Survival stories for when it all
goes up in flames
6 weeks - 6 stories - 3 online meetings
My family has a famous story about my grandmother almost getting guillotined.
Mother of four boys in a minuscule flat, she was believed to have aborted (illegal in 1930 France, and punished by the death penalty).
What actually happened was : she suffered a miscarriage.
Got denounced by her neighbours.
Got Interrogated by the police.
But she lived to tell the tale.
When things get rocky I tend to turn to those big archetypal moments.
How do we get through the fire?
We’ll be following the tracks of a great Slavic witch to reflect on our own thresholds of challenge, unique and so universal.
When did we lose our way completely?
Find ourselves married to a beast?
Fall into an enchanted sleep for 6 months and wake up unsure how we even ended up here?
This is a slow-paced, contemplative journey that includes :
- a weekly audio recording of a Slavic tale.
- a forum to share what touched us in each of them
- an online meeting every 2 weeks to discuss the stuff of life : finding home, overcoming obstacles, being humbled, finding allies.
Which witch?
We’ll be traveling with the formidable Baba Yaga, great initator Crone of Slavic folklore.
She’s one of those beings that contain multitudes : she’s a murderer, cannibal, child kidnapper, a simpering idiot, and often a wise and generous helper on her good days.
Never a dull moment, as my mother would say.
Baba Yaga tests us hard, but her stories all have happy endings.
Her complexity invites us to visit the remote, unloved corners of our own nature.
Join us to
Get support through tough times
Slow down to contemplate your life path
Share meaningful time with others at your own pace
Treat yourself with the child-like pleasure of story-telling and enjoy
Your Host
Joy Thunder is a writer, facilitator, tarot reader. She is passionate about initiation, intimacy and the mystical realms.
Joy is devoted to the Temple Arts, and has a background in Sacred Sexuality, community and modern-day Mystery Schools (ISTA, Temple Trainings). She has been holding ceremonial spaces worldwide for 10 years, with fierce love, humor and deep sensitivity. Her poetry is infused with radiance and fire.
Our Meeting Dates
Online meetings are every 2 weeks on Wednesdays :
8-10pm Berlin time
8-10am Auckland time (on the FOLLOWING day)
2-4pm New York time
Meeting dates :
Wed 20 March
(Tuesday) 2 April
Wed 17 April
Joy offers quiet wisdom, uncompromising integrity, a great ability to surrender - and to share with the world wild moments of poetry and coincidence .
This is the kind of experience that could introduce you to magic, or deepen your experience of it.
Sue Li
My overall experience was deeply satisfying and nourishing; finding comfort in the fairytales, awakening awe and general lightheartedness to get through a tough winter.
I so enjoyed the riveting stories and inquiries you posted weekly. The deeper I involved myself, the more I got out of it. I was able to reflect on things that shifted or not in my own life. I was challenged to find the good when things felt so dark.
I would highly recommend this to anyone looking to add a bit of magic into their existence.
Emily
The stories gave me permission to own my weirdness and chaos, to abandon my anxiety to understand others and that they should understand me. Which feels like wow - such a relief.
I would recommend this to all kinds of witches and wizards who are interested in local Western shamanic traditions. It gives so many access points to create your own rituals. Nowadays everyone knows the South American things, the imported Pachamama songs and stuff. It’s so nice to get something from the European mysteries and reactivate that.
Nadim
I trust Joy so utterly. Everything she touches turns to gold and becomes more filled with aliveness.
This container opened something in me that I’ve been missing lately. Everything has been feeling so heavy and dry, and I’m so grateful for Joy for bringing her magic into this. Sometimes I forget there’s so much more to life. I feel so nourished.
Nora
I loved it all - it was so delicious to indulge in laying down and listening to the stories really deeply…. the online calls just made me feel so connected with community across the world - something that I’ve been missing lately - and I really appreciated how it made me access the deeper heart shares.
Lydia
Ready to get started?
Please send 88 Euros to :
Account holder : Chloe le Prunennec
Bank : Wise
IBAN : BE44 9672 1230 2145
SWIFT/BIC : TRWIBEB1XXX
Wise’s address : Rue du Trone 100
Brussels 1050 Belgium
And send your confirmation screenshot to joynthunder@gmail.com
with your name
Feel very welcome to reach out to me there with any questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
When are the online meetings?
Online meetings are on Wednesdays.
8-10pm Berlin time.
8-10am Auckland time (on the FOLLOWING day of course)
2-4pm New York time
Online meeting dates :
Wed 20 March
(Tuesday) 2 April
Wed 17 April
What if I can’t attend a meeting?
I will post a recording of each session in our private forum
What if I don’t want to be online for meetings?
You don’t have to (naturally). You can simply enjoy the audios and recordings in your own time.
Photos on Unsplash by Eyasu Etsub, Freddy Kearney, Dave Herring