Tag Archive for: earth
Resurgence
The Idun ProjectDuring our lifetimes how much time is spent earning money which is then thrown away buying basic items that we could produce for ourselves? Of this money how much of that is wasted purely because the old skills needed to produce something have been lost, trampled into oblivion by the consumer culture and alien, materialistic greed?
Odin and the Tower
Poetry & ProseBy Harry S AOR
Nothing could escape Odin’s eye when he sat in his High Seat of Hlidskjalf. He would cast himself onto its velvet upholstery, and let his mind move over all the worlds. One particular day, not so long ago in the memory of our people, he sat there and gazed over the multiverse.
The Importance of Preserving Heritage, Tradition and Race.
HeritageBy Sam Coles AOR
Without a specific heritage to claim as their birthright, people are rootless and consequently drift through life without knowing or understanding where they came from, who they really are, or where they’re truly going. It has also been said that without the solid foundation of heritage, it is not possible to build anything that will last and stay the course, and that includes a folk community. Although this applies to every racial group, in this short article I will be focusing primarily on the situation of the Indo-European Folk.
Folk Spirit – A Compilation of Odinist Artists
OR Media AlbumsWe are very proud to announce the release of our first CD, a compilation of music by members and friends of the Odinic Rite.
The compilation is a showcase containing a variety of genres from Odinist around the world.
The Earth
Circle of Ostara Articles, Deities & LoreThe Earth is of the utmost importance in the ethical, mystical and magical system followed by the Circle of Ostara. Not the Earth as a literary abstraction to be discussed in smoke-filled city rooms but the Earth as an actuality - our living planet.
The Great Year
Circle of Ostara Articles, Deities & LoreThe Web of Wyrd is by no means a static construction. It is motion made manifest. The flashing patterns of energy within the heart of the atom, the wheeling dance of galaxies and stars, all is motion.
It is within this concept of a cosmos in continual, rhythmic, patterned motion that the idea of the "Great Year" must be considered.
Runes – A basic intro to the Runes
Deities & Lore, RunesThe Runes are, at their most basic level, as described here. However, just as you are a unique individual, their relationships with you are also unique. If you wish to explore these relationships and how you interact with each Rune, then you must explore the Runes, one at a time, and have no regard for other people's explanations.
Yule: Wrapping paper – The Sparkling Deceiver
AH - Faith, Folk & FamilyThe problem we have today is that much of the wrapping paper for sale is made from plastics, foil and waxes – substances that cannot be recycled when they are all mixed together.
Technology – A New God?
Environment
First published 1987
Research at present being carried out shows that technological progress did not necessarily involve pollution or the use of un-renewable natural resources.
We live today in a period of history that is often…
Water – Nature’s Sensationally Reflective Medium
NatureBy Eowyn OR
"No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it" -ALBERT EINSTEIN
As great seafarers, water was a major aspect of our ancestor's lives and, as for us today, an essential element of physical survival. Water…
A Time of Creation
Nature
CONTRARY to what one might expect the most creative period of the year is winter rather than spring or summer. Ostara is a period of manifestation, of the coming into form of various things. Winter Finding is the entrance to creativity…