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[Main Blog Post] [Heathen Rosary] Draft "Hail Holy Forebears"

I am so very, very close to having all of the bedes of the "Heathen Rosary" at least to a stead where you can say the whole thing, but the draft of the closing bede still feels a bit "flat," and so once again, I am asking for your help in working out what I might change about it.

Your thoughts on the "Hail Idun" and "All-Father" have been very worthwhile and truly helped them take shape, so even more so than usual, kindly share them on this one as well so I can have a full set of prayers I'm happy with and get to working out the "mysteries" to go with them.

Thanks ahead of time if you choose to share any and all thoughts, big or small.

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[Main Blog Post] [Heathen Rosary] Last (?) "All-Father" Bede

Alright, I'm very excited to share what I believe is the last, working shape of the "All-Father" bede for the Heathen Rosary undertaking. Y'all's comments really helped me make the last few tweaks I needed, so thanks very much for that.

What's most exciting is that I now have all of the main bedes for the Heathen Rosary, so I can start saying it and seeing how that goes. I'm still on the fence about whether to write one or two closing prayers (as you find in today's version of the Catholic Rosary), and I still need to work out the "mysteries" (I'm leaning toward calling them "riddles") for bethinking while saying the bedes, but this is a big step closer to having a workable daily practice.

As always, your thoughts are most welcome.

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[Main Blog Post] Eirik Westcoat and the American Futharch

Eirik Westcoat is the modern poet from whom I have learned to craft verse in Germanish meters, and he has constructed a new set of Runestaves fitted to the sounds of modern English. Along the way to explaining why he did that, though, he just happened to drop a remarkable insight into one of the mysteries of Runic scholarship.

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[Main Blog Post] Three Drinks Prayer

I'm trying to work out a prayer to Woden for the Heathen Rosary, but I've been stuck on it for a long time. I reckon it's time to start writing some actual drafts, though, so my first stab is the Three Drinks Prayer.

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[Main Blog Post] [Book] Spellcraft

I took a bit of time off from The Seed of Yggdrasill before tackling the last, fairly long chapter in order to read a book I thought might help me in my Heathen Rosary project: Spellcraft by Robin Skelton.

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[Main Blog Post] Last(?) "Hail Idun"

I've posted what I hope is the settled shape for the "Hail Idun" in my Heathen Rosary project. As always, comments here or emails on the post are welcome!

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Guide to Germanish Meter

I've written a short guide to the rules for a handful of common Germanish meters and posted it to my main blog. This was largely to help cement the rules in my own head and to give me a place to point to whenever I make use of those meters, but any comments are welcome (especially if I've gotten anything wrong!)