on February 4th, 2010 by solitudeone
“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.” -Socrates (469BC – 429BC)
I’m sure that many are aware of Socrates and his quest for knowledge. A quest which eventually led him along a path of which its’ destination ended with his trial, and death by hemlock. What brings me to the memory of this [...]
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on June 7th, 2009 by solitudeone
Summations of History
The significance of male witches throughout history cannot be ignored. The numbers who were accused, tried, tortured and executed has been glossed over and de-classified by those of political, ideological, religious and personal agendas, including but not limited to feminist scholars. This very simplistic portrayal between gender and witchcraft does not truthfully reflect [...]
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on June 1st, 2009 by solitudeone
The first Bard of Ireland, Druid and Wizard: Amergin.
The mound of Millmount, Ireland, is said to be the ancient burial place of Amergin; infamous Bard, Druid, chief of the Milesians, and some say Wizard. In Milesian mythology there exists a number of poems attributed to Amergin, and through a battle with the three Kings of [...]
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on May 31st, 2009 by solitudeone
There are a few things in this earthly world which I find myself unable to tolerate. Most assurdly, you have your own list of such things which simply go against your inner spirit. A few things from my own list make their way to a little list of things which I just outright will [...]
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on May 28th, 2009 by solitudeone
A quick little update, along with some further readings available for the-Asatru article post..
source: Norway Post
“The religious fellowship that worship the old Norse gods, the Aasatrufellowship Bifrost, will soon have their own burialplace in Oslo. This has been approved by the authorities, according to Aftenposten.
The new grave site will be shaped like the outline of [...]
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on May 15th, 2009 by solitudeone
Recently I’ve had to delete some 17 comments from one of the posts. This wasn’t a spammer, those are quickly and easily caught before they can even enter. Rather, these are from one individual who is obviously filled with both ignorance and religious hatred. Of coarse, that IP is now denied, blacklisted.
I will make myself [...]
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on April 30th, 2009 by solitudeone
Hekate: part two
As we continue our journey into understanding Hekate a bit more, we perhaps need to seperate, or concentrate upon a more limited time frame of Her history. Re-calling that ancient writings spanned some twelve centuries, and two main cultures (Greek and Roman, respectively), we have to accept the realities that over this vast [...]
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on April 29th, 2009 by solitudeone
News and Views: A small collection
Pandemic? H1N1 flu virus
Let’s see now, topping the media broadcasts today is the outbreak of swine flu. They say this started in Mexico, where there are now over 139 deaths reported. The US, with one confirmed death today, is amoung the now 11 countries reporting suspected cases, with Germany and [...]
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on April 27th, 2009 by solitudeone
I cannot imagine what it would be like to have restricted internet access from my broadband provider. With all the research I do, all the global internet friendships I cherish, and possibly my own website being restricted to millions of visitors by law, would be devastating to me. I find such attempts at restricting internet [...]
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