How many cataclysms happen within the seed before it sprouts, how many obstacles before the flower blooms? Keep your head up, focus on your goals. Be kind to your fellow man. We all struggle, we all experience suffering. There’s no need to add to this Karmic weight. The war is against ourselves, not the world.... Continue Reading →
Custom Runes and Bindrunes
I make runes nearly everyday. It keeps them fresh in my mind and allows me to express divine concepts through simple symbology. With runes (and bindrunes) one can essentially deliver ideas to a fellow initiate without words; a language of its own based on the culture of those using them. This is the premise of... Continue Reading →
Authority from Within
As the path of Odin, Shiva, Socrates, Lucifer, Buddha, and many others will reveal: authority, truth, and wisdom reside in our core, lying within us. Through the emulation and understanding of these most invulnerable and permanent forms, the essence of the Self stirring within every human incarnation, we get a glimpse into a higher, more... Continue Reading →
Irreplaceability, Mastery, and Glory
All men really want is to be irreplaceable. Mans higher purpose is to become a master of something… a professional at X, a genius on Y, an authority on Z. When it comes down to it, men want nothing more than to become irreplaceable. They want to know that no one can fill their shoes;... Continue Reading →
Algiz Maenon
For those that don’t know, my better half and I run a small Pagan oddities shop called Algiz Maenon. We carry animal bones, handmade runes, raw materials, books, music and more. Check us out via the “Bones and Craft” link in the menu.
Walpurgisnacht
Hailaz Walpurgisnacht! However you choose to celebrate the next couple days, do it with your full attention. Meditate on life in its myriad forms. Banish any fetters holding you down in the damp halls of Hel. Personally, we will be preparing a part of the homestead for the return of our patron deity of peace,... Continue Reading →
Change, Growth, and Wisdom
Changing and growing are similar but separate concepts. Change has no positive or negative connotations. It is just the objective and constant state of existence. Growth, on the other hand, means a positive shift towards the best possible outcome of an organism; becoming larger, stronger, and more capable of survival etc. Things will always change,... Continue Reading →
Animism
Thunder Rocks, Allegany State Park, New York. All things, whether sentient or (seemingly) insentient, possess an essence or a “spirit” within and around them. If you hold a stone tightly and close your eyes, you will sense a connection between your heartbeat and the “rhythm” of the spirit within the stone. In Rune work, this... Continue Reading →
Jera – Rune of Harvest
Jera represents the harvesting of your previously cultivated endeavors and energies. Whether that be physical, mental, or spiritual energy, it is the reaping of what you have sown. Jera shows you that your hard work has paid off and is the feeling of accomplishment, bringing celebration and confidence. Jera is patience and allowing things to come into fruition in due... Continue Reading →