According to Aitamurto, rituals play "a central role in defining, learning and transmitting the religion", and thus they constitute an important complement to Rodnover theology. Ritual practice makes use of mythology, symbolism, codified chants and gestures. Myths and symbols are considered to emerge from the subconscious of humanity, and to be imaginified sacred knowledge which has to be deciphered and reinterpreted since the true meaning is not always apparent. Among the most common myths is that of "Belovodye" (the esoteric kingdom of "White Waters"), deriving from eighteenth-century Old Believers' culture. Symbols such as the trident, the "swastika", and objects representing fire, are prominent features of Rodnover rituals. The "swastika" (or "kolovrat", as the eight-spoked wheel is called in Rodnovery) is considered the main symbol for mystical ascension to the divine world. Other symbols such as animals, geometric shapes, and ancient Slavic runic writing, are considered to be associated to specific gods, and the prayer to their image is considered to intercede with these gods. Also appropriate chants and gestures are believed to allow the participants to enter in communion with the upper world. Some Rodnovers espouse ideas similar to those of Jewish Kabbalah, namely the discipline of "Vseyasvetnaya gramota" ("Universal alphabet"), which holds that there is a connection between language and the cosmos (corroborated by the etymological connection between the word "yazychnik", "pagan", and "yazyk", "language", which share the same root): the Cyrillic and Glagolitic scripts are considered to have magical usefulness to communicate with God and to see past events and foresee future ones.