Sylvia Rose
Myrrh - Mystique, Death & Divinity
Myrrh ( Commiphora sp) has a history older than humankind. Deeply connected to death, healing and the divine, myrrh is a smoky, strongly...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 28, 20232 min read
Ornithomancy - Prophecy by the Birds
Ornithomancy or augury is first recorded during the Hittite Empire (c. 1450 - 1180). From ancient Greek "take omens from the flight and...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 19, 20233 min read
Women of Alchemy - Mary the Jewess
Mary the Jewess, Maria the Jewess or Maria Prophetissa is considered the world's first alchemist. Working in Alexandria, Egypt, she's...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 19, 20233 min read
Cleopatra the Alchemist of Alexandria
Cleopatra the Alchemist is an intriguing figure in the hazy history of science and magic. She works and writes in the 3rd or 4th...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 18, 202310 min read
Alchemy: Science, Philosophy, Magic
Alchemy rises from inquiring minds . Golden Ages of alchemy appear in Greco-Roman Alexandria , medieval Islam and the Renaissance ....
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 18, 20233 min read
German House Spirits: Beer Donkey (Bieresel)
Bieresel loves beer and other fermented beverage s , such as apple cider, mead or wine. In German folklore the beer donkey lives in wine...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 14, 20236 min read
Copper (Cu): Ruddy Metal of Myth & Magic
Copper (Cu) is one of the original seven metals of antiquity and has been used for thousands of years. This metal is found in the ground...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 13, 20236 min read
House Spirits of Germanic Mythology
House spirits such as Kobolds , domestic elves , gnomes and the earth hen are popular figures in Germanic myth and folklore. They have...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 13, 20233 min read
Gnomes: Earth Spirits of Renaissance Mythology
Beloved in gardens, gnomes bring blessings of Earth. Thought to dwell in underground tunnels, caverns, soil and rocks, chthonic gnomes...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 11, 20234 min read
Belsnickel - German Yule Ghoul
Belsnickel comes from the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. Part of the spirit of the season, Belsnickel is male but often dresses...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 9, 20234 min read
Pagan Christmas Yule Fests: Frau Holle
The Festival of Frau Holle decks the halls from her Feast Day 25 Dec to the 5-6th of January. An ancient German goddess, Frau Holle...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 10, 20234 min read
German Myth & Folklore: Moss People
Moss people inhabit deep forests, trees, ancient rocks and rills. Nature spirits of German mythology, they can appear in various forms...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 9, 20236 min read
Great Women Artists - Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz (1867 - 1945) is a stellar German artist. A doctor's wife among the less privileged of society, she works with her husband...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 1, 20234 min read
Great 19th Century German Woman Artists
Women artists of the late nineteenth century include Elisabet Ney, Anna Peters and Dora Hitz. In the youthful German Empire women's...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 13, 20234 min read
Four Early German Inventions We Still Love Today
Coffee filters, gummi bears, guide dog school and refrigeration are among the German inventions of the 19th and early 20th centuries,...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 28, 20238 min read
Animal Spirits - Frog, Cat, Bull
Ancient people of Europe including the Germanic tribes were close to nature in all its forms. In shamanic tradition, animal spirits can...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 16, 20234 min read
Animal Spirits - Puma, Butterfly, Dog
Within the shamanic bestiary countless animal spirits and totems arise. An ancestor of the Puma once roamed the fertile valleys and...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 13, 20234 min read
Industry & the Age of Monsters Europe
The Age of Monsters in 19th century Europe is the result of a cataclysmic explosion of art, literature, science and philosophy. Nations...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 9, 20234 min read
19th Century: Home Gym, Bicycles, Antiseptic
The home gym, antiseptic, bicycles and Bunsen burners all emerge in the 19th century . European engineers, scientists, physicians and...
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Sylvia Rose
May 17, 20233 min read
3 Great German Artists for Art Lovers
Here are three amazing German artists everyone should know. Franz Marc is a founder of German expressionism. Käthe Kollwitz depicts war...
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