Workstudy and Articles with Subcription
Autumn Star & Moon Stick Ritual
By Phoenix the Elder – I am on an Archeological and Art site where there is dialogue and imagery and ran across these Star & Moon Stick photos. I asked the Italian man what were these (the metal star and washer), and where were they from. He said Korea and its related to both weaponry […]
Ancient Egyptian Bird Goddess Magic
Compilation by Phoenix the Elder – Ancient Bird Tribe symbols, talismans, and images are easy for me to see as an ancient bird shaman. As I get deeper into my love of the earth, the goddesses of elements and elementals (night, day, and sky); nature’s animals, birds, insects, and oceanids, respect for the feminine is […]
Third Moon of Summer 2023
Phoenix the Elder – How has your summer been so far? Have you had enough challenges yet or has it been pretty calm? We move one step forward and enter the final summer moon starting on Wednesday, August 16 @ 3:38 am CDT. The Full Moon is August 30/31. The wildflowers and nature is all […]
Daoist Body and the Cosmos: Body, Gods and Starry Travel. Part I
Journal of Daoist Studies by Shih-shan Susan Huang 黃士珊 – While the early construction of Daoist ritual space was devoid of iconic displays, images of the body, and cosmos, they were part of mystic inner visions, central in Daoist meditation from an early age, especially in the Shangqing tradition. Often referred to as Cunsi 存思, […]
Animals, Birds & Oceanids Signs and Planets
By Phoenix the Elder – As human beings, we’ve always had our Myth, Legends, and Folk Mythology, which are a little different lineage than the University, Philosophy, and Scribe History of men and their patriarchal glory, heroism, and supreme god and gods. The older cultures which were more shamanic based were oral traditions, about both […]
Spirit of the Slavic Water Goddess
By Phoenix the Elder – I am not a fan of religious writing, pagan writing, or even modern writing where everything about the goddess is compared only with her consort, her father, or a demoted aspect of her element of the spirit of nature. One of the greatest is the element of water, once great […]
Arabic Moon Mansions
Phoenix the Elder – Moon work is so precious, it is the first society of grandmothers that followed the rhythm and ebb and flow of nature, aligned with the cycles of the yearly moon. How could we have allowed her teachings to be erased and eradicated in the patriarch in the last 5,000 years? We […]
Second Moon of Summer 2023
By Phoenix the Elder – Greetings Dreamers, Happy mid-summer to you and yours! This last moon cycle seemed to go very slow, up to the full moon, and then it slid down the mountain very fast. Today we enter our Mid-Summer, Second New Moon which will begin on Monday, July 17, 2023. Watch for your […]
Goddess Vesta’s Enigmatic Thyrsus
By Phoenix the Elder – Vesta is the Roman Goddess of the Hearth Fire and one of the most ancient of the Roman deities, and her cult goes back to the 7th century BCE. The tradition of the cult was instituted by Numa Pompilius. The cult of Vesta was in the hands of the Vesta […]
First Moon of Summer 2023
By Phoenix the Elder – Greetings Dreamers, we have finally arrived at our 1st Moon of Summer starting June 17/18, 2023. The Summer Solstice is Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The Full Moon is Monday, July 3rd, 2023. Hopefully, you start the summer moons off with a little fun, maybe a vacation or a family gathering. It’s […]
Temples of the Jaguar
By Phoenix the Elder – It’s funny where life leads you, even when you think you have no interest or connection to something, life reveals its depth, your purpose, and the clashing of the two. In the Quechua language of the Inca, Cuzco means ‘Navel of the Earth‘ and for the 14th century Incas, Cuzco […]
Summer Folk Ritual
By Phoenix the Elder – Summer Solstice is soon upon us and we move into different rituals in the Season of Fire (spring and summer) than we do in the Season of Night (autumn and winter). Women and their hair have a lifelong relationship throughout their life, the stages of youth or maiden, woman or […]