Merel

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About me

Location Finland
Introduction I'm a folklorist, Finnish nature wisdom & Finno-Ugric shamanism teacher, nature educator and a hat and accessories maker living at the seaside in Finland. I love the world of myths, reflections and resonances. I am a forest soul who loves elves, fairies and nature spirits and I aim to live soulful and magical life full of beauty and positive enchantment and deeper meaning.
Interests Creative crafts & arts, mail art, nature musings, harmonious singing, reading, writing, gardening, kitchen magic, dream weaving, fairy gazing...
Favorite Movies Frida, Dead Poets Society, Eternal Summer, The King and the Clown, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, LotR, Hellboy 2, The Fall, La fille sur le pont, Little Miss Sunshine, Gohatto, Survive Style 5+, Instant Swamp, Spirited Away, Mononoke Hime, Sense and Sensibility, historical costume dramas, visually beautiful, imaginative films
Favorite Music World music, medieval chants, alternative, Americana, New weird America, Loreena McKennitt, CocoRosie, The Cure, Antony & The Johnsons, James Vincent McMorrow, Prince of Assyria, 16 Horsepower...
Favorite Books Robin Hobb's Farseer & Tawny man trilogies, The Rainwild Chronicles, The Mists of Avalon, LotR, Astrid Lindgren's books, L.M. Montgomery's books, Catherynne M. Valente, Holly Black, Mika Waltari, Jeanette Wintersson, Neil Gaiman, Chitra Divakaruni, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Master & Margarita, Archipelago series by Anni Blomqvist, Brian & Wendy Froud, The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue, books by Jane Harris & Sarah Waters...