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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Speaking of natural remedies, I remember something similar to this was done to me when I was little growing up in Russia.
This is one of the plants my mother told me about when we still lived in Russia rostov-on-Don. She told me everybody knew about healing power of this plant. She told me about more plants, but this is the one that comes to mind

Coltsfoot has been used in herbal medicine and has been consumed as a food product with some confectionery products, such as Coltsfoot Rock. Tussilago farfara leaves have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally (as tea or syrup) or externally (directly applied) for treatment of disorders of the respiratory tract, skin, locomotor system, viral infections, flu, colds, fever, rheumatism and gout. An extract of the fresh leaves has also been used make cough drops and hard candy.[
Dr Leonid Sharashkin says every garden has to have at least one beehive. He explains how people can keep bees naturally and almost for free with a very high success rate. Dr. Sharashkin says keeping bees naturally is simple, all you need to do is provide the bees with good home, and they will do the rest. When you set up a proper bee house in a tree, the bees will come same as how birds come when you set up a bird-feeder, or a birdhouse. He points out the importance of inviting the local strain of wild bees that are linked to your environment, ecosystem & climate, rather then buying bees from bee supply companies... Even disease control can be done naturally, and this is how beekeeping has been done for thousands of years.


Dr Sharashkin's Qualifications 
After receiving a Master's degree in Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management from Indiana University at Bloomington, he headed the Conservation Finance and Economic Programme of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Russia) in Moscow. During this time he also served as editor of Russia's largest environmental magazine, The Panda Times.
Dr Sharashkin wrote his doctoral dissertation on the spiritual, cultural and economic significance of the Russian dacha gardening movement, at the University of Missouri at Columbia.
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Belobog
‘Irij Garden’ by Andrei Shishkin.

Irij is a mythical place in Slavic mythology
I respect people like them. These two brave individuals are not just talking about change, they’re actually doing it. I think it’s amazing what they are doing. They are learning how to be fully self-sufficient, which will make them truly free. By the next generation, their kin-domain will grow, and they will add on more structures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9UswPcrGIs&feature=share
Dazbog
Veles is my favorite Slavic god. I like that Veles is the god of earth. Veles is loosely related to Greek Dionysus, and has parallels with other horned deities/Gods. The Celtic Cernunnos, the Greek Dionysus, Veles and Vedic Shiva have snake and bull among their symbols.

Official sources list many attributes and associations on Veles, but I see Veles as an earthbound god, much like the faerie folk. They are creatures of earthly nature. I don’t believe Veles lived together with the other gods in some otherworldly realm of the gods. Veles is tied to earth.

I’ve read that Veles is god of underworld and the dead, but if so, exactly where does this come from? Which authentic sources say this, and how do these sources define the underworld? Supposedly, gods like Perun were considered as gods of the heaven, and Veles was god of underworld. I’m far from an expert on this subject, but to me this doesn’t seem like a correct way of looking at the gods.
It’s also said that Veles is associated with cattle, but I see Veles as being associated with the entire animal kingdom, and with the animalistic part of the human psyche/consciousness.

I think Veles is also associated with pleasures of life, altered consciousness, state of ecstasy, sexuality, fertility, intoxication, hypnosis, seduction, trickery, mischief,music, dancing, magic... To me Veles is associated with this earthly realm, and wild, untamed nature... This is only my personal interpretation, and my belief of what Veles represents.

For the main part, I’m drawn to Veles, because of his earthliness, and might I say his humanness. When I say I love the earth, I actually mean it. I really do love earth. Seeing harm being done to earth hurts me emotionally. I do look to the stars, and do wish to voyage across the universe. I am curious about what is out there in deep space, but my heart is here on earth. No other planet compares to our earth...
When I first saw middle earth in films LOTR & HOBBIT, I fell in love with that world. It’s considered fantasy of course, but I’ve always felt there was truth in it. I decided to search for any evidence on our planet that similar cities may have existed. As I was looking through the images of the remaining ancient ruins on our planet, specifically the rock-cut ruins, it somewhat reminded me of the gorgeous cities from Middle Earth... Here I’ve included some images of actual real life ruins and images of fantasy world of middle earth... Now remember that the images of real ruins are of worn-away, decayed, crumbling structures that are very old, and have been severely eroded by time. Just try to imagine what these ancient sites must have looked like when they were whole and in use...
I know it’s not exactly middle earth cities, but these rock-cut ruins of earth must have looked splendid when they were real cities in ancient times
The two bottom images are real ancient ruins on earth. These palaces or luxurious dwellings were cut out of a solid rock. I know that today they look severely eroded, but when they were whole, I can only imagine how magnificent they must have looked