Forwarded from The American Spirit
Barn Quilts
If you've driven across Rural America you have probably seen a painted Barn Quilt. Hanging on the side of a house or barn these large square examples of Folk Art have a rich history stretching back to before the founding of the country.
Similar in appearance to the Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Sign the Barn Quilt is less specific to an individual group and is practiced in Rural areas from the East Coast through to the Southwest. Though they are most well known from the Midwest where certain areas have a painted Quilt Square on pretty much every barn if not multiples.
A Barn Quilt is rather simple in idea but immensely varied in design. As the Barn Quilt can be any pattern or shape but is most often painted with Quilt patterns and designs. Such as Corn and Beans, Jacob’s ladder, Compass Star and Carpenter’s Wheel, among many others.
Many are based off patterns that have been passed down in family lines making the Barn Quilts a form of familial Heraldry. Other Barn Quilts will use regional, local or even historic patterns to paint their Barn Quilts.
Many of the Barn Quilts are painted in honor of historic moments and even in memory of a loved one. Despite the iconic Folk Paintings they are today, the oldest Barn Quilts are thought to be pictures sewn into Quilts and Hung on the Side as a way to communicate who lived there or even occupation. They have since exploded in popularity since the turn of the millennia and become a popular tourist attraction with several Barn Quilt Trails popping up.
If you've driven across Rural America you have probably seen a painted Barn Quilt. Hanging on the side of a house or barn these large square examples of Folk Art have a rich history stretching back to before the founding of the country.
Similar in appearance to the Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Sign the Barn Quilt is less specific to an individual group and is practiced in Rural areas from the East Coast through to the Southwest. Though they are most well known from the Midwest where certain areas have a painted Quilt Square on pretty much every barn if not multiples.
A Barn Quilt is rather simple in idea but immensely varied in design. As the Barn Quilt can be any pattern or shape but is most often painted with Quilt patterns and designs. Such as Corn and Beans, Jacob’s ladder, Compass Star and Carpenter’s Wheel, among many others.
Many are based off patterns that have been passed down in family lines making the Barn Quilts a form of familial Heraldry. Other Barn Quilts will use regional, local or even historic patterns to paint their Barn Quilts.
Many of the Barn Quilts are painted in honor of historic moments and even in memory of a loved one. Despite the iconic Folk Paintings they are today, the oldest Barn Quilts are thought to be pictures sewn into Quilts and Hung on the Side as a way to communicate who lived there or even occupation. They have since exploded in popularity since the turn of the millennia and become a popular tourist attraction with several Barn Quilt Trails popping up.
(Some people who will not be named because I don't agree with disparaging the differently abled think they invented it in 2000)
Do You Know of Any Barn Quilts? Do You Have Any Family or Local Patterns You'd Like to Make Into a Barn Quilt?The burning or drawing of goddess Morena, Morana, Mortzana, etc, is an ancient pagan Slavic spring custom.
https://youtu.be/nrsMWSD4ayY
https://youtu.be/nrsMWSD4ayY
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Morena / Morana - goddess of death, Killing the goddess of death (cult the goddess of death)
In Slavic pagan cult goddess of death is always goddess killed at the end (mostly drowning or burning). Killing ritual is in principle as with magic voodoo doll. And in this cult are only girls and young women. (It's a female cult.) This is in the world probably…
Forwarded from dwtruthwarrior 🇨🇦 (David Whitehead)
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. ”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
Forwarded from •SLAVIA• 🔵⚪🔴
Burning of Morana
The ritual symbolizes the end of the winter darkness, the celebration of the first day of spring and the rebirth of nature.
The ritual symbolizes the end of the winter darkness, the celebration of the first day of spring and the rebirth of nature.
Forwarded from •SLAVIA• 🔵⚪🔴
"At dusk the people would gather at the riverbank, setting the effigy ablaze and tossing it into the water, cheering as Morana drifted downstream."
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Old Gods Are Watching Us!
Our Ancestors Are Watching Us!
Make Them Proud!
Never Forget Who You Are!
Sons and Daughters of Slavia,Unite!
Our Ancestors Are Watching Us!
Make Them Proud!
Never Forget Who You Are!
Sons and Daughters of Slavia,Unite!
Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
Donner, Froh, Fricka, Wotan and Loge rue the loss of Freia and her apples. Art by Arthur Rackham.
Forwarded from The Jolly Reiver
Filmed on location in Northumbria’s ancient capital, this video takes a look at the ghosts that reside in and around Bamburgh Castle. With references coming from old diaries and books, as opposed to just copy and pasted info from blogs and websites, you’ll not find a more detailed video on the folklore of this castle.
https://youtu.be/ueDv2p_nY1k
https://youtu.be/ueDv2p_nY1k
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Ghosts of Bamburgh Castle
In this video, I take you to one of England's most impressive castles. Bamburgh, on the north east coast of Northumberland, was once the capital of the Kingdom of Northumbria. Now in the ownership of the Armstrong family, its open to the public and is most…
1917 advertisement for swastika jewelry from NY Public Library Digital Gallery.
The text reads in part;
To the wearer of swastika will come from the four winds of heaven good luck, long life and prosperity. The swastika is the oldest cross, and the oldest symbol in the world. Of unknown origin, in frequent use in the prehistoric items, it historically first appeared on coins as early as the year 315 B.C.
The text reads in part;
To the wearer of swastika will come from the four winds of heaven good luck, long life and prosperity. The swastika is the oldest cross, and the oldest symbol in the world. Of unknown origin, in frequent use in the prehistoric items, it historically first appeared on coins as early as the year 315 B.C.
Prometheus Bringing Fire To Mankind
by Heinrich Fuger
Lots of occult practitioners talk of using fire in their magic practices and rituals, but to me fire itself is magic. To me starting fire by friction the old primitive way is kind of like practicing magic. I don’t believe the official stories on how humans have discovered fire. I prefer to listen to the folk tales of our pagan ancestors. Our native myths and legends tell us the original ancestral generations were gifted the knowledge of fire by the gods. Same as they say the gods have given us the knowledge of metallurgy, among other things.
I wonder, if we have the knowledge of how to summon fire out of nothing just by using a spindle and a fireboard, what other knowledge is out there that we are unaware of. There must be so much knowledge that the gods are hiding from us humans. Perhaps a knowledge of how to call forth water to appear out of nothing. I know this sounds outlandish, but we don’t yet have all of the answers, and we have much to learn
by Heinrich Fuger
Lots of occult practitioners talk of using fire in their magic practices and rituals, but to me fire itself is magic. To me starting fire by friction the old primitive way is kind of like practicing magic. I don’t believe the official stories on how humans have discovered fire. I prefer to listen to the folk tales of our pagan ancestors. Our native myths and legends tell us the original ancestral generations were gifted the knowledge of fire by the gods. Same as they say the gods have given us the knowledge of metallurgy, among other things.
I wonder, if we have the knowledge of how to summon fire out of nothing just by using a spindle and a fireboard, what other knowledge is out there that we are unaware of. There must be so much knowledge that the gods are hiding from us humans. Perhaps a knowledge of how to call forth water to appear out of nothing. I know this sounds outlandish, but we don’t yet have all of the answers, and we have much to learn
Forwarded from Folk Wisdom & Ways
Spring !!! The hens are out doing themselves and the rhubarb is popping up! Sure sign that warmer days will soon be here!🌞🌞🌞