Acorn Folklore
By Phoenix the Elder – We have had an abundance of Acorns in the Pacific Northwest and in folklore, it means that we are going to have a strong winter. The Sacred Oak grows from these little tiny acorns, and the squirrel is the one who graciously plants them in the ground everywhere, every year. […]
12 Basic Folk Smudge and Slavic Water Cleansing Herbs and Flowers
By Phoenix the Elder – My tradition is Slavic and we take a bowl of herbs and flowers and make a “Water Smudge Bath” to cleanse the physical body in a ritual. Many people like the “Folk Smudge” smoke and that is fine too, but the bath is very feminine in the purification rites of […]
Protection of houses against evil in the region of Mazovia, Poland
Article by Llamus Dworski – People in the old Polish countryside were very particular about maintaining certain rites and preparing protective accessories in their household and the whole farm enclosure. These customs stemmed from pre-Christian Slavic protective rituals, and – despite the centuries of influence of the Christian church – they survived in continuity for […]