Helvegen

Last November, in my post titled ‘Hi-bear-nation,’ I presented a music track by Norwegian group, Wardruna. I featured a further piece by them - 'Odal' - in my post of that name in April this year. Wardruna's distinctive style is a blend of age-old Nordic sounds and traditions interwoven within a contemporary acoustic environment. Traditional …

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Odal

In the post titled 'Evolution of (my) Runes', written in July last year, I explained how I made a set of runes for my own use as a divining tool. To give context I added a tightly-abridged history of runes, explaining how this ancient writing system once used by the Nordic and Germanic peoples, has …

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