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The Troth is open to all who seek to know and to honor the Gods, ancestors, and values of the Germanic Heathen traditions, regardless of gender, race, nation...
Wonnenacht is coming (sundown on Sunday, April 30), which starts the Wonnezeit ("Time of Joy") observance! Here are ways that you can prepa...
How to prepare for the Urglaawe observance of Wonnenacht.
A bit about an under-appreciated herb....
First hailstorm of the year brings some thoughts about the lore of hailstones and the Haagel rune.
Friday, March 10: The Troth: Modern Heathenry in a Complex World - Inclusion, Growth, Balancing Identity and Community Saturday, March 11: Zisa: Ancient Lore and Modern Understanding
An article on the Wild Hunt about Urglaawe's Yuul observances. :)
Today, many Heathens are posting this video to express our solidarity with the Standing Rock protesters, and I would like to share my personal sentiments as well. The opening of the video makes a reference to the forces of nature, personified in the giant troll women, turning against King Frothi for his unjust leadership, thereby bringing down his kingdom. We Urglaawer just completed the observance of Allelieweziel. Part of our observance is the recognition that the settlers of Allemaengel had violated a social contract that exists among all living things, thereby causing the plants and animals to abandon them. Had the settlers not recognized their error and been instructed by Hexes and Brauchers to make amends, the colony would have perished. Standing Rock presents the potential for the same circumstance. I recognize that the matter has some complicating angles. For example, I drive vehicles for my private use as well as for part of my paid job. I recognize that fuel is necessary for our society to continue. However, does the pipeline need to be built through the sacred lands of the Dakota and Lakota? Does their water supply really need to be put in jeopardy? The history of the relationship between the tribes and the US government is well known: Broken promises, broken treaties, broken arrows, and wounded knees. The Standing Rock Indian Reservation is itself the result of a broken treaty that unilaterally altered the Great Sioux Reservation. A feature of this action was to break up the tribal culture and relationship that existed among the tribes and bands in the region. Something about that undermining of a folk culture sounds familiar to this Deitsch man. The broken promises and broken treaties are of critical importance to me as a Heathen. The keeping of oaths is central to our religion and our social integrity. The US breaking treaties affects our Wurt as a nation, and our government's actions toward the tribes diminish our honor and imperil our future. Additionally, the pipeline construction endangers burial grounds of the tribes' ancestors. As a Heathen who owns a cemetery, I recognize the importance to my own soul of honoring my ancestors. To allow for the disruption or destruction of the tribes' sacred graveyards is beyond reprehensible and places a stain on us that will last from generation to generation. How would the average American feel if his or her ancestors graveyards were overturned for someone else's profit? It is appalling that we are even having to talk about this in the current era. Have we learned nothing since the 19th Century? Apparently we have not. We are seeing the violation of Standing Rock sovereignty and Dakota/Lakota dignity in order to feed the corporate machine. We are seeing a disrespect for the land, for the land spirits, and for those who have gone before. We are witnessing the violation of promises and treaties. This is unacceptable.
A Ritual for the Pulse Massacre Victims
An Urglaawe ritual response to the Pulse Massacre:
The question has arisen on the main Urglaawe group about how to honor those murdered in the Pulse Massacre. I am thinking this is a time to make use of our color associations. Perhaps six candles:
Red: Representing the blood spilled, calling to Ziu for justice and to Dunner for courage and strength.
Orange: A request to the deities, to the ancestors (our own and those of the victims), to each other, and to ourselves to attain the energy needed to surmount the polarization and hatred that is consuming this world.
Yellow: Our response needs to be appropriately angered, but our love of humanity must be victorious over these hateful actions.
Green: For the growth and expansion of messaging and ideas that toward putting an end to this sort of terror.
Blue: A call for peace and consolation to those who loved the victims.
Violet: Appeal to the sacred and to the things that connect us because, as much as our humanity is what got us into this world plight, it will be our humanity that gets us out.
Per Urglaawe funerary rites, one may also want to get some seeds or something to represent the victims, then wrap the seeds up in four pieces of paper or cloth of different colors. Say the name of a victim while adding each seed.
The first would be red. Set each seed onto a red sheet. The color and action represents the loss of life and blood and the journey to death. Draw a Raidho rune on the red paper pack with the seeds inside.
Then take the red pack and wrap it in yellow-green. Draw the Yaahr/Jera rune on the now yellow-green pack. This represents the commending of the bodies back to nature.
Then take the pack and wrap it in black. Draw the Kenaz rune on it. This represents the Higher Self's journey through The Mill.
Take the pack and wrap it in white. Draw Ingwaz on the pack. This represents the rebirth of those lost into new soul constructs.
Respectfully place the pack into a sacred fire, asking for Holle to bless the lost.
After that, perhaps add an uncounted number of seeds to a pack formed from purple cloth or paper. Draw the Mannaz rune on that pack, and add it to the fire along with pleads to Ziu, Zisa, and Dunner to aid the victims' loved ones.
I am going to work this into our Dingsege on Saturday. Perhaps if everyone performed the same -- or a related -- ritual at the same time (say, 2:30 PM EDT locally), we can strengthen our cause.
Feel free to make this idea viral. Perhaps this virus can combat the virus of hate, destruction, and despair that is becoming an epidemic throughout the world.
Urglaawe Hexenkopf Pilgrimage 2016
Hexenkopf is a strange and sacred place located in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Long associated with activity on Walpurgisnacht or Wonnenacht, this is Holle's home on this continent. For generations, people have reported seeing a White Lady on the mountain pillar or along the road, especially on the night of April 30. This is where the Wild Hunt ends and the Bright Half of the year begins. The awesome sign at the barn of the owners greets visitors. We always arrange our visits in advance. The site is on private property, and visitors should always plan to be off of the grounds by dusk.
The Harriet Tubman statue along the Delaware River waterfront in Bristol, PA… This stunning statue serves as a reminder of the power of one individual to make a difference in the world. It also serves as a reminder of how one good leader can bring people of many different backgrounds together to bring about the end of moral injustice. Tubman, as well as the escaping slaves and the farmers and townsfolk along the Underground Railroad, risked everything for a higher purpose. May their courage and dedication serve as an inspiration for all of us in the current era.
“In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line, but I can’t seem to get there no-how. I can’t seem to get over that line.” ― Harriet Tubman
And yet, she eventually did:
“When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything.” ― Harriet Tubman
Hail to the doers!
Distelfink Sippschaft’s new logo was designed and painted by Rachel Yoder. The rune wheel and border by Hunter Yoder. Thanks to both for this wonderful work!
The Distelfink represents the kindred and Urglaawe’s roots in the Deitsch culture. The bird is surrounded by Elder branches and is holding Elder flowers in its beak, representing Holle as the patroness of the Sippschaft. The Distelfink is holding the Sichel, or Sickle, which is the sacred tool of Holle and a major symbol of Urglaawe.
First PA collection is at Krampuslauf Philadelphia: Parade of Spirits on December 12, 2015. Liberty Lands Park. Gathering time from 3:00-4:00. Parade starts around sunset.
One last video of the distribution of the Urglaawe altar flowers at the Parliament of the World's Religions.
And the Urglaawe altar flowers get distributed. :)
The Ohlone representative smudging and adding energy to the Urglaawe flower offerings.