Behind the Traditional Cloth
By Phoenix the Elder – I ran across some Kursk Embroidery from Russia and these particular designs are called “Months”. Kursk is South of Moscow in Russia near the Ukraine border. There is a not a definite oral tradition explanation for these but they seem to represent growth of cycles. In nature, there is no seed that […]
Slavic Peasant Dreaming: The Ancient Spirit of Wołogór, Dreamer of Ox Mountain
By Phoenix the Elder, Edited by Sarah Burnstein – Many teachings speak of the World Tree or what is referred to as the “Tree of Life” in Paganism, New Age Spirituality, the Kabbalah and a few others. As a Dreamer I live within the realms of the “World River” connected to the ancient tradition that belonged to […]
Shoymanas, Rusallias and Sfinte Soimane
On Friday, February 3rd, 2012 Neptune moved into Pisces and will be in its own sign until the beginning of 2026 and will close the door it had opened 2,200 years before in the great circle, which started around 220 bce. What does the weaving of the “Order of the Sphinx”, a bunch of “Balkan […]
Shamanochki Horned Kichka – The Evolution from Grandmother Shaman reduced to Maiden Bride
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – I am particularly interested as a shaman, in my ancestral grandmothers and their ancient prehistoric rituals which were dominant before the 5th through 8th centuries. Before writing, we had art and oral traditions that carried our stories during the long winter moons and the celebrations of life. Much can be seen […]
She Wolf
Video by Phoenix of Elder Mountain “The She-Wolf” Song by Vedan Kolod (Russia, Siberia) Lyrics and music by Valeriy Naryshkin – In the darkness, in its very deep in the Taiga (forest), the Broad Taiga (forest) there’s an Old Tree and under that tired old Tree, the mighty She-Wolf dreams a Dream. She was the […]