Category: Spiritual and Magical work, including book excerpts and suggestions
NOW
January 31, 2017_Sunna peaking through the clouds Now Have you ever watched a bird, a cat or any other creature in action? If you ever find the time to truly observe their actions, you’d come quickly to the conclusion that they focus on the now moment. Even if their bellies are full of babies or eggs, … More NOW
Sowilo, the s-rune
Sowilo Excerpt from, Futhark—A handbook of Rune Magic Written by, Edred Thorsson Chapter 2 pgs. 51-52 The S-rune is the archetypal sun and the light of that sun, symbolically expressed as the solar wheel. The concept of the turning wheel (ON hvel) is central to the understanding of the rune. This is … More Sowilo, the s-rune
Clearing and Cord Cutting
Even us Heathens need to clear our spiritual selves from residual lag that we often experience after interacting with others during taxing situations. There are many ways to achieve clarity in both heart and mind that also lend a healing, helping hand to our body and soul. Meditating with specific runes…bringing our undivided focus … More Clearing and Cord Cutting
What being a Volva and Seidr means to me
I was told during a vision quest with Merlin and with Tailtiu that I came from a long line of Volva years ago. I never quite embraced being a Volva and Seidr until the winter of 2015 when Holda came to me, not in a vision, the kind of vision where your eyes are … More What being a Volva and Seidr means to me
2013… my introduction to being a Volva
Healing Ceremony of August 26, 2013 Throughout the cleansing of over 100 chakras I felt very heavy, I could barely move my head as the energy of the spirits that were with me was pretty intense. I was in a semi-trance and I am just coming out of it…slowly. I saw many … More 2013… my introduction to being a Volva
The Oracle
The Oracle Originally published in SageWoman The Oracle by Diana L. Paxson Web Source: http://seidh.org/articles/the-oracle/ In the far north of the world a line of snow capped mountains runs down to an icy firth. Beyond them the land rolls away beneath the eternal glaciers of Greenland’s interior, pale under the starlight, gleaming when the aurora borealis … More The Oracle
What it Means to be a Bard Today by Philip Carr-Gomm
Druidcast – The OBOD Podcast [link was found here: http://www.druidry.org/druid-way/resources/druidcast-obod-podcast%5D Welcome to the webpage for DruidCast – provided by the Order and downloaded over 1,000,000 times by April 2014! Produced monthly around the 20th of each month. Your host is Damh the Bard and each episode features poetry, story and song offered by Bards … More What it Means to be a Bard Today by Philip Carr-Gomm
My pagan way is a Heathen Way
My pagan way is a heathen way So many people are drawn more and more to paganism every day. What does it mean to be a pagan? To be a pagan signifies, like other spiritual traditions, a certain belief system that resonates with our total being, but also implies the whole connectedness to the … More My pagan way is a Heathen Way
The Legacy of Druidry
THE LEGACY OF DRUIDRY June 12th, 2016 A few months back, an interesting new book was published: A Legacy of Druids – Conversations with Druid leaders of Britain, the USA and Canada, past and present, edited by Ellen Evert Hopman. Ellen asked me to write the foreword, which I began like this: THE LEGACY OF … More The Legacy of Druidry