Why it is impossible to pass between two pillars: the reason for superstition, where did it come from? rational explanation. Collection of ideal social studies essays Life between two stripes

OPTION #1

Second level

1.

Formulate

Formulate

Our whole life is between two bands - good and evil. Remember the simple experiment with a magnet and iron filings - they are drawn either to plus or minus, and this attractive power contains the most important law of physics. Perhaps the most important law of life is similar to him -<...>the struggle between plus and minus, good and evil, the change in the influence of one or the other, which is a mysterious secret being, in which tasks and answers are so often inconsistent and inaccurate.

Almost all truth is bitter. At least with a touch of bitterness. The truth of human loneliness, which began in childhood, is hopelessly bitter, and much spiritual waste must be made nearby in order to cure heartache to give you a little bit of hope.

And here the first right is to the teacher, educator, to the one who has the strength and determination to correct the gap in knowledge, not holes in education, but human life itself.

Are there many of them, let's look around ...

Alas - so far only a wasteland, among which here and there a bright light shines.

To turn these sparks into bonfires, the dark wasteland into a bright area of ​​warmth and soulfulness - this is the highest social goal.

But who is he, a rescuer, and not just someone present in times of trouble?

What kind of soul does he have, what are his human, personal capabilities? What is the gap in it between words and smiles and what is in the soul? Is it not cruelty, is it not indifference, is it not self-interest - after all, a lonely child, touched by misfortune, does not know what truth is, what truth looks like.

Here is justice - he knows and feels it, feels it in his gut, with his human essence. Injustice distinguishes with a swagger, and then nothing can be persuaded, no promises can turn away the cruel look of childish truth.

And yet, an adult who has chosen the right to be with a child's misfortune is given the right of the supreme judge and lawyer, savior and destroyer, favorite and hater.

Children do not complain about adults, they are not yet trained in this. They go through this "school" in time and space, pushed by untruth. Initially, the child does not know such a measure of relations.

The supreme adult sin is to take advantage of such ignorance. The supreme sin is educating

la - to use the right of an adult to the ultimate truth. The highest human sin is to pass judgment on the defenseless personality of a child, depriving him of the right to the future.

On the scales of time, life weighs mercy and cruelty, pain and shamelessness. And only the one who is kind not only to his own, but to everyone, whose love is selfless, and the deed is not imaginary, is rightfully called a man.

If we test ourselves with this truth, then we can perhaps save our childhood.

It is necessary to be ashamed, startle, atone for sins and commit an act.

(A. Likhanov)

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OPTION #2

Second level

1. Write an essay based on the text you read.

Formulateand comment on one of the problems posed by the author of the text (avoid over-quoting).

Formulateposition of the author (narrator). Write whether you agree or disagree with the point of view of the author of the read text. Explain why. Argument your opinion, relying primarily on the reader's experience, as well as on knowledge and life observations (the first two arguments are taken into account).

The volume of the essay is at least 150 words.

A work written without relying on the text read (not on this text) is not evaluated. If the essay is a paraphrase or a complete rewrite original text without any comments, then such work is evaluated by zero points.

Write an essay carefully, legible handwriting.

A wise man never boasts of his wisdom, realizing the limitations of the mind. And only a fool, imagining himself to be knowledgeable, arouses respect among the simpletons, and among the smart - at best - ridicule.

Everyone has their own age of maturity and wisdom.

The highest wisdom is the ability to apply your knowledge and talent in practice. But an inquisitive, constantly reflecting one always lacks psychic energy and time for the manifestation of abilities in practice.

The more a person knows, the more he bows in humility to what he does not know. But another from knowledge inflates like a bubble, and becomes complacent.

People rarely recognize the price of wisdom, because they are not able to understand it. Most often, only a goth who is smart himself can recognize a smart and talented person. Therefore, geniuses often die unrecognized and in obscurity. The simpletons are incapable of knowing wisdom, but those who are envious of
Moreover, they try with all their might to belittle her.

Someone said that the highest wisdom is righteous action. Wisdom cannot be otherwise; it is moral. Those who do evil may be smart, but not wise.

Unexpected events give rise to new thoughts and enrich wisdom, while thoughts that lead to inaction paralyze the will. For those who are not wise enough, anger cripples the soul and troubles the mind, while self-conceit and passion diminish it. The ill-educated and insufficiently wise are always hostile to what goes beyond their consciousness.

In order to be simple, one must have a bright mind and a pure soul. But simple-tu is often perceived as a lack of intelligence. A frank admission of ignorance of something will be taken by the smart as sincerity and ingenuity, and the narrow-minded as a sign of stupidity.

Without a doubt, the main sign of wisdom is resistance to life's failures and a joyful attitude towards life. I remember a very old professor of zoology -
nikov. When the young zoologists of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan harmed him only because he was immeasurably superior to them both in knowledge and in spiritual qualities, he laughed merrily. The same was my friend who died untimely, disabled, most talented person B. Schmidt.

Mind and education are different categories and are not always combined in one person. Knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing. You can know a lot and not be able to use your knowledge. The mind is always limited, but stupidity is many-sided and boundless. In general, a sign of intelligence is the ability to add up an idea of ​​the general from the particular and vice versa. The ability to anticipate is a sign of a strong mind, and the ability to be critical of one's thoughts is a valuable quality, especially if it is constant. Very few people have these traits.

It is hardly correct to say that it is better to know a little, but well, than a lot, but superficially. Narrow specialization leads to narrowness. (34) Apparently, a reasonable combination of these two extremes is important for the development of the mind.

There is another meaning in the two columns, displaying two different pictures of the world.

Meaning is very important to us.

Of course, you know that life is striped. Life is a zebra where black stripes are interspersed with white. The white stripe is replaced by a black one, then the white one comes again, but, unfortunately, the black stripe begins again. This view of life is familiar to us.

And we know from the experience of our lives that the black streaks are very often long, and the white streaks pass quickly. You will not have time to get into the white streak, as it has already ended and the black streak begins again ...

But let's make one small correction to our understanding of the bands of life. And it will change our whole view of life.

There are only two stripes in life - black and white. But only they are located not horizontally, but vertically!

And in front of you in these two columns is an image, the semantic content of these two strips.

The black bar is filled with heavy, gloomy, dark, negative ideas and beliefs about life, which create the same gloomy, dark life. Dark streak of our life.

The white stripe is filled with light, light, joyful, positive ideas and beliefs that make our real life light, joyful.

All of ours are stored in the black strip: “It won’t work ... I won’t be able ... I’m not in the mood ... I don’t have the strength ... Why am I ... Troubles have begun again ... I’m getting sick ... I’m lonely ... "

All of ours are in the white stripe: “I can ... I will achieve ... I know, I can ... I am learning ... I am full of strength ... I create success ... I attract money ... I build relationships ... "

But we live for the most part in a black stripe, because we live in our negative ideas and beliefs, we live in accusations and discontent, we live in actions arising from such ideas - quarrels and conflicts. We live such a hard life, we live, suffer and think: “When will it end!”

But it doesn't end. Because we continue to think negatively, we continue to live in negative ideas about life, about ourselves and our capabilities, we continue to commit negative actions.

But sometimes we break out into the white stripe. We move into it when we begin to think positively, when we begin to believe in the best, to see the good, when we begin to value ourselves, when we begin to recognize our responsibility for everything that happens in our lives.

And we could live in this white streak of joyful, successful, easy life for a long time, always, if we didn't allow negative thinking, negative thinking people to drag us into the black streak.

As soon as we doubt ourselves again, let in at least one negative thought, we again find ourselves “on the way” to the black stripe.

One negative thought clings to another, attracts a third, attracts a fourth...

For example, it is enough to feel negative feelings about work, to allow yourself to express it in thoughts: “There is no work ... I can’t get a job ...”, how negative feelings will be attracted under these negative thoughts - confusion, anxiety, uncertainty, fear.

Behind them arise negative ideas about life: “Life is difficult. Life is not fair".

This causes a new stream of negative feelings - despair, resentment, indignation at life and its injustice: “Why is everything for some, nothing for others ... For which God punished me ... Why am I worse than others ... "

Behind this stream is a new round of negative thoughts and feelings about people - envy, anger, irritation, the search for the guilty, etc.

Negative thoughts, like a snowball, grow, increase, and now you are buried under them, you are in a dark stream. You are in the black stripe of your life.

But who created this strip?

Who is the creator of your life, except you?

And if you don't stop the flow of negative thoughts, you won't stop your negative life either.

Choose the white stripe. You can just live in it, and not just get there sometimes!

Become positive - and the white stripe will embrace you! Recognize your responsibility for everything that happens to you in your life, start thinking from the position of "I", as individuals think - and you are already in positive thinking, in a white stripe.

Because the recognition of one's responsibility is the most positive and strong belief that underlies everything. positive thinking and the whole white band of our life.

Precisely because positively thinking people, in any event, in any situation, in any reality, remember their responsibility for everything that happens in their life - they never sink into negativity.

Even realizing that they have done something wrong in their lives, made a mistake in something, or hurried in something, they do not turn into indignation, complaining about life and looking for someone to blame. They know that everything that happens in their life is created by them. And even a mistake in creativity only confirms the very idea: “I am the creator of my life!” And you just need to realize the mistake and start creating again - better, cleaner, more successful.

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Read the text and complete tasks 1-3.
(1) Disinformation is not the absence (zero) of information. (2) This is a special type of information, the essence of which is that, due to the inadequacy of texts (semantic, syntactic, pragmatic), it creates a false orientation system in the audience, forms an incorrect picture of reality, distorted values ​​and goals. (3) The formed incorrect consciousness, in turn, gives rise to inadequate aspirations and forms of behavior that correspond to the goals and plans of the disinformer.
1. Which of the following sentences correctly conveys the MAIN information contained in the text?

1. 
   Disinformation is the absence (zero) of information.
2. 
   The task of disinformation as a special type of information is to form an incorrect consciousness and generate inadequate aspirations and forms of behavior, which is the ultimate goal of the disinformer.
3. 
   Inadequate information forms an incorrect picture of reality.
4. 
   Disinformation is a special type of information that forms an incorrect consciousness, giving rise to inadequate aspirations and forms of behavior, which corresponds to the intent of the disinformer.
5. 
   The task of any disinformer is to form an incorrect consciousness in the audience, to cause inadequate aspirations and forms of behavior.

2. Which of the following words (combinations of words) should be in place of the gap in the third (3) sentence of the text? Write out this word.

• 
  thus
• 
  here
• 
  in other words
• 
  exactly

3. Read the fragment of the dictionary entry, which gives the meaning of the word PLAN. Determine the meaning in which this word is used in the third (3) sentence of the text. Write down the number corresponding to this value in the given fragment of the dictionary entry.
PLAN, -a, husband.

1. 
   A drawing depicting on a plane some kind of area, building. P. city. P. building (its image in a horizontal section).
2. 
   A pre-planned system of activities, providing for the order, sequence and timing of work. Production item. Work according to the plan. Strategic p. Calendar p.
3. 
   Mutual arrangement of parts, short program some presentation. P. report.
4. 
   Place, the location of some. subject in perspective. Front, rear p. Push something. to the first paragraph (also trans.: to give something important, essential importance).
5. 
   The scale of the image of someone . Give faces close-up(in the frame of a movie or television movie: in the foreground, bringing it closer to the viewer).
6. 
   The area of ​​manifestation of something. or a way of looking at something, a point of view (book). The action in the play develops in two plans. In theoretical terms.

4. In one of the words below, a mistake was made in setting the stress: the letter denoting the stressed vowel was highlighted INCORRECTLY. Write out this word.

• 
  get to know
• 
  wholesale
• 
  deepen
• 
  exhaust
• 
  mosaic

5. In one of the sentences below, the underlined word is WRONGLY used. Correct the lexical error by choosing a paronym for the highlighted word. Write down the chosen word.

• 
  The PERFORMING skill of this musician has always delighted listeners.
• 
  TRUSTING and simple-hearted, she believed Erast and doomed herself to suffering.
• 
  Only here these huge trees, two or three CIRCULAR, grew.
• 
  The dog at first growled at the guest, and then, unexpectedly for everyone, burst into an EVIL bark.
• 
  Tatyana's love for Eugene was at first IRRESPONSIBLE.

6. In one of the words highlighted below, a mistake was made in the formation of the form of the word. Correct the mistake and write the word correctly.

• 
  ripe TOMATOES
• 
  with FIVE Hundred rubles
• 
  the most honest
• 
  GO THERE
• 
  wet through
• 
  ran up to him

7. Establish a correspondence between sentences and grammatical errors made in them: for each position of the first column, select the corresponding position from the second column.

SUGGESTIONS

GRAMMATICAL ERRORS

Depicting Petersburg, Gogol uses synecdoche. In the story “Princess Mary”, Pechorin speaks to readers not only as a memoirist-narrator, but also as the author of a diary-magazine, in which his thoughts and impressions are accurately recorded. Turgenev wrote that "Bazarov is my favorite brainchild, on which I spent all the paints at my disposal." Those who achieve the greatest success in art become an example to follow. Orders of the first degree in pre-revolutionary Russia were worn on a wide ribbon, worn over the shoulder.

incorrect sentence construction with indirect speech violation of the connection between the subject and the predicate violation in the construction of a sentence with an inconsistent application error in constructing a sentence with homogeneous members incorrect construction of a sentence with adverbial turnover violation in the construction of a sentence with participial turnover incorrect use of the case form of a noun with a preposition

8. Determine the word in which the unstressed checked vowel of the root is missing. Write out this word by inserting the missing letter.

• 
  swimmer
• 
  this_ketka
• 
  zag_thief
• 
  v_trina
• 
  brilliant

9. Determine the row in which the same letter is missing in both words in the prefix. Write these words out with the missing letter.

• 
  mute, under_sang
• 
  pr_shame, pr_torn
• 
  calculating, and subtly
• 
  r_pick, r_search
• 
  _run away, joyless

10. Write down the word in which the letter E is written at the place of the gap.

• 
  talented
• 
  glue
• 
  recover
• 
  instill
• 
  sneaky

11. Write down the word in which the letter I is written at the place of the gap.

• 
  otmo_sh
• 
  hated_my
• 
  abandoned
• 
  ignite_sh
• 
  seen

12. Define a sentence in which NOT is written SEPARATELY with the word. Open the brackets and write out this word.

• 
  Radishchev’s work “Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow” received a very (UN) flattering description from A.S. Pushkin.
• 
  And at the same moment, with (UN)COMPLETE clarity, the beautiful words of yesterday's story surfaced.
• 
  We met completely (UN) FRIENDLY people and suddenly, smiling brightly, shook hands with each other.
• 
  If it could happen that we saw him in life, then we would notice a lot of features that (NOT) COINCURED with our ideas about him.
• 
  In most cases, these are the most (IN)CORRECTIVE dreamers and dreamers who, without looking at anything, want to snatch their happiness from fate.

13. Define a sentence in which both highlighted words are spelled ONE. Open the brackets and write out these two words.

• 
  He crawled on his stomach, moving his hands, (WITH) with his right elbow, BECAUSE (WHAT) he was holding a colt in his palm.
• 
  (AT) THE END they were introduced to a FRIEND (TO A FRIEND).
• 
  He yelled SOMETHING at him, probably wanting to stop him (FOR) ASAP.
• 
  (B) OTHER, the quarter was such that it was difficult to surprise ANYONE (ANYONE) with a suit.
• 
  And (SO) I'm in Spain, and it happened (ON) SO quickly that I could hardly wake up.

14. Indicate all the numbers in the place of which N is written.
Ippolit was a young (1) man, with an intelligent, but constant (2) irritated (3) expression on his face, on which the disease left unusual (4) traces.
15. Arrange punctuation marks. Indicate the numbers of sentences in which you need to put ONE comma.

1. 
   The grass was the ground of the roofs of the houses - everything was covered with a thin white coating of hoarfrost.
2. 
   The weather was windy but the wind was not quite fair.
3. 
   Below, on the river, the crackling and ringing and snuffling of ice floes intensified.
4. 
   The uneven line of the coast now rose and fell and pleasantly disturbed the eye.
5. 
   I like skates, skis and sleds in winter.

16. Put punctuation marks: indicate all the numbers where commas should be in the sentence.
All those present went down the wide marble staircase between the walls of roses (1) exuding a strong aroma (2) going down to the gate (3) leading to a large (4) smoothly paved (5) square.
17. Place punctuation marks: indicate all the numbers where commas should be in the sentences.
These paintings (1) of course (2) you would only meet in remote parts of the city, like (3) for example (4) at Kokushkin Bridge.
18. Place punctuation marks: indicate all the numbers where commas should be in the sentence.
The basis of the realistic work of F. Dostoevsky is the world of human suffering (1) in the image (2) of which (3) he knows no equal.
19. Place punctuation marks: indicate all the numbers where commas should be in the sentence.
At the end of July (1) when they somehow began to clean up in the fields (2) and the rains stopped (3) her heifer (4) disappeared from her (4) which she acquired for herself with great hardships (5) and (6) which went after her, like dog.

Read the text and complete tasks 20–25.
(1) Our whole life is between two bands - good and evil. (2) Remember the simple experiment with a magnet and iron filings - they are drawn either to plus or minus, and this attractive power contains the most important law of physics. (3) Perhaps the most important law of life is similar to it - the struggle between plus and minus, good and evil, the change in the influence of one or the other, which constitutes the mysterious mystery of being, in which tasks and answers are so often inconsistent and inaccurate.
(4) Almost all truth is bitter. (5) At least with a touch of bitterness. (6) The truth of human loneliness, which began in childhood, is hopelessly bitter, and a lot of spiritual waste needs to be done nearby in order to cure mental pain, in order to inspire at least a little hope.
(7) And here the first right is to the teacher, educator, to the one who has the strength and determination to correct the omission in knowledge, not holes in education, but human life itself.
(8) Are there many of them, let's look around ...
(9) Alas, so far only a wasteland, among which here and there a bright light shines.
(10) To turn these sparks into bonfires, the dark wasteland into a bright area of ​​\u200b\u200bheat and soulfulness - this is the highest social goal.
(11) But who is he, the rescuer, and not just someone present in trouble?
(12) What kind of soul does he have, what are his human, personal capabilities? (13) What is the gap in it between words and smiles and what is in the soul? (14) Is it not cruelty there, is it not indifference, is it not self-interest - after all, a lonely child, touched by misfortune, does not know what truth is, what the truth looks like.
(15) Here is justice - he knows and feels it, feels it with his gut, with his human essence. (16) Injustice distinguishes at a stroke, and then you can’t persuade you with anything, you can’t turn away the cruel look of children’s truth with any promises.
(17) And yet, an adult who has chosen the right to be with a child's misfortune is awarded the right of the supreme judge and lawyer, savior and destroyer, favorite and hater.
(18) Children do not complain about adults, they are not yet trained in this. (19) They go through this “school” in time and space, pushed by untruth. (20) Initially, the child does not know such a measure of relations.
(21) The highest adult sin is to take advantage of such ignorance. (22) The highest sin of the educator is to take advantage of the right of an adult to the ultimate truth. (23) The highest human sin is to pass judgment on the defenseless personality of a child, depriving him of the right to the future.
(24) On the scales of time, life weighs mercy and cruelty, pain and shamelessness. (25) And only one who is kind not only to his own, but to everyone, whose love is disinterested, and the deed is not imaginary, is rightfully called a man.
(26) If we check ourselves with such a truth, then we, perhaps, can save our childhood.
(27) One must be ashamed, startled, atone for sins and commit an act.
(A. Likhanov*)
* Albert Anatolyevich Likhanov (born in 1935) - children's and youth writer,
scientist, teacher, public figure.
20. What word should be in place of the gap in sentence 3? Specify the response number.

1. 
   unnecessary
2. 
   great
3. 
   useless
4. 
   dubious
5. 
   eternal

21. Which of the following statements are true? Specify the answer numbers.

1. 
   Sentences 4–5 present the narrative.
2. 
   Sentences 7–9 contain reasoning.
3. 
   Sentences 21–23 contain the narrative.
4. 
   Sentences 24–25 contain descriptive elements.
5. 
   Sentences 26–27 present reasoning.

22. From sentences 25–27 write out contextual antonyms (antonymic pair).
23. Among sentences 4–8, find one that is related to the previous ones with the help of lexical repetitions. Write the number of this offer.
24. In the review fragment, compiled on the basis of the text that you analyzed while completing tasks 20-23, some terms are missing. Fill in the gaps (A, B, C, D) with the numbers corresponding to the numbers of the terms from the list.
Building his thoughts on opposition, A. Likhanov uses such a lexical means of expression as (A) in sentence 1 (“good and evil”), in sentence 2 (“to plus, then to minus”), in sentence 24 (“ mercy and cruelty). Such a trope as (B) (in sentences 9, 10) indicates the seriousness of the problem posed by the author, and the use of such syntactic expressive means as (C) (sentences 11, 12, 13) and (D) (in sentences 21– 23), makes readers once again think about the eternal questions of being.
List of terms:

1. 
   antonyms
2. 
   syntactic parallelism
3. 
   extended metaphor
4. 
   rows of homogeneous members
5. 
   epithets
6. 
   litotes
7. 
   colloquial and colloquial words and expressions
8. 
   interrogative sentences
9. 
   opposition

25. Write an essay based on the text you read.
Formulate and comment on one of the problems posed by the author of the text (avoid excessive quoting).

Formulate the position of the author (narrator). Write whether you agree or disagree with the point of view of the author of the read text. Explain why. Argument your answer based on the reader's experience, as well as knowledge and life observations (the first two arguments are taken into account).

The volume of the essay is at least 150 words.

A work written without relying on the text read (not on this text) is not evaluated. If the essay is a paraphrase or a complete rewrite of the source text without any comments, then such work is evaluated by zero points.

Often, near the "L"-shaped concrete pylons of power lines, you can see several paths: one - small - in the middle, and the other two - larger - go around the triangular portal side. Electricians shrug their shoulders, but the people understand why it is impossible to pass between two poles. It is worth finding out, because there are a lot of such structures in every settlement.

Supports for power line poles: technical side

Inclined props to electric poles of overhead lines are used to give the support additional stability. Such auxiliary structures are used only on the following types power line supports:

• Anchor- are intended for a tension of wires on a site;
• Terminal- located on extreme points lines. Wires depart from them directly to electrical substations;
• corner- installed at the turning points of the line. They need additional support because, in addition to the usual load for an intermediate power line, they are affected by the force of the transverse tension of the wires.

Consider the design features of the struts:

• As a rule, they are made of concrete (although you can also find more budgetary wooden options);
• The base is fixed on the surface of the earth using the foundation. At the top, both poles are linked using metal attachment points, which are called slopes or struts.
• The angle between two columns is from 20 degrees (corner columns of UNt-DB7 series) to 24 degrees (all other types).

The mystical meaning of the "devil's gate"

So, we were convinced of the direct practical purpose of concrete electric poles located one to the other in the shape of the letter "L". However, among the people this design is known under different names: damn, dog or even cat gates.

Walk under it bring on trouble:

1. A person for no apparent reason will begin to be haunted by misfortunes, a black streak will come in life;
2. Seriously ill people go to such "gates" to give them their illness. He lives there for a while, until he sticks to the one who passes through them;
3. If a couple of friends or lovers pass so that the pillar is between them - there will be a deep quarrel or divorce;
4. Bad thoughts that come to mind while passing through the prop tend to come true. Therefore, it is necessary to pass this obstacle with the head as clear as possible from evil;
5. End supports are especially dangerous for a person: they literally promise the end to those who dare to neglect popular beliefs and cross the concrete triangle.

Causes of superstition

Nobody knows the exact origin of the belief today. Many versions are put forward, one more wonderful than the other:

• This is a portal to another world. Only magicians and sorcerers can deliberately fall into it, and only dangers await the ordinary mortal there. The reason for this is the allegedly pointed upward construction (popularly called the "goat"), which accumulates negative energy. Therefore, all vaults in Orthodox churches are rounded. Arches in ordinary buildings are rounded for the same reason;
• A pseudo-Christian belief says that the triangular shape of the passage symbolizes the Trinity. Having passed through such “gates”, a person will forever renounce religion and give himself into the clutches of dark forces;
• According to another near-religious version, the pillars inclined towards each other resemble crucifixion, to pass under which none of the faithful should not;
• In ancient times in Russia, hanged men were executed on poles that outwardly resemble the modern corner poles of power lines. Since such a fate most often awaited gypsy horse thieves, the “goats” earned the name “gypsy gates”.

More real dangers

The reluctance to pass under a prop can have not only irrational, but also quite logical roots:

1. In the conditions of all-Russian slovenliness, including construction, no one has the right to exclude the danger of a column falling. The reason for this may be the lack of an individual foundation at the support or improper fastening of the metal strut;
2. The consequences of natural disasters - earthquakes or hurricanes more familiar to our Palestinians - also adversely affect the stability of heavy concrete structures;
3. If the poles are made of cresote-soaked wood without proper insulation, there is a risk of ground current flowing. In conditions of high humidity, its value is quite enough to cause significant harm to health. Especially in the countryside, where the habit of walking barefoot (including through puddles) has been alive for a long time. So the tradition of bypassing the "dog gate" comes from the village.

However, all of the above dangers (both real and imaginary) do little to convince the housing and communal services why they regularly pave the path exactly through the “devil's gate”.

Neutralization of signs

It’s good that along with a bad omen, there are also ways to get rid of or minimize its consequences if you can’t get around this damned place (for example, if there is a roadway or a fence nearby):

• When approaching, you need to say the words "Cat-cat, open the gate." Having passed the obstacle, they say: “Cat-cat, shut the gate”;
• Lazier people believe that it is enough to get by with a universal remedy for a curse: crossed middle and index fingers;
• If a person passed through the portal by mistake and inattention, but came to his senses in time, then it is enough to go back and take a safer path past a bad place;
• It will not be superfluous to visit the church and pray to the Lord.

Sometimes, nevertheless, a bad omen overtakes a person and brings him a lot of trouble. In this case, you should contact an experienced sorcerer who will advise a conspiracy suitable for the situation or a talisman that protects from misfortune. The Church strongly discourages turning to such charlatans, but often this is the last resort in the fight against dark forces.

To give the support of the electric pole more stability and avoid the wire falling to the ground, put an additional wooden or concrete support. This simple device has gained a bad reputation among the people. The Internet is teeming with numerous versions of why it is impossible to pass between two pillars. Here and the action of otherworldly forces, and a free interpretation of Orthodoxy. However, a reasonable person can safely give up on all these ridiculous arguments and go where he pleases.

Video: what happens if you walk between the pillars

In this video, Kirill Lozhkin will tell you where this sign came from, what consequences of passing through the "devil's gate" can expect you: