Soul and Archetypes in Slavic Paganism. How to Find Your Spoke in the Wheel of Svarog

Yulia Verkova is a former medical journalist, a laureate of the 'Zdravomyslie' literary prize, and a candidate of philosophical sciences. Currently, she is the author and host of transformational games, a speaker at the International Congress of Game Practitioners, a... popularizer of Slavic paganism, and the author of the book 'Gods and Archetypes of the Ancient Slavs'. For happiness, all you need is to look into your soul and do everything your soul desires. But this is rarely achieved without additional research. This is why the theme of archetypes, human design, and other ways of self-identification has become so popular in the last couple of decades. It can be said that the Wheel of Svarog is yet another way. To understand what the soul is in Slavic paganism, one must first determine what it is not. Over the past couple of millennia, the term 'soul' has been used to describe many things! This book does not attempt to cover all existing philosophical concepts from Antiquity to the present day—it analyzes only the most popular ones: from Indian doshas and Roman geniuses to Galenic temperaments and K. Pearson's archetypes. By distancing yourself from them, you will eventually understand what the soul meant to the Slavs before the arrival of world religions in Rus and which of the Slavic gods is personally close to you.