Walpurgisnacht is also known as Hexennacht and Witches’ Night, and is commonly referred to as the night where the witches dance at bonfires at hilltops and flies on their brooms to Blocksberg in Northern Germany to meet and hold revels with their gods. Or at least that is what Christianity has told us for many [...]
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Walpurgisnacht
Posted in Initiation, Runes, Tradition on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Winter Solstice
Posted in Monuments, Tradition on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
October 11th, Meditrinalia festival
Posted in Roman religion, Tradition on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Roman religion, Meditrinalia was a festival celebrated on October 11th in honor of the new vintage. People began to taste their new wine and to offer libations of it to the gods. In drinking the new wine it was customary to pronounce the words: “vetus novum vinum bibo, novo veteri morbo medeor.”
The origin of the [...]
Second Night
Posted in Initiation, Runes, Tradition on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Veit ec at ec hecc vindga meiði a
netr allar nío,
geiri vndaþr oc gefinn Oðni,
sialfr sialfom mer,
a þeim meiþi, er mangi veit, hvers hann af rótom renn.
Við hleifi mic seldo ne viþ hornigi,
nysta ec niþr,
nam ec vp rvnar,
opandi nam,
fell ec aptr þaðan.
A new cycle is [...]
The Poetic Mead
Posted in Initiation, Runes, Tradition on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fé er frænda róg
og flæðar viti
og grafseiðs gata.
aurum fylkir.
Úr er skýja grátur
og skara þverrir
og hirðis hatur.
umbri vísi.
Þurs er kvenna kvöl
og kletta búi
og varðrúnar ver.
Saturnus þengill.
Óss er aldingautur,
og Asgarðs jöfur
og Valhallar vísi.
Júpíter oddviti.
Reið er sitjandi sæla
og snúðug ferð
og jórs erfiði.
iter ræsir.
Kaun er barna böl
og bardaga för
og holdfúa hús.
flagella konungur.
Hagall er kaldakorn
og krapa drífa
og snáka sótt.
grando hildingur.
Nauð [...]
Stonehenge
Posted in Archaeology, Monuments, Tradition on January 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Stonehenge has always fascinated me. Not only the story of Stonehenge with it’s unsolved mysteries, but also as a monument of the ancestors. In recent times, Stonehenge has always been the focus of Summer Solstice, where people gather to celebrate the Sun and sustain the old traditions. This article is quite interesting, and the theory of [...]
Halloween
Posted in Music, Tradition on October 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Oh it’s Halloween
Every night to me is Halloween
Like an ancient scene
You know just what I mean
Halloween…You are my pride
Halloween…Not just a dream
The moon is full another perfect day has begun
Like a Demon’s eye, That Devil’s eye
Will we ever die?
Halloween…You are my pride
Halloween…Not just a dream
Every night will be another evil scene
Like in horror dreams
I want…I [...]
Equinox
Posted in Family, Tradition on September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today on Equinox my son Alexander was given his name in a ceremony of the Northern Tradition.
Ild er det bedste for Ætters Børn
dernæst Sol at se
og god Helsen, om det kan haves,
og uden Last at leve
- Hávamál
Vær velkommen! Min Villie er sket,
kort lader Kysset vente;
længst Savnet er kjærest Syn,
naar En en Anden elsker.
Traa jeg [...]
