Waxing Like the Moon: Women Folk Healers in Rural Western Ukraine
By Sarah D. Phillips, University of Indiana – Once a woman came to see me… she says to me, “I can’t sleep, and I’m so weak.” I asked her, “Did something frighten you?” “No,” she didn’t want to tell me. I began to pour the wax, I said, “Something has frightened you—either a man, or […]
Divine Feminine Celestial Horses: Wind Horses, Spirit Horses, Star Horses, Midnight Horses, Horses of Frost
By Phoenix the Elder, Edited by Sarah Burnstein – This article is a compilation of writings which piece together the tales of both the Horse Cloud Women and Celestial Wind Horse Women. The stories of these women were lost from our consciousness and what remains can be found scattered in folk stories and myths from a […]
First Moon of Winter & Winter Solstice 2020
By Phoenix the Elder – Greetings Dreamers, our Winter Moons are finally upon us and we have a powerful week coming up as our Winter Moons have arrived… Monday, Dec 14, 2020: First New Moon of Winter @ 10:16 am (cst)Total Solar Eclipse3rd Moon of Six “23” degree moonsGeminids Meteor ShowerMonday, Dec 21: Winter Solstice200 […]
The Watery Soulful Flight of Siren and Mermaid People
By Phoenix the Elder and contributions – Throughout the long journey of written and image arts mythology, the mermaid and siren have gotten confused sometimes and mixed up with each other and have often criss-crossed through times and eras. There is a reason for this when it comes to women’s history and its recording… bascially […]
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 […]
Slavic Goddesses of Water: Ziva and Siwa
By Phoenix the Elder (compilation) – I searched and did a compilation on the Goddess Siwa or Ziva as she is known. Because I work with Slavic Fire and Water Rituals, both in my folk healing and collective work, the Living Waters of Siva | Ziva is one of my favorites including Marzanna. Both of these goddesses […]
Water Goddesses – The Waters of Life and of Death
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – Our life giving waters on earth have the most primordial roots because water is a spirit element. Elements have the most ancient guardians from the water Dragons to the newer Ravens, who fetch both the “Water of Life” and the “Water of Death”. The lame crow obtains cures from […]