Anastasianism or the Ringing Cedars falls into the category of esotericism and considers itself to be a new religious movement, often classified as New Age, that started in central Russia in 1997 and
A view of some buildings of Korenskiye Rodniki ("Root Springs"), an Anastasian settlement in the Shebekinsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia
Sun Birch Tree, by the Russian artist Lola V. Lonli, 2000. In the Anastasian doctrine, God, Rod, is the eternal spiritual flow of life; its thought manifests itself as the spiral of time, of the year and the solar day, and concretely as the cycles of nature, of never-ending birth–death–rebirth. This continuous creation, or spiritual emanation, is symbolically represented by the tree of life, of which all entities are branches; the term Anastasia ("resurrection" and "incorruption") means being conscious of being eternal-living branches of the tree of the eternal spirit of God.
Stump with a hanging cloth with embroidered the Rodnover symbol of the earthly mother goddess Mokosh at an Anastasian settlement
Forest of Siberian cedars near the village of Plotnikovsky, in Tomsky District, Tomsk Oblast
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The Slavic Native Faith, commonly known as Rodnovery, is a polytheistic religion. Classified as a new religious movement, its practitioners hearken back to the historical belief systems of the Slavic
Ringing Cedars' Anastasianism
…started in central Russia in 1997 and has since spread across the world. Ringing Cedars' Anastasians are sometimes categorised by scholars as part of Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism), and often as a modern Pagan movement of their own. The Anastasians also define their life conception as Russian Vedism (Русский…
A ceremony in the temple of the Fire of Svarozhich of the Union of Slavic Communities, Kaluga Oblast
Rodnovers gathered at the Temple of Svarozhich's Fire of the Union of Slavic Native Belief Communities, in Krasotinka, Kaluga Oblast, Russia, to celebrate Perun Day.
A Polish Rodnover outdoor altar
Russian Rodnover women with child