Hel and Odin's CorpseDamam, Stillness, is not a common concept in Norse myth ( Read more... )

Shiflut is your attitude, whereas Kavanah is your focus.  Shiflut is a realization of your true position in the world.  Kavanah is a realization of G-d's position in the world.  In Kavanah, everything is an act of worship, everything is ritual, everything is purposeful and directed.  Living life in Kavanah is living life intentionally, thinking ( Read more... )

Twelve For the Wren in Ivy...

Reclaiming the Winter Solstice:In the British Isles, Celtic Yule traditions survive with amazing resilience. The fight of the Oak and Holly Kings, representatives of the waxing and waning year, is recalled in the still-current hunting of the wren -- a custom also found in ancient Greece and Rome ( Read more... )