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Ozark Pagan Mamma

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Ozark Pagan Mamma · 1M ago

Formula for a Solitary Holiday Blót

A page from my family’s book of traditions… Although family rituals are the ideal, sometimes circumstances prevent this. At times like this, you still want to honor the Old Ways and feel the connection to, and blessing of, the deities, ancestors, and holy wights- for yourself, and on your family’s b
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Ozark Pagan Mamma · 2M ago

Ôstara Blót

This is a simple little ritual I pieced together. The words for the fire lighting is classic Ceisiwr Serith used in ADF liturgy. I use fire to ward and hallow instead of the Hammer Rite. A lot of the wording I’ve gotten for my Norse rites is from The Hammerstead Kindred Blot Book. On the [...]
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Ozark Pagan Mamma · 2M ago

A children’s song for Ôstarâ / Ēostre

“Here Comes Ôstarâ”  (tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”) Ôstarâ has brought the Spring again, Spring again, Spring again. Ôstarâ has brought the Spring again, and Winter’s gone away. Here she comes on the rainbow bridge, rainbow bridge, rainbow bridge. Here she comes on the rainbow bridge, and flowers
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Ozark Pagan Mamma · 3M ago

My Imbolc & Dísablót

This year I combined my Imbolc ritual with a Dísablót. A Dísablót is a blessing given in honor of the Dísir; the female ancestral spirits and deities who are the guardians of family and home. I used the ADF-inspired ritual I put together last year, and just put the “blót” part in place of the [...]
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Ozark Pagan Mamma · 3M ago

Bríde Plaque

Here is another plaque I made when I was working with salt dough a lot last year. It’s a plaque of Bríde. It turned out kind of heavy, so I put it on a plate holder and sit it on a shelf instead of hanging it on a wall. It is made of strong salt [...]
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Ozark Pagan Mamma · 4M ago

The Family Cookbook

I never really realized I love cooking so much until I started scrap-booking my recipes. It all started when I got the idea a few years ago to make copies of all my favorite recipes and compile them into a homemade cookbook to give to my oldest daughter as a birthday present. In order to [...]
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Ozark Pagan Mamma · 4M ago

Frey and Freya Nightlight

This is one of the neatest crafty ideas I’ve seen in a long time. I got the idea from a craft book I picked up from the library: the Big Ass Book of Crafts. It’s basically a nightlight with an extension cord, two cheap identical frames, some dismantled wooden clothespins, and a picture of Frey [...]
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Ozark Pagan Mamma · 5M ago

My Modranecht

This is my first Yuletide season as a follower of Ásatrú. Before (as a UU Pagan and as a Celtic Reconstructionist), I celebrated Yule in a very basic or general way, concentrating mainly on the solar symbolism for rituals. I’ve always loved all the customs of the holiday- the songs, decorations, foo
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Ozark Pagan Mamma · 5M ago

Yule Treats

I’ve been making this exact list of Yule treats for probably more than a decade. For a few years, I made extra and gave to my siblings in a cookie tin for their Yule gifts. I don’t usually make them all at once, but a couple batches a week, starting at the beginning of December, [...]
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Ozark Pagan Mamma · 5M ago

My Yule Playlist

For several years in a row I downloaded Yule music and made CD’s to listen to in the car and during Yule festivities. The first year I did it, my kids didn’t like a lot of the songs I put on it. So I improved my playlist in subsequent years and accumulated (what I think [...]
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