A Call to Action
My Elders and Siblings in Heathenry and Runework:
I have received the following instruction, following divination: set an othala stone on your ancestral harrow--or your shrine, if you do not keep a separate harrow. Poor a libation over the stone. And then *celebrate your ancestors!*. Read the books aloud the loved (or play audio books.). Play music they loved. Cook their favorite foods. Tell their stories. Celebrate the strength of the bloodline and the family line that brought you here.
If you can give nothing but water, do so. If you can only carry the othala stone in your pocket to share your day with your ancestors, do so. We must take this stand and not allow these fascists to undermine one our ties to our beloved dead.
For the Northern Traditions: Pray to Hela. Pray to Forseti. Pray to Thor. Pray to Freyja. Pray to the Young Lord, Sigyn's Son, who comforts the dead children. Pray to Odin as Runatyr.
For other traditions: pray to the protector of the dead. Pray to the deity of justice.
Pray for the impious to be corrected.
We must not allow another of holy symbols to be so profaned and despoiled.
The following is the divination I performed using the Graven Images Oracle:
Envy: Our enemies are jealous of the true power of bloodline, ancestry, and descent, and will steal what they covet in others instead of doing the work.
Reflection: Things are already in motion on the matter. We are called upon to meditate, to work with our Ancestors to undo or reduce the harm the enemy does. Plan before acting.
Spirit: Heed the wisdom of the Disir. Petition them for guidance. Given them offerings. Sing their names. They are our wellspring of strength, unbroken to Embla Herself, the blessed cow Adumbla, and Ice.
Though we endured the Great Sundering, we will not surrender what we still have. We will not allow corruption of our most holy artifacts, the homes of our ally spirits.
Never. Again.
Author's note: in case the article link doesn't work, search using the string: alt-right rebranding, or alt-right othala rune, alt-right rejections of swastika.
- The "alt-right" a.k.a. The white supreme spit Fascist Nazi movement, have co-opted yet another of our sacred symbols:
- < ahref="http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/hate-on-display/c/othala-rune.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/#.WEsmCGQrJ-0">the rune Othala
I have received the following instruction, following divination: set an othala stone on your ancestral harrow--or your shrine, if you do not keep a separate harrow. Poor a libation over the stone. And then *celebrate your ancestors!*. Read the books aloud the loved (or play audio books.). Play music they loved. Cook their favorite foods. Tell their stories. Celebrate the strength of the bloodline and the family line that brought you here.
If you can give nothing but water, do so. If you can only carry the othala stone in your pocket to share your day with your ancestors, do so. We must take this stand and not allow these fascists to undermine one our ties to our beloved dead.
For the Northern Traditions: Pray to Hela. Pray to Forseti. Pray to Thor. Pray to Freyja. Pray to the Young Lord, Sigyn's Son, who comforts the dead children. Pray to Odin as Runatyr.
For other traditions: pray to the protector of the dead. Pray to the deity of justice.
Pray for the impious to be corrected.
We must not allow another of holy symbols to be so profaned and despoiled.
The following is the divination I performed using the Graven Images Oracle:
Envy: Our enemies are jealous of the true power of bloodline, ancestry, and descent, and will steal what they covet in others instead of doing the work.
Reflection: Things are already in motion on the matter. We are called upon to meditate, to work with our Ancestors to undo or reduce the harm the enemy does. Plan before acting.
Spirit: Heed the wisdom of the Disir. Petition them for guidance. Given them offerings. Sing their names. They are our wellspring of strength, unbroken to Embla Herself, the blessed cow Adumbla, and Ice.
Though we endured the Great Sundering, we will not surrender what we still have. We will not allow corruption of our most holy artifacts, the homes of our ally spirits.
Never. Again.
Author's note: in case the article link doesn't work, search using the string: alt-right rebranding, or alt-right othala rune, alt-right rejections of swastika.