THE OLD WAYS
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I explore hidden history & other alternative information, European/ Slavic pagan music & folk art, ethnic folk traditions & rites of indigenous European/ Slavic people, animism, and more...
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Forwarded from Wild Folk
Ancient ancestors of the Isles marked Samhain as the most significant of the years four fire festivals. Folk would gather around bonfires to celebrate the dead and the looming darkness of winter, as well as making sacrifices of livestock and offerings of food and ale for those that may cross over as the barrier between worlds grew thin.

It was custom for each household in the community to take a torch from the fire with which to return home and relight their hearth. Participation in the festival was mandatory, and each villager was expected to partake in the tradition as a sign of respect to those who came before.
Video on the Slavic tradition ‘Dziady’ which translates to ‘grandfathers’ or ‘elders’. It’s part of the ancestor veneration Slavic tradition that is traced to Slavic paganism. In Slavic culture, we remember, honor and celebrate our dead ancestors in both the spring and fall seasons. I remember always visiting the graves of our relatives during those times with my entire family. We’d bring food and drink with us, and we would all sit around the gravesite together as a family, eating, drinking, and sharing with our dead relative all of the news. We’d also introduce the newly born family members to our dead relatives. Food and drink would also be set aside for the dead relative, along with fresh flowers Around that time the entire cemetery will be full of families doing the same thing. Bonfires were involved in this tradition as well. Bonfires were even lit in cemeteries. Although I’m not sure if it’s still allowed today
https://youtu.be/J_Jj5Nu7gpE
We must not forget that MUCH of the information on our pagan ancestors we have available to us comes directly from those who took them over by mass genocide, and forceful conversion to monotheism/Abrahamism. So, as much as we want to avoid facing this fact, the information on our pagan ancestors mostly comes from their enemies. The enemy after becoming victorious, wrote down that history the way it was convenient for the enemy. Hopefully people are intelligent enough to understand that the available information on our pagan ancestors was concocted by extremely biased Abrahamic scholars. This is one of the majorreasons why I find it very difficult to trust this information
Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
“The Haunted Wood”
by Arthur Rackham
Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
For ages, stories have been told of gigantic specters that have been seen haunting the mountain, which is often verified by marvelous stories by travelers and mountain climbers.
One such apparition is still believed to be “King of the Brocken” who appears angry with those that intrude on his domain.
A German traveler in the 18th century scaled the mountains 12 times in hopes that he might encounter the spectre.
He says: “In the course of my repeated tours through the Hartz, I ascended the Brocken twelve times, but had the good fortune only twice to see the spectre.”
“Ascending at that moment, the granite rocks called the Tempelskanzel, there appeared before me, though at great distance, the gigantic figure of a man as if standing on a large pedestal. Scarcely had I discovered it when it began to disappear, the clouds sank down and I saw it no more.”
Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
'...lo, night is here,
Yet day's storm clouds sit blushing on the hills,
The white owl's hoot breaks silence' gentle breath,
Or flitting of the bat with dragon wings,
Till sleep at length with long entangled hair
Flits by in dreams of mist with closing eyes.'

The Coming of Night (1897)
Wilfrid de Glehn
Forwarded from Vinnie Sullivan
Just because it's new, doesn't mean it's better.

There's no reason we have to apodt these characterless domains other than societies wish to see it happen.
This video is very short, but it captures something so sacred and pure.
Forwarded from Countrymen
Italy 🇮🇹
I really feel for Australian citizens. It’s getting worse by the day there. Australia serves as an example of exactly how things will go down everywhere else in the world, if the people continue complying with this tyranny. The brainwashed majority makes it difficult for minority that’s awake to what’s taking place. The brainwashed majority has been weaponized by corrupt authorities against the minority that knows what’s happening. Why is the corrupt globalist government singling out Australia so much? Can it have something to do with the fact that Australian citizens were scared and tricked by their government into giving up their weapons?
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Australian police shows up at someone’s door to interrogate him about his social media posts.

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Electric Bus, London 1906.

Electric vehicles have been around for much longer than most people realize.

There are many free energy sources that work in harmony with the nature; however they are are hidden from the public and erased from history.

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Yes! This is exactly what we need. No compliance!
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President of the FDNY says even if his members opt not to be injected with the experimental covid vaccine, still report to work, refuses to be the ones forcing it, and refuses to put New Yorkers at risk, will fight the mandate all the way 👏🏻
Forwarded from Folk Wisdom & Ways