic, he is also a Priest and founder of the Threskeia, a pagan tradition based on the beliefs of ancient Thrace - see www.facebook.com/Thracian.Threskeia

Publications

2013. Mishev G., The mask of the divine multiplicity (forthcoming, in Bulgarian)

2012. Mishev G., Thracian Magic: Past & Present (in English)

2012 Mishev G., Тhe regulations of the Iobacchoi online: http://www.thracica.com/library/epublication/14 (in Bulgarian)

2011. Mishev G., Solar disk on peak Eldermen, region of Starosel online: http://godsun.thracica.com/library/publication/13 (in Bulgarian)

2010. Mishev G., Threskeia // Hekate Her Sacred Fires, 67-71 (in English)

2010. Mishev G., Cultural Memory in the Region of the Cult Center Starosel. Bulletin of the National History Museum, XXII. Veliko Turnovo. (in Bulgarian)

Lectures and Conferences

2012. „Ritual - Cultural tourism – Buffoonery“ - during the 10th National anniversary scientific conference with international participation "The society of knowledge and the humanism of 21st century" at the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Sofia

2011. “Nymphs – Image/Symbol of the Magical Femininity in Traditional Bulgarian Beliefs” – during the 3rd National Conference of Analytical Psychology in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2010. “Water – Deities, Beliefs and Rituals from Antiquity to Modern Times” – at the Night of the Museums in the city of Kazanlak, Bulgaria.

Consulted and took part in the filming of some documentaries:

2012. „Fire relicts” – a documentary dedicated to the cult and the pre-Christian origin of the so-called fiery Saints – St. Elijas and St. Marina, a production of the Bulgarian national television – Plovdiv (online: http://bntplovdiv.com/all-movies/movies-online/7081-ogneni-relikti.html)

2011. „She” – a documentary dedicated to the cult of the Goddess, a production of the Bulgarian national television – Plovdiv (online: http://bntplovdiv.com/all-movies/movies-online/3641-tya.html).

2010. “Rhodope magic” – documentary trilogy, co-production of the Czech Republic Television and Golden Archer Productions, in collaboration with the Bulgarian National Television.