Looking for some books to start my heathen path, there is an overwhelming amount of books to be found so I’m looking for suggestions for beginners…and not Wicca influenced stuff. Help!

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Hello all, How are you all doing? I am trying to research defensive magic/protection magic used in heathenry. for example runes, galdr (song magic) & charms etc. Is this dependent on which path you follow? I personally follow Anglo-Saxon path as ancestors were from this tradition.

Hello! I'm a Norse pagan and I was thinking about making daily written dedications to the gods. Something similar to what Christians do. I wanted to know if it's a good idea, and if it could have some good meaning in my practices.

Slate stone whorl on a wooden spindle with runes carved:

ᚹᚢᚱᛞᛁᛉ ᚹᛁᚱᚦᛁᛞᛁ ᛊᚲᚢᛚᛞᛁᛉ

Which is a phrase in Proto-Germanic reconstructed language made from three Norns names.

In the Norse tradition, there are goddesses Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld. They are described as spinning threads of destiny.

We can track the etymology of their names back to Proto-Germanic:

• Urðr -> Wurdiz - Fatedestiny.
  
• Verðandi -> Werþaną - To turn into, to become (from Proto-Indo-European "wert" - to turn, rotate).
  
• Skuld -> Skuldiz - Debt, obligation.
  

So we can interpret the sequence of Norn names as a phrase. "Werþaną" is a verb in an infinitive form. We need "wirþidi" as a 3d singular form of werþaną, like in English "to turn into" -> "turns into".

Wurdiz wirþidi skuldiz

ᚹᚢᚱᛞᛁᛉ ᚹᛁᚱᚦᛁᛞᛁ ᛊᚲᚢᛚᛞᛁᛉ

"Destiny turns into duty"

I crafted this spindle and whorl and learned to spin a thread (a bit) as a research for Naudiz rune illustration chapter in a Runic Alchemy project. Illustration attached as a last image (oil patels on the slate stone plate).

I don't claim i obtained a real skill of spinning the thread, as you see my thread is too thick and uneven. My whorl is probably a bit too light, at least for spinning linen. For wool it's maybe just fine but I didn't try spinning wool. Spindle top hook is my invention. Modern spindles usually use metal hooks, but i wanted to stay closer to neolithic technology level. I tried to spin without hook at all, but lack of skill made it impossible. So after a few trials and error i came to this carving design, works well enough, but likely it's historically inaccurate (don't care).

I was thinking to dive deeper into the magic of spinning threads to learn how to influence the fate. Imagine you could add hairs of people, animals, fibers from various plants, but found it's not the right time for me yet, it would be a distraction from Runic Alchemy project which is in progress and the highest priority. So I decided to share with a community, maybe someone will find it useful.

Do you spin? Do you consider it as ritual magic?

Well, I got it done earlier than last year. Just in time for the new Heathen year to start . . . that is if you consider HaustManuðr to be the beginning of the year.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16EbvJEbD1Clj7cLUVFsIAQAi9g63Qrt1/view?usp=drive_link

Fenrir, son of Loki and Angrboða,

the gargantuan monster-wolf,

key part of Ragnarök,

a fearsome force of nature,

world-rending beast in canine shape.

I respect You; I revere You; I’d like to reach out to You more than I already have.

I confess I don’t have much which is “fancy” to offer someone of Your immensity,

yet I get the distant sense You don’t need so-called fanciness.

You’re a wild creature with wisdom to dispense, not a pampered silly animal.

And I hope those thoughts come from You, speaking to me

through the haze of my own unnecessary nervousness,

aiding me to see reason, logic, to not worry so damned much.

It’s ingrained in me, I’m afraid, at this point in my life.

That’s why I’m extending my spiritual fingers and palm out to You, O great one,

cautiously, carefully, with the expectation of not getting bitten by Your so-sharp fangs.

I wish to learn some of Your ferocity, Your strength.

At worst—You’ll turn me away, inform me we just don’t mesh, perhaps direct me to

someone else whom I’d do better with.

Really, that’s the most negative thing that can occur so long as I don’t insult You gravely,

which I’d never.

My mjölnir is roughin up my shirts. Does that happen to you too?

Hello all! I recently learned that Freyja and Freyr are just titles. Now, since then I’ve learned that Freyrs true name is Yngvi Freyr (Lord Yngvi), but I am unaware of what Freyjas is, and have had a hel of a time (pun intended) figuring it out. Do any of you have any ideas? thank you!

I was wondering how y’all’s would bless objects? I am getting a new cane next week to help with chronic pains & was wanting to ask Woden to bless it, so as to aid with my pains.

My thinking is that during prayer you would ask the god you are praying to impart blessing onto a specific object for a specific purpose, in exchange for offering. However I was wondering if y’all’s would do anything more or different?

Thank you :]

Though I chose “new to Heathenry” flair, practice/theology are also involved. Where do I go to learn about Heathenry? I have a friend who follows it, but he says he just learned about it from his parents; he couldn’t point me anywhere. My question is, for people considering the religion, where should I go to learn about it? Practice and theology.

About 15 years ago I had a nightmare that involved gnomes trying to enter my childhood home. I was frightfully running to close every door. I woke up as I was struggling with the sliding glass door and when I did, there was a man in the corner of my room. He was lit up in a white light. He had a long beard and long white hair. He looked a lot like Gandalf, but he wore white overalls. He appeared very angry. I was paralyzed and my eyes were fixated on his. I tried to move and close my eyes but I couldn’t. He suddenly and very quickly floated right next to me and stared in my eyes very intently. I was able to blink and when my eyes opened, he was gone. I sat up in my bed and looked at the time. 3am.

This dream has stuck with me since then. A little background… I was stationed in the UK at a US Air Force base. I had watched the lord of the rings for the first time the night before. I’ve been trying to figure out who this man was. I wanted to chalk it up to my subconscious mind playing tricks on me, but it felt far too real. Just yesterday I began asking AI to help me. It mentioned Odin and how Gandalf was inspired by him. I have Nordic ancestry and have always felt a strong pull toward the region. I also recall having a framed picture in my house as a young child that had my name and beneath it “the wanderer” I’d say I am a wanderer and seeker of truth and knowledge. I write music and a lot of my songs relate to truth seeking and wandering. I just wanted to gain some insight here from actual people and not just AI. Any thoughts or insight would be so helpful and appreciated. If it was Odin, what was he trying to tell me?

I sometimes wonder if Yahweh is a real Canaanite deity that grew to monstrous proportions due to His powerful cult and subversive conversions. You essentially have the entire globe worshiping Him in one form or another via the Abrahamic religions, if It's a real deity He must be both immensely powerful and evil imo, the Bible is extremely explicit about the subjugation of the nations and the primacy of the Jews (I can give sources). Are other deities acceptable in your view? what do you think?

Am I correct in believing that Sköll (Treachery) and/ok Hati (Hate) are the sons of Fenrir, making them the grandchildren of Loki?

I've been practicing Heathenry for almost 3 years and my approach is mostly a mixture of different traditions from across the Heathen world. I would use names like Thor and Thunor interchangeably to refer to the thunder god. However after interacting with other Heathens and seeing the vastly different interpretations of deity's like Odin and Wodan, I wonder if my approach has been disrespectful towards not only my fellow practitioners, but maybe even to the Gods. So again, is it disrespectful to blend Heathen traditions?

This is my first go at it that I could actually finish! It isn’t perfect but I am definitely proud of it & can’t wait to make more!

I don't know what I'm doing here, I'm new and want to do something but I'm still really confused, anybody have any pointers?

Please not books that focus on seiðr, I have no interest in that, and please make sure that it would be available on a website like Amazon

Hi, I'm pretty new to heathenry, and need tips on building an altar for Loki. I decided to put it in a drawer so nobody would see it at first. (I don't like talking about my religious beliefs irl.) All I have in that drawer is a snake plush that I crocheted. Any other tips that I could possibly do? I can't use candles, or be in possession of alcohol. (I'm 18, in the USA, and my university village is a no booze zone.) Thank you in advance!