My song about the Norns (the Goddesses Verdande, Skuld and Urd), as featuring a new musical arrangement by Jenn Mayes and performed by her pagan ensemble group: Bell, Book and Canto, is now available on iTunes ( Read more... )

originally posted June 11, 2011 at patheosThe concepts of wyrd and orlog are interconnected, but can sometimes prove to be stumbling blocks as their meanings are learned. In Heathenry we have no absolute concept of one’s fate, rather we have a notion that our destiny, or doom is comprised by choices and while a certain fate may come to pass, we ( Read more... )

A while ago, I had been struck with some inspiration and created a song. But not being a musician myself, it needed a musician's touch to polish it. Recently someone was asking on a ML if there were any poems or what not she could adpt into music and perform. I contacted this musician... and here's the end result:

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The original post with the lyrics ( Read more... )

Goddesses gather at the well
Found at the base of the tree
Show us what has been and
what may yet come to be

Verdande, Skuld and Urd
Web-Weavers Three
Show us what has been and
what may yet come to be

Hamingja, Orlog or Wyrd, Ladies tell us what you see ( Read more... )

I've been humming a little melody this evening that cropped up in my head, and have now developed words to go with it:

Verdande, Skuld and Urd
Wyrd Sisters Three
Show me what has been and
what may yet come to be

This is beginning to sound like a chorus, to a song that has yet to be fully realized.

For those who know me well, they will know that one of my biggest complaints about our religion is the lack of artwork that personally appeals to me. Especially new art, as so much of it has our Gods looking like comicbook characters on steroids, or has been too Wiccanized. The traditional iconography seems a bit too specific in nature for the ( Read more... )