*A special episode deviating from the Wheel of the Year monthly episodes.
*Defining how I use the term Old Ways
*Why people are so drawn to the Old Ways
*What the pandemic has revealed about our connection to the Old Ways
*How we can model a different path for our young ones than what is currently on offer by the overculture of empire
*How my training as an anthropologist allowed me to look at my own beliefs- why I believe what I believe, why I do the actions I take, what is the world view I want my children to grow up with… in the role of the observer and combined with sacred curiosity helped me choose to raise my children with the animistic worldview of my Ancestors
*It came down to 4 simple elements which I call the 4 keys because we use them to unlock the Ancestral wisdom already inside of us.
* Each one of these is like a gateway or portal to the earth-centric ways and wisdom of our Ancestors.
*Then from the urging of others came up with a framework for how I could share it with others. 
*Why myths, stories & folklore are so important, and so much more than just entertainment.
*How the concept of “myth” has been maligned.
Here is a link to join Old Ways for Modern Families https://jenncampusauthor.com/old-ways-for-modern-families-course/

Old Ways for Modern Days Podcast - Episode 10 - Old Ways, Four Keys & Animism

How the concept of coziness can help us cultivate an intentional life & possibly save the world by tapping into our inner Hobbit. You’ve never heard anyone talk about hygge like this before!

In the episode: *Embracing Yuletide & getting out of the Holly-DAZE
*How our family re-claimed the 12 Days of Yule & how you can, too!
*It’s up to us to make our own traditions based on what we know about this season, with inspiration from the ways in which our ancestors might have celebrated, not an exact replica (w/ resources- A Guide to Celebrating the 12 Days of Yule- Book & Class)
*How to embrace the dark months instead of “getting through” them.
*How we can use the concept of coziness to build an intentional life in all seasons of our life 
*How to utilize the principles of hygge to inspire us to dismantle & let go of that which does not serve the highest good

Old Ways for Modern Days Podcast - Episode 12 - Hygge

All songs written and performed by members of Sol Rising: Transformative Arts Troupe in 2015:
Amy Rebekah Chavez, Whitney Till, Hannah Lowe, Marybeth Francesca Wolf, Megan Bachman, Luisa Bieri-Ruiz, Nicole Adele Rosaria Manieri. 
Recorded by Ryan Shaffer and Jeremy Malchow

Sol Rising

The Rose (Tu Oh La)

My own version of the timeless traditional melody of Greensleeves. Short and easy. East West library.

Greensleeves Melody

The introduction audio to the A guide to Celebrating the 12 Days Of Yule   Mini Course

Midgard Twilight Days

A guide to Celebrating the 12 Days Of Yule  - Mini Course Intro

During Yule, many of us took time to connect with the Old Powers – our Gods, Ancestors, and Spirits of Place. If you aren’t quite ready to let go of the magic, can help us with their transformative messages of regeneration, abundance & enlivening our Wild Hearts.

In the episode:

*Our Ancestors lived by different calendars & time reckoning
*The history & folklore of La Befana, the Italian gift-giving winter witch
*A re-telling of the Befana story
*The Roman Goddess Strina/ Strennia & how she might tie into the Befana legends
*Neo-lithic Befana
*Bonfires & smoke/ flame auguries still practiced in Italy today
*Folklore of Frau Holle/Holda
*The Rauhnächt or Rough, Wild & Smoke nights in Germany (& other Germanic-language speaking locations)& how they tie in with Befana, Frau Holle, Perchta & the Wild Men of European folklore (Krampus, Sardinian Mamuthones…)
*The Roman Goddess, Diana & how she plays into the story
*Simple ways to honor the Winter Witches
*What is the Epiphany at its core?
*What are the Winter Witches here to tell us?

Old Ways for Modern Days Podcast - Episode 13 - The Winter Witches

Friday im in love By The Cure, Phoebe Bridgers version l rubydeena

The composition is dedicated to the women, who throughout history, have served and carried messages from the Gods, higher realms, women such as Pythya, the Oracle of Delphi and the Norse völva. The feeling is of mystery, longing, divinity, sacred but also melancholy, as often, since the advent of the modern era, women that had (and now have) this scared duty are not respected nor listened to as much as they deserve.

Featuring the incredible Kelsey Mira as the soprano singer. (@kelsey-mira)

A classical piece, with mysterious and romantic overtones, with intense moments, featuring a soprano (Kelsey Mira) and choir. The piece starts slow, with a melancholic violin, then it builds up to a powerful crescendo and then back into a reflective, Wagnerian vibes, ending with an epic finale. This is from an album I am working on currently. Cubase and East West libraries. My beautiful wife in the cover photo.

Lyrics:

Donne, Oracoli degli Dei (Italian)

Voci divine
Sacro dovere
Sibille degli dei
Nobili donne
Sagge vergini
Cantate il nostro destino
Belle dame
Somme oracoli
L’eta’ dell’oro 
Quando ritornera’? 
Nessuna piu’ e’ rimasta qui’ 
Profete dello spirito
Senza voi siamo nell oscurita’
Fuori dal buio guidateci
Dove la via gloriosa e’ 
Mistiche di Apollo
Voci degli Dei
Oh voi con lunghe chiome
Donateci profezie
Amate
Protette 
Il sacro fuoco 
Brucia in voi e noi 
Sentiteci oh donne
Tornate
Il sole splendera’
Nobili oracoli

Women, Oracles of the Gods (English)

Divine voices
Sacred duty
Sibyls of the gods
Noble women
Wise maidens
Sing our destiny
Beautiful ladies
High oracles
The golden age
When will it return?
Nobody stayed here
Prophets of the spirit
Without you we are in darkness
Out of the dark lead us
Where the glorious way is found
Mystics of Apollo
Voices of the Gods
Oh you with long hair
Give us prophecies
Loved
Protected
The sacred fire
It burns in you and us
Hear us oh women
Come back
The sun will shine again
Noble oracles

Hyperborean Dawn

Women - Oracles of the Gods (Featuring Kelsey Mira)

Thanks for listening!! 
Instagrams:
@rubydeenamusic
@rubydeena

FAKE (V1)

This episode explores folklore and pagan origins of the 12 days of Christmas, with a focus on the feminine winter figures of Perchta, Holle, and Grýla, featuring a conversation with Jenn Campus, author of A Guide to Celebrating the 12 Days of Yule.

Unearthed: medieval imperialism course: https://rustic-waterfall-641.myflodesk.com

Buy Jenn Campus’ book, A Guide to Celebrating the 12 days of Yule for $5: https://jenncampusauthor.com/product/a-guide-to-celebrating-the-12-days-of-yule/

Emilia Blom, who shared the solstice wishes ritual with me: https://www.instagram.com/vildmedicin/

My Big Fat Solstice playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2LFjxSUsJYrJE2S0nuYWdB?si=a743490a69a6459c

Gnome for Christmas Fair Folk episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ysFM2qushhgWVuEx5kLq1?si=6172f7663bc0479f

Join my mailing list: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62d72c01da642d55a9868141

Resources & references for this episode:

The Stations of the Sun: the ritual year in Britain by Ronald Hutton

"'He met his own funeral procession': The Year walk-ritual in Swedish folk tradition”  Tommy Kuusela: https://www.academia.edu/9403910

The Icelandic Yule Lads poem in English
https://ingebretsens-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Yule-Lads-Poem.pdf

“The Winter Goddess: Percht, Holda, and Related Figures” By Lotte Motz
https://dokumen.tips/documents/motz-lotte-the-winter-goddess-percht-holda-and-related-figures-1985.html?page=5

“Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments” by John B. Smith
https://www.scribd.com/doc/17325747/Perchta-the-Belly-slitter-and-Her-Kin

‘Grýla, Grýlur, Grøleks and Skeklers: Medieval Disguise Traditions in the North Atlantic?” by Terry Gunnell
https://notendur.hi.is/~terry/articles/TerryGunnell-2001_Gryla,Grylur,Groleks_and_Skeklers.pdf

Music in this episode:

Opening theme: Forest March by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

Malpas Wassail by the Watersons
Buy it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/music/player/albums/B09WJGTF52?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1483616862&sr=1-1

Spinn, Spinn, Spinnerinn by Herbergsuche Gruppe
Buy it: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/spinn-spinn-spinnerin/318155276?i=318155791

Grýlukvaeði by Thrju a Palli
Buy it:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/gr%C3%BDlukv%C3%A6%C3%B0i/1621787315?i=1621787688

Instrumental track: The Wanderer by Juniper and the Wolf
Buy Juniper and the Wolf’s music: https://juniperandthewolf.bandcamp.com/

The Twelve Days: December Almanac

Old Ways for Modern Days: Food. Land. Tradition. Magic. 4 keys to unlocking the ancestral wisdom and traditional skills already entwined in our DNA. 
The aim of the podcast is to show how we are already connected to this consciousness, and how we can cultivate more connections in our everyday life and tasks.

Old Ways for Modern Days Podcast - Episode 12 - Hygge

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