originally posted May 22, 2011 on patheos

Among the many descriptions of Odin, we see that he is described as having a pair of ravens, and a pair of wolves.

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What began a couple of weeks ago as a short, rhyming prayer to Idunna, has now developed into a melody in my head... and I think the seeds have been planted for a song. I've got the counterpoint to autumn, spring now... and if I can make it work, eventually a song to cover the seasons and hopefully major holytides. To save my work (the lyrics and ( Read more... )

West Point, has been the U.S. Army's military academy for over 200 years, training the next generation of military leaders. But apparently there's a long standing tradition, that when there are about to be on-campus processional parades, or other type of outdoor activities that a cadet may want to get out of, that they chant to Odin, hoping for ( Read more... )

So I'm a curious sort. I was poking around Google's portal for advertisers. Google says that the following search term was used in a search engine query on google:

For comparison:

1. thor: 1830000 globally, 1000000 locally
   
2. pagan: 1000000 globally, 673000 locally
   
3. wicca: 673000 globally, 450000 locally
   
4. loki: 673000 globally, 165000 locally
   
5. odin: ( Read more... )

On one of the mailing lists I'm on, recent conversations have evolved around the use in the modern context of weapons in ritual. As part of that I spoke of how I'm constantly having to re-educate those outside of our community, as well as those within our community that we are first and foremost an agricultural religion. This is something long-time ( Read more... )

I think all too often one of the major problems we have in the overall heathen/asatru community is that many don't understand the symbolic nature of our ritual structures.

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I'm scared.

( Flash Gordon Star is Odin in Thor )

Irony = attending a Scottish Festival locally, when your sister is on a plane to the actual country ( Read more... )

Just what everybody needs, a wall mosaic honoring Old One-eyed himself... it's a bit of an art piece that can be incoporated into use in your home or garden.

Better get it while you can, it is on eBay afterall!

I came across someone's blog and in it they quote from The Pagan Book of Days by Nigel Pennick ( Read more... )