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What is now called Pancake Day is a great untruth. The festivities before the Great Lent preceding Easter are a forced, crooked, like any half-truth, attempt to combine ancient paganism and Christianity.
Back in the fifteenth century, in accordance with their natural calendar, the Slavs celebrated the coming of Spring on the day of the Vernal Equinox. According to the new style, this time falls on March 20-21. When the sun rises high enough to peek through the small window of a wooden hut, it is time for the pagan Maslenitsa.
This was the real Maslenitsa, the Slavic celebration of the meeting of the Spring Sun. It was celebrated many, many, many times. From century to century it was from the moment of the Equinox that people considered spring to have entered its rights. The holiday counted Solar Kolovorot, the day when the Mother of raw Earth woke up, when the young and fiery Yarilo-Sun descended to her, was a real Slavic holiday of Spring. It is the day when some Gods came to the world of Yav, and others left it. Perhaps it is with regret that Morena-Winter leaves us, but such is her fate - to leave the world of men in the spring, to lose her power, to return it to the next winter.
As of today, this year's Shrovetide begins tomorrow and will last a week. The whole week is spent eating pancakes, visiting each other, singing songs, dancing, hanging ribbons on trees, and at the end, burning an effigy! It is believed that the bonfire shows Yarila the way, where to go, and drowns the winter! I have a beautiful ritual that is held on the vernal equinox, and I will share it with you, but later, closer to the date. And now I will tell you about rituals on Shrovetide. Despite the fact that the moon is waning, these days, which have long been energetically saturated with power, knowledgeable people conduct rituals for their benefit. For health, for profit, for luck, for attracting love. In Shrovetide bonfires all bad things are burned, clothes worn by a sick person are burned, gifts to Yarila and Lela, beer, wine, bread, pancakes, everything that is rich in your table are thrown into the fires. And burning the effigy, after this ashes are scattered over the fields, for a rich harvest. And the most steadfast, who read this text to the end, in honor of Shrovetide I give knowledge about such Shrovetide ritual)))). Get up early in the morning in Shrovetide week, bake pancakes, or pancakes, or pancakes. Place a plate of pancakes on your altar, add honey, sour cream, or jam. What you have. Light a candle, and recite glorifications to the Goddess Lela, Yarila, or Veles. Veles is universal, and for beginners he is the most responsive. Ask the chosen God to help you in your work. Then, take the pancakes to the park, to the forest, or under your favorite tree. Put them directly on the ground, do not litter with unnecessary dishes. Thank God and walk away. Let go of the ritual and the Deity with gratitude.
Back in the fifteenth century, in accordance with their natural calendar, the Slavs celebrated the coming of Spring on the day of the Vernal Equinox. According to the new style, this time falls on March 20-21. When the sun rises high enough to peek through the small window of a wooden hut, it is time for the pagan Maslenitsa.
This was the real Maslenitsa, the Slavic celebration of the meeting of the Spring Sun. It was celebrated many, many, many times. From century to century it was from the moment of the Equinox that people considered spring to have entered its rights. The holiday counted Solar Kolovorot, the day when the Mother of raw Earth woke up, when the young and fiery Yarilo-Sun descended to her, was a real Slavic holiday of Spring. It is the day when some Gods came to the world of Yav, and others left it. Perhaps it is with regret that Morena-Winter leaves us, but such is her fate - to leave the world of men in the spring, to lose her power, to return it to the next winter.
As of today, this year's Shrovetide begins tomorrow and will last a week. The whole week is spent eating pancakes, visiting each other, singing songs, dancing, hanging ribbons on trees, and at the end, burning an effigy! It is believed that the bonfire shows Yarila the way, where to go, and drowns the winter! I have a beautiful ritual that is held on the vernal equinox, and I will share it with you, but later, closer to the date. And now I will tell you about rituals on Shrovetide. Despite the fact that the moon is waning, these days, which have long been energetically saturated with power, knowledgeable people conduct rituals for their benefit. For health, for profit, for luck, for attracting love. In Shrovetide bonfires all bad things are burned, clothes worn by a sick person are burned, gifts to Yarila and Lela, beer, wine, bread, pancakes, everything that is rich in your table are thrown into the fires. And burning the effigy, after this ashes are scattered over the fields, for a rich harvest. And the most steadfast, who read this text to the end, in honor of Shrovetide I give knowledge about such Shrovetide ritual)))). Get up early in the morning in Shrovetide week, bake pancakes, or pancakes, or pancakes. Place a plate of pancakes on your altar, add honey, sour cream, or jam. What you have. Light a candle, and recite glorifications to the Goddess Lela, Yarila, or Veles. Veles is universal, and for beginners he is the most responsive. Ask the chosen God to help you in your work. Then, take the pancakes to the park, to the forest, or under your favorite tree. Put them directly on the ground, do not litter with unnecessary dishes. Thank God and walk away. Let go of the ritual and the Deity with gratitude.
