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The Use of Sacred Trees in the Context of Removing PainBy H.E. All over the world, people have tied scraps of fabric, handkerchiefs, or even entire pieces of clothing to […]
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The Flemish and Dutch have an old tradition, when the winter arrives, the dead return. We put a candle by the window so they know they are welcome. I use this Joelkandelaar, when the licht is welcomed back at Bikkebrenne with the arrival of spring, I blow it out. I leave the candle in it all summer. Sunne embellishes the candle with the power of…Read More
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theodric posted in the group Heathen Book Club
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theodric posted in the group Heathen Book Club
This corpus of OHG poetry with page facing translation is out now!
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theodric posted in the group Living Heathenry
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I debated on posting this either in the Folklore group or this group. I chose this group because I think this tale is an echo of the pagan past. A reminder to treat the gods with reverence. It’s attested multiple times in the Norse that pagans endeavored to please the gods with comfort. Godpoles were often clothed and kept warm with a nearby…Read More
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I think incense is an acceptable and completely authentic way to do this, for one.
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The location itself is also a reverence, by deciding on the position and direction. For example a sacred indoor space that is in the most used room and taking up the most prominent space of that room. For my red-white-black candles I use an elevated wooden platform to underline their importance. My indoor altar is in several levels on a thick…Read More
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I think the particular use of severed heads in a well, simply cannot be random. This is a date point for sure that we need to correlate with Mimir and other related stories.
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What else do we have for Mimir? Any non-Norse sources, I mean?
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That’s cool, I didn’t know they had such a corpus online.