Imbolc Fire Music Video

Reblogged from pinkpaganpriestess:

A new video from my Pagan folk-rock studio project, Imbolc Fire.  Enjoy :)

I love this video by pinkpaganpriestess called "Beneath Your Feet", which does have a happy ending. I tried to find the lyrics but was unsuccessful. According to her About page -

Image from the pinkpaganpriestess blog

"Irene is a practicing Pagan of the Creative Eclectic Variety. She’s an Ordained Minister, a Labyrinth Apprentice of the New England Labyrinth Guild, a High Priestess of the Tradition of the Witches Circle, and co-chair for the Shenandoah Midsummer Festival. She has been reading Tarot for 19 years and practicing Paganism for 16 years. Irene taught Pagan beliefs and practices at Esoterica of Leesburg, VA, from 2005 to 2010. Irene currently facilitates monthly Labyrinth walks at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick as well as leads rituals with a small private group." Enjoy!

An introduction to my spiritual path

Reblogged from The Elemental Witch:

http://youtu.be/Z4xNNq0sGv4

This video will tell you a lot about me and my upbringing, the origins of my family tradition and the way that my spirituality and practice have evolved over time.

I am really impressed by this humble and genuine lady Karen, who started out in Brazil practicing Macumba and then in her youth moved to Australia where she continues to practice both her native path and Witchcraft in her own way. She has a long family history in these practices. This is a nice video about her path. Make sure you go to her About page and to check out her whole blog - The Elemental Witch - Magickal Rambelings by an Australian / Brazilian Witch. I am going to follow her after watching this and checking out the blog so far. Blessings.

“Embrace Culture” from AmerIndian Elder Florence Jones

In yesterday’s post I featured some websites and writings connected with Ms. Max Dashu. On further investigation i found her great blog entitled Veleda which also is full of even more great writings. I especially liked the ones on Native American shamanism, specifically Female Powers and Places in Indian North America and Sacred Women in North American Rock Art. In the first article she mentions the late Indian Elder Florence Jones (1907-2003) and i just Loved this short video about her. I tell you there is no real difference in their essence (though differences in some ritual techniques and mythology of course) between what i practice as a witch of the Western European traditions and the native Americans practiced. Enjoy this wonderful video with description below:

From YT:

“Florence Jones (1907-2003) was the spiritual leader and chief healer of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Northern California. The Wintu have called the McCloud River Watershed near Mount Shasta home for more than 1000 years, but were not provided a reservation as gold miners and pioneers drove them away in the name of industry.

Although the Wintu’s numbers have dwindled from over 14,000 when contact with non-Natives was recorded to only 395, Jones has been at the forefront of a fight to save sacred sites and their way of live.

By learning and teaching to EMBRACE CULTURE, Jones was able to lead the Wintu in a successful bid to block the construction of a ski resort on sacred Wintu land.”

Trailer for Woman Shaman: The Ancients

Reblogged from Metal Gaia:

Metal Gaia posted this great short video on Women Shamans from Max Dashu's The Suppressed Histories Archives website. If you go to that link there is also another good video called Restoring Women to Cultural Memory right on the front page. She also has some articles written and I like the ones on his page The Secret History of the Witches. And here is Part 1 of 3 of her article The Meanings of Goddess. Regarding the author: "Max Dashú is a Pagan historian who has created many visual presentations on Goddess iconography, including Icons of the Matrix; Sacra Vulva; Goddess Cosmologies; and Matrikas. She recently released her first DVD, Women’s Power." Surfing around that last article brings us to The Goddess Pages which is a Journal where you can read all of their past issues. And this led me to the Medusa Coils blog which looks pretty good also. So don't say i did not give you Plenty to read today! Enjoy!

Fantasy Art Imagination Tumblr site – highly recommended

I have been going to a lot of Tumbr picture sites of late and found some great ones. This one tops them all for its content of fantasy art drawings and paintings – Fantasy Art Imagination. S/he updates daily and has archives going back to February of 2012. If you want to view the pictures in a faster way go to the Archive view of this site for month to month postings. There are literally thousands of images here ranging from dragons to demons, mermaids to naginis, gothic to angelic, erotic to sublime, etc etc. And s/he has full documentation of where the images originate from to give the artist the credit due. The images above and below are from the site. Enjoy!