Searching for the Slavic Soul

3.05: The first does not belong to you

In this episode: summary of pages 231 to 265, containing discussion on prayer, sacrifice and cult-related rituals. Caveats: This entire third season of Searching for the Slavic Soul is a detailed summary of Kazimierz Moszyński’s monumental work Kultura Duchowa Słowian (Spiritual Culture of the Slavs). Everything I present in these episodes comes directly from Moszyński’s research and analysis. Whenever I add my own thoughts or commentary, I will clearly mark them as such. When Moszyński speaks of “the Slavs,” he is referring to the pre-industrial rural Slavic populations he studied through fieldwork at the beginning of the 20th century. So whenever I say “the Slavs did this” or “among the Slavs it was common that…”, I am also referring to those same pre-industrial rural communities, not to all Slavs throughout history or to modern Slavic people in general. ------------------------------- Links: S1E3 on Slavic Pagan sacrifices: [https://witia.substack.com/p/episode-3-slavic-faith-sacrifices-975] https://witia.substack.com/p/episode-3-slavic-faith-sacrifices-975 [https://witia.substack.com/p/episode-3-slavic-faith-sacrifices-975] Structure of Slavic Pagan celebrations [https://witia.substack.com/i/172952448/structure-of-slavic-pagan-celebration-forgotten-before]: https://witia.substack.com/i/172952448/structure-of-slavic-pagan-celebration-forgotten-before [https://witia.substack.com/i/172952448/structure-of-slavic-pagan-celebration-forgotten-before] ------------------------------- Witia's substack: https://witia.substack.com [https://witia.substack.com]   Witia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com [witia.daboru@gmail.com] ------------------------------- Artwork for this episode is picture of a holy tree in a Mari (which are not Slavs!) holy grove. Photo by Fedor Telkov, https://www.rbth.com/multimedia/pictures/2014/05/12/pagan_prayers_and_sacrifices_in_the_woods_of_mari_el_36579 [https://www.rbth.com/multimedia/pictures/2014/05/12/pagan_prayers_and_sacrifices_in_the_woods_of_mari_el_36579] Music: The Meaning by Dark Fantasy Studio This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com [https://witia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Russian Folk Belief by Linda J. Ivanits

Computer-generated voiceover for this Substack post I’ve done my best to provide a phonetic transliteration, but—as is often the case—Slavic words and names are still prone to mispronunciation by the AI reader. You can find the original post with correct spelling and formatting here: https://witia.substack.com/p/russian-folk-belief-by-linda-j-ivanits [https://witia.substack.com/p/russian-folk-belief-by-linda-j-ivanits] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com [https://witia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Rodnovery 101: Altars

Computer-generated voiceover for this Substack post I’ve done my best to provide a phonetic transliteration, but—as is often the case—Slavic words and names are still prone to mispronunciation by the AI reader. You can find the original post with correct spelling and formatting here: https://witia.substack.com/p/rodnovery-101-altars [https://witia.substack.com/p/rodnovery-101-altars] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com [https://witia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Rodnovery 101: The Gods

Computer-generated voiceover for this Substack post I’ve done my best to provide a phonetic transliteration, but—as is often the case—Slavic words and names are still prone to mispronunciation by the AI reader. You can find the original post with correct spelling and formatting here: https://witia.substack.com/p/rodnovery-101-the-gods [https://witia.substack.com/p/rodnovery-101-the-gods] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com [https://witia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

3.04: Till cure or death

In this episode summary of Spiritual Culture of the Slavs, pages 172 to 230, chapter "Medicine". - how Slavs saw diseases - how Slavs treated disease - pan-Slavic herbs ------------------------------- S2E3 Shadow work with an axe [https://witia.substack.com/p/shadow-work-with-an-axe] S1E11 It’s not Slavic to be a Karen [https://witia.substack.com/p/episode-11-its-not-slavic-to-be-a-624] ------------------------------- Witia's substack: https://witia.substack.com [https://witia.substack.com]   Witia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com [witia.daboru@gmail.com] ------------------------------- Artwork for this episode is picture of bania (Russian sauna) from ideaguide.ru [http://ideaguide.ru] Music: The Meaning by Dark Fantasy Studio This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com [https://witia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]