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The High Seat Rite of Sejd is performed by a Völva and her Sejdhelpers

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Seidrkona - entering the Iron Wood (WIP) ...painting in progress. One of ten small studies (10”x10”) in progress from my daily journeys into the mountains... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #darkphotography #artistsoninstagram #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic #wip https://www.instagram.com/p/BnrLPn-nbwy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1b1bcrf37vb6x

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Seiðr Magic and Gender

AND MORE SEIDR. (SORRY. ON A ROLL WITH THIS FOR PERSONAL REASONS)

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SORCERY OF THE NORTHMEN

SORCERY

“ The term seiðr, sometimes written seyðr, appears to be cognate with sjóða, to seethe, to boil, and in this case would signify witchcraft, or sorcery which was performed by the boiling of certain objects to which superstition had imputed magic        powers. What these things were, is now no longer known; this was very naturally a secret of the initiated. In the performance of witchcraft (at síða, efla seið) there were a great many circumstances to be attended to. It was mostly done at night, and those who practiced it sat during  the magic performances upon a raised platform called the witches' seat (seiðhjallr). The performance was also connected with a magic song or        incantation, and the melody of this song was beautiful to hear “

ARTICLE SOURCE (LOOK AROUND FOR PART 2 AND MORE TOPICS ON “THE RELIGION OF THE NORTHMEN”): http://jillian.rootaction.net/~jillian/world_faiths/www.northvegr.org/lore/northmen/024_01.html

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JACKSON CRAWFORD ON WOMEN OF THE VIKING WORLD.

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WELL WORTH A LISTEN.

RE SPINNING AND WEAVING, I SPIN USING A DROP SPINDLE AND WHEEL. WHEN I PERFORMED VIKING AGE REENACTMENT (DOMESTIC LIFE EXHIBITS) I CREATED MY OWN WARP WEIGHTED LOOM FROM BOAT OARS AND HOLED ROCKS FROM THE BEACH FOR WEIGHTS. I NO LONGER HAVE IT BUT WISH I DID.

WHEN IT COMES TO SPINNING, BOTH SPINDLE AND WHEEL ARE CAPABLE OF INSTILLING THAT TRANCELIKE STATE OF MIND WHICH ALLOWS A WOMAN TO SCRY THE FUTURE OR SIMPLY FIND INSIGHTS INTO PROBLEMS, ISSUES OR THE ANSWER TO DREAMS OF OMEN.

THE ACTION OF SPINNING, REPETETIVE AND CONSTANT, SMOOTH AND HYPNOTIC, COUPLED WITH THE DEFTNESS OF FINGERS GROWN USED TO THE TASK OF SPINNING BRING ABOUT A RHYTHM THAT THRUMS THE MIND, THE SUBCONSCIOUS. IT WORKS THE WAY ANY REPETETIVE, LENGTHY ACTION DOES...LULLS THE MIND INTO THE TASK AND SETS IT FREE AT THE SAME TIME.

MANY SPEYWIVES AND SEIDRKONA PRACTITIONERS USED SPINNING AND WEAVING PARTICULARLY TO PRACTICE FAR SEEING, MAGIC AND SPELL WEAVING.

AS AN ASIDE, I WAS ONCE GIVEN A LOVELY OLD MEDIEVAL DROP SPINDLE WHORL WHICH I STILL USE. IT’S OF CARVED STONE WITH BEAUTIFUL, AGE SMOOTHED LITTLE KNOBS ALL AROUND IT. (MEMO TO SELF: DIG IT OUT OF BOTTOM OF KNITTING BAG TO TAKE PIC)

PIC BELOW IS OF A FEW THINGS...THE VIKING AGE REPRO METAL WEAVING SHEARS WERE FORGED FOR ME BY MY BLACKSMITH SON-IN-LAW (WHO IS ALSO A FARMER IN ORKNEY), BELOW IT IS THE WHALE TOOTH, IT’S A SPECIAL TOOTH AND I’LL DO ANOTHER BLOG ON IT SOMETIME. I’VE LIVED ALL MY LIFE ON ISLANDS...SCOTLAND, ORKNEY, THE HEBRIDES AND NOW, IRELAND. THE SEA HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF MY LIFE.

BELOW THAT IS A CARVED COWBONE, USED TO PAT THE WEFT DOWN ON A WARP WEIGHTED LOOM.

AND BELOW THAT IS A PIECE OF FOSSILISED MAMMOTH TUSK. ANIMISM IS A HUGE PART OF WHO I AM. BUT EXPLAINING THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT MAMMOTH TUSK PIECE WOULD TAKE TOO LONG FOR THIS BLOG. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW IT. :)

MY SPINNING WHEEL IS A VINTAGE FLEMISH WHEEL FROM MY HUSBAND’S NATIVE FLANDERS. THE WOOD IS DARK AND SMOOTH WITH AGE AND USE, IT STILL WORKS PERFECTLY. IT’S A SMALL WHEEL AND JUST RIGHT FOR ME. IT LIVES NEXT TO THE RANGE IN THE HEART OF THE COTTAGE, BUT NOT SO CLOSE THE HEAT WOULD DAMAGE IT.

MY FAVOURITE WOOLS FOR SPINNING? ICELANDIC, HEBRIDEAN AND NORTH RONALDSAY WOOLS.