Archive for 'Songs of the Northwind'

December 19th, 2007 – 8:23 pm
Tagged as: circle of Hel

Longest Night ~ Winter Solstice Eve

December 19th, 2007 – 8:21 pm

20 December
third night of Vetr-Naetr

Winter Solstice eve is the Mothernight, a new year is born on tomorrow’s dawn. The Yule log is lit, we wait together to ensure the passage.
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Hel, the goddess of wholeness contains myriad polarities. She has several faces of her feminine-light-carrying self. One of these is Ellen-Soft radiance. Ellen has been […]

The Earth is Quiet

December 18th, 2007 – 7:22 pm

19 December
second day of Vetr-Naetr

nameless day

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Entering Silence

December 17th, 2007 – 8:44 pm

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 […]

fire & ice

December 16th, 2007 – 9:16 pm

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 […]

Finding the Copper-lined Boxes

December 15th, 2007 – 7:56 pm

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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peace is ours to make

December 14th, 2007 – 9:25 pm

15 December
Namnsdag Gottfrid
(create peace)

Winter Poem III
Peace is ours to make

Ladder from Everywhere

December 13th, 2007 – 8:53 pm

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 […]

Lucia Day

December 12th, 2007 – 9:04 pm

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 […]

Light into Dark ~ Dark into Light

December 11th, 2007 – 8:29 pm

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 […]