First Moon of Spring 2021
By Phoenix the Elder – Greetings and Blessings on the First Moon of Spring Dreamers! We all made it through another long Season of Night (autumn/winter)! This moon cycle in particular is both an ending moon and the new rebirth moon. This is because we don’t have a 13th moon this cycle year (we will […]
First Moon of Spring 2020
By Phoenix the Elder – Greetings Dreamers, Artists, Healers, Spiritual Seekers and Lovers of the Moon, Spring is finally here! The birds sing, the clouds rumble and the flowers awaken. This first of three New Moons of Spring on March 24, a few days before the Spring Equinox on March 19. Watch your signs this […]
First Moon of Spring 2019
By Phoenix the Elder – Hello dreamers, healers, moon people, artists and creatives… Happy First Moon of Spring! Yes, its finally here. We made it through our long or short for some, three winter moons. Our rebirth now begins as we dance with mother earth’s rebirth. The first “New Moon” of Spring begins March 6, 2019. If […]
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 […]
Spring’s Rebirth – Slavic and Balkan Pysanky
Compilation by Phoenix the Elder – The Rites of Spring is about honoring our rebirth and the earth’s rebirth, this has specific rituals that are ancient and help us stay connected to our moon nature, our soul and our emotional nature in a positive way. Here at Elder Mountain we do the ritual of building the archaic Goddess […]
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 […]
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” […]