The Wisdom of Folklore, Story + Myth
How The Moomins Found The True Meaning of Christmas
In typical Moomin fashion, they stumbled on the true meaning of Christmas; that this is a time for giving, for sharing wholeheartedly and unstintingly with others. Under the branches of the tree, a compact feeling of holiness, as they loved one another …
What Snow White Knows
in today’s age women are constantly pressured by unrealistic standards of beauty and eternal youth. Instagram filters, lip fillers, thread lifts – beautiful dolls on image screens. But where is the depth? Where is the heart? We’ve forgotten what truly matters, and what to truly value …
Every Wild Rose Has a Story
When it’s time, it’s time. It doesn’t matter if we’re ready or not, if it makes sense or not, if things look messy or not, when it’s time, it’s time. Our soul knows. Our heart knows. Where, and with whom, we truly belong …
When Love is a Skeleton Woman
“And that is how they awakened, wrapped one around the other, skin against skin, tangled from their night, in another way now, in a good and long lasting way.” …
What Sedna Knows
… and we remember compassion and forgiveness amidst the turbulence and coldness of the Northern seas. And we remember tenderness – how it will always sing us back to heart, back to warmth, and of this, new life will begin …
Along The Rivers of Grace
A discussion on grace, karma, the choices we make along the circling rivers of life, and delving into the symbology of the story “The Golden Girl” …
Behind The Green Door, Destiny Awaits
Along life’s paths, we are led by the mystical hands of destiny, and when the unclockable clocks strike their right time, we’ll see our green door. There, two worlds will touch, they’ll kiss, and we’ll find that love is not only felt in the hearts – it is known by the hands also …
Bluebeard: The Key to Knowing
Bluebeard is a story about initiation. The key is her key to opening the doors of greater knowing, truth and an opportunity to sharpen her instincts, intuition and senses. And while many may say “curiosity kills the cat” I disagree. When combined with good reason, it is precisely curiosity that can even save a life …
Beauty and Her Beast
The idea of a house and a white fence are not what binds a couple for a lifetime; it is our ability to adapt in any climate and adjust through the changing shapes, within and without, as we walk along the wilderness, side by side. And sometimes learning, or re-learning, how to build our fire, as primitive as it may sound, is actually the path forward and towards each other …
Urban Wild, By The Canal
Some time is controlled by the ebbs and flows, consequently covering and uncovering our shores. Sometimes we can allow its access early in the mornings or evenings, and we can stay gently in some ultimate intimacy. Eventually, like canals, we move towards our sea, to be consumed in his loving arms …
The Subtlety of Time
Time is perhaps a matter of timing. Unclockable. Sensitive to a seeing, experiencing and a certain kind of intimacy. Unpredictable, a lived-in process of our unique emotional wild lands. And what guides the hands of our clocks? The heart itself. The elasticity of a moment. Away from the lines, interiors and the conditioned structures of our minds, in the subtlety of time, like moving waters, is the always and forever. And it is only ever love …
What Secrets Water Knows
“In fact, I hadn’t learned anything, I simply knew, however wrong I may still be, that everything must be perfect, like this secret, like the euphonious voice of moving water. Then, I’d put the rock back and walk out of the canyon, my future decided.” …
