Webs and Ripples: Finding Community
Community is a huge part of our story as humans. We’re hard-wired for connection, and for our entire existence, our survival and much of...
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Jess
- Jun 30
- 3 min
Sit By the Needfire
(Photo credit: Hans Isaacson) Þat kann ek it ellifta: ef ek skal til orrostu leiða langvini, und randir ek gel, en þeir með ríki fara...
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Jess
- Jun 16
- 4 min
Sheltered Roots: Climbing the Family Tree
*Within Heathenry, ancestor reverence is an important and long-standing part of our hearth cult, extending back thousands of years to...
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Jess
- Jun 6
- 2 min
3 Month Rune Forecast
For this month, I chose to do a 3 rune reading for the next 3 months. Each month has a rune for the Lesson, Challenge and Opportunity...
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Jess
- May 16
- 2 min
May 15-21 Weekly Forecast
This week’s forecast features the Cross of Thor spread with the Yggdrasil Norse Divination Cards by Haukur Halldorsson. Situation: Hlin...
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Jess
- May 5
- 4 min
Starting an Urban Homestead
While I'm running my own small farm now and living rurally in a small village, the truth is that I've been a homesteader for years. From...
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Jess
- Apr 7
- 4 min
Mother Tongue & Mother Land
(Photo Credit: Ian Cylkowski) Cymraeg. Gaidhlig. Gaeilge. Norsk. Dansk. These are the tongues that speak to my ears. A balm for my soul,...
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Jess
- Mar 3
- 7 min
Outrage Is Not Action
Content note: This post discusses our climate crisis, colonialism and the COVID-19 pandemic. They're discussed briefly in...
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Jess
- Jan 20
- 5 min
Repairing the Damage: Weregild
In last week's post, I wrote about Heathen ethics and how they shape us as practitioners who operate outside a system of good and evil....
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Jess
- Jan 13
- 5 min
Beyond Good and Evil: Heathen Ethics
This week started with a lively conversation on good and evil in a Heathen (Norse Pagan) context. We spent about two hours trying to move...
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Jess
- Dec 30, 2021
- 3 min
Change: The Pulse of Creation
Change is the pulse of creation. It is how we know we are still here. Change has its own season and even when it visits us at the same...
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Jess
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
Wish Come True: Owning Your Victories
What did you wish to be that you already are? What have you done that was impossible? How many parts of yourself and your treasured...
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Jess
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
In Plain (Second) Sight: Psychic, Medium, Intuitive
I've been getting more questions about what goes on in Intuitive Wisdom readings and what it means to be intuitive, so I thought I'd...
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Jess
- Nov 4, 2021
- 4 min
Return of the Old Gods: Reconstructing Religion
The number of people who choose Paganism as their religious or spiritual belief system seems to be increasing as disillusionment grows...
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Jess
- Oct 28, 2021
- 3 min
Making and Breaking Tradition: Tech + Ritual
Samhain is very quickly approaching. As one of the most sacred holy days in my year, my excitement and preparation for it have been...
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Jess
- Oct 14, 2021
- 5 min
Change Is A Face Love Wears: On Integrity
If we stop moving for a moment, there is a cacophony of damning voices speaking. About all the things we have lost and are still losing...
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Jess
- Sep 9, 2021
- 4 min
Eating Fire: The Danger of the Bearable
Being human is a rich tapestry of experiences. There are so many wonderful and terrible things about human form. One of the most baffling...
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Jess
- Sep 2, 2021
- 3 min
Light It Up: Joy as a Spark of the Sacred
It turns out that farming involves more preparation and repetitive work than I anticipated, and I anticipated a lot. This has proven to...
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Jess
- Aug 18, 2021
- 3 min
The Thorns Are Here: On Heartbreak & Hope
"The thorns are here. The roses are coming." For the last few years, this has been one of the knowings I return to in times of turmoil...
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Jess
- Jul 28, 2021
- 4 min
Let's Stop Pretending: Processing the Pandemic
Content note: This post discusses our climate crisis, racism, police violence, the COVID-19 pandemic. They're discussed briefly in...
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