Monthly Archives: April 2009

Ostara Meditation

Ostara Meditation Taken from Raven Kindred South You are walking in a dense forest. The sky is overcast, and the woods are gloomy, although occasionally, a feeble ray of sunlight makes its way through the clouds and the trees. The … Continue reading

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Baldurs Dream

  Balder’s Dream (as translated by W. H. Auden & P. B. Taylor) The gods hurried to their hall of council,Gathered together, goddesses with them,All-powerful, eager to unriddleBaldur’s dream that such dread portended.Up rose Odhinn, unaging magician,Harnesses Sleipnir, the eight-legged,Sped … Continue reading

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The Sumbel

The Sumbel When Beowulf came to Hrothgar, the first thing they did was to drink at a ritual sumbel. This was a way of establishing Beowulf’s identity and what his intent was, and doing so in a sacred and traditional … Continue reading

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