Ep. #249: Reclaiming Nourishing Traditions + European Folk Culture with Danica Boyce

Living Open | Modern Magick and Spirituality for Mystics and Seekers

Danica Boyce (she/her) is a pagan educator and coach, guiding folks to shed limitation and imperialism by reconnecting with pagan abundance, animism & folklore. She specializes in religious history, folk song, and the energetics of holding epic, love-filled visions for humankind and the earth.

In this episode, Eryn and Danica explore:

• Danica’s journey with paganism and folklore
• Shame around the life-sustaining magic of imagination and play
• What it was like spiritually in Europe before Christian colonization
• Expanding our thinking beyond purity of European nation-states when it comes to our ancestry
• Connecting with European folk culture
• Abundance and scarcity in cultural practices
• Innovating within cultural practices
• Europeans displaces from their lands carrying the model of theft and control to America
• Long lineages of loss of culture
• Grief & belonging
• Holding other people in gentleness
• The flattening of death in Christian culture
• Capitalism, exchange, and trade
• Cultivating an abundance mindset in a not weird & toxic way!

Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/danica-boyce

Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Learn more about + apply for HOLY, a 7-week reclamation circle and support group for ex-religious folks to create community and heal from the impacts of dogmatic religion together.

Connect with Danica on her Instagram & podcast. Email her at [e-mail].

Mentioned in this episode: Ep. #217: European Folk Ways & Ancestor Work with Megan McGuire.