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How to Bless and Protect Your Home (Frigg’s Hearth Ritual)
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How to Bless and Protect Your Home (Frigg’s Hearth Ritual)

Discover the ancient Norse way to bless and protect your home through Frigg’s Hearth Ritual — a practice of peace, honour, and connection with the goddess Frigg, Queen of Asgard. Rooted in the old traditions of the North, this simple and mindful ceremony invites the warmth of the hearth, the strength of the ancestors, and the protection of the land spirits into your household. Learn how to prepare sacred offerings, invoke Frigg’s presence, and weave harmony and courage into the fabric of your daily life.

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Seiðr craft - chapter 1: Introduction
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Seiðr craft - chapter 1: Introduction

Seiðr-craft is not a pastime or performance. It is an ancient Northern art that bends the will, pierces the veil, and weaves into wyrd itself. Before trance, vision, or rune-song comes something quieter but far more essential: learning how to stand — to ground, to centre, to take your place within the web of fate.

In this opening chapter, I share the foundations of the craft of seiðr. We look at spiritual gifts and growth paths, the chaos cycles that repeat until their lessons are learned, and the importance of aligning your hugr (spirit-mind) and hamingja (fortune, spiritual strength) before you attempt deeper work.

Most importantly, I introduce the Five Laws of Seiðr: Virðing (Respect), Þolinmæði (Patience), Mörk (Boundaries), Sannindi (Truth), and Ábyrgð (Responsibility). These are not restrictions, but alignments. They are the frame of the high-seat and the grain of the staff — the laws that hold your practice steady and safe.

This is the beginning of the staff-road. Without these roots, no branch can hold.

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Types of Spiritual Gifts - A Complete Guide
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Types of Spiritual Gifts - A Complete Guide

Not all spiritual gifts arrive in the same form. Some burn quietly like embers, while others strike like storms. In Norse tradition, such gifts were never casual talents—they were rare burdens woven into wyrd itself, sacred responsibilities that shaped a life and demanded respect. This guide explores modern spiritual gifts—energy work, empathy, vision, song—and their echoes in ancient Northern practice, revealing how each must be carried with honour, patience, and discipline.

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Seers of the modern age: Could neurodivergence Be a spiritual gift marker?
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Seers of the modern age: Could neurodivergence Be a spiritual gift marker?

Could neurodivergent minds be uniquely tuned to spiritual energy?

This blog explores the fascinating overlap between neurodiverse conditions and spiritual gifts—drawing on ancient Norse traditions, modern science, and lived experience. From heightened sensory perception to deep emotional attunement, we’ll look at how ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and other forms of neurodivergence may carry a sacred resonance that our ancestors once revered.

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