Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland Apparently, in this strange new world where I find myself, the only known virtue is power and that can only be kept in check by something that can be chipped into monuments – honor. For me, I’m always learning new ways and now that I’m in a newContinue reading “#65.10, Tuesday, February 25, 2025”
Category Archives: Medieval
#65.9, Thursday, February 20, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland The seiðr tells me that the story on this stone tells of the death of the god Odin. “It’s well-known. It is marked on this stone as a picture of an often-shared story, so you don’t even need to know the runes to know this story.” TheContinue reading “#65.9, Thursday, February 20, 2025”
#65.8, Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland The seiðr is taking me north up the shore and now we have come to a river to cross on this path flowing into the sea. I’m hoping she doesn’t intend to wade this river, as cold as it is. But, we don’t. We walk back from the shoreContinue reading “#65.8, Wednesday, February 19, 2025”
#65.7, Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland This elder seiðr and I are walking north along the shore. I was hoping we would only be talking about the nature of runes so that I might learn of the meanings of these markings and learn more about this time. She carries a walking stick engraved with runes.Continue reading “#65.7, Tuesday, February 18, 2025”
#65.6, Thursday, February 13, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland I expected to walk with the seiðr so that she could answer my questions; but now, it is her questions that fill our conversation. She asks me the source of this gift of ‘eternal healing’ as I explained my circumstance of life and life again. I try, “This unlikelyContinue reading “#65.6, Thursday, February 13, 2025”
#65.5, Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland Walking with the seiðr on the edge of the sea, I meant to be asking her of the runes, but now she is asking me how I know of other times. “I am one who tells a Christian story from a time before Christian was a religion.” “So,Continue reading “#65.5, Wednesday, February 12, 2025”
#65.4, Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland I knock on the door and the elder comes from behind the house with her cloak and bag, a skin of wine and walking stick prepared for a journey. I know enough words to understand, “Let’s walk together so we may hear one another’s long stories.” “WhereContinue reading “#65.4, Tuesday, February 11, 2025”