Vendian Runes and Pagan Worldview

...It is already no secret that Slavic magic, besides the well-known spells and divinations, includes many other aspects – take, for instance, festive rituals, Balkan tattoos, or Vendian runes… One cannot consider all this in isolation, detached from the traditional... worldview. And that is why it is now time to touch upon how a pagan understands the surrounding world, and how this understanding is expressed magically. This is a very extensive question, so let’s approach it more simply, examining this issue only in relation to Vendian runes… According to scholars' classification, paganism belongs to experiential religions, and therefore everything presented in this book is expressed not only with regard to scientific data (history, archaeology, linguistics, ethnography, folklore) but also personal experience (ritual magic, spiritism, lucid dreaming). No other approach, except for the combination of these two, will allow one to look at Slavic magic with a comprehensive view, as it would either lead the interested parties into the realm of academic mythology or into empty fantasies... How are the pagan worldview, the teachings of Rodnovers, and various cults interconnected? How is all this used in magic? How is such magic performed with the help of Vendian runes? You will find the answers to these and other questions in this book.