Shay Smith, The Southern Psychic Medium

12/21/2025

Soo I did a thing…Sooo I was on a show a while ago… with my friend Susan Sheets… if you haven’t seen or heard about Haunted Discoveries y’all are def missing out!!!!👻👻👻👻

12/21/2025

12/21/2025

🎄 Mother Night belongs to F***g, the great Mother Goddess and guardian of home and hearth. On this night, the wife or mother of the household is honored as she symbolically cleans and prepares the home for the coming Yule celebrations. The veil between worlds softens, inviting both the living and the beloved dead to join in the gathering. Blessings are shared, gifts are exchanged, and the household comes together in warmth and intention. Observances are marked by quiet ritual and ceremony, with candlelight illuminating the home in welcome and remembrance. 🕯️

Blessings to you, and may your Mother Night be filled with light, warmth, and quiet joy.🎄

12/20/2025

On Saturday, December 20th, many will celebrate Modranicht* or Mother's Night.

Celebrated on the eve of the Winter Solstice, Mother’s Night is a tradition specifically honoring our female ancestors, the guardians of the home and family. As it is on Solstice Eve, this celebration also marks the beginning of the 12 night celebration known as Yule**.

Altars are adorned with pictures of loved ones along with offerings for these ancestors and candles burn all night in anticipation of the return of the sun. In these cultures, the sun is always considered female – with her life sustaining light – so this is an appropriate time to think of our mothers and our female ancestors. It is also a perfect time for the weaving of healing works and mending broken bonds between generations.

There are two different ideas of celebration shared below. One is a beautiful ancient honoring and while, specific to Asatru and the Norse tradition, it could be altered to fit any of our traditions.

The Second is a more modern idea.

Blessings to all on this Mother's Night 💖

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#1 - "Toast to the Mothers"

Hail mother Nerthus, Sacred Earth, you who nurture us. May you continue to uphold us.

Hail mother F***ga, beloved Great Mother of hearth and home. May you keep our household whole and safe.

Hail mother Freyja, Lady of the Vanir. May we receive prosperity in the coming year.
To our family’s Mothers, our Dísir, going back in a line to Elmbla,

You who have watched over us and loved us always. Bless us in the coming year!
We remember you with love and honor you this night.

#2 - "From Ozark Pagan Mamma"

On this Solstice Eve, it is with Deep, Deep Gratitude that I honor all the women who have come before me, all the women in my lineage, blood of my blood

Raising my Chalice, I drink a toast to them and to the amazing women who currently are on this Earth journey with me proclaiming…

Blessings to all on this the night of Modranicht, this night of the Mothers.

Blessings to all in this Season that is simultaneously a deepening into the darkest part of Winter and also a returning of the light.

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~Information compiled by Arlene Bailey, ©Her Sacred Wild
~Art from the "Alchemy 1977 Tarot Deck by Tarocchi Metafisici"

* Alternative spelling is Modranecht

**As Modranicht was celebrated on the Eve of Winter Solstice, there is also the idea handed down through the ages, that it was what became Christmas Eve when Yule became Christmas. Personally, in this time, I understand Yule and Christmas to be two different celebrations with different dates and different mythologies.

12/20/2025

In the quiet villages of Ukraine, long before modern tinsel, Christmas trees were decorated with care, filled with simple fruits, nuts, and candles. But a legend tells of a poor family whose tree stood bare, the children’s hopes dimmed by lack of decoration. That night, as they slept, a humble spider crept through the room. Silently, she spun delicate webs across the branches, weaving shimmering threads that caught the candlelight.

When morning came, the family awoke to find the tree sparkling as if dusted with frost and silver. The children laughed with delight, and the parents marveled at the small, hidden magic that had transformed their modest tree. From that day forward, families began to adorn their trees with strands of silver — a reminder of unseen blessings, of humble gifts turned radiant, and of the magic that works quietly in the dark of winter.

In folklore, spiders are threshold creatures, often associated with the unseen realms. They remind us that creativity, patience, and quiet diligence can turn ordinary life into wonder. The tiny webs reflect the sun, moon, and candlelight — just as the midwinter season is a time to notice how even small sparks of light can pierce the longest nights.

This Ukrainian tale also carries a subtle teaching: the ordinary and the miraculous are never far apart. A spider, a creature often overlooked, brings beauty, joy, and protection into the home — just as the winter months, when the world seems still and cold, carry hidden gifts for those who notice.

Reflection:
Where in your life might quiet magic be weaving unnoticed?
What ordinary moments or creatures carry extraordinary gifts if you take the time to see them?
How can your own hands and heart bring light and wonder into the lives around you this winter?

As the tree glimmers, remember the spider’s gift: patience, care, and the enchantment of small, unexpected miracles — the threads of silver that hold the season together.

12/20/2025

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12/17/2025

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