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It’s not justified imo, protect ur self you’ll be alright

I use my Phone screen as a Black mirror or my tv screen 😊

i relate to her in so many ways haha. i love her so much

A witch should know his/her value. If you start the day with blessing the world/Geaia, your worth quadrouplee 🦉👑🧚🏻

After I realised Christianity definitely wasn’t for me, I started researching the beliefs, culture, folklore & mythologies of my ancestors. I have only ever used Wicca as a reference for ideas. My father is from Denmark & my mother is from Northern England so I have a broad range of holidays to choose from. However I currently live in the Southern Hemisphere & would prefer to work with the seasonal changes relevant to where I am. I’m also of the opinion that Heathens/ Pagans/ Witches should go with what works best for them personally & love the idea of making up my own. For me currently it’s all about the Equinoxes, Solstices & phases of the moon. I’m sure I’ll figure out more as I do more research, I do have a reconstructed list of holidays for Norse pre-Christian holidays, but I’m still figuring out which works best for me & how I’m going to incorporate it into my own life.

That's the realisation I have come to. I'm celebrating the seasons. Making my own wheel of the year. I'm glad other people are doing that, too.😊

Working with spirits leaves some of us at a bit of an impasse, if I am being honest. Does belief in spirits necessarily precede the study of witchcraft, or through witchcraft do you discover the evidence needed to support the literal belief in spirits?

To be honest,the seasons are so messed up in the UK especially, I celebrate when it really " feels" like the change in season, also there are one's I just don't bother with because they don't resonate...Beltain, Midsummer being two I totally skip, really I am a dark half girl so ,anything before fall and after yule, I am like nah lol😂

I love this, i too started off wiccan but very quickly moved away from it. I would love to see videos on pre Christian norse holidays

I love this, i too started off wiccan but very quickly moved away from it. I would love to see videos on pre Christian norse holidays

Deity work is interesting and I would love to try, but I am a bit.. afraid or confused. I mean, most people will deam you crazy if you say "I am working with a God ". Allthough when you pray to "the God" (the big christian/jewish/muslim one) noone will think you are crazy but basically it is the same, dont you think. My favored gods are Thor who is so cool and I have a feeling he is very openminded and like.. sure girl, nice to meet you. Today and yesterday it rained a lot and I saw lightning so maybe he wants to encourage me and I really want to try because I have the feeling I could connect with him quite fine. The other one is Apollo, whom I absolutely adore. I love to draw and write and recently I did a Tarot reading after not doing it for a long time and asked Apollo (who is in charge of poetry and also seeing the future) for help and got a superclear reading that encouraged me to follow my spiritual path. Would love to hear more on deity work from you, I love your videos (and I am always happy to get a glimpse on a lovely cat)

Cannibus is so diverse...each strain is a different experience for every individual. Some strains can alleviate migraines and others can cause migraines. It is a lot of research and experimenting in finding the right one for the individual. I have been growing and having my own plants for about 3 years now, (Legally)...For me, sativa is better for my migraines...Indica sometimes makes them worse....With all the hybrids nowadays...it is very interesting plant to work with...😊 tschüss.

Yes. I've been teaching this for years.

Could you cover Fenrir? ❤

I wouldn't give u any reason to not have a party or celebration!

I love this. I see this happening all over the "pagan" community. People are starting to reclaim their relationships to nature in a more natural way. I live in America, in the region of the pacific northwest. We have a totally different climate than the rest of the country so I am also working on my own calendar system.

When my cat's cancer started coming back, I also started to feel Freyja's energy. She wasnt necessarily reaching out to me but she was just lingering and I couldnt figure out why until a couple weeks before my cat died. I knew her time was coming and I was in the worst mental state id ever been in. Thats when Freyja officially reached out. She helped both me and my cat during this time, and I felt like this was her way of telling me "Don't worry, theres a special place in my hall just for her. I'll take good care of her." my cats been gone for 3 months now but I still work with Freyja because shes helped me in many other aspects. Im so lucky I get to work with her

I like to give dried lavender or rose petals as offerings. And tea. Maybe seeds of some kind

For anyone practicing any form of Reconstructionist Paganism, it should be avoided. It is mainly based around the British Isles, where I live, but has no historical basis for me, as a practicing reconstructionist Anglo-Saxon heathen (Fyrnsidu), nor does it even have one really in any form of insular (British) Celtic paganism with the exception of some dates, but the “Wheel of the Year” is completely new age/Wiccan. For a lot of European traditions, if you look at the sources, you can actually gain some insight into their own “Wheel of the Year”. For Anglo-Saxon heathens, the Venerable Bede literally has described the Anglo-Saxon calendar back in the 700s, and this is also a goldmine for all Germanic heathens (Norse, Continental). If you’re a heathen, check out Bede for a reconstructionist approach!

You often said in this video, “as you already know” it is flattering you think I know anything about Norse mythology! I know very little, I do appreciate your teaching. Thank you!🙏🏻🧶

have you watched arith harger?

I really want to know where part of the world are my ancestors . What I only know is that the mother of my grandmother is a pure Spanish . She was in the Philippines before the WW2 and my granny married a pure Filipino which my grandpa. I want to know more about more than that .

Great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! 🤎🍂

Moin Bente, einmal auf deutsch, weil es mir einfacher fällt es zu erklären. Erstmal finde ich das Thema sehr spannend, weil ich mich in einer ähnlichen Situation befinde, aber generell mit weniger "religiösem" Hintergrund als einem animistisch Ansatz und erleben der Natur. Dabei hilft es mir persönlich sehr mich nach meinen Bienen zu richten. Sprich nach den Bienenjahr, welchen sich nach den Pflanzen richtet, die regional und saisonal anders sein können und sich vor allem jedes Jahr wieder neu am Wetter orientieren. Dankeschön 🌼🌞🐝

I cannot express how inspirational this video has been for me. I discovered witchcraft first and fell into inclusive Norse Heathenry slightly later. I really like the idea of the Wheel of the Year as different times to reflect on different aspects of our lives as part of a cycle. I think that the further back we go, the more in tune with the cycle of the seasons and of life, of nature and the environment our ancestors were. However, I live in SE Texas which is a semi tropical environment and the alignment of the wheel of the year doesn’t really apply. I recently had a birthday and am committed to a year of learning myself, of listening to myself, and experimenting with what feels right and being ok with what doesn’t. This video had given me lots to think about how I can connect with my ancestors even though they lived in environments very different than my own. Thank you so much for sharing your practice and how it has evolved over time. It really helps guide me in my journey and to accept that change in my practice is healthy and ok as I change and grow.

I go for the Phoenicians theory, as Phoenicians arrived also in the Iberian peninsula and Iberian runes have a lot in common with Elder Futhark, both in shapes and meaning! Or could be the Etruscans also

I’m someone who will take allll the holidays whether mine or not because having a day that’s special and different for any reason breaks up the monotony and sameness of the boring daily grind 😂. I’ll take it, any win at all over that. I love decorating and having something be special rather than the alternative of nothingness. Whatever the occasion, I’ll gladly take it. It doesn’t have to mean anything beyond “fun”. People get excited around holidays and enjoy the pageantry. I get that, I’m very much that way myself. We do the typical American holidays big here-like REALLY big 😂. Why not, it’s something cool and different to do that day rather than have nothing special going on at all. But this is definitely a “to each their own thing” thing. Everyone must do what makes them happiest in their own life. It can’t be forced off on people who don’t want it.

Would you be able to do a video about living more eco-consciously and how to connect to your environment and local spirits?

As someone with ADHD, I can relate to the memory thing and feeling like an impostor. I had someone ask me the meaning of the moon card in tarot and I completely blanked. I don’t really practice tarot but I felt like that was one I should’ve known! lol

I stopped following the wheel of the year and a lot of holidays because as a chronically ill person, I can never know if I'm going to have the energy to do anything for these holidays 😂

No matter if you are pagan. Jesus Christ will always love you until the ens of time.

I think the wheel of the year is more of a template and I absolutely love seeing people customize it to their tradition, regional location or even what works for them as a person to celebrate what holidays that click with them. Love this video!!

Thank you so much for this! There are so many similarities between my story and yours. My “spiritual healer” also believed she was the mother of dragons. I believed me and her had a soul contract to help other starseeds “wake up.” I would love to share my story with you. Spiritual psychosis is very real, and I want to bring awareness to it just like you are.

I’ve started working with Jord and there’s not a lot of information out there for her. She’s the Norse earth mother and Thor’s biological mother (an ex of Odin’s) but that’s really all we know about her so most of what I’m trying to do is cultivate a relationship with the plants and animals in my home as well as spend at least a little time outside each day. I would like to work up to a point where I spend time in the mountains behind my home at least once a week. I would like to finish all the books on my windowsill to be read list so I can accumulate an altar of healthy plants for her. Part of my goal of working with her is gaining a green thumb in her honor. I’ve also dedicated my first oracle deck (sacred forest oracle) as an offering to her because I felt strongly that she wanted it as her primary means of contacting me.

The wheel of the year is not Wiccan. The wheel of the year was developed by Ross Nichols, who did work with Gerald Gardner, but would go onto create contemporary druidry. Both religious movements catalyzed the pagan revival, which would inspire later secular and “reconstructionist” movements. That’s why it carried over into more modern pagan practices. The sabbats are not holidays, though they can be observed as such. The wheel of the year is a magical tool based on the ceremonial practices the creators were inspired from. It is in essence a magical system and tool and is better compared to something like planetary magick and astrology. The purpose of the religion of witchcraft (Wicca) and Druidry was to create magical systems that were completely separate from Christian and Jewish idolatry that was still present in ceremonial magick at the time. It’s hard to understand any sort of accuracy and timeline considering the plethora of voices on the matter and a general lack of academic respect for occult practices, so I hope this helps. I’m not criticizing I promise. But one thing to consider when looking at these early 20th century movements is their proximity to mystery cults and hermetics, rather than an attempt at historical accuracy that became more popular in the 21 century.

I'm a bit confused by what you include in the Wheel of the Year. To me, as far as WotY holidays go, it consists of the equinoxes, solstices, and the cross quarter days. These dates have been celebrated all of human history because they are directly measurable events (highest and lowest sun, and when the sun rises/sets exactly E/W), and they are universally on the same days around the world. The cross quarter days less so, but they nominally fall halfway between the equinoxes and solstices, but I can see how that is variable. You said you don't celebrate the WotY, but you do celebrate the primary 4 days of it, so I'm left wondering what exactly you aren't celebrating. Is it strictly the cross quarter days you don't celebrate?

This video is on point very inspirational, if you will, since I started my practice I've had a hard time figuring out who I am, so now I'm studying the Celtic pagan tradition, because a lot of my ancestors are Celtic British in German and I'm in the south so there is folk magic in that it's kind of scattered for me your video has helped me, thank you for sharing

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Love this

You can make oils from weed. In Holland there are experiments with it on doctor prescription (maybe we get weed legal too). With an oil you can control the doses way better than with smoking. Very useful for pain control and maybe also the spiritflight. If you decide to do that, it would be very interesting to hear your experience.

Totally makes sense. One thing I've found in my own tradition which is predominantly Irish Celtic is that some Gods were deified ancestors and ancestor veneration cults led to the creation of certain Gods. I think there are some parallels with Norse and Germanic traditions, although you have different cosmology and creation myths that we don't have. It makes sense to me that the Gods can be considered to be the earliest ancestors.

I completely agree with everything you said in the video. 👏🏻 The only thing I don't agree with is that, in my opinion, it doesn't make much sense to celebrate the Wikkan wheel of the year if you are not Wiccan: if you care so much about holidays, it is much better (as you are doing too) to create your own holidays, based on the geo-climatic characteristics of the territory or possibly on the culture of the people of that region: It's much more authentic and accurate than taking a standard year wheel already made and ready; but also because, if you don't belong to British culture, copying the wheel of the year it seems to me like "cultural appropriation". Thanks for sharing this information ♥️

Ive stopped celebrating everything on the very long "you should do this as a witch" list.. Not all makes sense to me! Also, Honestly I do not have time for that much celebration xD

100% - if we are to evolve to symbiosis with Nature then we need to become humble and simply observe. Then try to understand. Here in South Africa, the amaXhosa people have always relied on plants and animals (birds in particular) to let them know when it's time to plant, time to harvest etc. That to me is far more reliable and logical than a stone calendar such as Stonehenge based on solar or lunar cycles, far removed from local climate and climate change. For me in the Southern Hemisphere, my year generally starts on 21-September, because I've found that is generally when our spring rains start. So the earth becomes pregnant (Imbolc = "in the belly") around 1-Aug (with the first rite of Spring) and then gives birth to new life on 21-Sep with the Spring Equinox rains. Soil bacteria changes in late winter (21-Jun to 1-Aug) to start decomposing more mineral content, since most organic content is decomposed in the early winter. The Wheel of the Year is a great guide but works even better with local observations and traditions.

Hes not evil, but he is dark.

I can relate, in Lithuania we kinda have our own wheel of the year and the dates are a bit different from the wiccan one so I always felt a little confused, having to celebrate the same thing twice or choosing one over the other. After a while I think I just got overwhelmed and stopped celebrating, now I'm figuring things out and looking at my heritage for inspiration. It's still nice knowing when those wiccan celebrations are, it feels like a more special day, but I think it's more important to keep my local celebrations from extinction.

I can understand that you as a Norse Witch can't identify with celtic-based feasts. I am not a Wiccan too, but I love to feast the wheel of the year with friends. We celebrate outside and we try to orientate ourselves to nature. I am living on former celtic country (Austria), so I am not connected to Norse lore and gods, but to celtic ones. I believe everybody should feast when and where his heart is.

i used to be wiccan many years ago but im norse pagan now, i was never really a big celebrator of the wheel of the year and i dont do anything now except prayer and offering and the odd sigil making, but it would be nice to have something to celebrate and do. it's kinda sad to celebrate holidays alone tho