BC, AD, BCE or CE)
Plans: ?
lighting gold candles (for Frija’s spinning threads of gold, Froja’s golden
tears)
Frija/Frigga, Great All-Mother; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home, teach us to be
patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST A HEART-FELT HAIL, FRIJA/FRIGGA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!
Froja/Freyja, most lovely of all goddesses, who could not love you: Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty,
passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HAIL, FROJA/FREYJA, as we honor the Froja that resides in us all!
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the physical man the day
heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home, shunning, unbalanced kinship, genetic disconnection, disruption of family ties - race - culture and the environment, racialism, alienated/disconnected with the family of humankind.
Armanen Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
Outcome: Well hel, now THAT’S confusing…
What’s that out East? OMGs…it’s the Sun. Looking out West, oh good, it’s still overcast out that way. WHEW! There’s still hope…
Off to the VA first thing this morning. There was no chip with the test-strips for my glucose meter so I had to go back for an exchange.
Today I upped the 1.5 mile training walk to 2 miles.
Well, it looks like the clouds are breaking a bit and the rainy period may be over: DAMN!
Retrieved the mower from the repair shop
Separated recyclables
Bored, I went and tinkered around Lowe’s http://www.lowes.com/ for a bit. After which, I went to Pizza Hut http://www.pizzahut.com/ in Delano http://historicdelano.com/ in an effort to push it a bit. Come to find out my old boss from years ago was still at Pizza Hut up north is still there. Tried to call, but he had already gone home for the day.
Back into “Northern Wisdom” http://www.eoghanodinsson.com/my-books/northern-wisdom.html and I’m just going to say it’s “okay”. If I want a “modern rendition” of anything in the Poetic Edda I turn to the Poetic Edda translated by Carolyne Larrington http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Poetic_Edda.html?id=nBzuQZ4MCPIC. The “Northern Wisdom” book may have the Havamal; only a PART of the Poetic Edda, but Carolyne has the whole enchilada!
ARGH! I HATE it when the subject of blood sacrifices come up on the internet. Someone contacted me about gaining information on the subject and here were my responses:
*“Purely and simply, I do not participate in blood sacrifices; which is the basis for the word "blot". I do not find them a necessary part of my Heathen experience.”
*“Let me explain. I'm a modern heathen. I am not a reconstructionist. I am not going to pretend I can relive the ways of those hundreds of years ago. I take was IS known and I live in today. I cannot provide you with the information you need because I have never been interested in the subject, nor have I ever researched it. I just simply don't know and would never encourage anyone to participate in a blood sacrifice. Hel, for that matter, people were sacrificed to Wodan and hung in trees but I am pretty sure we can't do that any more. Nope. Don't know a thing about sacrifices.”
*“I hope I'm not coming off as rude because that is never my intention. This is one practice I abhor!
As a matter of fact, I was invited to a Theodish Yule several years ago. I accepted. It was only after I accepted did they tell me of their doing an animal sacrifice. I then told them I wasn’t coming and there has been bad feelings between us ever since.”
Any kind of sacrifice outside of a libation poured, actual food items or trinkets left makes no sense to me. Others may do it and that’s up to them. I will never (and some say “never say never“) participate in it.
Major League Soccer http://www.mlssoccer.com/ match
Seattle Sounders FC 2:0 Houston Dynamo
Era/Eir, herbal healing goddess, Menglöð’s handmaiden; whose loving hands and sweet breath brings healing and health, PRAISE YOUR NAME AMONG NORTH-FOLK! We thank
you for your gentle caress, your soft ministrations and your care. When stress, strains, aches and pains plague is, you come with your herbal medicines and compassion to ease our distress. Eir, goddess holy and wise, we honor you. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL ERA/EIR, as we honor the Era that resides in us all!
PM Rune: none
Comments: cared for animals
Alaf Sal Fena!