Summarized version of the original article by V. Megre to the readers on the topic of designing kin domains. 2001. (Original in Russian, translated by Val Koryukov)
- Thank you Val & Mary Ann allowing me to share this with the world
Let’s get to the construction! But what kind? Here, I would like to, first of all, address the readers of my books. You are all commonly referred to as “Anastasians”, and therefore I will be using that term as well.
Dear Anastasians, you must begin building, immediately. However, the building must first begin within your own thoughts. At first, it is necessary to specifically and in detail to mentally model your domain and the future settlement as a whole. I will quote Anastasia, who speaks of what is necessary for the realization of the dream. Anastasia says that the dream will definitely manifest itself…-“If the dream is not too abstract. If all its details and smallest aspects are imagined and if they don’t contradict the laws of spiritual being. A dream like that is not always easy to build. It is required that this thought occurred at a lighting-fast speed and then it must also match the vibration of your emotional state. Then it will definitely manifest itself. It is only natural. Many experience this in their lives”. What is she talking about? Initially, it is necessary to plan your project up to the smallest details. You have to build the domain in your thoughts, show it on the paper, discuss it with your relatives and those close to you, as well as the specialists, and then you must also model the design of the whole settlement, at the same time taking into account all the problems. I will try to list some of them:
Important conditions that need to be taken into account when designing your domain:
What needs to be taken into account when designing a settlement:
Vladimir’s culture foundation was faced with these problems of design – as soon as the land was granted for building of an eco-village in Vladimirkiy district in Russia. It turned out that the project that meets all of the above demands did not exist in the world at the time. It was a strange situation: people have 39 invented an atomic bomb, technologically advanced machinery, spending unimaginable intellectual and financial resources, took a walk on the moon, however, they forgot to think about normal existence of at least one family. The society as a whole constantly gets many discussions, there have been created institutions that deal with country’s development, however, there does not exist a project on a domain for a separate family. But the whole society consists of separate families! What do we do? Let’s think together. I will tell you right away that to build the life as Anastasia did for herself, will be impossible, due to the following reasons:
We have to start, so to say, from zero. At first, we have to clean up where we have littered. We have to start creating our kin domain, our space of love, which will be fully functional and will start giving its fruits to our children and grandchildren. We have to connect that which is not connectable and create the unity of opposites: achievements of technocratic world and the pure world of nature. We will be the first ones of their kind and we will be always. We will be eternal because we won’t be working for immediate gratifications, but for the eternal – and therefore the eternal will be working for us. It will need us. More specifically, about the project? Who will bring it into being? Only we ourselves! How? We will be thinking together! Let’s try to take already existing typical projects of eco-houses with independent energy source – scientists have been working on this problem for many years now, united in a group called “Eco-house”. Let’s look at their projects, discuss them, bring in something from us, and adapt them to our area. It is a lot more difficult with the project of landscape design of our plot, with its plant and animal worlds. Project, that would meet all the demands, currently does not exist. It seems to be impossible to create by just one person. You would have to be an agriculture specialist, botanist, biologist, artist, etc., all at the same time. I think this should be a creation coming from a collective thought. Therefore I suggest: for Anastasians from different areas to unite in groups and start to simultaneously educate themselves and designing. It may seem strange to some that I suggest not to rush with the work directly on the land. I assure you that this is dictated by the wish not to make yet again those mistakes that we have been constantly repeating over many centuries, and probably millennia. For example, I was told that even on a one-fifth of a hectare of land during the summer period, there is a need to be working all day long if you want a good harvest. But here we have the whole hectare! However, as it turned out, with the correct design of your hectare, there will be less work required than on a one-fifth of a hectare. Judge for yourselves, according to Anastasia, quarter of a hectare should be set for forest / park area, and then 0.1-0.15 ha should be set to an orchard. Approximately 0.05ha will be taken up by the living fence, which will consist of bushes and trees. All this does not require constant maintenance like rows in a garden. And the leaves falling off the trees help fertilize the soil, help her recover herself. As a result, you won’t have the need to constantly purchase organic and non-organic fertilizers, and spend your efforts on delivering them into the soil. Animals that will be put in the forest zone, for example, horses, goats, chooks and bees, will not require constant care. When planting your forest zone, it is necessary to right away design natural residences for the animals that you plan on keeping in your domain. They have to be comfortable and look nice. Even a chook house can be made as a beautiful little house, being held up in the tree by the branches. Due to the fact that the forest zone will be surrounded by the living fence, there will be no need to shut the enclosures for the animals. Their free ranging will also help them feed themselves, even if only partially, and it will also spread the faecal matter, as opposed to concentrating it in one spot. You will not have to spend constant efforts on cleaning the stables from manure, the way it is done with the traditional farming. When mixed with the falling leaves and little branches, the manure will start forming an ideal fertile layer of soil inside the forest zone. Upper ground waters will be distributing this nutritional organic matter around the forest zone. Even if you have to use mulch from the forest zone in your garden, it will still be much easier and cheaper than bringing it from somewhere else. Also, the fertile layer forming in your forest will be much better quality and much more useful for the plants than purchased manure. Birds, who will build nests in the forest zone, will be collecting grubs and insects that damage the crops, therefore eliminating the need to use poisonous insecticides. As you can see, a proper planning of plantations on one hectare saves you from purchasing any fertilizers or poisons, at the same time reducing your work load. I would also like to mention about another important aspect. Let’s remember what the modern yards in the villages look like. A lot of the times a pretty good house is surrounded by very closely built old structures of various sorts, some used for keeping animals. In the yard – obviously from such neighbourhood you have dirt and foul smells. When the forest zone is present and animals live naturally in it, most of these problems can be avoided. Your house can be surrounded by flowers instead. To create something like this on a piece of land that is one-fifth of a hectare is impossible. It is impossible even because you will not be able to create a forest zone. Maturing trees will cover the rest of your’s or your neighbour’s plot with shade. Forest zone of your plot will not only serve as a housing for the animals and fertilize the soil. With the correct location and choice of plants, it can at the same time become almost the main source of products necessary for survival. Mushrooms, berries, medicinal herbs – this is only a small sample of a huge range of forest’s gifts. I can show this example: only ten cedar trees can meet the yearly demand of flour, oil, and milk for a family of three. All of these products can be extracted from the cedar nut. I had the honour to taste the dishes made from these products – and they are exquisite! This way, a person who plans their one hectare of empty land is like a programmer, who is creating and running a super advanced program. The dependence is solely on him: whether the program will have any faults when it is functioning, and will require constant corrections from him, or it will start working for centuries without further input and no faults, only improving on its own. The ideal situation will be when everything on your domain is functioning in such a way that, instead of a trip to the supermarket, you will be able to take the necessary product from your plot. Fresh, clean, ecological product, good for your health, and not some processed and canned product from the supermarket. Of course, it is impossible to achieve this in a year or two, however, you should be striving towards this, and that’s why I’m suggesting that you start thinking about it. I am suggesting that Anastasians first of all organize weekly seminars in their areas and invite to them specialists of various profiles, for example, older people who have achieved positive outcomes on their own plots in your area. You must collect information, turn on your thinking, imagine: how you will be living on your domain, not only you, but also your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Anastasia’s knowledge can be also used in its fullness. However, it is necessary to consider that each area has its own features: climatic conditions, soil composition. Also you have to consider even the most unexpected factors. For example, I was faced with the following issue: in most areas of Vladimirskiy district, the tomatoes that were planted in the soil do not ripen. Even in the greenhouses they don’t always turn out good. “Why is this? – I am thinking. – In Novosibirskiy district tomatoes planted in the soil ripen, but in Vladimirskiy district, which is much more south and has much more temperate climate, they do not ripen. Why?” I was discussing this subject with the local residents as well as agricultural specialists. Many different explanations were proposed. “Not enough warmth” – but in Siberia the summer is even shorter. “Rain is contaminated” – but in greenhouses, they are artificially watered. “They always get this disease. They start rotting, starting at the root” – but what kind of disease, no one knows. Then I asked Anastasia: - “Why?”. She looked at a tomato plant and answers: “They don’t get enough light; there are many artificial clouds in the sky in addition to the natural ones. They hang, these artificial clouds, above this area and block the sunlight”. – “So this area is doomed if there are always clouds that are blocking the sunlight?” – “People who build their lives here made it this way. To the natural clouds, there are constantly artificial ones being added”, - and she points me to two huge pipes, each about fifteen metres in diameter. These are the pipes of coal power plant, they always produce steam and create clouds. Children’s education I call to all, and first of all Anastasians, to give much attention to the project of their future domain. This does not mean, however, that you must wait with building your future. Even if it takes you half a year, or even a year to work on this project, this period might turn out to be just as important as the life of your family in beautiful conditions of the future. The work on the project of creating your own domain – is a family work. If everyone will have a chance to participate in it, older parents, and children, then it is hard to imagine what can bring the family members together more than designing the project of your future and the future of the country. I did not make a mistake in saying “your future and the future of the country”, this is the way you should tell your children. If one family creates their hectare of land, turning it into Heaven on Earth, this, of course, will not have much effect on the economy and the ecology of the country. If the numbers of such families will be half of all families living in Russia, then Russia will become twice as beautiful, and the ecological condition will positively change. If your family includes children of pre-school and primary school age, then by letting them participate in this work, you might make it easier for them to study at school, making their experience at school more interesting and more effective. Today everyone can become a great creator, artists, or sculpturist. Your creations will be reflected not on the dead and dusty canvas, but in the eternal Earth. And you will be living in them. And your life will be wonderful! - V. Megre |
AutorRomana, inspired, touched and moved by also in love with the Ringing Cedars Series since 7 years. Native European, now living on her Kin Domain in Cape Breton Island, NS, Canada. Dedicated mom, wife, artist, downtime philosopher and enthusiastic gardener. Archiv
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