Category: Folk Magic

Romanian Folk Magic at Midnight

By Phoenix of Elder Mountain (compilations) – Magical practice at the stroke of Midnight are symbolic practices and are the gifts of our ancient ancestors of the distant worlds and Romanian women have always kept these traditions alive. The older pagan cultures of the Slavic peoples celebrate the New Year on the Spring Equinox (and […]

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Ukraine Ancient Traditions of the Spring Equinox Rites of Vorotar (Gatekeeping)

This article is from www.encyclopediaofukraine.com with my additions, from my Shaman’s perspective and experiences – The Ukrainian Spring Equinox is one of the earth’s oldest ceremonies and it honors the ancestors as a ritual of the beginning of the new year Velykden, when the “Day” (Spring & Summer seasons were called Fire) overcomes the “Night” […]

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Shoymanas, Rusallias and Sfinte Soimane

On Friday, February 3rd, 2012 Neptune moved into Pisces and will be in its own sign until the beginning of 2026 and will close the door it had opened 2,200 years before in the great circle, which started around 220 bce. What does the weaving of the “Order of the Sphinx”, a bunch of “Balkan […]

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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 […]

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The Hawthorn Tree and the Soul of the Goddess

By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – I recently added dried Hawthorn leaves and berries to our Folk Smudge, the berries are also called Pixie Pears. There are a couple of Hawthorn trees on the land and in the local area, so I thought I would write up the great benefits that are positive medicinal properties and share […]

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The Touch of Magic

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You can do Magic

“I do believe in an everyday sort of Magic – the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; The eerie appropriateness  of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we’re alone.” ~Charles de Lint Сон в летнюю ночь с иллюстрациями Веры Павловой Midsummer […]

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She Shells

Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling, by Charles Godfrey Leland, 1891 According to J. B. Friedrich, “Symbolik der Natur” the Sea Shell, on account of its being a product of the Sea, or of the all-generating moisture; and much more probably from its shape, is an emblem of woman herself. Being one of the great emblems […]

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Folk Art Nettle Fiber

Nettle, Hemp, Flex and Willow Fibers Nettle – In spring some stalks of grasses and nettle are broken by the wind or too dry in summer, some places have to exfoliate the top layers of the cortex, which contains the fiber. Their flexibility and strength is long appreciated by the birds for example, the crossbill […]

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Pseudo Oman Magic

By Elder Mountain Dreaming – Phoenix Poetry We the golden flying souls, guardians returned to awaken the great Night Mother called Fire. We were offered water to hold one circle and one veil this lifetime. If you should come near us, we only appear as shining light, because our dream bodies are made of storming clouds […]

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