Lada, the Slavic goddess of beauty and fertility is often depicted with swans. Swans are found in the mythology & folklore of all pre-Christian, indigenous pagan European cultures, like Celtic, Nordic, Germanic, and other indigenous cultures around the world.

Earlier I mentioned that Slavic goddesses Lada is always depicted with swans. Here in this image you can see one of Slavic pre-Christian calendar of sun’s passage. It’s called “Heavenly Halls of Svarog’s Circle”. It says that number 4 is a Hall of Swans and it’s associated with goddesses Mokosh. Goddess Lada is known as a goddess of beauty and fertility. Goddess Mokosh is also connected to fertility. Also I’ve read that goddess Lada was connected to wet Mother Earth, like Mokosh who was called the moist Mother Earth.

This is the source that talks about older Slavic calendar systems. It’s not the best translation from Russian to English

They are starting to push multiculturalism in Britain through restaurants now. This British restaurant refers to itself as “modern British” but their menu is full of dishes from around the world.

I do not know the author of this blog. From reading this, I’m assuming she’s into a universalistic Wiccan type of paganism. I see that she isn’t aware of the importance of blood/ race/ ethnicity. Maybe this woman has yet to reach that level of awareness, and in due time, her personal journey will lead her there.

I do see positive signs with her, because I completely agree with her connecting permaculture to nature-based spirituality/old world paganism

Dr. Leonid Sharashkin mentioned this in his presentations. He talked about gardening, and it’s connection to the old, pre-Christian, pagan European traditions.

During his presentations, dr Leo Sharashkin emphasized a lot, the fact that pagan Slavs maintained a direct link with the living nature, and a flow of nourishment, information, energy, and matter not only from the plant-world to humans, but also from humans back to the plant-world. Our ancestors were linked with their local environment, ecosystem, and climate. They were in-tuned with the natural cycles of earth.

Modern humans are disconnected from their local organic environment & ecosystem. The modern urban cities keep us in a bubble, divided from the living world of nature. That’s why I agree that gardening, especially practicing permaculture will help us to reestablish our connection to earth & nature, and on some level, it would help us return to the old pagan ways...

I like that she points out in here that permaculture practice wasn’t based on any religion, it was based on science, and yet she can see the parallels between permaculture, and old-world nature-based spirituality. What does this tell us? It tells us that the old-world, pagan, nature-based spirituality wasn’t based on superstitious fairytales, but on science. And by “science” I don’t mean mainstream, materialistic false science. I mean the true science, true knowledge of reality. Even the parts that we may not yet comprehend with our modern, programmed minds. Some modern scholars found scientific justification for some of the old, pagan traditions, and practices, and they often use the latest, advanced science to explain the old pagan traditions & practices.

Some of the ancient rites of passage are backed up by modern psychology, because apart from their social & cultural significance, it also had a psychological significance.

So it looks like we have much to learn about the old ways of our ancestors, and connecting with Mother Earth, with organic nature, may help us remember this ancient knowledge.

Permaculture and Earth Based Spirituality
Permaculture and Earth Based Spirituality