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One final note. Our ancestors believed that times of war and chaos weakened the boundary between worlds. Interestingly, modern research has also found that sleep paralysis is reported more frequently during periods of war. Whether that says something about the human mind —or something else entirely — is for you to decide.

Across pre-Christian Europe, people were already describing encounters that bear an unsettling resemblance to what many today call a sleep paralysis entity, shadow person, or sleep paralysis creature. Among the Celtic and Gaelic peoples, medieval Irish tradition speaks of Tromlui (“heavy sleep”), where a person awakens unablle to move while sensing an oppressive presence. The Norse feared the Mara, believed to press upon the chest of sleepers, while the Greeks knew Ephialtes, a terrifying visitor of the night. Sleep paralysis itself is a real phenomenon. Science has proposed several theories to explain why it occurs andwhy people report seeing entities during these episodes, but no theory has definitively answered the question that matters most. For thousands of years, right up to the present day, people from different cultures, languages, and religions have described waking unable to move, feeling an overwhelming sense of dread, becoming convinced something else is in the room with them, and then seeing a dark, humanlike figure standing in the corner, watching from the doorway, beside the bed, leaning over them, or even sitting on their chest. Different cultures gave it different names. Yet the descriptions remain remarkably consistent. A dark figure…the same overwhelming dread and the same silent presence. Coincidence? How do millions—perhaps billions throughout history—report such remarkably similar encounters?? How do people separated by centuries, continents, languages, and religions describe what appears to be the same presence… or the same creature? After thousands of years, no one has a definitive answer still to this day..

Today marks 6 years since I started my journey in Paganism, on August 6th, 2020. I can’t believe how much time has passed. In these six years, I have changed a lot. I have questioned my beliefs many times, changed some of my views, strengthened my faith, and learned to see many things differently than I did at the beginning. I still feel like I have so much more to learn, and that is what I love the most about this path. This journey never truly ends. There is always something new to discover, understand, and experience. @OnReturningtotheOldGods

Arianhod, also known as Aranhod, is a character from Welsh mythology who mainly appears in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi. The Four Branches of the Mabinogi are the earliest prose stories in British literary culture. Originally from Wales, these stories are fantastical tales of myth, magic, romance, and political themes that were compiled from oral tradition in the 11th century. Arianrhod is considered to be a virgin figure. As one of the children of Dôn, she is counted among the beings of light as opposed to the children of Llyr, who some scholars consider to be entities of darkness. Her siblings are Amathon, Gilvaethwy, Govannon, Gwydyon, and Nudd. Arianrhod's palace, Caer Arianhod, is associated with an actual off-shore reef of the same name in Wales. It is located westward of Llandwrog, and can be seen at low tide. The title "Caer Arianrhod" is also used in Welsh for the constellation Corona Borealis. In one version of her myth, Arianhod's virginity is magically tested by her uncle Math, the king of Gwynedd. She immediately gives birth to two sons, but rejects both of them. One of the boys is taken by Math, and given the name Dylan. The other boy is adopted by her brother Gwydyon who calls him Lleu. While Dylan is commonly interpreted as a Welsh sea-god, Lleu continues to play a bigger role in the myth. Over the course of the story, Arianhod gives him three curses instead of three blessings. She denies her son the "three aspects of masculinity" in Celtic lore: a name, arms, and a wife. However, Gwydyon and Lleu trick her, and eventually overcome the curses. Neopagan authors attribute all kinds of characteristics to Arianrhod. They claim her to be a moon deity, and the goddess of the silver wheel who carries the dead to her home in heaven. Others state that she can transform into a large owl that can see into the darkness of the human soul. While all of these statements are intriguing, they do not appear to be based on mythological sources.

History repeats itself and we lose more of ourselves in the process.

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FORGOTTEN CUSTOMS OF THE GERMANIC PEOPLES: ÚTISETA Many of the customs once familiar throughout the Norse world survive today only as names preserved in medieval texts. One of them was útiseta, a heathen practice that Christian lawmakers considered important enough to forbid. The term is commonly translated as "sitting outside," yet the sources never explain exactly what the practice involved. They simply forbid it, suggesting the custom was already familiar to those expected to obey the law. One of the earliest surviving references appears in Laurence M. Larson's translation of the Norwegian Gulathing Law. In its Church Law section, those who practiced witchcraft or "went abroad at night to call forth evil spirits and to promote heathendom thereby" were condemned. The Old Norse text includes the prohibition útisetu at vekja troll upp ("sitting outside to awaken trolls"). References to útiseta also appear in later Christian law codes. Other versions instead prohibit útiseta performed "to inquire into fate" (spyrja forlǫg). Beyond these brief references, the laws offer no explanation for why the custom was practiced or how it was performed. In Shamanism in Norse Myth and Magic, Clive Tolley suggests that útiseta may have been a solitary practice intended to obtain knowledge from spirits, though the surviving evidence is too limited to reconstruct the custom with confidence. Exactly how people practiced útiseta may never be known. Even so, the medieval sources preserve enough to remind us that it was once a recognized heathen custom, long before it passed into history. Artwork: Wanderer on a Mountain Top (1823), Johan Christian Dahl.

📢 🇺🇸 ⚖️ Shiloh Hendrix post trial update: Hello! I hope everyone is doing well!  I just got back home to my sons yesterday after being away from them for several days due to my trial. It’s the longest time I’ve ever been separated from them. I missed them so much. I can’t even imagine if they had jailed me for this. My family’s hearts would have been broken. I’m so grateful to be home. I have had an excellent team with me throughout this whole thing. My husband has never left my side. Tom Hennessy was reporting the truth the whole time to keep you all updated. My lawyer, Brian Karalus, has proven to be the perfect person for this case. I also had a group of patriots serve as my security. I am so thankful for them all. I also wanted to add that I am not on social media. I have been told that there is someone out there impersonating me. Don’t fall for their tricks. We all know the verdict. We all know how unfair and unjust it is. This is why I will be appealing. Things are already in motion to do so. I will never stop fighting, and all of you give me so much strength and hope to keep my head in the battle. I don’t know what I would do without all of your support. You’ve all proven time and time again how great we can be when we stick together. It makes my heart happy.   Thank you for staying by my side. Thank you for showing the world what we can do. Thank you for helping me protect my family. Thank you for everything. Shiloh 📎 Tom Hennessy

Flashback Friday ⚡️ The Anti-White Trial of Shiloh Hendrix w/ Tom Hennessy Tom Hennessy was reporting live from Rochester, Minnesota where the absurd anti-White persecution trial of Shiloh Hendrix was taking place this week. Tom joins Henrik to talk about what he saw first-hand and how this farce of a trial unfolded. Watch in higher quality on Rumble | redice.tv | X/Twitter | redicemembers.com #FlashbackFriday

Brian Karalus, defense attorney for Shiloh Hendrix, shares just some of his thoughts on the case. 🔗 @Tomhennessey69

This court decision needs to be appealed and taken to the Supreme Court.

Shiloh Hendrix was found not guilty for the count of disorderly conduct in which she said a word to a Somali child thief. Shiloh Hendrix was found guilty for the count of disorderly conduct in which she said a word to an adult Somali sex pest who was haranguing her, and demanding that she say the word, while repeatedly saying the word himself, as seen below. Two impossibly preposterous charges, and she was convicted on the more preposterous of the two. A White mother, at the park with her toddler, on video NOT committing a crime, and she was convicted of the crime that didn't happen on that video. She, in fact, was the only victim on the playground that day. There is no "justice" system for White Americans. No First Amendment. No fundamental rights. Just an anarcho-tyrannical monstrosity hellbent on our destruction. https://x.com/i/status/2080512799214579800 https://x.com/i/status/2080506118015521179