Searching for the Slavic Soul

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Searching for the Slavic Soul is an attempt to look at Slavic culture with the eyes of a Rodnover — a practitioner of Slavic Native Faith. We separate interpretations from facts and find in the Slavic heritage the elements which were suppressed by time and Christianisation. Focused on authentic, evidence-based pre-Christian Slavic traditions only — no Wicca, no eclectic neopaganism, no New-Age inventions. witia.substack.com

  1. 2d ago

    3.08 Ask the water, ask the sieve

    In this episode: summary of pages 265 to 298, discussing basic rules and types of Slavic magic Caveats: This entire third season of Searching for the Slavic Soul is a detailed summary of Kazimierz Moszyński’s monumental work Kultura Duchowa Słowian (Spiritual Culture of the Slavs). Everything I present in these episodes comes directly from Moszyński’s research and analysis. Whenever I add my own thoughts or commentary, I will clearly mark them as such. When Moszyński speaks of “the Slavs,” he is referring to the pre-industrial rural Slavic populations he studied through fieldwork at the beginning of the 20th century. So whenever I say “the Slavs did this” or “among the Slavs it was common that…”, I am also referring to those same pre-industrial rural communities, not to all Slavs throughout history or to modern Slavic people in general. ---------- Links: Translations from chapter 9 (the practice of ecstasy): Nestinari: https://witia.substack.com/p/nestinari Khlysty: https://witia.substack.com/p/khlysts Rusalii/călușari: https://witia.substack.com/p/rusaliicalusari-healing-dances Season 1, episode 11 (on Slavic demonology): https://witia.substack.com/p/episode-11-its-not-slavic-to-be-a-624 Season 3 episode 4 (on Slavic medicine): https://witia.substack.com/p/till-cure-or-death Season 3, episode 2 (in Slavic ways of knowing): https://witia.substack.com/p/fallen-clouds ------------------------------- Witia's substack: https://witia.substack.com   Witia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com ------------------------------- Artwork for this episode is a drawing (by Moszyński) of a sieve used in divination, taken from Kultra Duchowa. Music: The Meaning by Dark Fantasy Studio This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com

  2. Sep 24

    Rusalii/călușari healing dances

    Computer-generated voiceover for this Substack post I’ve done my best to provide a phonetic transliteration, but—as is often the case—Slavic words and names are still prone to mispronunciation by the AI reader. You can find the original post with correct spelling and formatting, as well as with all the Moszyński's comments here: https://witia.substack.com/p/rusaliicalusari-healing-dances This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com

  3. Sep 17

    Khlysts

    Computer-generated voiceover for this Substack post I’ve done my best to provide a phonetic transliteration, but—as is often the case—Slavic words and names are still prone to mispronunciation by the AI reader. You can find the original post with correct spelling and formatting, as well as with all the Moszyński's comments here: https://witia.substack.com/p/khlysts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com

  4. Sep 10

    Nestinari

    Computer-generated voiceover for this Substack post I’ve done my best to provide a phonetic transliteration, but—as is often the case—Slavic words and names are still prone to mispronunciation by the AI reader. You can find the original post with correct spelling and formatting, as well as with all the Moszyński's comments here: https://witia.substack.com/p/nestinari This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com

  5. Sep 1

    3.07 Mum’s the word

    In this episode: summary of pages 298 to 348 discussing 2 remain types of Slavic magic, details of Slavic protective magic and of czary (spell-casting) Caveats: This entire third season of Searching for the Slavic Soul is a detailed summary of Kazimierz Moszyński’s monumental work Kultura Duchowa Słowian (Spiritual Culture of the Slavs). Everything I present in these episodes comes directly from Moszyński’s research and analysis. Whenever I add my own thoughts or commentary, I will clearly mark them as such. When Moszyński speaks of “the Slavs,” he is referring to the pre-industrial rural Slavic populations he studied through fieldwork at the beginning of the 20th century. So whenever I say “the Slavs did this” or “among the Slavs it was common that…”, I am also referring to those same pre-industrial rural communities, not to all Slavs throughout history or to modern Slavic people in general. ------------------------------- Links: On the superpower of parents: S2E2: https://witia.substack.com/p/maps-of-meaning-bonds-of-blood S2E3: https://witia.substack.com/p/shadow-work-with-an-axe ------------------------------- Witia's substack: https://witia.substack.com   Witia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com ------------------------------- Artwork for this episode is picture of Slavic symbols from Moszyński’s Kultura Duchowa Music: The Meaning by Dark Fantasy Studio This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com

  6. Aug 20

    Rodnovery 101: Slavic Pagan state of mind

    Computer-generated voiceover for this Substack post I’ve done my best to provide a phonetic transliteration, but—as is often the case—Slavic words and names are still prone to mispronunciation by the AI reader. You can find the original post with correct spelling and formatting here: https://witia.substack.com/p/rodnovery-101-slavic-pagan-state This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com

  7. Aug 10

    The Making of the Slavs by Florin Curta

    Computer-generated voiceover for this Substack post You can find the original post with correct spelling and formatting here: https://witia.substack.com/p/the-making-of-the-slavs-by-florin This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com

  8. Aug 1

    3.06 Obsessive, compulsive, Slavic

    In this episode: summary of pages 265 to 298, discussing basic rules and types of Slavic magic Caveats: This entire third season of Searching for the Slavic Soul is a detailed summary of Kazimierz Moszyński’s monumental work Kultura Duchowa Słowian (Spiritual Culture of the Slavs). Everything I present in these episodes comes directly from Moszyński’s research and analysis. Whenever I add my own thoughts or commentary, I will clearly mark them as such. When Moszyński speaks of “the Slavs,” he is referring to the pre-industrial rural Slavic populations he studied through fieldwork at the beginning of the 20th century. So whenever I say “the Slavs did this” or “among the Slavs it was common that…”, I am also referring to those same pre-industrial rural communities, not to all Slavs throughout history or to modern Slavic people in general. Links: ------------------------------- Witia's substack: https://witia.substack.com   Witia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com ------------------------------- Artwork for this episode: Noc kupalna (Kupała Night) by Henryk Siemiradzki Music: The Meaning by Dark Fantasy Studio This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit witia.substack.com

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Searching for the Slavic Soul is an attempt to look at Slavic culture with the eyes of a Rodnover — a practitioner of Slavic Native Faith. We separate interpretations from facts and find in the Slavic heritage the elements which were suppressed by time and Christianisation. Focused on authentic, evidence-based pre-Christian Slavic traditions only — no Wicca, no eclectic neopaganism, no New-Age inventions. witia.substack.com

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