How I came to Heathenism

I wanted to do this for a couple of months but decided against doing it until I could do a good post about this topic. Events that lead a person to be apart of a religion is covered over and over again. Coming to Heathenism is one of them. I was interested in heathenism about six years ago. I wanted to return to my roots and be apart of a religion that was more based on fact then what others believed. I really loved the heathen religion, but there were people on there that attacked me for being Wiccan.

I was in a transition phase of my life, one that had to change when my mother told me that she disliked Wicca and didn’t want me practicing it anymore. I left the path when I felt that I wasn’t welcomed anymore and that people just hated me. I kept on coming back, though, because something inside my told me that this was the path for me. I kept on leaven and going back when the same haters came on. I stayed away from heathenism for two years, around the time that we moved down to Ky.

I tried, once again, to be apart of the large heathen community, but I kept on running into the same problems.Finally a month ago, I decided that I was going to do something different. I was going to be an independent Heathen.It was a term that I discovered last year and felt that it fit me. I wasn’t going to be apart of the larger Heathen community and I wasn’t going to put up with stuff that other heathens were doing. I’ve found that my soul is far more free down this path, staying away from the drama that caused the leaving and returning in the first place.

I’ve found that I’m not the only one that feels this way and it’s great to find kindred souls. I’m going to continue down this path, worshiping the gods, and not caring what others think. Don’t like my comments then you don’t have to comment back. I don’t force you onto my Independent Heathen channel or on my blog. Your free to hate me, to dislike me, to say that I’m doing it wrong. It doesn’t mean that I have to listen to you.

HAIL THOR!!!! HAIL ODIN!!!!

Late Post: Rune Blog: Fehu

Hail to All Heathens,

So, sorry about this being a late post. I totally forgot about doing this and I’m sorry. So yesterday I pulled out a rune and this is the rune that I’m going to be working with for the month. Or the remainder of the month. It’s Fehu, the rune for cattle, wealth, and things connected to being up in the world. Now what most people don’t understand, and this is something that confuses people that live in the world of credit cards and photo’s of gold and green backs, is that wealth, back a long time ago, had nothing to do with greenbacks or bars of gold.

It had everything to do with how many dairy cows that you had. Cattle was considered money, wealth, and respect. If you had herds of cattle then you had a ton of money. In-fact the only way to pay for a broadsword was to give a dairy cow. Today we can use Fehu for money spells. Carve them on candles, draw them on parchment, or burn them to bring money to you. I personally think it’s interesting how the idea of wealth and money seems to change over time.

HAIL THOR!!!! HAIL ODIN!!!!

Blooding My Runes

Hail to all Heathens,

Two days ago I got my Runes and I mentioned that I was going to blood them. Blooding them is a way of connected them to you. Blood is the most important life force that we have and this is a belief that is shared among many that are apart of the pagan movement. I used my mother’s lancet to prick my finger so that the blood would come out. I thought that I would have to use all my fingers, but, thankfully, that didn’t happen. I was able to do it with just two fingers.

I waited until the blood dried and then I put them in a bag that I had made for the runes that I had created last year. The runes are ash, the tree of Odin, and I really just love them. I did get rid of the blank rune, which I have no intention of using. I believe they turned out great and it was a wonderful spiritual experience.

Below are the back of the runes that I blooded.

I know that some will wonder why I would do such a thing, but I really loved doing it and I hope that you like my post.

HAIL ODIN!!!! HAIL THOR!!!!

New E-Book: Taking Up the Runes

Hail to All Heathens,

On the third I got the book on e format called ‘Taking up the Runes.’ I have her other book, which is an introduction to Heathenism, which I really like, called Essential Asatru. I have a rune set coming in today and I’m looking forward to working with the runes. I have to blood them, which is going to be the topic of not only another blog post but also a video on my Raven and the Wolf channel. I know that I’m going to enjoy doing both.

I think learning how to read the runes is very important. It’s something connected to my ancestors, and the gods. This set is Ash, which is connected to Odin, and it wasn’t an expensive set. I also got three posters. The Nine Noble Virtues, a poster with the runes on it, and one with Odin. I’m also going to print out the World Tree and put it on the wall. I’ve already read the introduction as well as the first chapter.

Of course I’m going to go back and re-read the first chapter, doing the ritual to blood them. I think that it will be a good thing for me to do, as I’ve found that the runes don’t speak to me because I don’t have a connection with them. I will be doing that so that I will have that connection. I know one thing, it’s going to freaking hurt. I’ll see you all later and thanks for reading.

HAIL ODIN!!!! HAIL THOR!!!!

Iceland to Build it’s First Temple and My Problem with Foaming In the mouth Atheists

Hail to all Heathens,

This is from the Guardian, which I really like both this article and the paper. So I’m giving them credit when I write this. This article comes from another story from Iceland, home of the Norse Gods, gentle conversion to Christianity, old stories, Lord of the Rings inspiration, and on, and on. It seems that the first temple to be built in a thousand years will start building this year, to be completed next year. So I’m going to give you the article then talk about it.

Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island’s first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.

Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.

“I don’t believe anyone believes in a one-eyed man who is riding about on a horse with eight feet,” said Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, high priest of Ásatrúarfélagið, an association that promotes faith in the Norse gods.

“We see the stories as poetic metaphors and a manifestation of the forces of nature and human psychology.”

Membership in Ásatrúarfélagið has tripled in Iceland in the last decade to 2,400 members last year, out of a total population of 330,000, data from Statistics Iceland showed.

The temple will be circular and will be dug 4 metres (13ft) down into a hill overlooking the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, with a dome on top to let in the sunlight.

“The sun changes with the seasons so we are in a way having the sun paint the space for us,” Hilmarsson said.

The temple will host ceremonies such as weddings and funerals. The group will also confer names to children and initiate teenagers, similar to other religious communities.

Iceland’s neo-pagans still celebrate the ancient sacrificial ritual of Blot with music, reading, eating and drinking, but nowadays leave out the slaughter of animals.

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So I’m going to start by saying that the article is very well-written. However the statement that the priest made really makes me shake my head. First of all, he claims that no one really believes in a one eyed god that rides a horse with eight feet. Um, that’s legs, not feet, and what is the point of pushing for a temple when you don’t actually believe in the gods that you want to honor at said temple? At least the Greek recons believe in their gods.

Now I know each to it’s own and all that stuff, but really. There are heathens that believe in their gods and would love to build a temple here. In-fact I was thinking about having one built and give it to a local heathen group so that they could use. A wonderful gift to the gods that my ancestors followed. And then the foaming in the mouth Atheists got on and started to slam the whole thing.

Anytime anyone liked this, someone got on and started to slam it. I think that the man that’s a Hellenist is right about what he said, “Atheists hate Christianity because they believe that mankind exchanged one superstitious belief and belief in many gods in exchange for superstitious belief and belief in one god.” Personally these people were dropped on their heads when they were children and haven’t gotten help for their medical condition.

Leave religions that don’t bother you alone, that don’t tell you that your going to hel, that tell you that your wrong. I think that there some churches that they haven’t set on fire yet. That’s what I get from their foaming at the mouth hate. Personally my gods can smash you to bits. We’ll see who wins the great tug or war called ‘true peaceful religion.’

HAIL TO ODIN!!!! HAIL TO THOR!!!!

Charming the Plow, The Feast of Barri, and Disting (2015)

Hail to all Heathens,

Today will be three Heathen holiday’s, sometimes two. They are Charming the Plow, Feast of Barri, and Disting. I’m only celebrating one, but I’m noting all three. So info for these are located below.

Charming the Plow: Offerings are made to Mother Earth and the first furrow is cut.

Feast of Barri, celebrating the marriage of Freyr and Gred. Plant seeds indoors for later transplanting.

Disting. If a female ancestors were not honored at Winter’s Nights they may be celebrated with their own feast when winter is beginning to give way to Spring. This can also be celebrated on the 14th, but I chose today.

I hope that you all have a good one and thanks for reading.

HAIL THOR!!!! HAIL ODIN!!!!