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 […]
Empaths “Hug Free” Spiritual Diet in a Pandemic Society
By Phoenix the Elder – Everyone one likes a hug, it comforts us when we are children and when we are adults. A hug or a pat on the shoulders or back is a sign of affection and shows us that we care for others and other care about us. Some hugs are unwelcomed when […]
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 […]
The Harmonic Convergence Shift 1987 – 2024
By Phoenix the Elder – In the middle of August 1987, something amazing happened and a few thousand people in the world felt it and experienced 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 […]
Ritualistic Fire
Phoenix the Elder – 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’s Eve (all Souls day). Included in the image are rectangles in the foreground with bowls of water and lighted candles as part of […]
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 […]
Traditional Marzanna, Maslenitsa, Morena, Mora Goddesses, and Deities of the Night
By Phoenix the Elder – On the Winter Solstice Day, we begin to honor and build our Marzanna Effigy. The newer pagan traditions build it and burn it on the same day (the Spring Equinox), but the Shamanic cultures are much older so we begin to build her on the Winter Solstice and for those doing […]
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 […]