Wyrd River Kindred

11/21/2024

Ever heard of Hygge?

It can be used as a noun, adjective, or a verb.

The word comes from a Norwegian and Scandinavian word meaning “well being” and it’s an old Scandinavian concept that is used to describe a moment or feeling that is cozy, special, or charming.
It brings to mind pleasant, engaging, mellow, good-humored, safe, and snug environments.
It’s comfort and pleasure combined.
It’s The great hall in the longhouse with all the floating candles and the open fire with all the sounds and smell from fir, pelts, wood and the boiled ham. Or even the feeling while sipping on the mead with your friends.

Hygge is often associated with lighting candles to make a place feel warmer.
The idea also embraces cabins, wool, homemade crafts, knits, and fireplaces.
The Norwegians and Swedes up here in the north connect it to nature and sometimes to spending time in the snow while we "Gå på tur".

It’s the little moments that count. We all know that. But how often do you stop and smell the roses?
How many of these moments do you really have in your life?
Are you over-worked? Overstressed? Distracted?
Then do as we do and as our ancestors did.
Find your Hygge and enjoy the moment right there when it happens.

It's always the small things that counts and makes a difference.
And for me to sit out in the deep snow at a bonfire or under a snow-covered fir-tree with hot coffee in my kåsa beats every psychologist or chemical pill on Midgård.

Relax and you will feel your own hygge that you will take with you as one of the best memories in your life.

Äring och Frid

Njordkraft Community
Rådsgode
Björn Johansen

Picture:
Taken from my house in Jämtland, Sweden

11/10/2024

Saw this quote a few years ago.
And it's still true.
Even more so now.

Because our spirituality in our animism isn't a "price" we use to show others like it was a nice car we brag about.

Every day I just get more and more convinced and get evidence that Scandinavian Animism and Ásatrú shouldn't be organized in "religious" Brosatru communities.
They all are infected with viruses like biker/viking wannabes with biker vests, politics, Abrahamic ways, ridiculous and dangerous cult-hierarchy, and people with psychological diagnosis playing sect leaders/kings, who stalks and send "death" threats in messenger to innocent people.

Just leave all of it!
Because they can only help you being dragged in to a s**t fest to enhance their narscisitic tendencies.

Äring och Frid

Njordkraft Community
Rådsgode
Björn Johansen

10/02/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whUHNxeN9dA

Other spiritual Entities to focus onhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUZznXUHmbE&t=2sWhich Gods were actually worshippedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFZNEP...

10/02/2024

Heimdalls Himinbjörg ❤️

09/07/2024

Word understanding,
And why I don't see Scandinavian Animism, folklore, mythology, historic culture and our sejd as a religion?

Because it isnt!

It's an old world view here in Scandinavia,
A way of living in tune and balance with our nature, wights, beings and Megin.
Our way of life that created our culture bound Allmoge.
It's personal spirituality.

Religion is built on man-made rules to control and "to bind" humans to others rules and laws.

What people call God or Gods as the most religion in the world see as almighty and above everything else. That is not how we look upon our Gods.
We don't even see the word "God" as they do in religions.
We see them more like our "equals", our ancestors and our continent with all what it contains that we want to live in balance with here in Scandinavia.

Björn Johansen

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion

09/06/2024

It's six years since I made this meme when the "Christians" made me sit in the pillory at Jamtli National Museum in Östersund, Sweden. 😉

But for some reason it will always be controversial because of all the people who continue to get offended over the fact that there haven't been one single Viking in over thousand years.
And still, 'go viking' was something they did, it's a verb here In Scandinavia, and not a people, group or a whole continent.
It wasn't even something people called themselves back in the days, it was something their enemies called them originally together with heathens or pagans.

However, I have probably met thousands of people who think, fantasies and try to correct me of how wrong I am.
Still, I haven't met one single Viking during my 55 years on Midgård.
I wonder why..
Because Vikings only existed during the Viking Age and not now.
Why is that so hard to grasp for the intelligence reserve on today's Midgård.

And when I post this, some people are extremely offended after my post yesterday about the truth and facts about our Scandinavian mythology which is a mythology and NOT a religion.
That Valhall is a concept and not a xtian heaven which I explained with the truth and with facts when I talked about Freja's hall Fólkvang.

Your offended feelings will never outway facts and proof from our Scandinavian Animism, our history, old culture, mythology, folklore and our own way of life we have had here since the end of ice age.
And I will not discuss someone's toxic feelings about this despite that I am a Gode, teacher and councilor in our "sed" as a profession here in Sweden.
Something that I got with honor because of my knowledge and my closeness to Megin helping people to get Äring och Frid in their last breaths on Midgård.

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