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100-Year-Old Way to Filter #Rainwater in a Barrel
by Linda Holliday
February 25, 2015"During our boiling, broiling, blistering summer of 2012 here in the Missouri Ozarks, water was a topic of conversation wherever we went. Creeks and ponds dried up (some never recovered) and the water table dropped, forcing a few neighbors to have their well pumps lowered or to even have deeper wells drilled.
"Many folks shared memories of rain barrels, cisterns, hand pumps and drawing water with a well bucket as a child, usually on grandpa and grandma’s farm. Some said they’d never want to rely again on those old-time methods of getting water. But, at least they knew how it was done.
"It seems we have lost much practical knowledge in the last 50 or so years because we thought we’d never need it again. Now we are scrambling to relearn those simple know-hows.
"A tattered, 4-inch thick, 1909 book I happily secured for $8 in a thrift store reveals, among umpteen-thousand other every-day skills, how to make homemade water filters. The instructions in 'Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cookbook' are quite basic as everyone had a rain barrel back then and presumably knew how to clean the water. Now, 104 years later, I am thankful the authors had the foresight to preserve their knowledge for us, and pointed out that rainwater collected in barrels from a roof is a necessity in some locations, but also is best for laundry and 'often more wholesome for drinking purposes than hard water.' "
Learn more:
https://www.askaprepper.com/way-filter-rainwater-barrel/#SolarPunkSunday #WaterFiltration #Rainwater #RainwaterCollection #WaterIsLife #WaterSystems #OldSchoolTechnology #NeoLuddite #OldWays
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100-Year-Old Way to Filter #Rainwater in a Barrel
by Linda Holliday
February 25, 2015"During our boiling, broiling, blistering summer of 2012 here in the Missouri Ozarks, water was a topic of conversation wherever we went. Creeks and ponds dried up (some never recovered) and the water table dropped, forcing a few neighbors to have their well pumps lowered or to even have deeper wells drilled.
"Many folks shared memories of rain barrels, cisterns, hand pumps and drawing water with a well bucket as a child, usually on grandpa and grandma’s farm. Some said they’d never want to rely again on those old-time methods of getting water. But, at least they knew how it was done.
"It seems we have lost much practical knowledge in the last 50 or so years because we thought we’d never need it again. Now we are scrambling to relearn those simple know-hows.
"A tattered, 4-inch thick, 1909 book I happily secured for $8 in a thrift store reveals, among umpteen-thousand other every-day skills, how to make homemade water filters. The instructions in 'Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cookbook' are quite basic as everyone had a rain barrel back then and presumably knew how to clean the water. Now, 104 years later, I am thankful the authors had the foresight to preserve their knowledge for us, and pointed out that rainwater collected in barrels from a roof is a necessity in some locations, but also is best for laundry and 'often more wholesome for drinking purposes than hard water.' "
Learn more:
https://www.askaprepper.com/way-filter-rainwater-barrel/#SolarPunkSunday #WaterFiltration #Rainwater #RainwaterCollection #WaterIsLife #WaterSystems #OldSchoolTechnology #NeoLuddite #OldWays
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100-Year-Old Way to Filter #Rainwater in a Barrel
by Linda Holliday
February 25, 2015"During our boiling, broiling, blistering summer of 2012 here in the Missouri Ozarks, water was a topic of conversation wherever we went. Creeks and ponds dried up (some never recovered) and the water table dropped, forcing a few neighbors to have their well pumps lowered or to even have deeper wells drilled.
"Many folks shared memories of rain barrels, cisterns, hand pumps and drawing water with a well bucket as a child, usually on grandpa and grandma’s farm. Some said they’d never want to rely again on those old-time methods of getting water. But, at least they knew how it was done.
"It seems we have lost much practical knowledge in the last 50 or so years because we thought we’d never need it again. Now we are scrambling to relearn those simple know-hows.
"A tattered, 4-inch thick, 1909 book I happily secured for $8 in a thrift store reveals, among umpteen-thousand other every-day skills, how to make homemade water filters. The instructions in 'Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cookbook' are quite basic as everyone had a rain barrel back then and presumably knew how to clean the water. Now, 104 years later, I am thankful the authors had the foresight to preserve their knowledge for us, and pointed out that rainwater collected in barrels from a roof is a necessity in some locations, but also is best for laundry and 'often more wholesome for drinking purposes than hard water.' "
Learn more:
https://www.askaprepper.com/way-filter-rainwater-barrel/#SolarPunkSunday #WaterFiltration #Rainwater #RainwaterCollection #WaterIsLife #WaterSystems #OldSchoolTechnology #NeoLuddite #OldWays
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100-Year-Old Way to Filter #Rainwater in a Barrel
by Linda Holliday
February 25, 2015"During our boiling, broiling, blistering summer of 2012 here in the Missouri Ozarks, water was a topic of conversation wherever we went. Creeks and ponds dried up (some never recovered) and the water table dropped, forcing a few neighbors to have their well pumps lowered or to even have deeper wells drilled.
"Many folks shared memories of rain barrels, cisterns, hand pumps and drawing water with a well bucket as a child, usually on grandpa and grandma’s farm. Some said they’d never want to rely again on those old-time methods of getting water. But, at least they knew how it was done.
"It seems we have lost much practical knowledge in the last 50 or so years because we thought we’d never need it again. Now we are scrambling to relearn those simple know-hows.
"A tattered, 4-inch thick, 1909 book I happily secured for $8 in a thrift store reveals, among umpteen-thousand other every-day skills, how to make homemade water filters. The instructions in 'Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cookbook' are quite basic as everyone had a rain barrel back then and presumably knew how to clean the water. Now, 104 years later, I am thankful the authors had the foresight to preserve their knowledge for us, and pointed out that rainwater collected in barrels from a roof is a necessity in some locations, but also is best for laundry and 'often more wholesome for drinking purposes than hard water.' "
Learn more:
https://www.askaprepper.com/way-filter-rainwater-barrel/#SolarPunkSunday #WaterFiltration #Rainwater #RainwaterCollection #WaterIsLife #WaterSystems #OldSchoolTechnology #NeoLuddite #OldWays
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100-Year-Old Way to Filter #Rainwater in a Barrel
by Linda Holliday
February 25, 2015"During our boiling, broiling, blistering summer of 2012 here in the Missouri Ozarks, water was a topic of conversation wherever we went. Creeks and ponds dried up (some never recovered) and the water table dropped, forcing a few neighbors to have their well pumps lowered or to even have deeper wells drilled.
"Many folks shared memories of rain barrels, cisterns, hand pumps and drawing water with a well bucket as a child, usually on grandpa and grandma’s farm. Some said they’d never want to rely again on those old-time methods of getting water. But, at least they knew how it was done.
"It seems we have lost much practical knowledge in the last 50 or so years because we thought we’d never need it again. Now we are scrambling to relearn those simple know-hows.
"A tattered, 4-inch thick, 1909 book I happily secured for $8 in a thrift store reveals, among umpteen-thousand other every-day skills, how to make homemade water filters. The instructions in 'Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cookbook' are quite basic as everyone had a rain barrel back then and presumably knew how to clean the water. Now, 104 years later, I am thankful the authors had the foresight to preserve their knowledge for us, and pointed out that rainwater collected in barrels from a roof is a necessity in some locations, but also is best for laundry and 'often more wholesome for drinking purposes than hard water.' "
Learn more:
https://www.askaprepper.com/way-filter-rainwater-barrel/#SolarPunkSunday #WaterFiltration #Rainwater #RainwaterCollection #WaterIsLife #WaterSystems #OldSchoolTechnology #NeoLuddite #OldWays
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So much #OldSchoolTech in these shows!
#VictorianFarm - Christmas Special
2009 · 1 SeasonTV-PG
Documentary"Discover in depth how the #Victorians created the celebration of #Christmas as we know it today."
https://tubitv.com/series/246/victorian-farm-christmas-special
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So much #OldSchoolTech in these shows!
#VictorianFarm - Christmas Special
2009 · 1 SeasonTV-PG
Documentary"Discover in depth how the #Victorians created the celebration of #Christmas as we know it today."
https://tubitv.com/series/246/victorian-farm-christmas-special
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So much #OldSchoolTech in these shows!
#VictorianFarm - Christmas Special
2009 · 1 SeasonTV-PG
Documentary"Discover in depth how the #Victorians created the celebration of #Christmas as we know it today."
https://tubitv.com/series/246/victorian-farm-christmas-special
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So much #OldSchoolTech in these shows!
#VictorianFarm - Christmas Special
2009 · 1 SeasonTV-PG
Documentary"Discover in depth how the #Victorians created the celebration of #Christmas as we know it today."
https://tubitv.com/series/246/victorian-farm-christmas-special
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So much #OldSchoolTech in these shows!
#VictorianFarm - Christmas Special
2009 · 1 SeasonTV-PG
Documentary"Discover in depth how the #Victorians created the celebration of #Christmas as we know it today."
https://tubitv.com/series/246/victorian-farm-christmas-special
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Ooooh... Watched #VictorianFarm on the new 1080 TV. I could even read the text of the books! Wow! Very impressed!
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Ooooh... Watched #VictorianFarm on the new 1080 TV. I could even read the text of the books! Wow! Very impressed!
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Ooooh... Watched #VictorianFarm on the new 1080 TV. I could even read the text of the books! Wow! Very impressed!
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Ooooh... Watched #VictorianFarm on the new 1080 TV. I could even read the text of the books! Wow! Very impressed!
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Ooooh... Watched #VictorianFarm on the new 1080 TV. I could even read the text of the books! Wow! Very impressed!
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Joyous Là Fhèill Brìghde/Imbolc/etc. Hail to She of Many Talents, The Ever Flame, Exalted One. Thank you for the blessings of your healing cloak. Blessings to all who celebrate her day.
#imbolc #imbolg #brighid #brighidsday #brighidiscome #bride #brighde #stbrighid #Pagan #pagans #pagansofmastadon #gael #celt #celticpagan #IrishPagan #witch #witchy #witchesofmastodon #paganism #polytheism #polytheist #polytheistic #oldways #spring #folkhistory #saintsday #saintbrighid
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@pascaline This kind of breakthrough gives me hope that maybe, just maybe, we can achieve the #StabilizedWorld scenario -- but using #AncientTechnology combined with what we know now!
#LtG #SolarPunkSunday #RomanConcrete #TraditionalKnowledge #AncientKnowledge #OldWays
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5 Clever Ways to Use Lanolin At Home
April 28, 2023
"As we may all know, lanolin is commonly used in skincare products due to its ability to moisturize and protect the skin. However, it has many other uses around the home that you may not have known and considered.
It is a versatile and useful substance that can be used in many ways around the home. From leather conditioner to lip balm, lanolin is a natural and effective ingredient that can help you to care for and protect your belongings.
Let's explore some clever ways to use lanolin at home."
https://www.nznaturally.nz/blogs/news/5-clever-ways-to-use-lanolin-at-home
#SolarPunkSunday #OldWays #NoChemicals #AnimalProducts #TraditionalArts #TraditionalTechnology #DIYCleaners #HomeProduct #Waterproofing #NoPFAS #NoChemicals #LeatherConditioning #WoodPolish #RustPrevention #LipBalm
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#EdwardianFarm - Extracting Lanolin from Sheep's Wool
"In this clip from Edwardian Farm, Ruth Goodman extracts lanolin from sheep's wool.
Lanolin, also called wool wax or wool grease, is a yellow waxy substance secreted by the sebaceous glands of wool-bearing animals. Most lanolin used by humans comes from domestic sheep breeds that are raised specifically for their wool. Lanolin primarily consists of sterol esters. Its waterproofing property aids sheep in shedding water from their coats. Certain breeds of sheep produce large amounts of lanolin.
Lanolin and its many derivatives are used extensively in products designed for the protection, treatment and beautification of human skin.
Crude lanolin constitutes about 5–25% of the weight of freshly shorn wool. The wool from one Merino sheep will produce about 250–300 ml of recoverable wool grease. Lanolin is extracted by washing the wool in hot water with a special wool scouring detergent to remove dirt, wool grease (crude lanolin), suint (sweat salts), and anything else stuck to the wool. The wool grease is continuously removed during this washing process by centrifugal separators, which concentrate it into a wax-like substance melting at approximately 38 °C (100 °F)."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2pEIsyWD-Y
#SolarPunkSunday #AnimalProducts #Lanolin #TraditionalTechnology #NaturalWaterproofing #Waterproofing #NoChemicals #NoPFAS #OldWays
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The path is both one and many, as the trunk of a tree spreads out into numerous branches that stretch in all directions, so that one may follow the lore into countless byways and alleys ripe with mysteries.
#paganism #pagan #norsepagan #ancestors #oldgods #druid #heathen #oldways #writer #writing #odin #freya #frigg -
What’s your favourite ancient monument?
Here’s my local stone circle at Stanton Drew (in Somerset).
There are 3 circles + other features that combine to make it the 3rd largest complex of standing stones in England.
In the garden of the village pub - the Druid’s Arms - is a collapsed burial chamber that predates the stone circles.
Worth stopping for a pint 🍻
#standingstonesunday #stonecircle #megalithic #ancientbritain #prehistory #archaeology #stantondrew #somerset #pagan #oldways #🍻 #🗿 -
🧵 2- So, Happy Waiting for Spring (this is what #Latvians call this Cross-quarter, unlike the British #Imbolc, which sees #spring already arriving!) for all of us in still cold places 🙂 for those of you actually seeing spring, Happier still! ( and Welcome/Waiting For Autumn for those on the other side of the world 🙂
#OldWays #AncientRhythms #SeasonalRhythms #nature #sunset #Saule -
So, #wool and #lanolin (extracted from raw wool) are made without harming #sheep! In fact, a good shearing can help sheep beat the summer heat! I'll be posting about some of the uses of lanolin in future posts.
How to Extract Lanolin from Sheep's Wool
Last Updated: September 16, 2021
"Sheep's wool contains lanolin as a form of protection against nature and insects. Human use of lanolin is as old as the use of wool. Extracting it is easy to do at home and is a great way to get lanolin that is pure, free of industrial chemicals and ready for use in homemade products."
Learn more:
https://www.wikihow.com/Extract-Lanolin-from-Sheep%27s-Wool#SolarPunkSunday #OldWays #NoChemicals #AnimalProducts #TraditionalArts
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A bit of fun for a Friday... Last week we went to #AbbotsBromley, #Staffordshire, to witness the extraordinary & ancient #HornDance, a #FolkDance that has taken place for perhaps 800+ years. I've wanted to see this for years!
One of the reindeer antlers has been radio carbon dated to 1065CE.
#FolkCustoms #TraditionalDance #MorrisDancing #folkyfriday #ancienttraditions #FolkloreSunday #FolkTradition #oldways
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Hail Wodan on this Wodan’s Day!
Consider what we would not sacrifice for a sip from Mimirsbrunnr. Do we hold our views and ideas so dear that we would not run them through with Gungnir to attain a deeper understanding, one beyond our concepts?
#paganism #germanicpagan #pagan #Wodan #odin #oldgods #OldWays #wisdom #writer #writing #spirituality -
I’ve started listening to traditional radio again.
This is primarily because of the stress and anxiety that news from social media and news portals gives you.
Listening to 15 minutes of morning, afternoon and evening news on Indian national radio (Aakashvaani) keeps me updated and stress-free.#lifestyle #radio #aakashvaani #india #indian #news #indiannews #oldways
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Old Holloway path near Huckworthy last April, #Dartmoor, #Devon #oldways #photography #landscapephotography #path
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The Old Gods have not returned. They never left. They were simply waiting for those whose blood and bones resonates with their voice heard in the forests and groves, rivers and standing stones, in the moon and stars and the rising and setting sun. Waiting for us to hear and return to them.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #spirituality #heathen #writer #writing #OldWays #oldgods #nature #animism -
🧵 1 I finally got my #WinterSolstice blog post finished..lol The blog includes some photos, 3 short videos and some blabber (similar but a bit expanded to what is in the video descriptions) with links to Spectra as well, but I will also put all the video links to YT and Spectra in this thread. #pagan #animist #Latvian #Baltic #OldWays #WinterWonderland
I talk about primal Goddesses, paper masks of light and darkness, dragging the Yule Log, etc
Here's the blog link:
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/01/winter-solstice-goddess-to-balance-sun.html -
I was raised with the Our Father and now honour the Allfather. From Nailed God to Blind God. From dry dogma to the rich lore of my ancestors whose hearts continue to beat with mine. Whose whispers summoned me since my earliest memories. Whose stories wrote the preface to my own.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #writer #writing #spiritualjourney #OldWays #ancestors #witchcraft #neopagan
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“It sounds an almost pitiful predicament. And yet, while it certainly isn’t desirable, some cyber-experts are now advising companies to plan for switching to paper-based processes in the event of IT failure.”
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Come, let us wander into the woods
And there, beside the ancient ash,
And beneath the reaching oaks
Cast a circle of fellowship —
Of sisters and brothers,
Hailing the Old Ones,
Summoning the Keepers
Of Ancient Lore,
To teach us the ways of yesteryear,
In whispers clothed in moonlight.#paganism #pagan #occult #norsepagan #heathen #heathenism #oldgods #OldWays #poetry #poem #wicca #odin #freya
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Where are the Old Gods? Why, in the muttering of the stream, in the green shoots and the birdsong. Their whispers are carried on the wind and conjure within us that ancient yearning beyond words deep within our bones.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #oldgods #OldWays #oldreligion #wicca #witchcraft
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from the blog- re: Baltic goddess Ragana:
"Of course ... authority based on intimidation and ignorance drove the old ways to the wilds, outside civilised village and city life. Of course they labelled these women as dangerous or deranged- for the simple truths they lived were indeed dangerous to the repressive patriarchy..."
Birch catkins- Birch is a tree associated with Ragana and many other European goddesses, suggesting the antiquity of the association. #witch #OldWays -
dret ɬush ukuk! (this is really good)
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hayash chxi kʰul san!(Happy New Years!)
The way we behave politically, socially, economically and ecologically isn't working, says community organizer and activist Tai Simpson. Sharing the creation myth of her Nez Perce tribe, she advocates for a return to the "old ways" guided by Indigenous wisdom that emphasize balance, community and the importance of intergenerational storytelling in order to protect what's sacred.
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2/ I found in Latvia and Lithuania, the owl is associated with #Ragana an ancient goddess, predating the Indo-European pantheon, later diminished to a negative caricature of 'witch' starting with the patriarchal Indo-Europeans and worse yet, the Christian Church.
I've known of her before, and of course knew to discard all the negative nonsense- the #OldWays and #WomensKnowledge were always turned to evil and demonism by those whom it seemed to threaten! -
"...may your spirit soar with Saulė on her journeys away and back, may Mārtinš keep your heart safe and warm with the sacred fire of love and kinship (wherever you find or build it!) tucked into the nurturing soil/darkness of Great Mother/Māra!
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/11/martins-day-god-to-welcome-winter-snow.html
#pagan #animist #nature #SeasonalRhythms #sunset #mountains #OldWays #GoddessCulture #LandscapePhotography #CountryLiving #Alberta #Canada -
From Salisbury, I walked out of town and took the Portway, part of a Roman road later used as a Medieval track, up to Old Sarum, the original ancient settlement of the area.
It was lined with berry-laden hawthorn, blackberries past their best, rosehips, and flowering ivy, and humming with insect life, but I didn't see another person on it.
#Salisbury #OldSarum #RomanRoad #AncientPaths #OldWays #Hedgerows #ThePortway
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From Salisbury, I walked out of town and took the Portway, part of a Roman road later used as a Medieval track, up to Old Sarum, the original ancient settlement of the area.
It was lined with berry-laden hawthorn, blackberries past their best, rosehips, and flowering ivy, and humming with insect life, but I didn't see another person on it.
#Salisbury #OldSarum #RomanRoad #AncientPaths #OldWays #Hedgerows #ThePortway
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From Salisbury, I walked out of town and took the Portway, part of a Roman road later used as a Medieval track, up to Old Sarum, the original ancient settlement of the area.
It was lined with berry-laden hawthorn, blackberries past their best, rosehips, and flowering ivy, and humming with insect life, but I didn't see another person on it.
#Salisbury #OldSarum #RomanRoad #AncientPaths #OldWays #Hedgerows #ThePortway
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From Salisbury, I walked out of town and took the Portway, part of a Roman road later used as a Medieval track, up to Old Sarum, the original ancient settlement of the area.
It was lined with berry-laden hawthorn, blackberries past their best, rosehips, and flowering ivy, and humming with insect life, but I didn't see another person on it.
#Salisbury #OldSarum #RomanRoad #AncientPaths #OldWays #Hedgerows #ThePortway
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From Salisbury, I walked out of town and took the Portway, part of a Roman road later used as a Medieval track, up to Old Sarum, the original ancient settlement of the area.
It was lined with berry-laden hawthorn, blackberries past their best, rosehips, and flowering ivy, and humming with insect life, but I didn't see another person on it.
#Salisbury #OldSarum #RomanRoad #AncientPaths #OldWays #Hedgerows #ThePortway
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Has everyone got a favourite tree? Here’s mine.
It’s an oak known locally as the Elephant Tree (see second photo) and it lives in a beautiful little remnant of the ancient Windsor Forest.
I’d love to hear about / see anybody else’s favourite tree! 🌳
@folklore #folklore #naturewisdom #trees #paganism #oak #oldways #nature #favouritetree -
Help me find people to follow. I’m looking for people who are interested in #art , #folklore (especially British), #folkart , #traditionalcraft , #ancientbritain , #rambling , and #oldways. Say hi if that’s you 👋
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Hail Wodan on this Wodan’s Day!
Consider what we would not sacrifice for a sip from Mimirsbrunnr. Do we hold our views and ideas so dear that we would not run them through with Gungnir to attain a deeper understanding, one beyond our concepts?
#paganism #germanicpagan #pagan #Wodan #odin #oldgods #OldWays #wisdom #writer #writing #spirituality -
Hail Wodan on this Wodan’s Day!
Consider what we would not sacrifice for a sip from Mimirsbrunnr. Do we hold our views and ideas so dear that we would not run them through with Gungnir to attain a deeper understanding, one beyond our concepts?
#paganism #germanicpagan #pagan #Wodan #odin #oldgods #OldWays #wisdom #writer #writing #spirituality
