Ritual Items: Drinking horn or glass Mead, beer, cider, or another beverage Blessing bowl Candle Private Blót In order to make an offering to Freyja and honor her, pour yourself a horn (or glass) of mead or other beverage and say: "Freyja, fair one, goddess of the seidhkona, hail! She who taught Odin the magics … Continue reading Personal Blót to Freyja
Prayer for a Beloved Dead”Hel, you are the goddess who looks after our beloved deadRuler of Helheim and dweller within ÉljúðnirYou are known to take in those who have died of natural causesI ask you to look after and take care of my ancestorsI ask you that you treat them as if they were BaldrTake … Continue reading Prayers to Hel for a Beloved Person
Ritual Items: Drinking horn or glassMead, beer, cider, or another beverageBlessing bowlCandle Private Blót In order to make an offering to Hel for yourself, your family, or a loved one, first pour yourself a horn (or glass) of mead or other beverage and say: "Hel, ruler of Helheim, hail!Howes-warder, the guardian of the graves, hail!Baldr’s … Continue reading Personal Blót to Hel
Ritual Items: Drinking horn or glassMead, beer, cider, or another beverageBlessing bowlCandle Private Blót In order to make an offering to Njorthr for yourself or a loved one, first pour yourself a horn (or glass) of mead or other beverage and say: "Njorthr, wealthiest of all the gods, hail!Keeper of the oceans and the bounty … Continue reading Personal Blót to Njothr
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)
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
