In this episode: summary of pages 265 to 298, discussing basic rules and types of Slavic magic

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:

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Witia's substack:

https://witia.substack.com

Witia's email:

[email protected]

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Artwork for this episode: Noc kupalna (Kupała Night) by Henryk Siemiradzki

Music: The Meaning by Dark Fantasy Studio

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/the-sacrifice-of-cattle-in-honour

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/prayer-of-the-mari-people

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.

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Links:

S1E3 on Slavic Pagan sacrifices:

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

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Witia's substack:

https://witia.substack.com

Witia's email:

[email protected]

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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

Music: The Meaning by Dark Fantasy Studio

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

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

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

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

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S2E3 Shadow work with an axe

S1E11 It’s not Slavic to be a Karen

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Witia's substack:

https://witia.substack.com

Witia's email:

[email protected]

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Artwork for this episode is picture of bania (Russian sauna) from ideaguide.ru

Music: The Meaning by Dark Fantasy Studio

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/becoming-slav-becoming-croat-identity

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, as well as with all the Moszyński's comments here:

https://witia.substack.com/p/slavic-calendar-22