New Book Release 2024: Roots of Slavic Magic Book 1

It’s released!! Ten years of full-time research. Over 500 pages, 274 illustrations, almost 2,000 citations AND an index! Book 1 of 10 volumes of The Roots of Slavic Magic. – Patricia Robin Woodruff

Woodruff reveals exciting new discoveries in this vastly neglected field. Scholars have long overlooked the pre-Christian beliefs in the area of Central Europe because little was written down. Additionally, what studies have been done were distorted by the preconceptions of classical education and the predominantly Judeo-Christian society that sees monotheism as the pinnacle of religious belief. Building on the work of scholars like Ivanov, Toporov, Rybakov and Gimbutas, Woodruff entered these studies as a Pagan priestess with a fresh approach unbounded by nationalist, feminist or patriarchal preconceptions.

This work upends the assumption that religious belief began with “primitive” land spirits, progressed through polytheism and culminated in monotheism. It took looking beyond the languages and borders of countries at the traditions held across the entire eastern part of the European continent and into Asia. Secrets that were hidden in the names of plants, in fairy tales, and archaic holiday traditions form the basis of this work. Woodruff reveals the commonality of beliefs that point to a religious heritage that began before nations formed and languages split. This book is for those of Slavic and Central European heritage seeking to reclaim the indigenous beliefs of their Pagan ancestors. (Includes almost 2,000 Sources.)