The rune Uruz and its connection to the feminine nature.
Student:
Here's the situation: over the past week, I've experienced the benefits of others' efforts—people have been doing things for me, offering discounts, and giving me gifts. This effect has been particularly strong during my study of the rune Uruz.

K. Menshikova:
Uruz represents the power granted by the Mother, and this power often manifests in ways that align with the feminine consciousness. Uruz fills the empty spaces in the mind that lack power, and it brings a message: "Things are not as they should be. A woman should not have emptiness; she should be whole and complete." This kind of awareness is common among women. As the force of the Mother, the rune Uruz simply supports women through the principle of identity.
Full video: https://youtu.be/le_Rg_X4boo?si=4rZt8vTbU57JRP0A

To bend to circumstances does not mean to break. To take a step back, to temporarily retreat is not a defeat. One should be able to realistically assess one's own strength and available resources. And if you realize that your strength and knowledge are not enough at the moment, you should create the appearance of losing and look for other ways to achieve results.
Ksenia Menshikova

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Kom och fira Sommarblotet med Nordiska Asa-samfundet.

Lördagen den 12 juli klockan 14:00 är det åter dags för NAS Sommarblot vid den fantastiska Rökstenen i Ödeshög.
Efter blotet anordnas det ett stort gille nere på NAS Camping. Gillet är ett knytgille där alla tar med egen mat/dryck.

Under lördagen kommer det att hållas olika aktiviteter, så som tipspromenad, mjödtävling, blotlagskamp m.m. m.m.
Missa inte all denna festlighet med likasinnade och trevliga fränder och fränkor.

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SISTA DATUM FÖR ATT BOKA: 8 JULI 2025.

Listen to this song, close your eyes, light a palo santo stick and relax. It is good for the soul. You forget all your worries and sorrows at that moment.
https://youtu.be/g_oHJfsBU8k?si=mfG6XESVray1jUi0

Loving AI art at the moment. This image is based on an author description of a Norse Viking trader and an Icelandic farmer, 11th century. It always blows me away how close these images are to the image formed in my head when reading. Almost like a time window into the past.

Last of the funnies for a moment

I'll raid some of my other older folders next

When my feet steps on mystical rug of moss, city dissolves behind my back and a vivid world of deep shades of green comes into focus. The moment I am surrounded by thick forest, the world goes silent. For a moment, nothing hapens. Few minutes later, nothing continues to happen. And this, it seems, can go on for eternity and beyond. Every single moment spent there is like a snapshot of something grand happening. Every single moment seems frozen in time, but at the same time, it is a part of process that moves the mountains and shatters rocks.
A forest is a calm, but mighty giant. The weather is his mood, and there isn’t a force in the world that is capable of suppressing this mood or controlling such unpredictable temper.
My existence here does not need to be acknowledged in any particular way, and there is no one to acknowledge it. This is the kind of existence that induces a powerful revelation described by words “This is not about you. Nothing is about you. You are not the center of anything.” It’s a chaos. An elegant, self-organizing chaos, that does not need any deliberate order, or supervising force to govern it.

I want to take a moment to wish you a joyous Halloween, Day of the Dead, All Souls, Dziady etc. However you celebrate I hope your harvest is fruitful. May your goodly ancestors bless and watch over you and your families. Remember we are the sum of a 1000+ generations of toil and hardship but also love and great deeds. Be the Ancestor someone honors on this day in the future.

Draugr label artwork for my shop Valkyrie Beard Care. Each has a bindrune, color and icon representing it. This bindrune incorporates:

ᛞ (Dagaz) - Typically associated with day and dawn, this rune could represent the transition between life and death, as well as the haunting existence that bridges the two worlds for a Draugr. It's the moment between, the inevitable fate. Its structure of crossing lines creates a natural "X" shape, representing the crossing between life and death.

ᚷ (Gebo) - Gebo often symbolizes a gift, but in this context, I’d view it as a cursed gift, the Draugr’s unholy presence left behind, bound to the physical realm. It hints at the unwillingness to move on and the lingering attachment to material possessions or power. Gebo is interlocking with Dagaz to symbolize the binding nature of this cursed spirit to its material existence.

ᛉ (Algiz) - A rune of protection and defense, but twisted here to represent the Draugr’s fierce, defensive nature, guarding their graves and treasures, or warding off the living who would disturb their rest. I positioned Algiz upward from the central crossing point, like a skeletal figure rising, its arms reaching outwards in both threat and defense.

ᚦ (Thurisaz) - The rune of giants and destructive forces, it embodies the chaotic, violent, and uncontrollable strength of the Draugr. It represents raw aggression and danger.

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