By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – Its that time of year again to honor the Goddess of Winter – Marzanna, an archaic night goddess and primal connection to her shamanistic and animistic mysteries of the past, present and future. These pre-religious rites are still done in very simple ways today and I hope you join us…
Category: spirituality
Spirit Terminology
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – There are so many religions, indigenous religions, philosophies and mythologies today from the abundant written and oral tradition accumulation of knowledge over the last three millenniums. Everyone can be spiritually knowledgeable today, even without any experience in life, while they are in the learning stages. They key is to not…
Dziewanna (Mullein) – The Slavic Spring and Summer Goddess and her sister of Autumn and Winter Marzanna
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – Dziewanna (Mullein) – The Slavic Spring and Summer Goddess – Mother Earth herself, in relations to the Slavic traditions of Marzanna and Dziewanna (pronounced gee-vanna), also called Marowit & Dziewanna who (Devana) are very archaic goddesses. There are many Slavic fertility goddesses of spring and summer, and they generally represent the…
Empaths – A “Hug Free” Spiritual Diet
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – Everyone one likes a hug, it comforts us when we are children and when we are adults. A hug is a sign of affection and shows us that we care for others and other care about us. But outside our family, for some of us, hugs can be a…
First New Moon of Winter 2017
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – Holiday Blessings dreamers, soul swimmers and artists, welcome to the First New Moon of Winter, on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 @ 10:30 pm PDT, followed by the Winter Solstice, Thursday, Dec. 21st. The moon work that I share is based on living and walking the 13 Moons (no time) of the seasonal year with nature’s cycles, just…
Birds of Wisdom Circle
Happy Autumn Equinox everyone… I will be posting and emailing next week the “Marzanna” Ritual (creative) Effigy that we begin building for Autumn & Winter, so make sure you’re getting our emails, Eldermountaindreaming@gmail.com. You can join with us from home or your own sacred circle to participate. This is a balto-slavic folk ritual and men…
The Harmonic Convergence 1987 – 2026
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – 30 years ago, in the middle of August 1987, something amazing happened and a few thousand in the world felt it. It was the first globally synchronized meditation and conscious efforts of a spiritual kind of people around the world. It was commonly known as the “Harmonic Convergence”, the great…
Ritualistic Fire
A picture expresses a thousand words and a spiritual image expresses ten-thousand. The composition of this beautiful image depicts a Slavic Pagan Ritual, the day after Hallows Eve (all Souls day). Included are rectangles in the foreground with bowls of water and lighted candles as part of the ritual of calling the souls (ancestors) and…
Stone Alatyr – Russian Magical Legend
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – 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 to…
Traditional Marzanna, Maslenitsa, Morena, Mara, Marmora
By Phoenix at Elder Mountain Dreaming – I first give caution so you can be aware that all Dark Goddess work is challenging when one’s heart has pure intention, rather than seeking to get what you desire. Night medicines are to releases karmic toxins in a timely and slow manner, and for the person who builds…
The Midnight Sun – A Generous Invitation to the Marriage of the Moon Spirits and the Northern Winds. Slavic & Balkan Tradition of Kolyadky & Auseklis
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain and other contributors, edited by Sarah Burnt Stone – The Midnight Sun in the pre-pagan traditions of the Moon Cultures which includes the pre-shamanism cultures of the Dreamers. She, the Moon, lights our way in through the Winter Season which is all year long. That’s how old she is… The…
Fire & Water Dreaming
Video by Baba Phoenix – I made this video based on the power and message of this particular song, which is about the great losses that women suffer from men’s wars. With such destruction, to both woman and her family, her husband, brother or even her own rape from the darkest sexual misuses of soldiers…
