Slavic Midsummer – The Forest Goddess Dziewanna and the Golden Magical Fern Flower
The Slavic and Balkan Fern Flower Mystery – Centuries ago, the lands west of the Vistula were covered with impassable forests and forests. It took days to travel from one settlement to another, and the darkness of the forest was swarming with a variety of forest game. Hundreds of birds and various forest trinkets inhabited […]
First Moon of Summer 2021
By Phoenix the Elder – Greetings Dreamers, we’ve finally finished our three moons of Spring with more insight and some joyfulness (I hope). Time goes so fast! We now stand at the doorsteps of our First Moon of Summer on Thursday, June 10, 2021 which includes a Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse. The Summer Solstice […]
Third Moon of Autumn 2020
By Phoenix the Elder – Dear Dreamers, Healers, Moon Lovers, Wise Women and the new people who are joining us this month on the Lunar Workstudy practic, welcome and blessings to all of you, your family and friends and I hope you are doing well, healthy and safe. We start our Third and last Moon of […]
Second Moon of Autumn 2020
By Phoenix the Elder – Dear Dreamers, blessings to you on the Second Moon of Autumn which begins Friday, October 16 @ 2:31 pm (cst) and the Full Moon will be on Saturday, October 31, 2020. Midautumn is when the colors are their brightest and the light moves back and forth between the warmth of summer and […]
Slavic Summer Rituals – A Rusalki Summer Solstice
By Phoenix the Elder – Learning to live by the Moon cycles, all thirteen of them, we embrace that the year is divided into four seasonal moons and each of the four seasons have rituals that are attached to them. In Slavic traditions there are the remains of pagan traditions that are celebrated and carry […]
First Moon of Autumn 2018
By Phonenix the Elder – Greetings moon dreamers, thanks for returning for some more moon medicine this month. We start our second year of the Moontime Culture and the “First Moon of Autumn” starts Sunday, September 9, 2018. The Autumn Equinox is Saturday, the 22nd of September. Its been a long summer and I hope that […]
Archaic Pre-Pagan Goddesses: Dziewanna and Marzanna
By Phoenix the Elder – Dziewanna is the Slavic Summer Solstice Goddess and Mother Earth herself. She is closely related to Virgo and Demeter. Dziewanna (pronounced gee-vanna), has filled many roles in our rich culture and in later pagan times she is the daughter of Perun (the lightning God) and Dodola (a fertile Moist Goddess […]
First New Moon of Autumn & Autumn Equinox 2017
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – Greetings moon lovers, dreamers, healers, artists and spiritual seekers… Its been one whole month since our super-eclipse on August 21st and I hope that your intentions that day were brought forth. Many people do not understand that eclipses bring forth the new cycle of the next season and its […]
Summer Solstice Water Rites & Magical Flower Crowns – Slavic Folk Healing
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – This weekend we did ceremony of our ancestral Polish Midsummer (Ivana Kupala) and made our flower “Crowns” and did our “Water Rites.” We started off by gathering local wildflowers on our hike and bringing them to life with a sacred ritual. I have a great love for water & […]