Chasing the Light
Join us for the online event Chasing the Light where we are going to learn about Icelandic myths and sagas during the month of May 2023.
Odin
Odin Opens Up this Year’s Christmas Celebration
Just when I got downstairs to make some morning coffee, I heard my phone ring. A darkness clenched itself around …
Holy Nights 2020-2021: Wander With Wotan
I wake up in the darkness. Outside the wind howls a song of desire: ‘come out, come out now, we …
What you need to know about Greek Gods
The Greek Gods, we know about them. We read stories, we secretly laughed about Zeus who was always fooling around …
Loki, a Loud Loser or a Lucky Lord?
This is a blog about Loki, subject of our third lesson in the online Norse Mythology Course. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT …
Odin: Ongoing Original Inner Wisdom
Odin is the Norse Father God. This blog is about my new online Norse Mythology course that starts March 20, …
Trickster Gods: Tricky Ways to Discover the Self
Trickster Gods are tricky. They tease you, they obstruct your path, and when you look back at your life you see how much they have helped you.
A trickster breaks the rules. The Trickster Gods have knowledge beyond this world. They can be mean, but they always put the hero on the path of his life.
Yggdrasil: Tree of Life, Portal to Nine Worlds
The Seed of Yggdrasil explores the symbolism of the old Norse poems of the Edda, poetry, by Snorri Sturluson. Maria Kvilhaug treats the Edda as a parable. Using symbolism she tries to relate the ancient wisdom to modern times.
Holda and the winter
Frau Hola, Winter Queen, sometimes seen as the wife of Odin. In the Fairy Tale about her she lives on the other side of the well. Did you jump in this winter?
Top books 2015
Since February this year, Mindfunda has been talking about dreams, mythology, spirituality and dreams. Looking back at the past months, this …
Time Travel: tasting the future while dreaming the present
Lately, I have had several dreams about time travel. In my first dream, at the beginning of 2015 I was …
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Well of Remembrance: what goes down must come up
The well is a familiar symbol in Myths and dreams. I talked about it with Ralph Metzner this month for a …
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Jim Morrison, rider on the storm?
I was re-reading Well of remembrance this weekend. In 1994 Ralph Metzner wrote this magnificent book. It tells you about …