My post yesterday about Wuldor got me thinking about various Norse gods and the Tree of Life.  I determined gods for each Sephirah ( Read more... )

When I was walking last night, I pictured myself as Odin as Vegtam, the Wanderer.  I wore a hat (a stocking cap because of the cold, not the brimmed hat of Odin), and I carry two raven totem stones in my pocket that I call Muninn and Huginn.  And, of course, I was wandering ( Read more... )

The third Cauldron is the Cauldron of Wisdom.  It is also Mimir's Well, Miriam's Well, Shin, and the Cauldron of the Skull, which is the Ori/Neshamah/Godself, and the Blessed Pentacle.

The Cauldron of Wisdom is born on its lips, which makes it the hardest Cauldron to access.  This Cauldron distributes wisdom in poetry and art.

The Preserving ( Read more... )

In the Eastern Orthodox church, today is a strict fast in remembrance of the death of John the Baptist.

BibleGateway.com:At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, and he said to his attendants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him ( Read more... )

Nott, Daughter of Mimir
The Germanic peoples (German, Teutonic, Scandinavian) also have a story of Night.  Nott (Night) was the daughter of Mimir.  She's also listed as the daughter of Narfi, whose intestines were used to tie Loki.  One solution is that Narfi was a giantess instead of a giant.  Another is Narfi and Mimir being the same.  This doesn ( Read more... )

Æsir-Vanir War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:In stanzas 21 to 24 of Völuspá, the war is recounted by a Völva (who refers to herself here in the third person) while Odin questions her. In stanza 21, the Völva says that she remembers the first war in the world, when Gullveig was stabbed with spears and then burnt her three times in one of Odin's ( Read more... )

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... )

Part of Shiflut is understanding yourself in relation to others and others in relation to yourself.  Compared to the Divine, all of us are lowly.  There are no classes, no castes.  The poor man living on the street is just as poor and just as rich as the richest man in the world, because, compared to the Divine,  we are all poor.  The strongest man ( Read more... )

Did some research in relation to a reply to a comment I left on a friend's journal, and wanted to post it here as well, so I didn't forget any of it. And it was too long for a comment... It is in relation to whether Frigg and Freyja could have been the same goddess ( Read more... )