Here is an excerpt from the upcoming new book: “This time of the year Slavs honor Mokosh (Makosh) – the great Spinner. When the flax is all gathered, soaked, rumpled, combed out, and ready for spinning… And there the young girls will sit down at the spinning wheels to be supervised by their grandmother-babushkas… The time has come for spinning songs and divination on a thread: what year is coming – are there many knots-difficulties on the thread? Young people will be training their hand, trying to straighten the thread, to spin their good fate…”
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Grandfather’s day (Dziady)
Here is an excerpt from the upcoming new book: “Nature is preparing for winter sleep. Leshy goes into hibernation until the next spring snowmelt. Human festivities also subside. People are thinking about the finiteness of life, about an icy dream… This is the time when ancestors-grandfathers are remembered on a special day – Grandfather’s (Dedova) or Grandmother’s (Babkina) Saturday. All Slavs are sending off their spirits to Wyryi until next spring…”
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We are taking pre-orders !
We are now taking pre-orders for the new book, colouring book and calendar!
Kolyada
The beginning of a new kolo (old Slavonic word for “circle”) is Kolyada, the celebration of the newborn sun, the beginning of the new solar circle for all those who survived the longest night of the year. The whole world has completed one round and has entered another. The most severe colds are yet to come, but the day has already begun to increase! The sun is alive, it will not die, winter and night have not frozen it!
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The Slavs rejoice at the newborn sun, dress up for celebration, walk around the houses with a self-made sun on a stick – they carry blessings to every house.
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It’s time for a new project
It’s time for a new project… about something important, not subjected to the passing trends of time, deeply rooted in every Slavic soul…
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We got lucky to get Alexander Budnik, who is not just a spectacular artist with hundreds of illustrations about Slavic history and mythology, but he also happens to be an early Middle Ages reenactor, who knows tons about ancient ways of our ancestors. Many books and magazines proudly feature his pictures, and now his works will be in our new publication.
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Stay tuned for the news!
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