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Wayfaring Woman: The Faces of Freyja – More Than a Love Goddess

Check out my most recent post about the Goddess Freyja on my Wayfaring Woman column on The Agora at Patheos. This goddess is often treated as “just a love goddess” but she has many facets and layers to her. I offer a brief introduction to the fullness of this mighty lady.

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For Freyja

Mistress of Sessrumnir, you whose luminous heart-hall has many rooms, may there always be a place within your might for your devotees. Glorious Giver, you whose most goodly gift is in the power of connection, may the transformative fires of joining burn brightly wherever your blessed names resound. Lady, may all worry and woe fade […]

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Insight from Ganesha: On Self and Worth

While walking through a local shop, I encountered a statue of Ganesha that spoke to me, loudly. I tried to leave it where it was, but I just couldn’t. I had to purchase it. I stepped up to the counter and paid. I couldn’t stop the smile that spread across my face. Ganesha definitely had […]

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Glimpsing Deity: Glamour Falling, Ecstasy Rising

So, is it just me, or do the gods’ seem to use glamours (which are magickal illusions) to veil their true form? I mean, it makes sense to me that they would since they are most definitely “big and powerful”. Consequently, for one of us mortals to look upon their true divine form is to […]

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Fehu and Uruz: Unleashing the True Self

Other authors have already said a great deal about Fehu and Uruz, the first two runes of the first aett of the Elder Futhark. What follows is my perspective on Fehu and Uruz based on my interactions with them in meditation and divination. Ok, here we go… On a concrete or material level, Fehu is […]