Seiðr Craft - Chapter 11: When the Spirits Step Back
There comes a point in every practitioner’s journey when the spirits grow quiet - not in the way of deep, living silence, but in the way of distance. Their presence softens, their signs fade, and the pathways that once opened easily feel closed or unreachable. It is not abandonment, nor punishment. It is a recalibration, a necessary withdrawal that reveals the state of your craft far more honestly than praise or visions ever could.
In seiðr, the spirits step back for many reasons: because your grounding has slipped, your boundaries have blurred, your life has become misaligned, or simply because you are being asked to grow without the comfort of constant contact. Withdrawal is part of the relationship. It tests your steadiness, your patience, your discipline, and your sincerity.
This chapter explores those moments of distance - why they arise, how to recognize them, and how to walk through them without panic or projection. Silence does not mean you are lost. It means you are being reshaped.
Seiðr Craft - Chapter 10: Working With Silence
Silence is not emptiness - it is the deepest presence in seiðr. Long before visions form or voices rise, silence is the first threshold every practitioner must learn to cross. It reveals your fears, steadies your sight, and tests the strength of your grounding. In its weight and texture, the unseen world begins to listen back.
Chapter 10 explores silence as a realm, a teacher, and an initiation.
You’ll learn how to sit inside it without filling it, how to recognise the difference between silence and true absence, and how to read the subtle movements through which gods, ancestors, and land-wights actually speak.
This chapter is not about chasing messages - it is about preparing yourself to receive them. When you can stand inside silence without fear, your seiðr changes forever.