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” […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thunderstorms in the Twilight – Pleiades, the Sisters of Plenty
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – The Seven Sisters who science called the Pleiades, sit in a cluster inside the belly of Taurus the Bull, one of the four cardinal points. They are associated with the Bull cultures like the Hindus and the Minoans. The Bull is feminine and so are her cultures, its symbolic […]
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 […]
White Eagle Legend of Poland
The White Eagle is the oldest symbol of Poland, but there was always a part of this story that was missing, pushed aside and then totally forgotten, because it was only kept in the hearts of Polish women. Finally… no one carried the part of the legend anymore. It was an ancient Grandmother’s legend that few […]
Alatyr – Slavic Magical Legends
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain Dreaming – The Russian Alatyr Stone, sometimes called the World Mother (Алатырь каменьям – мире мати) is a search for purity and truth and as a legend lost long ago on earth. The Russian myth explains it as a Mystical Stone of folktale and epic proportions, as the Russians prefer […]
Pacific Northwest Thunderbird – Voices of the Wind
Years ago an old man named Too-lux, who was the south wind, was traveling north, and met an old woman named Quootshooi, who was a giantess and he asked her for food, and she gave him a net, telling him she had nothing to eat and that he must try for fish. He succeeded in […]
Latviešu Tradīcijas | Latvia Traditions
Video of a traditional Latvian winter folk-shamanism ceremony of song and dance.
The Midnight Sun: A Generous Invitation to the Marriage of the Soul and the North Winds. Traditions of Kolyadki & Auseklis
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain Dreaming (and other contributors); Edited by Sarah Bernstein – The Midnight Sun is a very ancient tradition of the Moon Cultures. The earlier shamanistic cultures and the dreamers before them carried the symbolism of all things today. For the Moon lights our way through each season in all her images […]