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The Pagans of Belarus – Andrei Liankevich
Андрей Ленкевич. Язычество – Belarus people have an original culture rooted back in the pre-religious times. The Belarusian culture has benefited from the fact that when the Slavic tribes came to settle in nowadays Belarus lands, they accept the achievements of the Baltic and Finno-Ugric tribes. This form of religious perception existed for about 15-20 […]
Didukh
A Didukh (painted on glass) by Ukraine Artist Oksana Andrushchenko
Shamanic Dances of Romania
Romanian ancient traditions of Dances of Goat, Bear and Creatures called Capra of the Winter Solstice and New Years and are done to clear out shadows and dark spirits. Suceava, Romania, and Bucovina and Moldova. What is really beautiful about this (these) traditions, was when Christian men came into Slavic and Balkan lands and they […]
Soul Mystery: Slavic Ancestors of the Night
Compilation and additions by Phoenix of Elder Mountain – What is demonology and daemonology? Originally, languages went from only gesturing with the verbal spoken, until the first written languages were created later. Thus the origin of “daemon” in the older context when humans had less karma, meant a higher, supernatural, impersonal force, a power that […]
Spider Totem
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – Milena Sidorova, the spider dancer (below) takes great effort to perfect her dance and it shows. I have watched several of her performances, and although she is more of a dance choreographer for other dancers, her spider self shows great promise. When we use creativity to guide our life, […]
Carpathian Healers – Ukraine Mol’farka, Polish Whisperer (Szeptucha); Belarus Whisperer and Hungarian Lidercz, Táltos
By Phoenix the Elder – I am by birth, from my own lineage, a full-time working Whisperer, Wind Whisperer (exorcist) Mol’farka (Folk Healer), and Szeptucha (pronounced: Shep-too-hah). Those who are initiated by life and are moved to help others, go through various initiations in life and have a fated calling. During one’s forties to fifties, […]