26 December
namnsdag Staffan, Stefan | Ren
(Staff | pure, reindeer)

The staff was placed into the ground, aligned with the polestar, it was used to calculate the angles to derive the positions of the stones around the stone circle. A sort of runic calendar was inscribed upon the staff. Stafa; alot and also to put words […]

23 December
namnsdag Adam
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Deep in November
Here there is a little of everything
and if you have eyes to see with
you don’t need to search
Northern lights flare up
ice pearls ignite
mountain fox tracks decorate the tundra
and every new day you wake up
to the laughter of ptarmigans
This that they call the dark season
Valkeapää

22 December
Namnsdag: Natalia, Nataniel
(next dawn)

Forest Edge
We have just arrived. I believe this day comes from naetr-elding or next dawn but perhaps more accurately night giving way to flame or spirit. Eld; flame, light, enthusiasm, spirit.

21 December
Vintersolståndag
namnsdag Tomas, Thomas
(empty, void, the vast potential)

Winter Glory
Tomas is another of the ancient words that remain in Scandinavian languages. Empty. Tomas is the emptiness of the Universe, Dark Matter that is so empty it is full. It is the vast potential of the unseen. On solstice morning the light is passed between perpetual soul’s […]