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. Jul 20

    The sacrifice of cattle in honour of st. Elijah

    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/the-sacrifice-of-cattle-in-honour 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. Jul 10

    Prayer of the Mari people

    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/prayer-of-the-mari-people 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. Jul 1

    3.05: The first does not belong to you

    In this episode: summary of pages 231 to 265, containing discussion on prayer, sacrifice and cult-related rituals. 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: S1E3 on Slavic Pagan sacrifices: https://witia.substack.com/p/episode-3-slavic-faith-sacrifices-975 Structure of Slavic Pagan celebrations: https://witia.substack.com/i/172952448/structure-of-slavic-pagan-celebration-forgotten-before ------------------------------- Witia's substack: https://witia.substack.com   Witia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com ------------------------------- Artwork for this episode is picture of a holy tree in a Mari (which are not Slavs!) holy grove. Photo by Fedor Telkov, https://www.rbth.com/multimedia/pictures/2014/05/12/pagan_prayers_and_sacrifices_in_the_woods_of_mari_el_36579 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

  4. Jun 27

    Russian Folk Belief by Linda J. Ivanits

    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/russian-folk-belief-by-linda-j-ivanits 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. Jun 20

    Rodnovery 101: Altars

    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-altars 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. Jun 10

    Rodnovery 101: The Gods

    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-the-gods 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. Jun 1

    3.04: Till cure or death

    In this episode summary of Spiritual Culture of the Slavs, pages 172 to 230, chapter "Medicine". - how Slavs saw diseases - how Slavs treated disease - pan-Slavic herbs ------------------------------- S2E3 Shadow work with an axe S1E11 It’s not Slavic to be a Karen ------------------------------- Witia's substack: https://witia.substack.com   Witia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com ------------------------------- Artwork for this episode is picture of bania (Russian sauna) from ideaguide.ru 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

  8. May 28

    Becoming Slav, Becoming Croat: Identity Transformations in Post-Roman and Early Medieval Dalmatia by Danijel Džino

    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/becoming-slav-becoming-croat-identity 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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