This looks interesting and comes recommended by Rig from the Nine Worlds list.

Anyone read it?

HELSONGS: A Manual of Northern Sorcery

 So I found time to work on the Frigga doll today.

Here is how she looks so far.  For more pictures go to my flickr page.

She has turtle broaches on each shoulder and one pinning the front of her dress, she has a pearl necklace and a pearl at each joint.  Her hair is long and braided.  She will be holding a basket full of yarn and a key.

We are hoping ( Read more... )

We did nothing last night but hand out candy ( Read more... )

Let's start with an essay about the difference between Seidhr vs. Spae.  It's an important distinction, and it is a firm foundation on which to build the rest of the essays.

Little is, honestly, known about either seidhr or Spae and in fact there is even a debate as to the pronunciation of the words themselves.  I personally say si-th, but I have ( Read more... )

Have you ever come home to feel as sense of relief and welcoming when you walk in the door?  That is your Housewight welcoming you back.  He is happy to see you and even the worst days can be forgotten when held lovingly in the arms of your Housewight.  But be wary, if angered the exact opposite reaction can occur, eventually driving you out of the ( Read more... )

 Last night I felt a call to pull a charm.  So I did.
I pulled the Gunnungagap charm.  There is a great need to go into the void.  To rest and heal and grow strong again.

 I knew there was a reason holding the door for someone was considered 'polite'.  It's so you don't lock the fylgjar in your house!

The fylgjar come into the world in the caul of a newborn child. If this caul be burnt or thrown away, the man has lost his guardian spirit for his life. In Norway a departing guest is always attended to the door, to ( Read more... )

So I went to a conference this weekend and low and behold there was a booth there taking pictures of folks' 'aura's'.

I thought this was amusing, so I had my picture taken.  Not sure if I buy into her spiel, but she did say a few things that were correct about me.

I usually go to one extreme or the other, but have been searching for the 'middle' for ( Read more... )

I have not had a chance to study animal lore in a Nordic context due to my other scholarly obsessions.  Would someone who is in the ‘know’ please help me with this question? 
First, some studying I was doing brought up this:

From: A Book of Folklore by Sabine Baring-Gould [1913]

“The Norsemen believed that every man had his fylgja, follower, a ( Read more... )

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I know this doesn’t have a lot to do with Heathenry, however, as a Heathen, I find this gentleman’s artwork fascinating.  So far as I know, he is NOT a Heathen himself.

Sacred Mirrors: Universal Mind Lattice - Looks like the web of wyrd to me.

Sacred Mirrors: Void/Clear Light - gunnungagap?  The Void is an important part ( Read more... )