Searching for the Slavic Soul

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Discovering the Slavic culture is not easy. Scientific sources are scarce, and oral tradition tainted by Judaeo-Christian point of view, imposed on our ancestors with fire and sword. Written sources come from historians or travellers looking at the culture of Slavs with the eyes of a witness, not a participant and usually from the perspective of a foreign (Roman, Arabic, Judeo-Christian) culture. Archaeological discoveries require interpretation by modern researchers which obviously blurs the original meaning of the artefacts. Large part of the “Witia” project is an attempt to look at the Slavic culture with the eyes of a pagan, with an open-minded approach and respectful curiosity. Listening to the whispers of our Slavic souls we try to separate interpretations from facts and find in our heritage the elements which were suppressed by the hundreds of years of Christianisation.

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    Episode 25: Losing My Religion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023


    Bibliography:R. Sloane „Tensions Between Polular and Alternative Music: R.E.M. as an Artist-Intellectual”, in: “A Companion to Media Studies” red. A. N. ValdiviaJ. Henrich “The WEIRDest People in the World”M. Urbanek “Fetyszystyczny wymiar samorozwoju (zarys problematyki)”K. Modzelewski „Barbarzyńska Europa”“Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion” edited by J. A. Álvarez-Pedrosa Witia's website with Witia's blogWitia's FacebookWitia's InstagramWitia's YoutubeWitia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 24: Other Slavic Pagan Celebrations

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022


    Bibliography:T. Rogaliński, „Wiosenne święto Stado.Przywracanie pamięci i żywej duchowości Polaków”, Gniazdo. Rodzima wiara i kulturaA. Szyjewski: Religia Słowian.Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion, edited by J. A. Álvarez-PedrosaK. Aitamurto, “Paganism, Traditionalism, Nationalism” link to sources on celebration of StadoWitia's website with Witia's blogWitia's FacebookWitia's InstagramWitia's YoutubeWitia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 23: When the Sun Was a God

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022


    Words I mispronounced today:purifyingwaxabundanceauroch… and likely many moreBibliography:K. Moszyński “Kultura Duchowa Słowian”A. Szyjewski „Religia Słowian”“Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200–1500” Edited by H. Kitsikopoulos

    Episode 22: Planning your afterlife

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022


    Bibliography:K. Moszyński “Kultura duchowa Słowian”F.J. Tschan, “The Chronicle of the Slavs by Helmold, Priest of Bosau”“Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion”, edited by J. A. Álvarez-PedrosaWitia's website with Witia's blogWitia's FacebookWitia's InstagramWitia's YoutubeWitia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 21: The wars of Slavs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2022


    Words and names I (most probably) mispronounced today:Maurice's StrategikonByzantium, ByzantineBēowulfWitimir WinitarFerdulf of FriuliHildigisTdzurulonBuddhist, Buddhism PiscatawayNacotchtankfeudalism (and feel free to add more)Bibliography:Maurice's Strategikon, translated by George T. Dennis“Bitwy Słowian” Robert F. BarkowskiWitia's website with Witia's blogWitia's FacebookWitia's InstagramWitia's YoutubeWitia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

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    Episode 20: Why and how I practice Slavic Native Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021


    TRIGGER WARNING!40:15:15 to 44:18:10 - talking about a suicide attemptWords I mispronounced today:BugBuggingDecadesAccompanyingPaganismConfucianismJehovah WitnessGrovesGodWitia(and feel free to add more)Interview with Giles Udy on Triggernometry:https://youtu.be/zz30g8-T8i0Bibliography:A. Fletcher “Wonderworks “Literary invention and the science of stories”H. Heying, B. Weinstein “A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century “Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life”“Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion”, edited by J. A. Álvarez-PedrosaP. Szczepanik „Słowiańskie zaświaty. Wierzenia, wizje i mity”A. Szyjewski „Religia Słowian”P. Zych, W. Vargas „Bestiariusz Słowiański”

    Episode 19: A view from Marx's armchair

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021


    Bibliography:L. Holmes “Communism. A very short introduction”A. Mildred Franklin “Communism and Dictatorship in Ancient Greece and Rome”M. Dygo „Czy istniał feudalizm w Europie Środkowo-wschodniej w średniowieczu?”K. Modzelewski “Barbarzyńska Europa”E. A. Smith, K. Hill, F. Marlowe and others “Wealth Transmission and Inequality Among Hunter-Gatherers”W. Scheidel, S. J. Friesen “The Size of the Economy and the Distribution of Income in the Roman Empire”G. Alfani “Economic inequality in preindustrial times: Europe and beyond”M. Noland “The Distribution of Income in North Korea”Witia's website with Witia's blogWitia's FacebookWitia's InstagramWitia's YoutubeWitia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 18: Fakelore

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021


    3D model of ashtray from BiałaBibliography:W. Brożyna „Ręce Swaroga. Germańska symbolika w służbie słowiańskiego rodzimowierstwa”J.A. Alvares-Pedrosa „Sources of Slavic pre-Christian Religion”J. Macháček, R. Nedoma, P. Dreslera, I. Schulz, E. Lagonik, S. Johnson, L. Kaňáková, A. Slámová, B. Llamas, D. Wegmann, Z. Hofmanová “Runes from Lány (Czech Republic) – The oldest inscription among Slavs. A new standard for multidisciplinary analysis of runic bones”A. Szyjewski „Religia Słowian”K. Aitamurto “Paganism, Traditionalism, Nationalism: Narratives of Russian Rodnoverie”Witia's website with Witia's blogWitia's FacebookWitia's InstagramWitia's YoutubeWitia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 17: Rainbow-phobia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021


    Bibliography:H. Joyce „Trans. When ideology meets reality”H. Kitsikopoulos “Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200–1500” C. Criado Perez “Invisible Women”J. M. Bailley, L. Diamond “Sexual Orientation, Controversy and Science” [w:] “Psychological Science in the Public Interest”K. Matýas, "Nasze sioło" [w:] "Wisła" t. VII,A. Szyjewski, "Religia Słowian",K. Moszyński, "Kultura ludowa Słowian", t. II "Kultura duchowa"M. Białous „Fenomen religii Prasłowian”„Ibrahim ibn Jakub i Tadeusz Kowalski w sześćdziesiątą rocznicę edycji”, pod red. Andrzeja Zaborskiego,J. A. Alvares-Pedrosa „Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion”P. Zych, W. Vargas „Bestiariusz Słowiański”Witia's website with Witia's blogWitia's FacebookWitia's InstagramWitia's YoutubeWitia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 16: The Slavic patriarchy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021


    Proto-Slavic words: *mộžь, *ženà, *rȍdъThe post on Witia’s blogBibliography:„Ibrahim ibn Jakub i Tadeusz Kowalski w sześćdziesiątą rocznicę edycji”, edited by Andrzej ZaborskiK. Stock „Material Girls”R. Derksen “Etymological Dictionary Of The Slavic Inherited Lexicon”A. Brückner “Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego”М. Фасмер „Этимологический онлайн-словарь русского языка”Witia’s website with Witia’s blogWitia’s FacebookWitia’s InstagramWitia’s YoutubeWitia’s email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 15: Putting Slavic women in their place

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021


    Eastern Slavic early medieval house Bibliography:K. Aitamurto “Paganism, Traditionalism, Nationalism: Narratives of Russian Rodnoverie”J.A. Alvares-Pedrosa „Sources of Slavic pre-Christian Religion”В. Серкина „О роли женщин у славян в период язычествa”H. Kitsikopoulos “Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200–1500” D. Oren-Magidor, C. Rider ”Introduction: Infertility in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine”, Social History of Medicine 29(2)W. Vargas, P. Zych “Bestiariusz Słowiański”Witia’s website with Witia’s blogWitia’s FacebookWitia’s InstagramWitia’s YoutubeWitia’s email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 14: The Magic of Słowo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021


    Link to the Radegast Discord server: https://discord.gg/XFNBdbC Witia’s website with Witia’s blogWitia’s FacebookWitia’s InstagramWitia’s YoutubeWitia’s email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 13: First – thou shalt not make new vampires

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021


    This episode has no bibliography, as it is based on one of the very first blogposts, written in times, when I thought that bibliography would make my blog look pretentious. After listening to this episode you will however realize that what I am talking about is not really a rocket science and any basic internet search on Slavic demonology can verify my statements. WHO statistics I cite can be found on WHO website. Link to the Radegast Discord server: https://discord.gg/XFNBdbC Witia’s website with Witia’s blogWitia’s FacebookWitia’s InstagramWitia’s YoutubeWitia’s email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 12: Sticks and Carrots of the Pagan World

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020


    Lingustics:proto-Slavic word for oath: *prisę̀gaproto-Slavic word for “to reach", to attain”: *sę̀gatiBibliography:S. Sielicki “Indo-Iranian parallels of the Slavic water rites and oath and guilt confirmation attested in Medieval Latin accounts and Slavic law codicesJ. Grković-Major “On Proto-Slavic oath formulas”A. Brückner „Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego”A. Szyjewski „Religia Słowian”Link to order the Slavic Calendar for 2021Witia’s website with Witia’s blogWitia’s FacebookWitia’s InstagramWitia’s YoutubeWitia’s email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

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    Episode 11: It's not Slavic to be a Karen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020


    Blibliography:W. Vargas, P. Zych “Bestiariusz Słowiański”А. А. Бычков „Энциклопедия языческих богов”The blog post about Slavic demonsLink to order the Slavic Calendar for 2021Witia’s website with Witia’s blogWitia’s FacebookWitia’s InstagramWitia’s YoutubeWitia’s email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 10: Ok, boomer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020


    Bibliography:A. Szyjewski „Religia Słowian”H.Kitsikopoulos “Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe 1200-1500”А. А. Бычков „Энциклопедия языческих богов”P. Grochowski „Polscy dziadowie i ukraińscy lirnicy. Fakty, stereotypy i perspektywy badawcze [Polish “dziady” and Ukrainian hurdy-gurdy players. Facts, stereotypes and research perspectives]”Inspiration: the interview with żerca David – in PolishThe blog post (the one with etymological analysis of the word “żerca”).Witia’s website with Witia’s blogWitia’s FacebookWitia’s InstagramWitia’s YoutubeWitia’s email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 9: Dola and Niedola

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020


    Bibliography:S. Urbańczyk „Religia pogańskich Słowian”A. Cerny „Istoty mityczne Serbów”R. Trives „ Deceit and Self-Deception“The promised tale of UsudWarm thank you to Душан Божић, from Луг Велеса, for sharing his knowledge about beliefs and traditions of the Southern Slavs.Witia’s website with Witia’s blogWitia’s FacebookWitia’s InstagramWitia’s YoutubeWitia’s email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 8: Contemplating the Slavic soul

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2020


    Details of human embryonic and foetal developmentWHO data on maternal mortalityWHO data on new-born mortalityWitia’s website with Witia’s blogWitia’s FacebookWitia’s InstagramWitia’s YoutubeWitia’s email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

    Episode 7: The path of the Slavs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020


    The basic requirements necessary to fulfil before you become a Rodnover.

    Episode 6: The wreaths of Kupała

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2020


    Erratum! At 7:36 should be 49,6, not 29,6 (obviously… I am not sure how this mistake happened…)

    Episode 5: Let's argue!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020


    We all now that Slavs like to argue. We consider it a fault. But is it really?

    Episode 4: Pre-Christian Slavic values

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020


    Pre-Christian Slavic ethics - what do we know about it, what we can guess and what we have absolutely no proof of.

    Episode 3: Slavic faith - sacrifices worthy of Slavic Gods

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020


    What sacrifices should modern Rodnovery make to please (instead of offending) the old Gods?

    Episode 2: Slavic faith - a religion fit for XXI century

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020


    What should modern Rodnovers pray for (and why not for fertility of the land)?

    Episode 1: Rodnovery - historical reenactment or a religion?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020


    What we (the modern Rodnovers) do wrong?

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