What We Know The word gandr  appears throughout Old Norse sources, and scholars have long debated what it truly meant. The pattern we see...

A friend in Sweden reminded me how alive these words still are. The word spákona used Spákona there today. It is considered a bit...

Explore how the rune-songs of the Eddas and sagas reveal that carving was never enough. Breath and voice awakened the runes, shaping seiðr in practice.

Have you ever wanted to see what the Eddas and sagas actually say about galdr? The old sources give us glimpses of chants used for...

Have you ever wondered what it means to give voice the weight of creation? In the old sagas, galdr was not only song. It was breath,...

Have you ever wanted to learn what it feels like to turn your own breath into a doorway? In the old sagas, voice was never separate from...

Last night I was given one of the most meaningful gifts of my life. A dear friend placed a Viking Sunstone piece of Iceland spar in my...

A völva travels to a chieftain’s hall to set luck and ward a union. Freyja and Eir honored in blót, vé tended, red thread bound, friðr kept.

A personal chapter on útiseta during a drought, keeping friðr with the landvættir, and how belonging steadied my hands more than any sign.

Lately, my body has been its own battlefield. Some days the pain sits quiet. Other days it’s a storm I can’t outrun. When it gets bad, I...

Megin is the Norse soul part of living strength. More than muscle, it is the power of presence, integrity, and will. Learn what megin is, how it grows, and how to work with it in practice.

They used to bind sickness with plants and poetry. Not with handfuls of herbs tossed together… but with nine chosen for their power and their names. And words sharp enough to strike.The Old English Nine Herbs Charm comes from the 10th century. It calls on Woden, the same god the Norse knew as Óðinn, to strike a serpent with nine “glory-twigs.”It names each plant in turn, praises its virtue, and commands the poison to flee. Mugwort. Plantain. Lamb’s cress. Chamomile. Nettle. C

An introduction to the Norse tradition of charms, runes, and prayers for healing. We’ll explore each one in detail over the coming posts, connecting ancient Seiðr practice with the modern path.

Viðr in Old Norse belief was the core of self, the essence beneath all other soul parts, rarely named but deeply felt.

In Old Norse belief, Lítr was the soul’s hue, an aura or vital color reflecting health, energy, and spirit.

Líkamr was the body, the physical vessel for the soul in Old Norse thought. Impermanent, but essential.

In Old Norse belief, Salr was the soul’s inner hall, a sacred dwelling place for self, memory, and ancestral presence. Keywords: salr, Norse soul hall, Viking spirituality, Old Norse inner world, Seiðr, soul parts

In Norse belief, Móðr was your inner fire, the spirit that rises when the world tests you.

They knew memory as water and the self as the one who drinks. Minni  was more than remembering. It was the well inside you where personal...

They didn’t see luck as a coin flip.They saw it as a living thing. In the old Norse mind, Hamingja  was not chance… it was a kind of...