Heathen Soul Lore

Writings Of Winifred Hodge Rose

  • Soul Lore
    • Introduction to Heathen Soul Lore
    • Definition and Overview of Heathen Souls
    • The Awakening of the Souls
    • Born of Trees and Thunder: The Ferah Soul
    • Ond, Ahma, Ghost and Breath: Basic Meanings
    • Ghost Rider: Athom, Ghost and Wode in Action
    • The Shape of Being Human: The Hama Soul
    • Aldr and Orlay: Weaving a World
    • Dances with Daemons: The Mod Soul
    • Hunting the Wild Hugr
    • Who is Hugr?
    • The Occult Activities of the Hugr, Part I
    • The Occult Activities of the Hugr, Part II
    • Sefa: The Soul of Relationship
    • Hel-Dweller: Saiwalo, Dwimor and Hel #1
    • The Soul and the Sea
    • What Happened to Heathen Saiwalo-Soul?
    • The Arising of the Self
    • Multiple Souls, and Their Implications
    • Fields of Awareness
  • Alchemy & Ecology of Hel
    • The Alchemy of Hel, Part I
    • The Alchemy of Hel, Part II
    • The Alchemy of Hel, Part III
    • The Alchemy of Hel, Part IV
    • The Alchemy of Hel, Part V
    • The Alchemy of Hel, Part VI
  • Soul Lore Study Guides
    • Study Guide 1. An Invitation to Heathen Soul Lore
    • Study Guide 2. Foundations of Experiential Exploration
    • Study Guide 3. Exploring your Ferah Soul
    • Study Guide 4. Exploring your Ahma and Ghost Souls
    • Study Guide 5. Ghost and Wode
    • Study Guide 6. Exploring your Hama, Lich-Hama and Ellor-Hama
    • Study Guide 7. Exploring your Aldr, Ørlög, Werold
    • Study Guide 8. Mod and Hugr: Motivating Forces
    • Study Guide 9. Exploring your Mod Soul
    • Study Guide 10. Exploring your Hugr Soul
    • Study Guide 11. Will and Wish: The Dynamism of Mod and Hugr
    • Study Guide 12. Sefa, Hugr and Modsefa
    • Study Guide 13. Sefa: The Channel of Compassion
    • Study Guide 14. Saiwalo-Dwimor and the Sea of Images
  • Basic Soul Lore Study Program
    • HSL Study Program Step 1
    • HSL Study Program Step 2
    • Soul-Tokens for Working with Heathen Soul Lore
    • HSL Study Program Step 3: Ferah
    • HSL Study Program Step 4: Ahma and Ghost
    • HSL Study Program Step 5: Ghost and Wode
    • HSL Study Program Step 6: Hama
    • HSL Study Program Step 7: Aldr
    • HSL Study Program Step 8: Mod and Hugr
    • HSL Study Program Step 9: Mod
    • HSL Study Program Step 10: Hugr
    • HSL Study Program Step 11: Will and Wish
    • HSL Study Program Step 12: Sefa, Hugr, and Modsefa
    • HSL Study Program Step 13: Sefa
    • HSL Study Program Step 14: Saiwalo-Dwimor
    • HSL Study Program Step 15: Fields of Awareness
    • Finding the Time: A Guide for Daily Soul-Work
  • Soul Initiation Ceremonies
    • Opening Soul Lore Ceremony
    • Ferah Initiation Ceremony
    • Ahma Initiation Ceremony
    • Ghost Initiation Ceremony
    • Hama Initiation Ceremony
    • Aldr Initiation Ceremony
    • Mod Initiation Ceremony
    • Hugr Initiation Ceremony
    • Sefa Initiation Ceremony
    • Saiwalo Initiation Ceremony
    • Soul Lore Graduation Ceremony and Celebration
  • Practicing Soul Lore
    • A Moon Calendar for Advanced Heathen Soul Lore Practice
    • A Blog on the Inner Ravens of our Ghost-Soul
    • Thoughts on the Afterlife of the Ghost
    • Esoteric Affinities of the Heathen Souls
    • The Soul-Spindle Exercise
    • Disir, Hama and Hugr as Healing Partners
  • Soul Lore Summaries
    • Summary of Ferah Soul
    • Summary of Ahma Soul
    • Summary of Ghost Soul
    • Summary of Hama Soul
    • Summary of Aldr Soul
    • Summary of Mod Soul
    • Summary of Hugr Soul
    • Summary of Sefa Soul
    • Summary of Saiwalo- Dwimor Soul
  • Meditations
    • Ahma Soul as Initiator of Being
    • A Meditation for the Aldr Soul
    • Meditation and Prayer for the Sefa Soul
    • A Meditation on the Hugr Soul
    • Hallow-Streaming
    • Saiwalo Meditation
    • A Meditative Tour of the Ferah Soul
    • Soul-Meditations on the Eclipse
  • Deities
    • Earth, Water, Wind and Fire: Elemental Modes for Relating to the Deities
    • The Kindly Gods Go Wandering: Norse Spells as Clues to Heathen Deities
    • Of Being and Knowledge: Thoughts about Frigg, Nerthus and Odin
    • Walburga and the Rites of May
    • In Thanks to Frigg, the Silent Knower
    • All In a Day’s Work: Frigg’s Power of Creating Order
    • Syn: The ‘Just Say No!’ Goddess
    • Mimir, Odin, and World-Mind
    • Frigg as Soul-Spinner
    • Goddess Sif: Kinship and Hospitality
    • Heimdall: Warder of the Atmosphere
    • The Gifting of Heimdall
    • Vor: Goddess of Awareness
    • Thoughts on Thor and his Children
    • A Tale of Nanna and her Kin
    • To Honor Vidar
    • Matrons and Disir: The Heathen Tribal Mothers
    • Celebrating Eostre / Ostara
    • Idunn’s Trees: A New Tale for Young and Old
  • Heathen Spiritual Practices
    • The Living Jewels of Brisingamen
    • Wigi Thonar: Tuning in to the Powers of Thor’s Hammer
    • Kvasir and the Fermentation of Wisdom
    • The Mood of the Runes
    • Experience and Practice of Compassion in Heathenry
    • Heathen Contemplation: The Resonance of the Heart
    • The Great Gift: A Way to Understand Heathen Prayer
  • Ceremonies / Rituals
    • Ideas for Celebrating Heathen Yule
    • Mothers’-Night Blot and Yule Celebration
    • Yuletide Songs
    • Eostre / Ostara Ceremony
    • Earth Blessing (includes audio)
    • Soul-Winding: A Meditative Ceremony for Maze-Walking (includes audio)
    • Heathen Rite for a Child Unborn
    • Heathen Rite for an Unjust Death
    • Trance and Power Chants
    • The Moods of Yuletide
  • Devotional
    • The I in Mimir’s Well
    • God-Blog
    • Love Songs of Sif and Thor
    • Godsongs and God-Calls
  • Heathen Lifeways
    • Two Foundation-Stones of Heathen Ethics
    • Heathen Frith and Modern Ideals
    • Frith, Friendship, and Freedom
    • Oaths: What they Mean and Why they Matter
    • The Practice of Heathen Oathing
    • Heathen Foundations of Marriage: Bargain, Gift, Hamingja
    • Friendship Song
  • Orlog, Wyrd & Luck
    • A Short Blog on Orlog and Wyrd
    • Some Differences Between Orlog and Luck
    • The Norns: Determinism, or Influence?
    • Threads of Wyrd and Scyld: A Ninefold Rite of Life Renewal
    • Images of Orlay / Orlog
    • Gatekeeper of the Quantum Realm
    • A Heathen Meaning of ‘Ordeal’
    • Webs of Luck and Wyrd: Interplays and Impacts on Events
  • Mysteries
    • Kvasir and the Fermentation of Wisdom
    • Vafrloge: The Hidden Fire and its Runic Channels
    • Thoughts about Heathen Afterlife
  • Wights & Spirits
    • Landwights and Human Ecology
    • An Anglo-Saxon Charm Against a Dwarf: Shapeshifting, Soul Theft, and Shamanic Healing
    • Dwarves and their Powers
    • Renewable Energy Installations as Jotunn-Shrines
    • Perkwus: The Tree of Life and Soul
    • Elmindreda: Tales of a Heathen Housewight
  • Gridhr Jotun-kin: A Serial Novel
    • Gridhr Prologue: The Vision of the Seeress
    • Gridhr Chapter 1: Hala’s Cave
    • Gridhr Chapter 2: A Wanderer Arrives
    • Gridhr Chapter 3: Wyrd Woven in the Depths of Time
    • Gridhr Chapter 4: Asynja’s Flight
    • Gridhr Chapter 5: Thrymheim’s Master
    • Gridhr Chapter 6: A Contest of Giantesses
    • Gridhr Chapter 7: Journey to Ironwood
    • Gridhr Chapter 8: Awakening
  • My Books
    • Heathen Soul Lore Foundations (Book I)
    • Detailed Table of Contents for Book I
    • Heathen Soul Lore: A Personal Approach (Book II)
    • Detailed Table of Contents for Book II
    • Heathen Soul Lore Workbook I
    • Detailed Table of Contents for Heathen Soul Lore Workbook I
    • Oaths, Shild, Frith, Luck & Wyrd
    • Detailed Table of Contents for “Oaths, Shild, Frith, Luck & Wyrd”
    • Wandering on Heathen Ways: Writings on Heathen Holy Ones, Wights, and Spiritual Practice.
    • Detailed Table of Contents for “Wandering on Heathen Ways”
    • Mani the Measurer’s 2024 Moon Calendar for In-Depth Heathen Soul Lore Work
    • Booklet: Celebrating Heathen Yule
    • Booklet: Mothers-Night Blot and Yule Celebration
    • Idunn’s Trees: A New Tale of the Norse Goddess Idunn
  • Glossary / Word-Hoard
  • Most Recent Posts
  • Topical Index
  • About
    • A Bit About Myself
    • Questions and Comments
    • Copyright Notices
  • Read Aloud App

Most Recent Posts

Since there is a good deal of material on this website, I figure it would be helpful to note my most recent posts (well, pages). I update this each time I add a new page. Here are the links.

Perkwus: The Tree of Life and Soul

https://heathensoullore.net/perkwus-the-tree-of-life-and-soul/

A Heathen Meaning of ‘Ordeal’

(I’ve expanded and rewritten this older article.) https://heathensoullore.net/a-heathen-meaning-of-ordeal/

Thoughts about Heathen Afterlife

https://heathensoullore.net/thoughts-about-heathen-afterlife/

The Norns: Determinism, or Influence?

https://heathensoullore.net/the-norns-determinism-or-influence/

Celebrating Eostre / Ostara:

https://heathensoullore.net/celebrating-eostre-ostara/

Thoughts on the Afterlife of the Ghost:

https://heathensoullore.net/thoughts-on-the-afterlife-of-the-ghost/

Kvasir and the Fermentation of Wisdom:

https://heathensoullore.net/kvasir-and-the-fermentation-of-wisdom/

Pages

  • A Bit About Myself
  • A Blog on the Inner Ravens of our Ghost-Soul
  • A Heathen Meaning of ‘Ordeal’
  • A Meditation for the Aldr Soul
  • A Meditation on the Hugr Soul
  • A Meditative Tour of the Ferah Soul
  • A Moon Calendar for Advanced Heathen Soul Lore Practice
  • A Short Blog on Orlog and Wyrd
  • A Tale of Nanna and her Kin
  • About
  • Ahma Initiation Ceremony
  • Ahma Soul as Initiator of Being
  • Alchemy & Ecology of Hel
  • Aldr and Orlay: Weaving a World
  • Aldr Initiation Ceremony
  • All In a Day’s Work: Frigg’s Power of Creating Order
  • An Anglo-Saxon Charm Against a Dwarf: Shapeshifting, Soul Theft, and Shamanic Healing
  • Basic Soul Lore Study Program
  • Booklet: Celebrating Heathen Yule
  • Booklet: Mothers-Night Blot and Yule Celebration
  • Born of Trees and Thunder: The Ferah Soul
  • Celebrating Eostre / Ostara
  • Ceremonies / Rituals
  • Copyright Notices
  • Dances with Daemons: The Mod Soul
  • Definition and Overview of Heathen Souls
  • Deities
  • Detailed Table of Contents for “Oaths, Shild, Frith, Luck & Wyrd”
  • Detailed Table of Contents for “Wandering on Heathen Ways”
  • Detailed Table of Contents for Book I
  • Detailed Table of Contents for Book II
  • Detailed Table of Contents for Heathen Soul Lore Workbook I
  • Devotional
  • Disir, Hama and Hugr as Healing Partners
  • Dwarves and their Powers
  • Earth Blessing (includes audio)
  • Earth, Water, Wind and Fire: Elemental Modes for Relating to the Deities
  • Elmindreda: Tales of a Heathen Housewight
  • Eostre / Ostara Ceremony
  • Esoteric Affinities of the Heathen Souls
  • Experience and Practice of Compassion in Heathenry
  • Ferah Initiation Ceremony
  • Fields of Awareness
  • Finding the Time: A Guide for Daily Soul-Work
  • Friendship Song
  • Frigg as Soul-Spinner
  • Frith, Friendship, and Freedom
  • Gatekeeper of the Quantum Realm
  • Ghost Initiation Ceremony
  • Ghost Rider: Athom, Ghost and Wode in Action
  • Glossary / Word-Hoard
  • God-Blog
  • Goddess Sif: Kinship and Hospitality
  • Godsongs and God-Calls
  • Gridhr Chapter 1: Hala’s Cave
  • Gridhr Chapter 2: A Wanderer Arrives
  • Gridhr Chapter 3: Wyrd Woven in the Depths of Time
  • Gridhr Chapter 4: Asynja’s Flight
  • Gridhr Chapter 5: Thrymheim’s Master
  • Gridhr Chapter 6: A Contest of Giantesses
  • Gridhr Chapter 7: Journey to Ironwood
  • Gridhr Chapter 8: Awakening
  • Gridhr Jotun-kin: A Serial Novel
  • Gridhr Prologue: The Vision of the Seeress
  • Hallow-Streaming
  • Hama Initiation Ceremony
  • Heathen Contemplation: The Resonance of the Heart
  • Heathen Foundations of Marriage: Bargain, Gift, Hamingja
  • Heathen Frith and Modern Ideals
  • Heathen Lifeways
  • Heathen Rite for a Child Unborn
  • Heathen Rite for an Unjust Death
  • Heathen Soul Lore Foundations (Book I)
  • Heathen Soul Lore Workbook I
  • Heathen Soul Lore, Heathen Philosophy, and More!
  • Heathen Soul Lore: A Personal Approach (Book II)
  • Heathen Spiritual Practices
  • Heimdall: Warder of the Atmosphere
  • Hel-Dweller: Saiwalo, Dwimor and Hel #1
  • HSL Study Program Step 1
  • HSL Study Program Step 10: Hugr
  • HSL Study Program Step 11: Will and Wish
  • HSL Study Program Step 12: Sefa, Hugr, and Modsefa
  • HSL Study Program Step 13: Sefa
  • HSL Study Program Step 14: Saiwalo-Dwimor
  • HSL Study Program Step 15: Fields of Awareness
  • HSL Study Program Step 2
  • HSL Study Program Step 3: Ferah
  • HSL Study Program Step 4: Ahma and Ghost
  • HSL Study Program Step 5: Ghost and Wode
  • HSL Study Program Step 6: Hama
  • HSL Study Program Step 7: Aldr
  • HSL Study Program Step 8: Mod and Hugr
  • HSL Study Program Step 9: Mod
  • Hugr Initiation Ceremony
  • Hunting the Wild Hugr
  • Ideas for Celebrating Heathen Yule
  • Idunn’s Trees: A New Tale for Young and Old
  • Idunn’s Trees: A New Tale of the Norse Goddess Idunn
  • Images of Orlay / Orlog
  • In Thanks to Frigg, the Silent Knower
  • Introduction to Heathen Soul Lore
  • Kvasir and the Fermentation of Wisdom
  • Landwights and Human Ecology
  • Love Songs of Sif and Thor
  • Mani the Measurer’s 2025 Moon Calendar for In-Depth Heathen Soul Lore Work
  • Matrons and Disir: The Heathen Tribal Mothers
  • Meditation and Prayer for the Sefa Soul
  • Meditations
  • Mimir, Odin, and World-Mind
  • Mod Initiation Ceremony
  • Most Recent Posts
  • Mothers’-Night Blot and Yule Celebration
  • Multiple Souls, and Their Implications
  • My Books
  • Mysteries
  • Oaths, Shild, Frith, Luck & Wyrd
  • Oaths: What they Mean and Why they Matter
  • Of Being and Knowledge: Thoughts about Frigg, Nerthus and Odin
  • Ond, Ahma, Ghost and Breath: Basic Meanings
  • Opening Soul Lore Ceremony
  • Orlog, Wyrd & Luck
  • Perkwus: The Tree of Life and Soul
  • Practicing Soul Lore
  • Questions and Comments
  • Read Aloud App
  • Renewable Energy Installations as Jotunn-Shrines
  • Saiwalo Initiation Ceremony
  • Saiwalo Meditation
  • Sefa Initiation Ceremony
  • Sefa: The Soul of Relationship
  • Some Differences Between Orlog and Luck
  • Soul Initiation Ceremonies
  • Soul Lore
  • Soul Lore Graduation Ceremony and Celebration
  • Soul Lore Study Guides
  • Soul Lore Summaries
  • Soul-Meditations on the Eclipse
  • Soul-Tokens for Working with Heathen Soul Lore
  • Soul-Winding: A Meditative Ceremony for Maze-Walking (includes audio)
  • Study Guide 1. An Invitation to Heathen Soul Lore
  • Study Guide 10. Exploring your Hugr Soul
  • Study Guide 11. Will and Wish: The Dynamism of Mod and Hugr
  • Study Guide 12. Sefa, Hugr and Modsefa
  • Study Guide 13. Sefa: The Channel of Compassion
  • Study Guide 14. Saiwalo-Dwimor and the Sea of Images
  • Study Guide 2. Foundations of Experiential Exploration
  • Study Guide 3. Exploring your Ferah Soul
  • Study Guide 4. Exploring your Ahma and Ghost Souls
  • Study Guide 5. Ghost and Wode
  • Study Guide 6. Exploring your Hama, Lich-Hama and Ellor-Hama
  • Study Guide 7. Exploring your Aldr, Ørlög, Werold
  • Study Guide 8. Mod and Hugr: Motivating Forces
  • Study Guide 9. Exploring your Mod Soul
  • Summary of Ahma Soul
  • Summary of Aldr Soul
  • Summary of Ferah Soul
  • Summary of Ghost Soul
  • Summary of Hama Soul
  • Summary of Hugr Soul
  • Summary of Mod Soul
  • Summary of Saiwalo- Dwimor Soul
  • Summary of Sefa Soul
  • Syn: The ‘Just Say No’ Goddess
  • The Alchemy of Hel, Part I
  • The Alchemy of Hel, Part II
  • The Alchemy of Hel, Part III
  • The Alchemy of Hel, Part IV
  • The Alchemy of Hel, Part V
  • The Alchemy of Hel, Part VI
  • The Arising of the Self
  • The Awakening of the Souls
  • The Gifting of Heimdall
  • The Great Gift: A Way to Understand Heathen Prayer
  • The I in Mimir’s Well
  • The Kindly Gods Go Wandering: Norse Spells as Clues to Heathen Deities
  • The Living Jewels of Brisingamen
  • The Mood of the Runes
  • The Moods of Yuletide
  • The Norns: Determinism, or Influence?
  • The Occult Activities of the Hugr, Part I
  • The Occult Activities of the Hugr, Part II
  • The Practice of Heathen Oathing
  • The Shape of Being Human: The Hama Soul
  • The Soul and the Sea
  • The Soul-Spindle Exercise
  • Thoughts about Heathen Afterlife
  • Thoughts on the Afterlife of the Ghost
  • Thoughts on Thor and his Children
  • Threads of Wyrd and Scyld: A Ninefold Rite of Life Renewal
  • To Honor Vidar
  • Topical Index
  • Trance and Power Chants
  • Two Foundation-Stones of Heathen Ethics
  • Vafrloge: The Hidden Fire and its Runic Channels
  • Vor: Goddess of Awareness
  • Walburga and the Rites of May
  • Wandering on Heathen Ways: Writings on Heathen Holy Ones, Wights, and Spiritual Practice.
  • Webs of Luck and Wyrd: Interplays and Impacts on Events
  • Website Notes
  • What Happened to Heathen Saiwalo-Soul?
  • Who is Hugr?
  • Wights & Spirits
  • Wigi Thonar: Tuning in to the Powers of Thor’s Hammer
  • Yuletide Songs

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