Magical Flight of the Fox
Last night I had a Dream on the land where I live and a pretty Fox came to visit me, she was flying all over the land and it was a joy to see, her coat was very bright and shiny in the classic orange-red and white colors! So I was searching for flying Foxes in Ancient Folklore and found a few […]
Bird Animism
Ancestress of the Magical Reindeers
Saami, Mongolia, and Turkey, The Ancient Matriarchal Deer Shamans – In the Folktales of the Meandash, the Mythic Saami Reindeer people, a Meandash young woman and the mother of Meandash, speak of an old wise and experienced woman (which in ancient Finno-Ugric tradition is a shaman woman). The Meandash-nijt lives in a human form and only becomes a […]
Dreaming of Fire and the Fire Goddess Pt 2
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – Part 1: Dreaming of Fire and the Fire Goddess is here. The great mystery is understood through a journey of self healing, through karmic detoxing, abstenance, spiritual disciplines, sobriety and applying new action to old issues and behaviors. This creates the new and slow process of change. Most important is […]
Baba Jaga, Archaic Cave Grandmothers of our Shamanic Past
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain ~ How do you reduce the once great and powerful grandmothers of the archaic and ancient world into Venus or Maidens? Build a patriarch so men put the least powerful stage of a female into power. That is how the maiden has dominated since 500 bce. And how mothers and […]
Wasp Totem – The Fine Art of the Sting
By Phoenix the Elder – When we combine a life of Sacred Art or Sacred Creative or Artful living with the joys and perils of our real-life journey and our emotional life, nature teaches us everything we need to know how to navigate the mirrors of the winding river. In order to navigate this journey, […]