Today is Purim...

Judaism 101: Purim:Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination ( Read more... )

Prayed at the beginning of Yom Kippur, Kol Nidre has interesting connotations:

Kol Nidre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:All personal vows we are likely to make, all personal oaths and pledges we are likely to take between this Yom Kippur and the next Yom Kippur, we publicly renounce. Let them all be relinquished and abandoned, null and void, ( Read more... )

Tefilat HaDerech - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְפָנֶיךָ ה' אֱ-לֹהֵינוּ וֵא-לֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שֶתּוֹלִיכֵנוּ לְשָלוֹם וְתַצְעִידֵנוּ לְשָלוֹם. וְתִסְמְכֵנוּ לְשָלוֹם. וְתַדְרִיכֵנוּ לְשָלוֹם. וְתַגִיעֵנוּ לִמְחוֹז חֶפְצֵנוּ לְחַיִּים וּלְשִמְחָה וּלְשָלוֹם וְתַצִּילֵנוּ מִכַּף כָּל אוֹיֵב וְאוֹרֵב וְלִסְטִים וְחַיּוֹת רָעוֹת ( Read more... )

Watching the Unborn last night, I saw the medallion of Mirium's Hand.  It looked familiar, so I looked it up.

~Muninn's Kiss


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Hod is spelled Heh, Vev, Daleth.  Heh is the first Breathe from which G-d gives life, and the Window through which we can see clearly.  It represents the clarity and truth found in the intellectual Hod.  Vev is the Hook and And.  It is about coming together, binding things together.  This is seen in Hod as the embracing of hardship.  Daleth is the ( Read more... )

Ullr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:In Germanic paganism, Ullr appears to have been a major god in prehistoric times, or even an epitheton (*wulþuz, Old English wuldor, meaning "glory") of the head of the Proto-Germanic pantheon. Ullr is mentioned on the 3rd century Thorsberg chape and in late Icelandic sources but not much other information ( Read more... )

The second day of Rosh Hasanah being finished at dusk last night, it is now Tzom Gedaliah in the Jewish calendar.

Fast of Gedalia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:The Fast of Gedalia (or Gedaliah) (IPA: /gɛdˈlaɪə/ or IPA: [gɪˈdɑlyə]) (Hebrew: צום גדליה‎), Tzom Gedaliah) is a Jewish fast day from dawn untill dusk to lament the assassination of ( Read more... )

At sundown today, Rosh Hashanah started.  Literally, Rosh HaShanah means "Head of the Year", Rosh HaShanah is also called Yom HaZikkaron (Day of Rememberance) and Yom Teruah (Day of the Sounding of the Sofar).  It is a time to remember both of our faults and of G-d's providence, Kingship, and all he's done for us.

Numbers 29:
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Netzach is spelled Nun, Tzaddi, Chet.  Nun is the Moshiach (Messiah), the Kingdom and the Heir.  It represents Moshiach's Victory over the world.  Tzaddi is hunting for the sparks, bringing Victory over the Qlipoth.  Chet is the Bridge from the Physical to the Spiritual, and back.  This represents the Victory of Nun and Tzaddi being manifested in ( Read more... )

One common aspect of Shamanism is the Initiation.  This is a near-death experience or a vision of experiencing death.  The belief is that a Shaman is born and found by another Shaman who trains them, but the initiation must occur before the Shaman can function as a Shaman ( Read more... )