A Wandering Fox

Jan 2 Gentle New Year, yall. Last night my grove had a New Year rite, where they honored Hestia, Janus, and Athena. Someone else did the omen, which was nice, because it allowed me to get into a posture that I've been using for a while. One of my astral forms, I'm floating or hovering, with a root anchoring me to the ground. So I sit with my right foot touching the ground and the left leg folded up to my body. Last year, whenever I meditated or tranced, I used that posture for grounding and journeying. It's about liminal spaces, one foot in, one foot out. Also anchoring between earth and sky. The other part of my posture is to have my Spirit Stick resting upright between my legs, for the seidr part of my practice. To continue to form that bond between me and Alum. The last part is holding prayer beads in my left hand and my wooden knife in my right hand, arms spread, palms up. The whole thing kind of reminds me of Cernunnos' sitting posture, which wasn't on...

 Happy New Years Eve, yall. Normally my End of Year posts are reflective with Tries for the following year, and plans for my Year Ahead reading.   This year is different .  I don't really have anything planned--I guess its part of that whole Being Present thing that I've been practicing.  I did my Year Ahead last month.  I mean, I do have plans, other than deepening my Seidr practice and continuing on with the Dedicant Path, the rest, for now, will stay private. In fact, this whole year has been different in many ways...and honestly not many terrible ways.  It's been really long.  It's a good thing I'm so photo-happy!   It's been a grief heavy year, too.  Not just concerning my mom and all of that crazy healing and conflict.  I've lost friends, and I've been betrayed and attacked by friends.  I left Facebook which didn't help the loneliness.   Asking just What is Friendship these days, especially with Social Medi...

  A couple of weeks ago, my brother asked me if I wanted their hermit crabs, which I didn't even know they had.  Super random.   I've had many pets, exotic and regular, but never crabs.  We certainly haven't had pets in 11 years.  Animals are expensive and we've been dealing with monthly eviction notices for years.  It would just be selfish to bring an animal into this house when we're not financially stable.  The last couple of years, we've gotten better with budgeting and were actually planning on adopting a dog this/next year. Then comes the crab question.   My mid kid has been wanting hermit crabs for the couple of years, but it was always a no from us.  I didn't know anything about crabs, much less have space for them.  Any surface either has a house plant or a shrine/altar on it. Later that night, I consulted my spirit guides, and they gave me a YES to the crabs.  And the Norse Gods were okay with giving up their shr...

  Happy and Gentle Holiday, yall! I have yet to ADF-alize my Reindeer Mother ritual, and before I knew it yesterday, it was time to bake the reindeer cake.  I was exhausted--I'd put a lot of work into Yule Eve and the Gift Exchange part of our Yule festivities, and more work yet to be done with the other days, so I kept the rite simple. I made a ginger and cardamom cake with lemon icing.  I cut the cake with reindeer, star, and ghost cookie cutters.  Funnily, the last bit of cake resembled a Krampus, so I told the kids it was.  One of my kids asked if next year, we can add Krampus cake to our Dec 5th celebrations.  Sure! After dinner and some digestion, I turned off the Yule Tree's lights and left the tree topper's on.  Our tree topper is a Reindeer with a Sun in Her Antlers (made by me in 2017-18).   Reindeer Masks and Jingle Wands, I read them a story that I wrote about Reindeer Mother's journey to carry the Sun into the skies.   ...

Dang I haven't posted on here in a while.  To be fair, I haven't done much blogging on any of my blogs.  I haven't finished my 9 Pagan Virtues project, and I only have Fertility left.  Nor have I been working on the DP essays.  As usual, I've been living my paganism and letting the things that I have learned sink in.  Take root and all that.  I've also been studying and practicing seidr.  I just finished studying  Volva Stav Manual by Kari Tauring, and boy does she talk a lot about trinities--things in 3's--and I just kept thinking about the parallels of 3's in ADF Druidry.  I don't have much to talk about, other than just me reflecting on the various 3s and trinities in both subjects.  Things that require more thought, perhaps? No, I think I wanted to talk about Yule and the upcoming family rituals we have going on.  Normally, December is a month of Yule for us, due to my up and down spoon levels.  I love this time of the yea...

I attended a Virtual Fire rite last night, where we gave thanks to the Kindred for whatever--I gave thanks for seership, divine mentoring, and patience from Them to me and me to Them. Each of us were able to invite certain deities we were thankful for, and Artemis and Ceres took control of me for a moment to type in Their names and what Their gifts to humankind: Wild and Domestic Harvests.  But before Them a deity who's not part of the PIE (Proto-Indo-European cultures) came through.   The pagan cultures that ADF Druidry focus on are Proto-Indo-European.  That doesn't mean that you personally can't honor entities outside of the PIE, but They can't be part of the rites.  Now what people do in private is their own thing, but in public or group, you're technically not supposed to. Like ADF is against animal sacrifice and I think bloodletting, as well.  Well, I haven't done animal sacrifice since I stopped hunting and fishing many years ago.  But when I do...

  Normally I wait until after the Last Harvest (Thanksgiving) to put up the Yule decorations. But in these darkening times (and I'm not just talking about the seasons), I just needed some light, some hope. Especially for my kids. While selecting the ornaments for the kids to excitedly hang on the tree this year, I picked those that bring us joy and fun memories. Memorial ornaments. Spiritual and magikal ones, too. In my family, the Yule Tree serves as an altar for many kinds of magiks and for honoring our Kindreds, especially our Ancestors. It serves as an altar for great love, joy, protection, community, healing, and other things. Important things needed to combat darkness. Things to feed the spirit...and spirits. Things to strengthen our resolve. Follow the Sun. Trust in Joy. Trust in Community. - Dedicant and Hearth Keeper Foxlyn © 2024 Hearth Fox Oracle

 

But not in the bad way, like not speaking up when the vulnerable are being slaughtered and beaten and carted away. To Be Silent in magikal ways. Not blabbing about our intentions and spell working and prayers. Can't trust the internet or technology. Never know who's listening (yes I'm aware of the irony as I type this on a public blog.) Do as Tricksters do and work from the shadows. Work with those on the Other side. Work with other shapeshifters. Two posts from Virtual Fire Proto-Grove: Loki's Unexpected Twist  By Emily Guenther Three Messages from Loki to the World  by John Beckett Aye, I've been told the same from Loki, Hekate, and other entities, especially this year. The importance of joy and shapeshifting during these Tower Times. Messages that have been given multiple times during the omens, and not just from me. Joy, protections, shapeshifting. Loki's been teaching me shapeshifting for a while, and while I could only focus on how I suck with maski...