Monographs

Everyone knows the hazel tree — children, young men, but especially shepherds and woodcutters, who use its smooth and bright branches to make all kinds of flutes and pipes.

As much loved as it is feared, the elder (Sambucus nigra) has deep roots both in history and in the magical imagination of European peoples.

From the Neolithic to the present day, wheat has been humankind’s staple food. It is only natural, then, that a multitude of cultural aspects became interwoven around it, endowing it with sacred symbolism.

The morning air seeps through the cracks in the clay walls; the silence begins to be broken by the faint barking of a dog in the distance, while your body still aches from yesterday’s haymaking.

In folk tradition, it is known as Năvalnic (a năvăli-to rush), Deer’s tongue, or Neighbor’s tongue. In Transylvania, it is simply called Neighbor.

Every human has a unique fir tree, and when they pass away, their tree withers.

Magical simbiotic relationship between fly agaric and trees. Misterious witch ointment.

It heals the soil and the body. All its parts are used in household and rituals.

Hanging mistletoe has recently become part of our winter holiday customs.

Fireweed, solar plant, red as embers, sprinkled with the blood of Saint John.

Mountain tourism and alpine trophy collectors have influenced its spread.

Of sleep, of spells, of sweet death. Medicine / Aphrodisiac / Narcotic (opium, ‘afion’)