HOST (text): Vitalija DOULA: Lisa In Lithuanian and broader Baltic folklore and tradition, cranberries (spanguolės) are immersed in sacred bogs, seasonal rituals, and the winter solstice. In Lithuanian mythology, wild bogs and wetlands are liminal, […]
Day equals night – night equals day. As the duration of the sun’s radiance in the sky shortens, we will descend again in the circle of the year… Traditionally, on September 20 (Saturday), in the […]
In Vilnius, I joined a guided walk into a hidden courtyard in the old Jewish district. I would never have found it alone. There stood a statue, placed there in 1987, tucked away where memory […]
In the past weeks, I have been listening to Sylvia Linsteadt‘s recordings, via the advaya platform ‘ When Women Were the land‘. In her first chapter, she focuses on the Motherhouse and the theories of […]
Last midwinter holidays, I talked shortly with an old friend about upcoming travels, including to the Baltic States. I said I would return for work to Estonia and Latvia after a long time. Curiously, I […]