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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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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.
No urban city in the world can look better than this beautiful site! Nature gives us the best environment to live and thrive in
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 donโ€™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 donโ€™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!๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž
Art by Russian painter Ivan Shishkin โ˜€๏ธ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Northern Beauty ๐ŸŒพ

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Nordische Schรถnheit ๐ŸŒพ

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Moscow-based photographer Andrey Yakovlev and art director Lili Aleeva, also known as Yakovlev and Aleeva, are a husband-wife duo who created this amazing Slavic folklore themed Easter photo series
We humans are not only supposed to maintaining a flow of nourishment, information, energy, and matter from the plant-world to us, but also from us back to the plant-world. Naturally, it should be mutualistic symbiotic relationship. Weโ€™re supposed to be directly linked with our local organic ecosystem, environment, and climate. Humans are supposed to share their DNA with their local land and ecosystem, and receive back from the land, so this way they are linked. However, modern humans are almost completely detached from their local land. Modern humans are disconnected from their local organic environment, and kept in urbanized cities, which is an artificial environment. Much like domesticated cattle on farm. Our cities should naturally blend with the local wild land and ecosystem, so that we stay linked with it. We are not supposed to be disconnected from nature