Hawaii
Pagan Community Notes: Week of January 31, 2022
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Poetic Edda blocks bullet, announcements, and Happy Lunar New Year!
Asatru
Column: The World Tree, Heimdall, and All of Us
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“The earth rotates around an axis drawn from the south pole, through the planet, out the north pole, and up to the pole star. With a bit of imagination, diagrams of this world axis show a trunk with roots in the earth and the pole star at the top of the leader. Old Icelandic poetry tells us of the mighty measuring tree. The growth and life of this tree parallel the growth and life of this world, and none know where to find the beginning point of its roots.”
Paganism
Review: A Cauldron Overflowing with Sacred Knowledge – “Our Troth” vol. 2
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Lyonel Perabo reviews the newly published second volume of Our Troth, which covers Heathen deities, spirits, and other mythological figures.
Paganism
Column: Following the Wanderer
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What does it mean to be wise? Is it better to be only “middling-wise,” or to accept the trouble of deeper wisdom? Karl Seigfried investigates passages from the Hávamál and ponders what they mean for those who seek to be wise.
Paganism
Opinion: Sigurd, the Dragon, and Our World Today
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Karl Seigfried examines the myths of the Old Norse Volsung cycle and considers what meanings they might have for the modern world.