Winifred Hodge Rose
Here is a detailed Table of Contents for my book “Wandering on Heathen Ways: Writings on Heathen Holy Ones, Wights, and Spiritual Practice.”
As We Set Off…
Part I: Heathen Holy Ones
1: The Kindly Gods Go Wandering: Norse Spells as Clues to Heathen Deities
The Gods Ride over the Bridge
Encountering the Holy Ones
Goddesses and Gods Together
Gand-Shot
Norns and Others Bind the Fylgja
Traces of Heathen Names or References
2: Of Frigg and Odin
All in a Day’s Work: Frigg and her Ladies
Call to Frigg: A Prayer
Of Being and Knowledge: Frigg, Nerthus, and Odin
The Winds of Odin’s Will: A Song
3: Mimir, Odin, and World-Mind
‘Friend of Odin’ and his Uncle (?)
Mimir’s Relatives
Mimir as a Cosmogonic Sacrifice
World-Mind
The I in Mimir’s Well
4: Vør: Goddess of Awareness
Awareness
Meeting Vør
Rune-faring: Year / Jera
Mythic Awareness
Asynja’s Flight: A Tale
A Strand for the Weaving: The Tale Continues
5: To Honor Vidar
Silent One’s Service by John T. Mainer
Landvidi
The Testing of Young Vidar: A Tale
6: Thor and his Family
The Farmer’s God
Sif: Kinship and Hospitality
The Thorlings
Magnetic Power
Thor’s Act of Compassion
Love Songs of Sif and Thor
7: Walburga and the Rites of May
Witches and Walpurgisnacht
The Roots of Walpurgisnacht
Saint Walburga
Walburga’s Dog
Walburga Chased by the Wild Hunt
Walburga’s Symbols and Domains of Action
King and Queen of the May
A Sampling of Walpurgistide Customs
What Does This All Mean?
Returning Life
A Between-Time of Magic
A Springtime Goddess
The Name of the Goddess
8: Eostre / Ostara
Ostara’s Dance: A Song
In Honor of Eostre
9: A Tale of Nanna and her Kin
Mani
Sol
Young Nanna
Nanna, Warrior Maid
Balder
Hatafjord
Wedding
Forseti
Balder’s Dreams
Odainsakr
Mistletoe
Balefire
The Hidden Halls of Peace
A Commentary on Sources
10: Syn: The ‘Just Say No’ Goddess
A Prayer to Syn
11: Heimdall
Heimdall: Warder of the Atmosphere
The Gifting of Heimdall: A Tale
Heimdall’s Call: A Song
12: Earth-Mother, Nerthus
Earth-Blessing: A Prayer
Erce, Eorðan Modor
Nerthus: A Poem
13: Matrons and Disir: The Heathen Tribal Mothers
Matron Worship in Germanic Lands
General Conclusions about Matron Worship
Moving North
The Disir of Scandinavia
Heathen Disir Today
14: Hallow-Streaming: A Meditation on the Mothers
15: Werthende: Song of Becoming
More on Werthende’s / Verðandi’s Domain
16: Perkwus: The Tree of Life and Soul
Gods, Soul, and Trees
Table 1: Gods, Earth, Sky Powers
Trees and Souls
Table 2: Trees and Life-Soul Words
A New Tale of Ask and Embla
Trees and the Community of Life
In Closing
Part II: Wights: Heathen Otherworldly Beings
17: Landwights and Human Ecology
Systems Ecology and Eco-Dynamics
Sourcing and Cycling Resources
Impacts on the Landwights
Communication with Landwights
Blessing-Water
Our Homestead Landwight
Thundering Across the Prairie
Children of the Earth
Ing-Frey’s Blessing
18: Renewable Energy Installations as Jotun-Shrines
A Human-Jotnar Switch
Another Look at Jotnar
Jotun-Shrines
Example: Wind-Turbines
Your own Virtual Jotun-Shrine
The Thorn, or Thurs, on the Rose
Grotte-Song
19: The Vision of the Seeress: A Giantess’s Tale
20: An Anglo-Saxon Charm Against a Dwarf
The Charm Against a Dwarf
Line 1: Here came striding in…
Line 2: He had his hama in hand…
Lines 2-3: Said that you were his steed…
Lines 3-4: They began to set off from the land…
Line 5: Then came striding in The Dwarf’s sister…
Lines 6ff: Then she ended it…
The Final Instructions
Conclusions
Old English Text
21: Dwarves and their Powers
Origin of the Dwarves
It All Hinges on Mod
Moðsognir and Durinn
Implications for Personal Practice
Part III: Heathen Spiritual Practices
22: The Living Jewels of Brisingamen
What is Brisingamen?
Forging Brisingamen
Echoes of Brisingamen
Vitality, Life-Energy
Beauty
Joy, Delight
Self-Possession
Working with your Brisingamen
23: Wigi Thonar: The Powers of Thor’s Hammer
Wigi Thonar
Thor Veurr
Hallowing your Inner Vé
24: The Great Gift: A Perspective on Heathen Prayer
Problem, Prayer, and First Response
A Cost-Benefit Analysis
Weighing the Benefits and Costs
The Great Gift
25: Experience and Practice of Compassion
The Nature of Compassion-Energy
Managing Compassion-Energy
Keeping Compassion Flowing
The Mystery of Compassion
Compassion in Heathenry
How the Deities Shape Compassion
Thor’s Compassion
Freya’s Compassion
Tyr’s Compassion
Frigg’s Compassion
Odin’s Compassion
Sigyn’s Compassion
Frau Holle’s Compassion
Frey’s Compassion
Frith and Generosity
26: Earth, Water, Wind, Fire: Relating to the Deities
The Mode of Earth
The Modes of Flowing and Still Water
The Modes of Air and Wind
The Modes of Fire and Wode
27: Trance and Power Chants
Nied-Runa Song
Nied-Runa Ceremony
The Dancer of Dreams
Call-Back
28: Contemplation: The Resonance of the Heart
Contemplation versus Meditation
The Planes of Being
Resonance
The Resonance of the Heart
How to Approach Contemplation
Using a Seed-Image for Contemplation
‘Seedless’ Contemplation
In Thanks to Frigg
In Closing
29: Vafrloge: Hidden Fire and its Runic Channels
Vafrloge
Attuning to the Hidden Fire
The Eihwaz Rune
The Kenaz Rune
Runic Channels of the Hidden Fire
Word-Hoard / Glossary
Book-Hoard / Bibliography
Photo Credits
Index
About the Author
A Word about Wordfruma Press