Illuminating Objects: Lunar Magic, Soul Stones, Lunar Talisman, Thunder Stones and Charms
By Phoenix the Elder – The solstices and equinoxes are the best days of the seasonal year to do many spiritual practices, journeys, ceremonies and talisman. This is because its when the major seasons change in nature and the movements of the earth’s energy, reach the ebb and flow of peaks and stillnesses. The energy […]
Karelian Magic
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – The Republic of Karelia is a region in northwest Russia, bordering Finland. Beside Lake Onega, capital city Petrozavodsk is home to cultural artifacts at the National Museum. On an island northeast, Kizhi Museum is an open-air complex of traditional wood buildings. Northwest, Kivach Nature Reserve has pine woods and […]
Blue Door Folklore and Mythology
Compilation and Writing by Phoenix of Elder Mountain – I posted this article because I had a dream about a blue door and needed to find out its mythology and folklore. Today, three years later (after this original article) I was emailing a friend and the painting of the goat shadow man on the left […]
Water as a Healing Element
The Healing Waters and it’s uses for Self, Spaces, Cleansing and Intentions by Phoenix of Elder Mountain – As artists, healers, dreamers, magicians, pagans, witches, druids and moon children, we deserve a spiritually clear and clean space. In our busy lives, many do mind-body practices like yoga or meditation to balance, but there is something […]
Shamanochki Horned Kichka – The Evolution from Grandmother Shaman reduced to Maiden Bride
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – I am particularly interested as a shaman, in my ancestral grandmothers and their ancient prehistoric rituals which were dominant before the 5th through 8th centuries. Before writing, we had art and oral traditions that carried our stories during the long winter moons and the celebrations of life. Much can be seen […]
Charms and Magic in Slovenia
Charms in the context of Magic Practices, the case of Slovenia by Monika Kropej In Slovenia, charms or invocations are one or two strophe formulas that the medicine woman or man used at addressing the powers beyond to procure healing or to influence certain natural processes. They are as if a bridge between this world […]