Deer Spirit, shamanism and kawsay

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Deer walks softly on the Earth and is extremely sensitive to her energy and conditions. They are therefore masters of kinesthesia—the finely attuned state of bio-perception. The legs and hooves of the deer are designed to receive the raw, vital life force of the Earth into their physical bodies to make it compatible with the celestial energy from the Sky above. In this sense, they are a conduit of what is known in Peruvian shamanism as kawsay. 

Shamanka, meaning a woman shaman with deer skin, is a word in the Russian language of early explorers of Siberia. Actually shaman is a Western corruption of samaan or s’amanthe, a word from the Siberian Evenki (previously known as the Tungus people) and referring to the tribal spiritual healer. The word for a woman shaman was udagan (or variations such as utagan, ubakan, utygan or utugun). This word probably originates from the Mongolian word Etugen (Etügen Ekh "Mother Earth", also transliterated variously as Etügen Ekhe, Etügen Eke ot Itügen), which is the name of the ancient hearth-goddess.

- Sources:

http://rachelmannphd.com/connecting-with-deer-spirit/

http://despuesdelasbrasasnovieneelsilencio.blogspot.com.es/2015/10/deer-spirit.html

http://www.sacredhoop.org/Articles/SHAMAN-TRANSFORMED.pdf

https://eldermountain.wordpress.com/category/shamanism/shamanka/
https://books.google.es/books?id=ope1BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=deer,+kawsay&source=bl&ots=2a8FFTp9jJ&sig=18XQ6cH8dVnlnzVc0qtP1mhRaN8&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivy6Xi_c_QAhWHVxoKHUU1BgUQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=deer%2C%20kawsay&f=false
http://www.terriwindling.com/blog/recommended-art/page/4/

The Eye of the Seer. Through the Eye of the Cailleach

The Seer card in Wildwood Tarot, or the Magician card in classical Tarot, speaks of handling the balance between the spiritual and the physical worlds where she is rooted. She sees and communicates with the unseen as well as the seen. She has access to the Ancient Knowledge, Wisdom and Medicine.

The Seer is able to take all that she has learned during times of whimsical bliss and also of profound stress, and apply it not only when all is rosy and happy, but when times are hard and sore too. The true test on the path of the SHAMAN - SEER - SAGE as a "healer", "seer" and "medium" comes when the difficult tries to undermine her power, her abilities and her beliefs ... can she, in fact, walk her talk and still shine like a beacon?

 Cailleach doll

The third eye (also known as the inner eye) is a mystical and esoteric concept referring to a speculative invisible eye which provides perception beyond ordinary sight. In certain dharmic spiritual traditions such as Hinduism, the third eye refers to the ajna, or brow, chakra. The third eye refers to the gate that leads to inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness. In New Age spirituality, the third eye often symbolizes a state of enlightenment or the evocation of mental images having deeply personal spiritual or psychological significance. The third eye is often associated with visions, clairvoyance, the ability to observe chakras and auras, precognition, and out-of-body experiences. People who are claimed to have the capacity to utilize their third eyes are sometimes known as seers.

In Theosophy it is related to the pineal gland. The pineal gland (also called the pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis, conarium or the “third eye”) is a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain. It produces the serotonin derivative melatonin, a hormone that affects the modulation of wake/sleep patterns and seasonal functions. Its shape resembles The Eye of Horus glyph. The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. It is also known as The Eye of Ra. Horus was the ancient Egyptian sky god who was usually depicted as a falcon, most likely a lanner or peregrine falcon. His right eye was associated with the sun (Ra) and his left eye, with the moon. The eye symbol represents the marking around the eye of the falcon, including the “teardrop” marking sometimes found below the eye. The eye is personified in the Egyptian warrior goddess Bastet-Sekhmet, protector of Ra, depicted as the body of a woman with a lioness head, wearing the uraeus. 

Bastet-Sekhmet

If Women Rose Rooted: The Medial Woman Archetype

Aphrodite, or "foam-born," was the Greek goddess that Romans called Venus, and her Old Norse (Teutonic) form was Eostre, the Goddess of Dawn; this season (Eostremonath, the old Anglo-Saxon names for April)) being dedicated to that goddess in pagan, Anglo-Saxon days. Why was the Goddess of Dawn called Eastre? Because the dawn of day is in the East—Morgenland—as the musical, mystical Germans call it—morningland.. Eostre is related to the word “East”, the direction in which the sun rises. The Proto-Indo-European goddess mentioned, Hausos, “the Shining One”. Eostre is in turn derived from Ausos, the Proto-Indo-European Goddess of the dawn, reconstructed from various other Goddesses such as Aurora, Eos etc.

Easter is not celebrated the week after Passover. It is celebrated every year on the first Sunday after the FIRST FULL MOON after the VERNAL EQUINOX (first day of Spring).

This ancient goddess, however, predates even her Cypriot and Greek forms. In Sumer she was known as Inanna, in Babylon and Assyria Ishtar, the Egyptians called her Hathor, Quaddesha and Aset, to the Phoenicians she was Astarte, to the Hebrews Ashtoreth and Ashera, and to the Philistines Atergatis. Baldr’s mother Frigg was also identified with Venus, and actually Ostara (the lunar holiday in honor of the spring goddess) was celebrated as the earthy festival of the Norse goddess Freya (Freyja), the Goddess identified with fertility, love and new beginnings, usually identified with the pan-Germanic goddess Frigg, of whose veneration it is believed that the Germanic folkloric figure Frau Holda or Frau Holle represents a survival. And what about the similar story in Persephone's rising? Life, the budding tree, the sprouting seed, the young maiden coming with arms wide open from the green healing womb (imbolc, 'in the belly') of mother earth where she has been wrapped, and to where she will return.

http://sharonblackie.net/if-women-rose-rooted/

persephone and demeter; d'aulaires book of greek myths

Tengo los pies muy en la tierra. Para mí, desconectarme de la tierra es muy triste. Me encanta estar conectada, y buscar por las estrellas y perderme...

#ifwomenroserooted #themedialwomanarchetype #channel #acarrierofmessagesbackandforthbetweentheworlds

The Medial Woman…is a representation of the strong-sighted and deep-hearted self who lives simultaneously in the world of light (our conventional, daytime domain) and the world of dark (the hidden realm of potential, the depths of the Soul and its making of things to bear, balance, unleash in goodness in the topside world). The medial woman in mythos since time out of mind remains rooted in both worlds, and listening to her ways and means in stories, we can hear, see, and feel the guidance this vital and soulful sense grants: “to live so strong, so wide, and so very deeply…as we promised to do before we ever came to earth.” (From Walking in Two Worlds: The Archetype of the Medial Woman. A SoundsTrue Audio Program by Clarissa Pinkola Estes)

http://ronnadetrick.com/i-am-a-medial-woman/

https://soundcloud.com/ronna-detrick/i-am-a-medial-woman

Destiny, John William Waterhouse

The myth of Persephone

The myth of Persephone has always intrigued me the most... Since I knew that she ate those six pomegranate seeds, I suspected that it was a deliberate and purposeful act on her part. But when I learnt that she lied to Demeter about the seeds that Hades gave her and that she ate willingly before leaving the otherworld with Hermes, I had no doubt about it. Persephone calls to see out the other side... The story of her abduction and rape is a story about fear and shame told to women so that they do not succumb to the curiosity and desire about the step outline of what stands as rational in a patriarchal society... the play-within-the-play... the world underneath the hollow hills... the world at the other side of the hedge... the otherworld. The outline of love where the heart leads... fools, of course. Hades is the love of her life, and they rescue each other into a world of their own, an alchemical universe they give birth to and that is unique, magical and miraculous, where to write their own story, to found their own culture and to grow their own life. The otherworld is their realm, which was obviously banned and cursed by those same ones who were not able to hold them apart. And their true love is as epic as sinful... just decide which six pomegranate seeds out of twelve you want to ponder and pour... and dare to see if the cup is half empty or half full. #poststructuralism #postmodernism #rewritingstories #rereading #retelling #redrawing

Feeding the Fight

Nantinki Young, 27, Santee, South Dakota: ‘I support the camp by providing energy and strength through the meals we prepare each day. I make sure everyone that comes here has something to eat even if it’s just a snack in between meals.’ A member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, this 27-year-old young is the head cook of the Native American protests of the Dakota pipeline, supervising food preparations for almost 3000 people a day. #stadingrock #feedingthefight

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2016/aug/25/north-dakota-pipeline-protest-pictures

https://youtu.be/Qes7bu3xUaM

Magas. Mujeres de humo

Yo llevo muchos años cocinando. Cuando me preguntan que cuándo empecé, les digo que yo nací cocinera. Nací amando la cocina.” Tardó tiempo en entender que estaba en proceso de convertirse en la mujer de humo que ha sido toda su vida, desde que nació. “Y mis canas son de humo, y yo huelo a humo, porque soy una mujer ahumada. Voy a seguir cocinando, yo digo que cuando me muera quiero que me pongan un fogón afuera de mi tumba, porque ni así quiero dejar de cocinar'. Porque su olor no es perfumado como el de las demás mujeres, su cuerpo ha tomado el aroma de la leña usada en el fogón; no traen su pelo de otro color, ni sus canas están pintadas; cuando envejecen sus cabellos no se tornan blancos, sino grises como las brasas y la ceniza que queda cuando el fuego se apagó.

“No somos chefs, somos cocineras. Somos mujeres de humo”. “La palabra chef es extranjera. Los que somos mexicanos somos cocineros.” En la tradición de las comunidades, las mujeres que se distinguen por su sazón y habilidad culinaria reciben el apelativo de “mujeres de humo”.

Sin embargo, es en su memoria y tradiciones donde el fuego de la cocina tradicional mexicana arde con mayor pasión. “No hacemos rescate, es lo que vivimos a diario. La auténtica cocina tradicional se encuentra en las comunidades, las rancherías, en el campo y en los montes. Ahí se vive de verdad esta cocina. Nosotras no estamos acostumbradas a montar y maquillar platillos. Lo que sí hacemos es darle el sabor y los aromas con lo que tenemos en el campo.”

Tienen muchas creencias… guardan las tradiciones, y tienen respeto por los alimentos y la cocina, porque _dice_ “cuando una relación es feliz debe mantener el amor y el respeto.” Las mujeres totonacas se congregan alrededor de los fogones, y llevan a cabo su ritual ancestral. barren la cocina, bendicen la lumbre, su masa y todo lo que van a cocinar. Estas magas, mujeres de humo, aseguran que la magia más grande que da el sazón de sus comidas son el amor, el humor y los sentimientos. "Nosotras no somos las chachas en nuestras casas. Nos merecemos un lugar grande en nuestras casas, porque nosotras somos las que les damos de comer, alimentamos, cuidamos, mantenemos nuestras casas." #reclamandomiancestralidad #reclaimingmyancestry

Work it, work it... housework it

Every now and then put on some knee pads and give floors a hands-and-knees, soap-and-water clean the old (fashioned) way. "My grandmother taught my mom, who then taught me, that the best only way to really clean a floor was to get on your hands and knees, and scrub it." - ThingsYour Grandmother Knew (... and you wish you did it, too!)

"My grandmother taught my mom, who then taught me, that the best only way to really clean a floor was to get on your hands and knees and scrub it.

When you get on your hands & knees and scrub, not only do you see every spot & hair on the floor, but working at that level you automatically see (and then clean) the baseboards, bottom edges of the cabinets etc. And when you stick your (gloved if you prefer) hands in the water, you are much more aware of when you need a fresh bucket of soapy water. Mops are for spills, and quick passes of where the muddy dogs ran in.

It may seem contrary to those who have grown up with the bucket & mop, but scrubbing floors on your hands & knees is more efficient and economical too. Not only do you clean better but you give yourself a great upper body work out as well. Every single girl who worked as a Merry Maid discovered their arms, chests and even their legs firmed up as a result of scrubbing floors the old fashioned way.

And so I submit to you, dear reader, just another reason why grandma never would have dreamed of paying for a gym membership.

Some prefer the modern strap-on kneepads, but I prefer the good old fashioned rectangle kneepads. They are easier to clean, so you can use them in the garden too. And, because they are truly one-size-fits all, your kids -- no matter what size -- can use it too. You should be teaching your kids how to properly clean; it's something they should be learning."

Fleur Cottage: On Cleaning... 

"I use my own solution of water and vinegar that I put in a spray bottle, spraying as I go, switching out with my new BFF...Meleluca. The floors feel CLEAN, CLEAN and I love the smell of Meleluca! Here is a link to Meleluca if you're interested. Here's to chemical free cleaning!"