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, abstinence, spiritual disciplines, sobriety, and applying new action to old issues and behaviors. This creates a new and slow process of change. Most important is compassion […]
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 and 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, […]