19 December
second day of Vetr-Naetr

nameless day

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18, 19 & 20 December
Vetr-Naetr
(the three Nights of Winter without name)
Silence stretches into the deep full emptiness of the stillpoint. Poised on the cusp of consciousness, waiting beyond light, in the ocean of pulse-sound is Courage. Memory of all-space enters, vibrates. She stretches out her hand of trust to show us, we have […]

17 December
Namnsdag Inge, Ingemund
(entering the river of time)

First light is reaching toward Ing Fro, the Mother Stone standing in the Northeast. A symbol of fertility is chiseled into her surface. We are reminded of the twin flames Frey and Freyja. God and goddess of fertility are equals, they represent what is created through mutual […]

16 December

Namnsdag Assar, Astor
(day of the old ones, ancient wisdom)

Tales are told of ancient lays and runes stored in copper-lined boxes made from Ash, the tree of life. Preserved for our future, they have been left for us to find when we are ready.

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15 December
Namnsdag Gottfrid
(create peace)

Winter Poem III
Peace is ours to make

14 December
Namnsdag Sten, Stig
(stone, path)

Winter Firs
We are now on the path to the unknown, first step on the ladder from everywhere.

In Nordic myth, as well as many others, the Milky Way is known as the ” ladder to heaven”. The Sun passes through the Galactic […]

13 December
Lucia day
Namnsdag Lucia

Tree Women in Winter
The oldest daughter wears a crown of candles and early in the morning sings an invitation for the light to return. Sweets are offered.

Before the reform of the Gregorian calendar this holiday was celebrated on the day before solstice, the longest night of the year also known […]

12 December
Namnsdag Alexander
(one lesson of the spirit)

Light into Dark ~ Dark into Light

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We step onto the bridge of Ullr, set our intentions for the new cycle. The past is closed away, winter’s seeds are planted for the […]

11 December
Namnsdag Daniel, Dans
(dance - the stonecircles were known by some as stone dances)

Winter Poem IV

We join at the sacred circle of healing; Circle of Hel. Tomorrow we begin the journey across the bridge.

10 December
Namnsdag Malin
(to grind, become authentic)

Drifts

Ilmarinen, great smith,
placed into his forge

the tips of white-swan feathers,

the milk of greatest virtue,

a single grain of barley,

the finest wool of lambkins

He blew upon his bellows
looked into his forge and saw a glorious crossbow forming
it sang with promises of great ability to kill in battle.
But Ilmarinen […]