The Sun’s Daily Journey
[expand] The sun does not simply “rise” and “set” in Slavic cosmology. It undertakes a heroic journey each day, a battle against the forces of darkness that threaten to…
[expand] The sun does not simply “rise” and “set” in Slavic cosmology. It undertakes a heroic journey each day, a battle against the forces of darkness that threaten to…
[expand] The word kolovrat comes from two roots: kolo (wheel) and vrat (to turn, to spin). It is the Wheel that Turns, the symbol of the sun in motion,…
The Sun as Living Deity [expand] The sun was not a distant ball of burning gas to the ancient Slavs. It was Swarożyc—the son of Svarog, the Celestial Smith—a…
Definition: The system of visual communication, protective geometry, and encoded information that allowed pre-literate Slavs to store knowledge, channel divine forces, and manipulate spiritual reality through marks, patterns, and consecrated…