Best Things to Buy for a Norse Altar (Practical & Authentic Guide)
If you are building a Norse altar, it can be difficult to know what you actually need. This guide cuts through the noise and breaks it down clearly. No gimmicks. No trend décor. Just solid, meaningful items that serve a purpose on a working Norse altar.
What Is a Blót? Norse Pagan Offerings, Rituals and Meaning
A blót is not a spell or a performance. It is an act of giving that binds humans, gods, ancestors, and land into right relationship. This article explores how sacred offering and reciprocity shaped Norse spiritual life, then and now.
Skaði: The One Who Chooses the Cold
Skaði is remembered not for conquest or submission, but for choosing. Goddess of winter, mountains, and justice, she embodies endurance without consolation and autonomy without apology. This mythopoetic exploration reveals Skaði as the archetype of chosen hardship - the clarity that comes when comfort is refused.
Chapter 20 Seiðr Craft - Chapter 20: Learning the Language of the Unseen
The unseen does not speak in words. It moves through sensation, timing, silence, and subtle shifts in behaviour long before it forms anything the mind can name. In this chapter of Seiðr Craft, we explore how meaning is perceived rather than interpreted, why the body is the first translator, and how misreading or forcing understanding can break contact. This is a study in restraint, ethics, and learning to live the language of the unseen without claiming ownership of it.
Norse Holy Feasts of 2026 - Sacred Dates, Meaning, and Modern Practice
The Norse sacred year followed the rhythms of moon, season and survival rather than fixed dates. This blog explores the Norse holy feasts of 2026 using a Scandinavian lunar reckoning, explaining when each observance falls, who is honoured, and how sacred time was understood in Northern tradition.
Hermóðr: The One Who Crosses and Returns
Hermóðr is not remembered for victory, but for crossing. Best known for his ride on Sleipnir into Hel after Baldr’s death, he embodies quiet courage, duty, and the sacred work of carrying meaning through grief. This mythopoetic exploration follows the messenger who enters silence without certainty and returns with truth.
Forseti: Keeper of Balance and Voice of Peace
Forseti is the quiet center of Norse cosmology - the god who steadies chaos through reason, mediation, and balance. Son of Baldr, keeper of Glitnir, and voice of peaceful resolution, Forseti reminds us that true justice is not force, but harmony shaped through insight, patience, and discernment.
Seiðr Craft - Chapter 19: When the Old Gods Begin to Speak
There comes a point on the seiðr path when the work stops feeling like study and starts feeling like response. Not because you forced a sign, but because something noticed you were listening. This chapter explores how the old gods tend to approach quietly through pattern, timing, dreams, and silence, and how to meet that attention with restraint, discernment, and grounded boundaries.
The Norse Creation Story: Fire, Ice & The Birth of the Cosmos
Before gods ruled in Asgard and before humans walked Midgard, there was only silence - a vast void where fire and ice drifted toward one another. From that meeting came Ymir, Audumbla, the first gods and the shaping of the world itself. This blog follows the Norse creation story from the birth of the cosmos to the rise of mankind, exploring the forces, realms and meaning behind it.
Garmr: The Hound Who Guards the End
Garmr is the hound who stands where life must stop. Guardian of Hel and herald of Ragnarök, he embodies the sacred power of boundaries, restraint, and necessary endings. This mythopoetic exploration reveals Garmr not as a monster, but as the principle that keeps the world from unraveling.
Auðhumla: The Cow Who Licked the World Awake
Auðhumla, the primeval cow of Norse cosmology, awakens creation not through force, but persistence. Her steady motion births time, form, and Wyrd - reminding us that endurance itself is sacred.
Seiðr Craft - Chapter 18: The Quiet Initiations
Initiation in Seiðr is not marked by ceremony or applause. It arrives in silence - in the unraveling of who you were, the aching reshaping of the self, and the slow return of the unseen when you are ready. These are the quiet initiations, the ones that change you without witness, that refine you into someone who can walk deeper than before.
Goði & Gyðja - Norse Priests, Leaders and Keepers of the Old Ways
The goði and gyðja were central figures in Norse society, acting as ritual leaders, legal representatives and community guides. This article explores their historical role, presence in the sagas, and lasting cultural significance.
Fossegrim: The Keeper Who Dwells in Falling Water
The Fossegrim is not a god, nor a trickster, nor a demon. He is what forms when repetition becomes devotion and sound becomes law. Dwelling in waterfalls where gravity never rests, this Norse spirit teaches mastery not through inspiration, but through endurance, sacrifice, and the willingness to be changed.
The Jötnar: Those Who Remember the World Before Shape
The Jötnar are not villains or failed creations. In Norse mythology, they are the forces that predate order itself - embodiments of pressure, memory, and endurance. This essay explores the giants as custodians of what the world was before shape, law, and narrative, and why the gods can never fully escape them.
Seiðr Craft - Chapter 17: Reading the Weave Responsibly
To read the weave is to listen to wyrd - not to control it. True sight is quiet, careful, and rooted in responsibility. This chapter explores how to witness threads without grasping them, how to separate intuition from projection, and how to hold vision with humility rather than power.
Ginnungagap: The Primordial Void of Norse Creation
Explore Ginnungagap, the Norse primordial void where fire and ice met to spark creation. Learn its origins, meaning, symbolism, and role in the Eddas.
Skóll and Hati: The Wolves Who Chase the Light
Skóll and Hati are not monsters of destruction, nor symbols of chaos. In Norse cosmology, they are the forces that keep the universe moving. As they chase the sun and moon across the sky, they ensure that time does not stagnate, light does not dominate, and cycles continue. This essay explores the deeper meaning of the chase, the wolves’ role in Ragnarök, and why motion itself was considered sacred in the Norse worldview.
Vor: The Watchful Revealer
Vor is the watchful revealer - the Norse goddess who makes concealment impossible. In silence and steady clarity, she exposes hidden motives, broken oaths, and the truths we avoid, until reality can no longer be denied.
Seiðr Craft - Chapter 16: Relational Craft: Working With Landvættir
Landvættir are not elementals or guardians to command, but neighbours to meet with respect. This chapter explores how to approach the land as a living being, offer without demand, read response, and build trust through slow, consistent presence. When we learn to listen instead of take, the land listens back.