Ancestors
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Winter Solstice – Sun’s Nesting Day I – VI: remember
II see Sun standing stillA shadow to follow on the face of my wallI mark the placeDay in, Day outOver years.I follow Sun passing throughA late rising farther in the southeastA fast setting farther southwestI mark her coming and going in the white snow blanketWith the shadows of TreeExpectation in heart of There She Comes!I Continue reading
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Kekri
KekriElämä ja kuolemaKukinta ja kompostiLinnun polun maidon polunTuuli vieTuon-elaTerve meille vähäksi aikaLämpö ja ru’atMinulla ei ole paljonAnnan mitä minä voinJa vielä lisää.Kiitollisuus vielä. kekri❤️ #samhain #tuonela #linnunrata Continue reading
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Fire
One of the initiations I was put through was with Fire. Bright oneInitiatorYears of tendingSitting quietlyFeedingNot asking – Christiana aro-harle, 10/2025 I have a theory which goes like this. Bear with me. Once upon a time folk in the non-animistic, non-indigenous lands stopped feeding Fire. Oh, they fed alright. Bits of paper with things they Continue reading
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Song of Birds
Today the birds sang in the forest In the back stretch of home Are the birds still singing in Gaza? Are the birds still singing in Yemen? Are the birds still singing in Afghanistan? Are any birds still singing in Canaan? Continue reading
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Bear Woman Golden Woman
Golden figure, golden woman, golden bear woman of great ancestry. There, Look! Bear woman has a cynt, the opening womb. Look at her expression. Look at her breasts. Look at her hair the headdress. Look at her legs. Look at her hands. Look at the zig-zags up and down her legs, ancient women sign. Look Continue reading
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Songs to a Faraway Sky – The Use of Blessings in Tuvan Shamanism
Article by Christiana (Aro-)Harle, originally in Sacred Hoop, Issue 64, 2008 Blessings are an important part of the role of most shamans, bringing the gifts and grace of the spirits to the people to help them in their daily lives. We are all stuck in our own stupidity and narrow-mindedness, in our own limiting and Continue reading
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More Deer Mother and Mother Sun on this Winter Solstice
The sun rises in the east. The place of beginnings. And at this time She arises in the south east (Finland), travels low in the sky. And for three days she stands still – or rather the Earth’s position is in a place of the big inhale! And the exhale will be on the third… Continue reading
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The Mother Night – The Deer Mother – Light Bringer
The Give-away story of the Deer Mother or Goddess and Sun is very different. Continue reading
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