tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15613160602451899162011-07-31T03:39:14.827-07:00Pipernoreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-28788125245964368762010-10-26T18:11:00.000-07:002010-10-26T18:11:03.864-07:00

Sometimes getting older is not better. I am in a position where I love to write, but it helps to be inspired to do so. Things pile up and I get busy, and I forget this. The gods are kind, they have given me a couple truly gifted and inspirational people to write with. So  I am moving my deeply opinionated vision of my world view over to Weaving Wyrd. If you are interested in coming along for

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-30750817806551964102010-09-08T08:56:00.000-07:002010-09-08T08:56:23.893-07:00

There are some interesting discussions in the ether about forgiveness. I don't believe in forgiveness. Before everyone leaps to the conclusion that I am some sort of angry sink of bitterness that wishes woe on every passer by in some stereotypical hag way, I am not angry, bitter or mean.  As my beloved described  it, I am a person with a happy heart. I believe in letting negative things go,

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-53928395764587464252010-07-06T07:51:00.000-07:002010-07-06T07:51:40.722-07:00

We celebrated Midsummer late this year, we are all very busy people with major life events happening in this space-time. We bottled the mead we started last year at Midsummer, had lunch, made herb garlands, had a very simple and short ritual, made s'mores and in general enjoyed the day and each other. I'm adding to my "It doesn't have to hurt to be meaningful."  It also doesn't have to be

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-22776635742858479142010-04-17T05:27:00.001-07:002010-04-17T06:14:26.210-07:00

Our group over the last several months has walked the worlds.It has been an enlightening experience.I travel often. My Nordic geography shares about 75% of content with Raven Kaldera's Nine Worlds(Pathwalker's Guide to the Nine Worlds, good Berlitz of the terrain and denizens). Only Midgard, which I believe is our world and Svartalfheim, which looks totally different from Kaldera's description,

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-42916989963934317812010-02-02T10:44:00.000-08:002010-02-02T11:45:44.448-08:00

So I thought and I thought and I thought...I am bad at recognizing and dealing with interpersonal power politics.You know, someone says something about someone else to make a third party do what they want, or to make the second party like them better than the third party, or bring down the leader so they can be leader themselves, or so they can be the leader without doing any of the work, or so

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-85037774625036240372010-01-13T10:19:00.000-08:002010-01-13T10:54:20.685-08:00

Yule was interesting for me this year.Our group, which has formally chosen the name Heimdrifandu, had our first public ritual.It was well put together with lovely singing and chanting, darkness to light, flash paper that burned different colors(better living through chemistry) and the earnest dedication and devotion to making it all work together despite the fact this was our first time and we

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-77155850961340523692009-11-08T19:50:00.000-08:002009-11-08T20:03:44.649-08:00

I was stressing about money last week.I don't often stress about that subject, being sworn to Freya, one of the Vanir, usually means I have enough.I don't have a lot, but it's enough to cover my bills and make sure my son and I eat well and eat organically, which in today's society means expensively.I'm not wealthy by any means and I work hard for what I have.But things were tight, some

Pipernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-22648224799476097782009-09-27T21:09:00.000-07:002009-09-27T22:03:52.136-07:00

A long time ago, between the time rocks were soft and fire was "Ouch, ouch, hot thing..." I had a very intense sexual(I wouldn't say romantic, there was a bit too much BDSM for it to meet my romantic needs) relationship with the person that was doing spirit and energy work with me. I learned a lot. But I came away with the idea that this was the way relationships between workers and clients

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-7507077990543071932009-09-17T06:27:00.001-07:002009-09-17T07:30:55.592-07:00

There is a very interesting discussion happening on Face book in my area(Denver).A Wiccan priestess and mental health care professional that I respect very much isasking the question, "how do we live in a alterni-culture that expects a lot from us, and mostly for nothing. I know this has been an ongoing discussion in the larger community for years, and I'm not looking at the idea of money so much

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-75759836861841810082009-09-13T20:12:00.000-07:002009-09-13T20:59:00.404-07:00

Despite my many years of working with our world, other worlds and other people, I am still learning and growing myself. It would be a darn shame if I wasn't, for the highest thing we are called to do is "Know thyself" And thyself, that slippery little concept, changes rather regularly.I started my journey in this life from an ordeal space. Trials to overcome and work through include but are not

Pipernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-87362914269476238082009-09-03T06:12:00.000-07:002009-09-03T06:14:04.343-07:00

I apologize for not posting more often lately.My life changed in a drastic way and I'm still trying to work out the details.So everyone breathe.... And talk amongst yourselves(teehee)

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This is one of the most under celebrated holidays for me personally. And it's only because of the time of year in which Hloafmas falls.Late summer when I was a child on the ranch in Montana was a busy time of the year for work, bringing in hay, harvesting vegetables, canning, smoking, salting, preparing for winter. Because on a farm or ranch, you are always thinking about how you are going to get

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-41752584224223846432009-06-27T09:47:00.000-07:002009-06-27T18:38:25.383-07:00

As part of International Pagan Blogging Values Month, I thought I would lay down some riffs.To me, the following values flow from one another through one another until they are one river of conduct, but to break them down-CourageSelf-knowledge/self honestyDiscernmentIndependenceJoyfulnessCourage- As a friend of mine wrote once, courage is not A virtue, it is THE virtue from which all other

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-29364877281501465202009-06-19T07:08:00.000-07:002009-06-19T15:27:50.413-07:00

Everyone has relationships that don't work out, that for whatever reason have gone awry and cause pain and suffering.And at some time in the heat of the moment, everyone wishes they never met that other person. Everyone wishes they could do something that would make the pain go away.But that doesn't mean everyone should sever the tie. Because severing a tie between you and another person is

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-27932868593643131682009-06-12T17:43:00.000-07:002009-06-14T08:58:28.228-07:00

I grew up in Montana in the 1970's, when the last of the last of the cowboys had grown old and sat around telling stories. That self-deprecating, humorous recital of horrific injury and deprivation riding the range, stories of courage and cowardice told like a joke.So when I watched cowboys on TV, they confused me. "That's not like so and so, " I would say to my father, who would sing me his

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-47330371111739679212009-05-26T09:09:00.001-07:002009-05-26T10:29:37.771-07:00

I've been reading about the idea/construct/concept "godslave" recently.I am a servant to my deities of choice.However, my experience with them is that the terms of my service are negotiable.In my experience, my lady Freyja influences/controls/cares for the aspects of life that deal with sex, transformation and death(if you are an astrologer, 8th house issues).When I first started serving my lady

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-81990710458061949012009-05-25T09:20:00.000-07:002009-05-25T09:48:51.084-07:00

I've travelled in most of the US. I haven't been to the Deep South or Hawaii but I've been most everywhere else since I started practicing "whatever it is I practice".Each region, each state in the US has a different feeling, a different combination of earth, air, fire and water that make it unique.As American spiritworkers/mystic heathens/shamanistic practitioners with a European set of gods,

Pipernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561316060245189916.post-20353496420035300392009-05-05T11:29:00.000-07:002009-05-05T12:07:28.528-07:00

I have a group of students(they teach me as much as I teach them)/colleagues that I work with on a regular basis. One of them has introduced me to the new waves of thought in the "mystic Heathen" catagory.When I started twenty years ago, resources were not as rich and varied as they are today.Freya Aswinn's Leaves of Yggdrasil was my first guide to the Nine Worlds and my relationship to their

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