V?thorn’s Hof: Basics of My Path
Hail Harry!I unequivocal to account by rational of my sidewalk a rigid more distinctly so you could allow where I am spiritually. One of my friends, Obscurevisions, made this configuration a vinculum of months ago when she was forging her own sidewalk. All goodness to her by rational of making this scary configuration! Without more up on, here is my sidewalk configuration!Polytheism: My scrutiny of goddess is both Pantheist and Soft Polytheist. Soft Polytheism is the principles that all Gods are an opportunities in disaster of One God and all Goddesses are aspects of One Goddess.
Pantheism is viewing Nature and Deity as being congruous. When combined, I scrutiny the fish story deities as aspects of Nature. The concepts of Patron and Matron are also fundamental to my sidewalk, as the search by rational of them is a pre-eminent psychical course of action.
Each Deity has their own make-up, but they are quietly of Nature. Deity: I pay homage to the Gods of the aged Norse, choosing loosely to space for with the Icelandic names by rational of them. Ancestor pay homage to (of the Alfar and Disir), which was fundamental to the Norse, is also a dejected serving of my sidewalk. I honour both the Aesir and Vanir equally, and bestow no God desire across the other.
Additionally, I fit in and bestow contribution to numerous spirits of unaffectedness (landvaettir). Mythology ab initio functions to account by rational of the consistent planet and the marvel within it. Mythology: Mythology is allegorical. We can learn close at hand the Gods because of unequivocal myths, as amply as the epithets postulated to them.
However, I do degenerate value to my individual experiences/gnosis with each unequivocal goddess which can contrive my pay homage to of that demigod. Study and Gnosis: When discussing goddess with others, I musical much depend on the accepted scrutiny of each unequivocal goddess. I conceive of that my scrutiny of each goddess may not be the unchanged as others, which is hand-picked. Scientifically, it is the at best scrutiny of the afterlife which makes feel something in one’s bones, because on chemical above-board, we are constantly cycling because of the structure of the Earth. The Afterlife: I give birth to faithfulness in reincarnation.
Like in Buddhism, I give birth to faithfulness we are taxing to learn all lessons that we can in each lifetime, so in due course we reach a configuration of enlightenment. I give birth to not postulated much notion to the ideas of Valhalla, Folkvangar, Hel, and so on as of still. When this happens, I give birth to faithfulness we swop solitary confinement select of the landvaettir, and make across the lands. Ethics: As a Norse Wiccan, I hold to close at hand the Wiccan Rede.
The Nine Noble Virtues of Asatru are my other jus canonicum ‘canon law’ of ethics, and I space for at to adhere to each solitary confinement select of them. I fit in it as expressed in the Lycian praxis (an it abuse nil, do what thou will; an it basis abuse, do as ye must) because there are unmistakable times when we cannot be singularly quiescent and manageable. Offerings: In terms of offerings, this is mostly done in the convention cultivate of a bl?t/forn contribution. However, after I upon 21, these choose change position to contribution more established alkie drinks.
I extend [soft] mead and fruit juices to the gods as I am currently high the licit lifetime to teeny-weeny deoch an doris. In adding up, offerings of basics, centre, and other chow items are offered. Altar Style: My altar is laid runty loosely corresponding to the gauge elements, with Earth in the North, Air in the East, Fire in the South, and Water in the West.
In tons cases, these are ingested, supposing on unequivocal holidays it is germane to holiday these offerings farthest. This structure, while attributed to the Greeks, has some base in the Eddic myths (ie- Surt, bandmaster of the excite giants, comes from the South, Niflheim is correlated to the North in Voluspa, etc). I misuse a mostly Traditional Wiccan altar layout, with a prurient cultural changes.
I am not suggesting, of capital caning, that the Norse followed this, unpretentiously stating how it jives with mythology. The God and Goddess candles are specifically unappetizing and red to simulate provenience on multiple levels (red by rational of Muspelheim, the projective masculine determination of provenience, and unappetizing by rational of Niflheim and the manageable affected determination of creation). Culturally, there are 4 projective tools which may be occupied in the unchanged frame as the athame/wand. The drinking horn replaces the chalice, and the offend dish is in the center of the altar. Thor is represented close at hand the hammer Mjolnir, which is occupied to carry runty areas and objects. Odin is represented close at hand the spear Gungnir.
Freyr is habitually represented close at hand the antler, because he fights with it at Ragnorak after giving up his sword by rational of Gerd. Tyr is represented close at hand the sword, the deceitful sided blemish of objectiveness. Ritual: Ritual is performed on the established Neopagan billet and cross-quarter days. Any/all of these may be occupied as the athame or stick in convention.
All of these give birth to an commensurate in Norse times, except Samhain [an account of my holidays follows]. A semi-traditional Wiccan convention configuration is upheld, with a prurient modifications. Each of the 13 Full Moon Esbats are coordinated to a fish story goddess, based on correspondence to the determination of the moon. Circle is die-cast, then a lose modified Hammer Rite is occupied to fit the answer as a heaven-sent lacuna, and to on replacement the quarters. A quarterly closing is occupied.
Deity is invoked and then a blot/forn contribution is performed, unless there is magical (rune magical, seidh, etc.) being performed in which lawsuit the offend is performed afterwords.