This channel encourages people to do their own research. Don't believe everything you hear or read. There are people out there polluting our folkways with highly Christanized BS! Below is a prime example of what some organizations are teaching .
Forwarded from 🌻🌷Oakwood Forest 🌳 🦌
There’s a lot of talk about how ancient wisdom knew things that modern science is only now discovering. It was very interesting the way the insights in this “Doctrine and Practice of Yoga” on mental discipline, and published in 1919, matched so well with some of those talks on neuroscience that I shared here the other day. Scroll up for a screenshot from that book on how mental development is innate in some, is forced by events for others, and others really have to make an effort to develop it. This article discusses that psycho-emotional development is a continuum which really varies by individual.
It strikes me as odd that there are things known for centuries, confirmed now by science, but still unknown or implemented in society. It seems, by some ancient accounts, that many pre-Christian cultures likely implemented some of these understandings. Coming of age rites and nested, layered communities probably played a huge role. The lack of this now likely influences negative trends and chaos in society today.
https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/adult-brain
It strikes me as odd that there are things known for centuries, confirmed now by science, but still unknown or implemented in society. It seems, by some ancient accounts, that many pre-Christian cultures likely implemented some of these understandings. Coming of age rites and nested, layered communities probably played a huge role. The lack of this now likely influences negative trends and chaos in society today.
https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/adult-brain
Big Think
Why is 18 the age of adulthood if the brain can take 30 years to mature?
Neuroscience research suggests it might be time to rethink our ideas about when exactly a child becomes an adult.
Forwarded from 🌻🌷Oakwood Forest 🌳 🦌
“Devil’s Claw,” medicinal plant used to treat rheumatic inflammation and other chronic pain. Users in a medical study were able to reduce NSAID painkiller use (NSAIDs hurt the liver) and Devil’s Claw is believed to have no negative affect on the liver. - http://aradicle.blogspot.com/2008/04/devils-claw-and-rheumatic-inflammation.html
Forwarded from THE OLD WAYS
Trees exist in both darkness, and light at the same time. It's branches reach out, and grow towards the light & warmth of the sun, but it's roots are digging deep into the darkness & coolness of the earth. The tree is the link between two worlds. I believe our pagan ancestors understood the importance of such balance, and applied this to their spirituality. With their feet planted firmly on the ground and their heads reaching up towards the heavens... They understood that the spiritual world & physical world are linked. Slavs even had a rune called Belobog’s rune that resembles a person standing on the ground with their arms up towards the sky. Chernobog’s rune looks exactly the same, but upside down.
Forwarded from THE OLD WAYS (Velesa37)
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.
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.
Forwarded from THE OLD WAYS (Velesa37)
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...
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...
Forwarded from THE OLD WAYS (Velesa37)
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.[
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.[
Forwarded from Wäinölä 🇫🇮 (Wäinämöinen • Eternal Sage)
This 6,000-year-old rock painting is from Juusjärvi, Kirkkonummi, Finland.
It is thought to depict a shaman falling into trance accompanied by a fish spirit helper, possibly a pike.
It is thought to depict a shaman falling into trance accompanied by a fish spirit helper, possibly a pike.
Forwarded from Wäinölä 🇫🇮 (Wäinämöinen • Eternal Sage)
Akseli Gallén-Kallela 🇫🇮 — Kullervo's Curse (1899)
Depicted is a scene from the Kalevala in which Kullervo curses a herd of cows, turning them into bears to attack a woman who's been tormenting him.
Depicted is a scene from the Kalevala in which Kullervo curses a herd of cows, turning them into bears to attack a woman who's been tormenting him.
Forwarded from Wäinölä 🇫🇮 (Wäinämöinen • Eternal Sage)
The significance of the Kalevala
The first edition of the #Kalevala came out in 1835. Elias Lönnrot compiled it from folk poetry recorded into notebooks during his collection trips among poetry singers in 1828–1834. At the time of publication of the Kalevala, Finland was an autonomous grand duchy of Russia, and before that, until 1809, Finland was part of the Swedish Kingdom.
Especially for Finnish intellectuals, the Kalevala became a symbol of the Finnish past, Finnishness, the Finnish language and Finnish culture, a foundation on which they started to build the fragile Finnish identity. It also aroused much interest abroad, and brought a small, unknown people to the awareness of other Europeans.
The effect of the Kalevala on Finnish culture, arts and sciences has been significant. It has left its mark on the fine arts, literature, theatre, dance and music. It lives on in popular culture, films, comics, games and commercials. During different historical periods, the Kalevala has been given a number of various, sometimes strong, interpretations. However, there is no one way to interpret the Kalevala.
The first edition of the #Kalevala came out in 1835. Elias Lönnrot compiled it from folk poetry recorded into notebooks during his collection trips among poetry singers in 1828–1834. At the time of publication of the Kalevala, Finland was an autonomous grand duchy of Russia, and before that, until 1809, Finland was part of the Swedish Kingdom.
Especially for Finnish intellectuals, the Kalevala became a symbol of the Finnish past, Finnishness, the Finnish language and Finnish culture, a foundation on which they started to build the fragile Finnish identity. It also aroused much interest abroad, and brought a small, unknown people to the awareness of other Europeans.
The effect of the Kalevala on Finnish culture, arts and sciences has been significant. It has left its mark on the fine arts, literature, theatre, dance and music. It lives on in popular culture, films, comics, games and commercials. During different historical periods, the Kalevala has been given a number of various, sometimes strong, interpretations. However, there is no one way to interpret the Kalevala.