Mortal Coil
December 17, 2025
Poetry. Death is sometimes a simple matter of taking a walk and dancing into the soft comfort of a new dawn.
Waters Flow Almost As Fast As Words
Dancing to Death
December 10, 2025
Spearcarrier here—computer fan screamin’, space-heater roastin’ my toes, pizza waitin’ in the wings. Complete with swear words.
Irish Cream Eggnog for Spirit Lovers
December 3, 2025
DO NOT STOP STIRRING! OR THE EGG DRAUGR WILL RISE! Their brains are scrambled and they will want yours! The safety of the nog depends on it!
An Oath
November 29, 2025
Okay the word is out and I can speak. My friend. The author I published. My mentor in music and a bit in magic. Leslie. She’s very sick. She’s a stubborn lady, and her stubbornness gave her a long life. In the end, it knocked her down. Watching the ingratitude around her, the outright attacks, […]
Wyrdworker’s Læ
November 17, 2025
Poetry. The Wyrd-weaver heard the call of Odin and answered on a wet day, despite being sick in bed with strep throat. She got out of bed, and with Odin’s power felt better enough to get her shaman’s rattles and journey to him on the godly plane. He made a request, and she agreed -without realizing the cost.
That Læ-ing Loki
November 13, 2025
This is Loki’s art. He is wise in læ, and he says so himself almost bitterly in Lokasenna. Which ultimately led me to… taking a look at Læveteinn, the locked away weapon waiting for Ragnarok. When I finally understood what I had found, I had to walk away from the paper and process carefully. I realized for the bigger work this comes from, that one little word and the mistranslation made all the difference. I had found the thing I’d been hoping to find – backup for my working hypothesis.
A Grueling Meal
November 7, 2025
This post seems to go hand in hand with my podcast talk about feeding the spirits. As the Midwinter Nights lonely festivities progresses, my hobgoblin husband makes his preferences more and more clear. I know the lesson is layered. On the one hand, most people offer him candies and cakes. They put fireballs in whiskey. […]
Source of Comfort
November 6, 2025
I started my first shamanic classes ever this week. “Be an exemplary student,” I heard as I stood by Grandfather Shortlegs’s altar. I will, I responded. The teacher clearly didn’t like me – no surprise – and she showed favoritism to students who had psychology profession backgrounds or loved Jung. But yesterday it came to […]
Slavic healing and the Nine Herbs Charm
November 5, 2025
On a whim I was watching the above video about the Slavic Whisperers, Orthodox healers in Poland. As I listened to their talk about their art and their “spells”—and watched one in action—I kept thinking of the Nine Herbs Charm. It’s the whispers, the flare of the candle, the whole of it. The Anglo‑Saxon charm […]
Álfablót Without Blood
October 30, 2025
I’ll add another human observation. Families have traditions. Thanksgiving, Christmas—every household has its own way within a shared frame. It’s nonsense to imagine álfablót was so alien to human habit that every farm did it identically. The sources themselves imply the opposite: secrecy, household control, variation.
Feeding the Spirits
October 26, 2025
“Better no offering than an oversized one. A gift always calls for a return. Better no sending than over sacrificing. So þundr endured.”
Spirits need some. Please note it’s not saying you have to give blood, which is good because blood is not my way. It Doesn’t need to be fancy. It doesn’t need to be overpowering. A little offering is better than an oversized one. So a little bit goes a long way.
To Make Wont
October 21, 2025
The little yellow-kilted fairy was hiding. I could smell him as a fish in the water, so I dived into a lake. So: I met the Salmon of Knowledge, tried not to steal his scroll-sweets, and learned that some guardians are strict but fair—and that kisses, not hooks, weave the better wyrd.
Goblins: Soul Eaters Among Us
October 14, 2025
The most dangerous spirits don’t announce themselves with horns and sulfur. They come wearing the faces of the gods you trust. I had another one get through my wards last night. I, by the way, did all the things you’re supposed to do: It was clever, presenting itself as Wōðnaz, with a friend masquerading as […]
Holy Groves, Batman
October 10, 2025
From reclaimed church bricks to spirited soul-retrievals with Loki and Thor—how I raised a humble, living vé in my own backyard.
Harsh Gods or Hungry Predators?
September 17, 2025
You can watch the video at Youtube or catch it below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9cOtddwyeQ I’ve tried and failed to make this video several times. I’m very close to the material and tend to go on wandering paths, so I’ll be reading from my notes to stay on topic. This is a subject that genuinely needs to be […]
The Nine Herb Charm
September 7, 2025
Or should I say… the Nine Herb Galdr. For shits and giggles, I looked into the Nine Herb Charm after hearing about it on Youtube. I found some English translations, but something – maybe my friend spirit or something – said the translations lacked. And what the hell. I’ve been reading Middle English sort of […]
I Survived A Spiritual Hijacking Attack
August 28, 2025
I may never be able to tell the full tale, but here’s part that we can learn from. Transcript: Hi everybody, I’m sitting here with Loki’s family.You can see Byleister or… I’m not really good at pronouncing the word so Byleistr, Byleistr.You can see Helblindi leaving the nest to go find his way.In the house […]
Paganism Problems With Poetry
August 15, 2025
The podcast has went a new direction.