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

Dr. Leo Sharashkin also mentioned biodynamic-farming based on the ideas of Rudolf Steiner. It prescribes an application of very small amount of preparations, sometimes a teaspoon to an acre, to promote the absorption of cosmic energies by the plants and stimulate their growth.

These practices of biodynamic-farming have been so productive & disease-free that it got the attention of the scientific community..

Often compared to Thor of the Norse mythological world, Perun was considered the highest of all gods and was one of Svarog’s three sons. Perun was seen to be the creator and master of rain, lightning, and thunder (and anything that had to do with hurricanes and storms), Perun’s name is even based off the old Indo-European root “parg” meaning ‘to strike’, much like lightning would. In fact, the Polish word for ‘thunderbolt’ is Piorun. He possessed the ability to shoot lightning strikes from a bow as well as create storms to aid farmworkers.
Like Norse mythology, the Slavic world was depicted a large Oak tree, separating the world into three parts: Parv, where the gods would rule, Yav, which is populated by man and constitutes what is seen by the mortal eye, and finally Nav, which is shown as the tree’s roots and is the land of the dead, in other words it can considered the Slavic underworld. Perched on the branches of Parv, Perun would keep watch over the mortal world, protecting it from wrongdoing, such as that of Veles, the god of the underworld.
The relationship between the two gods is seen in a Slavic myth describing Veles’ annual ascent up the Slavic world tree in the form of a snake to Parv, stealing something of value to Perun, be it his children, wife, or cattle. Chasing Veles, Perun would shoot lightning bolts from the sky, hitting the earth where Veles would hide at the time. At the end of the battle, Veles would either be chased back into the underworld or vanquished and whatever he stole would be returned in the form of rain after which Perun takes his throne on the top of the tree proudly exclaiming “Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь!” (There is your place, remain there!), according to the Belarusian version of the tale. This myth would repeat itself each year, when Veles would return as a snake once again, shedding his skin from the previous battle.
To the Slavs, the coming of the rain season signified the Perun’s conquest over Veles, whenever there was a delay in the arrival of rain, this would mean Perun had yet to defeat Veles while storms were seen as larger conflicts between the two.
Unlike the conflict between God and the devil, the antagonism between Veles and Perun is not viewed as a fight between good and evil, but rather the opposition of the Earth’s forces, one being water and exisetence and the other being fire and spirit, the ancient Slavs believed these forces would bring upon the new season each year. A similar belief was held for the coming of Spring where it was believed that the demon of winter would reign for a season and eventually be defeated by Perun in battle.