Feb 21
Life outside sucks, I’ll be back in the cave staring at these shadows if you need me
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Life outside sucks, I’ll be back in the cave staring at these shadows if you need me
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Niko. They/Any. 20s. Folk practitioner. Animist. Polytheist. Gardener. Avid Researcher/Reader.
At the moment, my practice heavily consist of ancestor work and folk practices (typically Ukrainian, both from the country itself and the Canadian diaspora), so most things on this blog will follow those themes.
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“What would it look like if you were throwing a witchy / pagan / [similar] dinner party?”
Courtesy of @pagan-stitches : Tagged by @henbane-and-honeysuckle
Thank you for the tag! Feels like a fitting trend for the season. I’ve never actually hosted a dinner party before, so this was exciting to plan.
hit with a sudden burst of longing for spring
Since starting my spiritual journey I’ve been having issues worshiping or working with the slavic pantheon, but I’ve yet to put my thoughts down as to why I feel this way.
I think one of the main reasons for this is an issue I have with the conflation of hellenic deities with not only slavic deities, but also the general spirits found in slavic cultures. I’ve found this not only on social media (tumblr/tiktok/etc) but also in “revivalist” spaces.
I can understand that the idea of the ‘complete’ pantheon (one with a multitude of gods for the different facets of life) is appealing and searching for an equivalent in your culture can feel more fulfilling. I can also see how equating deities from one pantheon or culture to another (ex. thor being the ‘celtic version’ of zeus) can help give structure to worship and how you view you deities (esp in cultures that lack the historical info that the greek/roman pantheons have), but I think both of these do a disservice to the culture that these deities and spirits come from.
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Happy Easter!
Similarly, water was believed to have healing and magical properties during the eve of the feast of Kupalo (St. John the Baptist, 7 July). Water drunk on the eve of Kupalo was believed to be especially powerful (Boltarovych 1980, 101-2).
The Word and Wax: A Medical Folk Ritual Among Ukrainians in Alberta by Rena Jeanne Hanchuk
In practice, the division between herbal and magico-religious medicine is artificial. In fact, they are intricately interwoven. In the context of herbal medicine, a leaf might be understood to have curative power. In the realm of magico-religious medicine, the same leaf is seen to be curative when one applies it to a wound while intoning an accompanying prayer. Folk-medicine practitioners may be quite aware of the importance of the interplay between magic and herbal remedies. They perceive remedies as effective not solely because of the plants and herbs used, but also because of the power of the incantation, the actions, and other factors.
The Word and Wax: A Medical Folk Ritual Among Ukrainians in Alberta by Rena Jeanne Hanchuk