Knowing Freya. Part 6: Animals

The old Norse religion, as well as much of modern Heathenry, could be quite accurately described as shamanistic. As such, it shares many components that are common in shamanistic spirituality. One of these is the belief in guiding animal spirits and power animals. The fylja, for example, is a personal guiding spirit which takes the

17th January 2022: The Day of the Betty White challenge

Today is the day legendary actress and TV-personality Betty White would have turned 100 years old. Sadly, she passed away on New Year’s Eve 2021, at the age of 99 and still too soon. White’s television career spanned over eight decades and she was a pioneer in many ways. Among other, she was the first

She has arrived

Not quite done with finding all the things I wanted for the altar but the most important came in the mail today: I’m planning on writing a post about ritual, offerings and the like soon. Stay tuned.

Cats are precious

Somebody is keeping me company while I lie in bed and do some writing before going to sleep.