Pre-Ritual Work Get people to think about their ancestors who worked with the land and potentially any ancestors who might have had psychic gifts as we reach out to them and make offerings. Also explain that we will be inviting faeries to join us. Explain the idea of walking through the trees like hedge walking … Continue reading Spring Equinox Ritual for Rhiannon and the Fair Folk
Ritual Items: Drinking horn or glassMead, beer, cider, or another beverageBlessing bowlCandle Private Blót On April 30th, pour yourself a horn (or glass) of mead or other beverage and say:"Freyja, fair one, goddess of the seidhkona, I call to you.I have come before you to honor your daughters whoHave been forgotten, and lost throughout the agesWise … Continue reading Personal Blót to Walpurgisnacht (to Freyja and Disir)
When someone drops a rock into a still pond, ripples spread out in all directions. In this way, everyone touches and effects those they know and meet in small, subtle ways. The closer you are to the rock when it hits the water, the bigger the impact of the waves. We all have so many … Continue reading Speech for My Uncle’s Funeral
Ritual Items: Drinking horn or glassMead, beer, cider, or another beverageBlessing bowlCandle Private Blót In order to make an offering to Eir for the sick or wounded person in your life, first pour yourself a horn (or glass) of mead or other beverage and say: "Eir, goddess of healing, hail!Goddess of mercy, hail!Handmaiden of Frigga, … Continue reading Personal Blót to Eir for Healing
Pre-Ritual WorkGet people to think about what they would say to thank the Norse gods and goddesses with their experiences and how it has helped or shaped them. The Norse PantheonThe idea behind this ritual is to give thanks to the Norse pantheon as a whole and the impact the Norse gods and goddesses have … Continue reading Autumn Equinox Ritual/Blót
The following brief guide should hopefully help people understand what we are doing when we participate in a blot. The person or people leading the blot is/are the priests (male or female--some women might want to be called a priestess, some a priest). They will be doing the words and working the energy and offerings … Continue reading BLOT 101: What Happens Spiritually in a Blot
Projections. People do them all the time and many times have no idea that they're doing it. Projecting on to someone is placing onto someone or something what you hope they are or hope they will become for you. We all do it to some extent—for better or for worse—but when we ignore what's there … Continue reading What You See Isn’t Necessarily What You Get
The comfort zone is that way of being we all tend to either get stuck in or some place we retreat to when things are tough. It's a state where we know what to expect from our personal comfort zones because of familiarity with how things work in them. Comfort zones can lead to stagnation … Continue reading The Comfort Zone
How many times do we go out of our way to help other people or give them great advice on their problems and issues because we see them beating themselves up or they feel lost? Ever hear people say, "You give the best advice!" but ever find your own emotional, mental, orspiritual compass is stuck … Continue reading Self-Gratitude and Self-Respect
I heard a therapist by the name of Dr. Dan Siegel speak the other night about finding balance in relationships and other such subjects. One of the big things he said that resonated with me was "feeling felt." What "feeling felt" is something that's more than feeling that someone really heard what you were saying, … Continue reading Feeling Felt
