Max Dashu has posted significant excerpts of her multi volume project on the history of witchcraft at her Suppressed Histories website for years, and publication of her research in book form has been eagerly anticipated. This first installment (which Dashu … Continue reading →
Germane to my post last week on Frigga, here is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Divining with Animal Guides. The origin of Germanic writing is complex. Late Bronze Age carvings and cave markings from Northern Italy to Sweden show … Continue reading →
Then said Gangleri: “Which are the Asynjur?” Harr said: “Frigg is the foremost: she has that estate which is called Fensalir, and it is most glorious.” — The Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson, translated Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur. Deities tend to become … Continue reading →
I moved the Frigga video to a separate page so it wouldn’t start automatically. For some reason my WordPress plugin will only play this video on autoplay. Here is the link. Most of my videos I put on Youtube or … Continue reading →
More from my forthcoming book on animal divination: The stag of Artemis being in fact a reindeer raises questions about the four stags who nibble on the branches of the Germanic world tree, Yggdrasil. This is the tree that … Continue reading →
The following is an excerpt from my book-in-progress about animal divination. Despite being extremely social, ravens and crows squabble quite a bit between themselves, fighting over food and territory. They even, rarely, perform “executions,” a practice poorly understood though well … Continue reading →