2013-06-08T10:55:54-04:00

Every so often someone asks me, with varying degrees of politeness, how I can believe in that witchcraft magicky Goddess stuff. How do I know it's real? And don't I worry that having Gods talk to me means I'm crazy? Read more

2010-06-10T15:31:44-04:00

Summer Solstice Ritual of Positivity and Change. Dragon is the theme, red and gold the colours, noon the time. Dress self (and altar) with flame and fire colours. Have a wind chime hung where it can catch the random breeze– to create noise/music. Have a large red candle (or in your cauldron sticks for burning). and appropriate oils, incense etc. Cast your circle and sit – face the sun (or South) with eyes closed- breath deeply and feel the spirit... Read more

2010-06-10T06:37:20-04:00

Hey, I’m a scholar. Ok, let’s face it, I’m a geek. Read more

2010-06-09T13:45:33-04:00

Religion is always a complex topic, and there are easily thousands, upon thousands of thoughts and micro-topics when discussing religion, and this holds true for topics related to Asatru as well. Instead of me just writing on various topics of my choosing all the time, I thought that it might also be beneficial to you, my readers, to have at least a once monthly post that is dedicated to answering your questions. So, my dear readers are there any questions... Read more

2010-06-09T07:50:15-04:00

Most of those who come to our religion, come first from some form of Christianity. Let’s put ourselves in a hypothetical situation for a moment. Let’s say you know nothing about Christianity, and you find yourself at a Catholic service. At the conclusion of the service, Communion is given to those appropriate believers in the church. As an outsider you can watch this process, and somehow understand that the bread/wafer they’re eating, and the beverage they’re drinking has some sort... Read more

2010-06-09T07:30:59-04:00

How much damaging morality are we bringing with us from former religions? Is this a good or bad thing? What can we do about it? Kindreds tend to be our chosen family. But how much power should we give them, when it comes to them judging our personal life? I do believe there is an interesting conundrum, here: follow the gods when they lead, or be comfortable where you are, and try to ignore their summons? Deal with censure in your Kindred, or ignore what you are led to do? Read more

2010-06-08T15:46:48-04:00

Meditation often popularly thought of as zen meditation, with a clear blank mind. That’s really only one sort of meditation. I’d like to share a meditation I have used to connect with my Gods, ancestors and spirits. Journeying is somewhat shamanic. It is basically the practice of intentionally sending your consciousness from this land and into the Otherland. There are a lot of metaphysical explanations for how this works and why, but as I get older I find the practice... Read more

2010-06-08T06:30:40-04:00

Will you come with me and watch part of a sacred transformation that most of us close our eyes to and avoid?  It won’t be comfortable for you and it certainly wasn’t for me.   It’s not like many of the other joyous Rites of Passage that Pagans throw themselves into with wild abandon.  It’s raw and painful and normally very private, but it shouldn’t be shunned like some shameful secret.  I’m not sharing this to shock or repulse or thrill. ... Read more

2010-06-07T15:29:14-04:00

Sigdrifa’s Prayer is the only surviving, complete,  non-Christianized prayer that exists in the lore. As such it is a precious remnant, but unfortunately a little known gem. It’s nestled in the midst of the Sigdrifumal, one of the heroic lays found in the Poetic Edda. “Hail, day! | Hail, sons of day! And night and her daughter now! Look on us here | with loving eyes, That waiting we victory win. “Hail to the gods! | Ye goddesses, hail, And... Read more

2010-06-07T05:27:49-04:00

Some people, when they go to learn a different tradition, go from one teacher to another (more about that later), or when they start training in a formal tradition after having been doing things their own way for years, are daunted by the prospect of starting all over again. I’ve also seen people who are used to picking up intellectual knowledge very quickly get frustrated at the pace of magical training, or dismayed at their own lack of facility at... Read more


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