Harrowman Ealdham

Extensive knowledge, within any subject, means nothing without a foundation of wisdom.

ᚷ • ᛗ • ᚻ Fellowships between men can become brutal, But with time even bludgeoning hail from heaven wanes to water. Battle-sweat furnishes fields with flowers, And time alone mellows the finest mead. ‘Tis better to heal your friend-bonds than let them wither over footling foolishness. Wordhoard: Battle-sweat - blood Footling - petty

In order for a teacher to fill his or her role masterfully, they must also master the role of being a student. Only the curious mind can quench the thirst of curiosity.

As men in society we must strive to be wise and in accordance with Natural Law. It is our role to be the fundamental logical minds of our families and by extension society. The man serves himself as a keeper of his temple (body) by maintaining its beauty and sanctity. By doing so we become conduits of the divine will of the Gods. When we act with righteousness, we are their hands. When we act with wisdom, we shape the reality around us with their divine will with enthusiasm (divine possession) and intellect. A father who properly guides his family acts as the high priest of his own home by maintaining, not only his personal temple/body, but also his external temple/home. He guides his family by establishing the customs of his ancestors within his home and guiding his loved ones to achieve a stronger bond with the divine. A communal priest achieves the same function but guides, not only his family, but his community as a whole bearing the understanding that the temple is the reality we live in. We are the guests within the home (this reality) of the Heavenly Hosts, the Gods. The world we live in values weak and misguided men while seldomly giving heed to those who impact their communities positively. Be the example, and reestablish the hero cults of yesteryear. Educate yourself on your own shortcomings so you can properly lead yourself, your loved ones, and your community to Goodness. Conquer the battles with your ego and use that same fiery sword to benefit the world you live in. Hail the Ever-Wise and Eternal Gods. May they bless us in our struggles.

Hello everyone. I think to revive the activity of this channel as a compromise with the busy nature of my everyday life, I’m going to also include my everyday meditations to help inspire others on their religious or spiritual path. I often feel that I don’t have many folks to share my thoughts with, so I will begin posting them here.🙏🏻

It is only when we accept our place within the cosmos, and follow the Natural Laws that have been passed down from our Forefathers and the Gods do we truly experience freedom.

Odin takes the corpse of Sinfjötli - Johannes Gehrts (1883) 🜨 Volsunga Saga tells us that during one of Sinfjötli's raids he comes across a beautiful woman who he desired to have. However, the brother of his stepmother, Borghild, also sought her hand and so they agreed to fight a duel. As always, Sinfjötli was victorious and killed Borghild's brother. Enraged, Borghild petitioned Sinfjötli's father, Sigmund, to remove him from the kingdom and send him into exile, to which Sigmund of course refused. In response, the woman concocted a poisonous drink and gave it to her stepson. Upon drinking it he fell to the ground, dead. Overcome with grief, Sigmund picked up his son's body and bore him to a nearby fjord where he saw a man in a boat. He was dressed in a cloak with a wide brimmed hat, wore a long beard and had one eye. The man asked Sigmund if he would like to be ferried across the fjord, to which Sigmund replied, "yes." With only space for 2, he took Sinfjötli's body, leaving Sigmund alone on the shore. 🜨

A respectful response to the Taoist view of reality being ungoverned by a divine being. The Taoist believes that all of reality, be it metaphysical or physical, is mutually dependent and akin to the relationship of the bee and the flower. One does not rule the other, they are dependent and arise from the cosmos together. Another analogy I see used is that the brain is dependent on the other organs to stay alive and perform its functions and vis versa. However, this analogy conforms to the very idea that it rejects, a divine governor or “orchestrator”, if you will. Indeed, the brain is dependent on the other organs to survive, however, without the brain there would be no messages sent through our nervous system and therefore there would be nothing keeping the entirety of the body alive and functioning. There would also be no experiences had through our senses. Thus, the organs are more reliant on the orchestration of the brain to perform their assigned functions. This relationship is like that of how God interacts with the cosmos. All of reality is the emanation of the divine and is, of course, reliant on itself to function and for order. There is the purpose of the bee and flower, though Taoists would also disagree with me there because they believe everything is without purpose, and there is the divine intellect. The bee does not know why it does its duty of fertilizing the plants, and the plants know not why they grow and produce beautiful physical features. They simply just do. Much like how your heartbeat and other functions within your body go on without thought. This is the same orchestration found within this cosmos. This is is consciousness itself. Thoughtless action. God, Shiva, Woden, or however you wish to call it. Take a circle for example that the Taoist also likes to use for an analogy that there is no singular governing point in the cosmos. No matter where you put your finger it will always be in the center of the circle. The beginning and the end. Therefore the center is subjective. Yes, this is reflective of reality and of science as we know it. Everywhere in the universe as we know it is the center. However, this point neglects the idea that God is within everything of existence, therefore the “governing center” is within all things. God, and His order is within all. The analogy of the circle or sphere also misses the point that the outer lines, despite having no beginning or end all orbit a center, or in this case, a cosmic center as analogized in the photo with this post. The Taoist will also point that there is no need for a leader or governor because of the reality of the paradox that the more you attempt to manage or govern a system the more chaotic it will be. My response to this is that a perfect king or chief, however you with to conceptualize this, would interact with what he governs only when necessary and would know exactly when to act, thus there is perfect balance between governance and freedom. “Ungoverning governance”, if you will. This would fit in with the fundamental truth which is that reality is a reflection of the union of opposites. In closing, consciousness itself is the governor of the cosmos. Life is dependent on itself only because of this fundamental aspect of reality. Hail Woden, The Lord of Consciousness.

May the Gods bless you all.🙏🏻

Here’s a poem that I wrote warning of the dangers of uncontrolled anger. Only the Omniscient Ós knows well, That which anger wields to bring me Hel, How I wish for the troll-winds of flame, To wither away and leave me tame, Hard is it to shine with hap and light, When fire leaves loved ones in fright. Hark thou these words well Or thine anger shall bring thee Hel. Wordhoard: Omniscient Ós - Woden Troll-winds of flame - uncontrolled anger

Swa þes middangeard ealra dogra gehwam dreoseð ond fealleð; forþon ne mæg weorþan wis wer ær he age wintra dæl in woruldrice. Wita sceal geþyldig, ne sceal no to hatheort, ne to hrædwyrde, ne to wac wiga, ne to wanhydig, ne to forht ne to fægen, ne to feohgifre, ne næfre gielpes to georn ær he geare cunne. So this earth declines and falls, every single day; And so a man cannot become wise before he has his share of winters in the world. A wise person should be patient, should not be too hot-hearted, nor too hasty with words, neither too weak a warrior, nor too reckless, neither too fearful, nor too quick to rejoice, nor too greedy, nor ever too eager to boast before he knows for sure. - The Wanderer

Þórr and Sif by Elizaveta Antonova

Frigg by Polly Usanova

This picture was posted by a member of my personal group. I think it perfectly visualizes the shared divine source between different pantheons of Gods. Keep in mind, the pantheons used in the image are only examples. This isn’t limited to the Greco-Roman and Nordic pantheons.

“Worship without sacrifice is just words.” When you pray, whether aloud or in your mind, do you not sacrifice your time? When you pray aloud do you not offer your breath, attention, time, movement, devotion, etc? Where exactly is this line of prayers without offerings being “just words”? Are words not offerings within themselves? The words you speak are just as useless to the Gods as the most valuable thing you could ever give them. To the Gods, the things we give the most value are worthless to their unneeding nature. Why do we give offerings in the first place? Out of devotion and love. To return what was given to us with gratitude. Like a child giving a rock to a parent. The rock itself means nothing, but the act of love, mindfulness, and selflessness in itself is treasured by the parent. Thus the parent receives it with love. This is no different from how the Gods receive our offerings (whether they are words, objects, actions, etc.). So I suggest a change to the phrase. Actions without devotion or piety are mundane. Keep in mind though, nothing in the physical or metaphysical realm happens without the command of the almighty Gods.

Happy Midsummer! May the light of the Gods illuminate your lives this day!

Þórr has many reflexes of this ancient cult structure, which reveals how old his cult is: He is called Þórr smiðbelga stórra (Þórr of the huge forge-bellows) in a lausavísur by Þjóðólfr Arnórsson. Elements of smithing are in the language of Þórsdrápa, with Þórr killing Geirröðr with molten iron. He is uniquely associated with the öndvegissúlur more than any other god. These pillars are topped with nails called reginnaglar; which are also called regingaddi. The world-nail is attested in AM 748 I 4to, being called veraldarnagli. The pillar idols of Þórr as made by the Sámi were topped with nails, with flint hung from them so that ignem Thor executiat (Þórr can make a fire); the fire being associated with the sun and lightning. Þórr is linked to the holy fire and other fire rituals such as landtaking and funeral fires, with fire strikers being paired often with hammer amulets (see Hesselbjerg amulet). His association with heavenly iconography: himinsjóli in Þórsdrápa denotes kingship over heaven, with sjóli being an uncommon term for a king, but has been also translated as heaven-pillar. The himinn-hamarr shared linguistic root, denoting the worldview of a vault made of stone, and later being forged of iron indicating such technological advancement came alongside the cult. His dualistic cult structure being present at an early stage (Frog, 2022), with his primary antithesis Þurisaz being later transferred to Jörmungandr, and the Jötnar as a whole anti-god faction. Read this paper here.

For your reality to exist you must be conscious of it or observant of it, but reality exists outside of our perception or the perception of other beings. Therefore there is an observer who is higher than all things in the cosmos. One who is conscious of all things that were, are, and will be. All space whether occupied or not is manifested consciousness from God.

Pagan practices banned in Cnut’s laws, 995AD; -Making offerings at waterfalls and trees. -Making oaths to the heathen Gods. -Saluting and worshipping the sun and moon. -Worshipping fire, wells, stones and trees. -Animal guising; likely the practice of Yule processions, wherein people wore animal masks. ⴲ