|
|
|
Although they may bear some superficial similarities to other faiths, Heathenry Heathen Ásatrú was not an offshoot of any other religion. Followers refer to themselves as Heathen rather than Pagan to signify that they are a member of a tribe that reveres two groups of Heathen goddesses and gods, the Aesir and the Vanir. The Aesir were the goddesses and gods of the tribe or clan who were associated with crafts, order, and kinship. The Vanir were the goddesses and gods of fertility and the "Forces of Nature, who were not part of the clan but associated with it. The Man in the Moon in English literature refers to the Man in the Moon in Heathenry Heathen Ásatrú where the moon was always a masculine presence, while the Sun was always a feminine presence. Many of these Heathenry goddesses and gods possessed highly developed shamanic and shapeshifting abilities. Od was similar to the concept of Shamanic Ecstacy. Od was the gift of ecstasy provided to humans by the Heathen goddesses and gods. It was what separates humanity from other animals, and was our eternal link with the Heathenry gods and goddesses.
Heathenry Heathen Ásatrú was an Řrlag faith of magic, fate, and destiny facilitated by Galđr, magical incantations, Galdrastafr, magical symbols, Gandr, magical staffs and wands, Spa, Seid, chantings, kennings, predictions, and Spákona, soothsayers. Seid Seeresses made metaphysical prophetic predictions and performed manipulative magic. When the Seid-kona entered a trance state, she sometimes travelled through space and often shape shifted into the form of an Animal Totem. Heathenry Heathen Ásatrú as Shamanism focuses on the discovery and comprehension of the mysteries and magic of the land itself with the Heathens honoring the nature spirits of the waters, trees, and rocks, more than on the mythos of the goddesses and gods. Gathering in kindred groups for bloats, the Heathen folk often make an outdoor altar of a cairn of stones and use images of the Heathen deities made of clay and wood.
Holy tools of the Heathens
include drinking horns that are deemed more traditional than a cup, blessing
bowls and twigs, and the god Thor's hammer, for cleansing and blessing...
Continue on
Go back
|
|
|
Explore 
Visit other 
Heathenry
Heathen Ásatrú Troth 
