Christianity vs. Folk Faith

Folk faith: life in nature
Christianity: “life” after death

Folk faith: Perpetuation of life as sacred
Christianity: fertility as shameful

Folk faith: strength
Christianity: weakness

Folk faith: life & joy
Christianity: death & mourning

Folk faith: humans children of the gods
Christianity: humans slaves/servants of god

Folk faith: freedom
Christianity: authority

Folk faith: direct link to gods
Christianity: intermediaries/priests

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Men and women of the west hold your ground!

The trees can talk. We just forgot their language. Long ago humans were not so disconnected from nature as we are today. Before monotheism has dominated the world, before the age of modern science was born, humanity was very in-tuned with the natural intelligence of the universe/nature, and were able to obtain their knowledge directly from nature. Our ancestors were literally guided & taught by nature & cosmos. Our forefathers had special sages/shamans who knew how to listen to the trees. In my place of birth (Russia) my ancestors had their pre-Christian/orthodox shamanic traditions. One of the things Slavic Volkhvs (shaman priests)would do was to tune-in with the intelligence of the Russian Cedar tree, and other trees, and start listening for the tree to ring, and then translate these vibrations to the people who lived on that land. So they relied on nature to guide them. This wasn’t unique only to Russia. It was worldwide before three Abrahamic religions and materialistic science. I believe the connection between the shamans & wizards of old & the trees was deep and it requires a lot of research

Brian Froud paints faerie folk.

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