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Just a reminder for those who might forget: the Gods never leave your side. It’s normal to experience moments of disconnect from one’s faith. Does a forest not grow even stronger after a wildfire? Does the Sun not pull her chariot up above the horizon after every dark, starless night? The Gods are all around us, and they listen no matter what.

Emroidered altar cloth for Disting / Charming-of-the-plough

I’m trying to make an embroidered altar cloth for all of the pagan celebrations of this year. They’re inspired and based on traditional German cross stitch patterns. So here’s my design for Disting / Charming-of-the-plough (feel free to use it yourself :) ):

I'm probably gonna embroider it on a dark brown fabric to symbolize the dark season

Pattern:

the pattern is from a German pattern book from 1608

(the pattern has a size of about 283 x 117 stitches)

#disting #charming of the plough #charming of the plow #germanic pagan #germanic paganism #pagan #norse pagan #norse paganism #paganism #disablot #imbolc

My (reusable) Yule log

I wanted to put my own spin on the yule log (since i can't actually burn one), so i made this kind of decorative yule log with all the stuff i collected this year (including dried sunflower heads, various dried grasses, wheat, hazelnuts, beechnuts, chestnuts, acorn caps, and tiny pine cones)

(i'm also using led lights so i won't accidentally burn it)

#yule log #yule #yuletide #happy yule #germanic pagan #germanic paganism #norse pagan #norse paganism #pagan #paganism #pagan celebrations

My plans for the 12 days of Yuletide

I've had a really good year and really feel like the gods spoiled me a lot! So i really wanted to give thanks during yuletide and give loads of offerings! So i'll be baking & offering the finished goods, crafting for my altar & future yuletide celebrations, and giving offerings to nature in order to show gratitude to the gods.

I also ordered the book "The Return of the Light: Twelve Tales from Around the World for the Winter Solstice" and will be reading one story every evening.

Here are a few lists of the 12 activities i have planned:

Baking:

biscoff brownies (recipe)

gingerbread oatmeal cookies (recipe)

baked apples (recipe, in German)

chocolate bark (recipes)

mini fruit cakes (recipe)

cinnamon stars (recipe, in German)

Offerings to nature:

Sunflower seeds & other seeds for the smaller birds

Hazelnuts & dried fruits for the bigger birds & squirrels

Some left-over chestnuts for the deer

Crafting:

salt dough bowls for my altar (recipe)

incense cones (tutorial)

witch balls (clear christmas tree ornaments you can fill yourself) (tutorial)

#yule #yuletide #germanic pagan #germanic paganism #pagan #norse pagan #norse paganism #paganism #pagan celebrations #happy yule

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one of the things I love about my religion that's so different to the one of my upbringing is the allowance for life.

I want to listen to music, and fuck, and wear crop tops, and curse and scream and dance, and feel the rain on my face and the wind in my hair, and love people deeply and unrestrained, and just live yk?

the gods are the manifestations of life in all its forms, and everything I do is an act of worship.

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I am still baffled that deities love me.

Low self-worth is not news for most of us, but it is easy to justify when a human friend likes or loves you, or shows kindness; they have blind spots, they're flawed, they just don't see how bad you really are, they're just too nice, on and on. Anything to argue that you are not actually worth something.

And then there's a god. This entity that is supposed to possess the wisdom of ages to an extent we can't comprehend, that has all the ability to swat you away and not want to touch you with a ten foot pole. They are good judges and in positions of power. But they like you.

How do you argue? How do you find a flaw in their logic? Where is their blind spot? They see you fully and they like what they see. You're lovable even in the eyes of divinity.

Maybe you are worth more than you think.

My Yule / Winter Solstice celebration 2023

The Winter Solstice / Yule is the shortest and darkest day of the year and therefore celebrates the return of the sun and the light. The Winter Solstice is typically celebrated on the 21st December and is the first day of the 12-day yuletide celebration.

As always, i want to do a lot of homemade and handmade things to celebrate and give thanks for what i have. These are my plans for this year:

tiny floating candles (to use for offerings) 🕯️

diy yule goat 🐐

diy salt dough christmas tree ornaments shaped like the sun ☀️

diy festive garlands to decorate my altar & christmas tree 🎄

Materials I'll need:

beeswax + wicks + moulds for the floating candles

straw + red string

ingredients for the salt dough

yarn + decor to string/tie on the garland (e.g. orange slices, berries, pine cones, hazelnuts, acorns, wooden stars, etc.)

#yule #winter solstice #germanic pagan #germanic paganism #pagan #norse pagan #norse paganism #paganism #pagan celebrations #yuletide

Does anyone know a spirit, god, creature or other folklore that's associated with people who are incredible at finding things??

I've always felt like i'm amazing at finding stuff (both randomly and when i'm actively looking for something). It's not just physical stuff, i've also always been able to find anything i'm looking for online.

Here are some examples of physical things i've found that i can think of right now:

when i was younger, i found a silver ring on the pavement (from a quite expensive brand)

i also found a beautiful striped blue feather from a Eurasian jay (my favourite bird)

i found nearly all of the herbs i needed for a charm i wanted to do at the first go (even though some were quite specific/tricky to find)

i found a boar skull in our forest (where there are no large predators and no one in my family has ever found something like that before)

every time i walk through our forest, i find loads of little quartzes, i even found some with a nice crystal shape

when i was desperately searching for aspen trees (cause i associate them with my chosen name and therefore wanted to collect some leaves and twigs) i suddenly found one because i literally heard the leaves shaking and knew immediately that it was an aspen, even though i'd never consciously seen one before

Pls let me know your thoughts about this!!

#pagan #norse pagan #germanic pagan #paganism #germanic paganism #norse paganism #witchy #folk belief #folklore #witch

Nine Herbs Charm

I always wanted to do a Nine Herbs Charm and this autumn i finally did it!!

The Nigon Wyrta Galdor (NWG) or, popularly, the Nine Herbs Charm, is an Old English healing spell—a galdor—intended to remedy a wound of some kind. The charm is recorded in a single manuscript, Harley MS 585 (ff 160r—163r), commonly known today as the Lacnunga (Old English ‘remedies’), which the British Museum dates to the 9th or early 10th century. The topics, themes, and entities the charm touches upon, such as animism, emphasis on the numbers nine and other multipliers of three, and the invocation of the Germanic deity Odin (Old English Wōden) stem from the pre-Christianization beliefs of the Old English.

These are the nine herbs that i used in my nine herbs charm. I changed some of the herbs for related varieties that i found in the forest behind my home (cause i really wanted this charm to have a really personal note).

Mugwort -> i used "artemisia vulgaris"

Plantain -> i chose to use both "plantago major" and "plantago lanceolata"

Lamb's cress -> i chose to use "cardamine flexuosa" from the forest behind my home and "cardamine hirsuta" that grows along our lawn

Betony -> i chose to use "stachys sylvatica" instead of "stachys officinalis" because that's the only variety i found in our woods

Chamomile -> i found some chamomile along the fields in our town

Nettle -> i chose to use 'normal' stinging nettles

Crab apple -> we have "malus sylvestris" in our garden so i used its leaves (i didn't use the apples cause i started collecting in November)

Chervil -> i used "anthriscus sylvestris"

Fennel -> i bought some fresh regional fennel from a local farmer's market, cut it into small pieces and slowly dried it in the oven

Mugwort | plantain | lamb's cress

Betony | chamomile | nettle

Crab apple | chervil | fennel

And here's an excerpt of a translated version of the Nine Herbs Charm:

Remember, Mugwort,

what you brought to pass,

what you readied,

at Regenmeld.

You’re called Una, that most ancient plant.

You defeat three, you defeat thirty,

you defeat venom, you defeat air-illness;

you defeat the horror who stalks the land.

And you, Waybread, plant-mother!

You’re open to the east, yet mighty within:

Carts creaked over you, women rode over you,

over you brides bellowed, over you bulls snorted!

You withstood it all—and you pushed back:

You withstood venom, you withstood air-illness,

you withstood the horror who travels over land.

Now, this plant is called Stune, she who grows on stone:

She defeats venom, she grinds away pain.

She’s called Stithe, she who withstands venom;

she chases away malice, casts out pain.

This is the plant that fought against the wyrm.

She is mighty against venom, she is mighty against air-illness;

she is mighty against the horror who travels over land.

You, Venom-loathe, go now!

The less from the great,

the great from the less,

until for both he receives a remedy.

Remember, Chamomile,

what you brought to pass,

what you accomplished,

at Alorford,

that no one should lose their life to disease,

since for him Chamomile was prepared.

Finally, this plant is known as Wergulu,

who a seal sent over sea-ridges,

to aid against venom.

These nine plants defeat nine venoms!

A wyrm came slithering, and yet he killed no one,

for wise Wōden took nine glory-twigs

and smote the serpent,

who flew into nine parts!

(...)

She stands against pain, she stands against venom,

she is potent against three and against thirty,

against a foe’s hand, against great guile,

against malice and bewitchment

from animal and spirit.

Now! May the nine plants do battle against nine glory-fleers,

against nine venoms and against nine air-diseases,

against the red venom, against the running venom,

against the white venom, against the blue venom,

against the yellow venom, against the green venom,

against the black venom, against the blue venom,

against the brown venom, against the purple venom,

against wyrm-blister, against water-blister,

against thorn-blister, against thistle-blister,

against ice-blister, against venom-blister.

If any venom comes flying from the east,

or any comes from the north,

or any from the west over folk!

(...)

(Source)

#nine herbs charm #charm #woden #odin #pagan #paganism #germanic pagan #norse pagan #germanic paganism #norse paganism #charms

Embroidered altar cloth pattern for Yule / Winter Solstice

I’m trying to make an embroidered altar cloth for all of the pagan celebrations of this year. They’re inspired and based on traditional German cross stitch patterns. So here’s my design for Yule / Winter Solstice (feel free to use it yourself :) ):

I'm probably gonna embroider it on a dark blue or dark purple fabric to symbolize the dark season

Pattern:

the pattern is from a German pattern book from 1760

(the pattern has a size of about 255 x 103 stitches)

#winter solstice #yule #germanic pagan #germanic paganism #pagan #norse pagan #norse paganism #paganism #devotional crafts #embroidery #cross stitch #altar cloth #norse pagan altar #germanic pagan altar

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My Winter Nights / Vetrnætr celebration 2023

The Winter Nights celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of winter. It is the last of the three harvest festivals of the year where we celebrate the end of the harvest season and prepare for the harsh winter that is coming. The Winter Nights are often celebrated for 3 days

As always, i want to do a lot of homemade and handmade things to celebrate and give thanks for what i have. These are my plans for this year:

making another wreath 🍁 (like the ones i did for Freyfest and the Autumnal Equinox)

making tree resin salve 🌲

making pumpkin soup 🎃

diy birch bark baskets for my altar 🌳

watching Halloween movies 🎬

making an embroidered altar cloth 🧵

Materials i’ll need:

wreath base + stuff to put on the wreath

selfmade tree resin oil + beeswax + containers for the finished salve

hokkaido pumpkin + other ingredients for pumpkin soup

birch bark + needle & thick thread

embroidery pattern + fabric + embroidery floss

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Happy Winter Nights!

First off, here's the last of the three harvest wreaths this year:

I also made a little tree resin salve from spruce resin i collected in our woods!

Since the tree resin was dirty and had pieces of bark and spruce needles in it, i put it into big open teabags so that all the muck wouldn't get into the oil when i melted it.

I also tried my hand at making a little basket out of birch bark, but i didn't find a piece of bark that was big enough, so i opted to make little tea light decorations instead:

As always, i also started making the embroidered altar cloth for Winter Nights but haven't finished it yet

#germanic pagan #germanic paganism #pagan #norse pagan #norse paganism #paganism #winter nights #samhain #vetrnaetr

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I love seeing pagans and polytheists so in love with their gods and their religion that it overflows into everything they do unintentionally.

A love that can't be described and only felt through their movements from one breath to the next. They don't expect things from their gods, they just love them for existing.

Every time I come across a blog or person that emanates this, it makes me feel so warm and hopeful inside. Mwah. Love all of you. You're all stunning and fantastic.

My Winter Nights / Vetrnætr celebration 2023

As always, i want to do a lot of homemade and handmade things to celebrate and give thanks for what i have. These are my plans for this year:

making another wreath 🍁 (like the ones i did for Freyfest and the Autumnal Equinox)

making tree resin salve 🌲

making pumpkin soup 🎃

diy birch bark baskets for my altar 🌳

watching Halloween movies 🎬

making an embroidered altar cloth 🧵

Materials i’ll need:

wreath base + stuff to put on the wreath

selfmade tree resin oil + beeswax + containers for the finished salve

hokkaido pumpkin + other ingredients for pumpkin soup

birch bark + needle & thick thread

embroidery pattern + fabric + embroidery floss

#winter nights #vetrnaetr #vetrnætr #samhain #germanic pagan #germanic paganism #pagan #norse pagan #norse paganism #paganism #pagan celebrations

Embroidered altar cloth pattern for the Winter Nights / Vetrnætr

I’m trying to make an embroidered altar cloth for all of the pagan celebrations of this year. They’re inspired by and based on traditional German cross stitch patterns. So here’s my design for the Winter Nights / Vetrnætr (feel free to use it yourself :) ):

I'm probably gonna embroider it on a dark orange or red fabric to symbolize the dark season

Pattern:

the patterns in the middle are from a German pattern book from 1607

the border on the top and bottom is from the same German pattern book

(the pattern has a size of approx. 273 x 158 stitches)

#germanic pagan #germanic paganism #pagan #norse pagan #norse paganism #paganism #norse pagan altar #germanic pagan altar #pagan altar #winter nights #samhain #vetrnaetr #vetrnætr

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My Autumnal Equinox / Höstblót celebration 2023

The autumnal equinox marks the day when night and day are the same length. From this day onwards, the days will be shorter than the nights, meaning that the darker half of the year has begun. It's also the second of the three harvest festivals of the year.

As always, i want to do a lot of homemade and handmade things to celebrate and give thanks for what i have. These are my plans for this year:

collecting coloured leaves 🍁

selfmade candles in second-hand mugs (to light during the darker months) 🕯

selfmade calendula salve (for dry winter hands) 🌼

making another "harvest wreath" (like the one i made for Freyfest) 🌰🍂

a hand-embroidered altar cloth 🧵

Materials i’ll need:

second-hand mugs

beeswax (for the candles & the salve)

candle wicks

calendula infused oil

containers for the finished salve

wreath base

collected material for the wreath (e.g. conkers, acorns, colourful leaves, etc)

embroidery pattern + fabric + embroidery floss

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I hope you all had a great Autumnal Equinox!! :)

I used the day to relax and to make some decor for my altar:

I made a small wreath for the second harvest using dried sunflower heads, hazelnuts, small spruce cones, and beechnuts, all collected in our garden and the forest behind our house

I also made some beeswax candles from beeswax that my grandpa collected from his bees:

And here is the selfmade calendula salve i made (i collected the flowers in our garden, dried them, made infused oil, and then mixed the oil with a little bit of beeswax):