"I’m always puzzled by the dogged insistence on looking at lore, especially the Eddas as religious documents. They are not, not even the Poetic Edda. They may contain information that can inspire and benefit us as religionists, but they were not written down with any sense of the sacred in mind (nor were they inspired texts). Snorri wrote the ( Read more... )

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"Ugly"

"On Patheos' "Ride the Spiral", Nornoriel Lokason talks about ad hominem attacks within the pagan community, particularly with regards to physical appearance."

"Butterflies: a meditation on Sigyn" by Shirl Sazynski @ "Eternal Haunted Summer"

A beautiful vision/story about Sigyn.
Go read!

"If you just" by Nonoriel Lokason at Staff of Asclepius at Patheos.

"Said post deals with the pagan community's attitude towards psychiatry and tendency to suggest holistic methods and woo to people who are experiencing illness of some sort [...]"'

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People seem to think you have to fulfill particular requirements to Be A REAL Norse Polytheist (TM). That you have to have all these bells and whistles and amazing gifts and be anointed with blood by Odin under the Yuletide moon or something ( Read more... )

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