#Saturnalia: Happy Mid-Winter Festival of your choice! December 25th the son/sun is reborn, known by many names: #SolInvictus, Jesus, #Adonis, #Dionysus, #Horus, #Herne, #Attis, #Freyr, #Mithras. In celebration of the return of #Antinous Invictus. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-saturnalia-golden-age-of-saturn.html

Had a lot of fun #climbing outside again after weeks of rain in #Freyr, Dinant. So much I forgot to take pictures .

Göttergeschwisterpaar #Freyr und #Freyja als Gubber

Ein Gubber ist eine kleine Goldplatte mit einem Relief. Man geht davon aus, dass hier die nordischen Götter gezeigt werden. Dass es sich also um das #Geschwisterpaar handelt und somit ein #Fruchtbarkeitszeichen, ist also eine #Interpretation. Aber es handelt sich um interessante Funde, die uns einen Blick in die #Glaubenswelt im #Frühmittelalter erlauben, und einen Blick auf #NordischeGötter:

https://buff.ly/3J0r7qs

Had a cold but fun day of #climbing in #Freyr in #belgium last Sunday. This is the #Jeunesse sector. Spot the climber (near the top) in the first picture!
See alt-text for details.

Today's #climbing crag was #Freyr in #Belgium again. The limestone was still a bit wet in places from the rain over the last days, but it wasn't too bad. And the #slackline ppl were having a blast as well, it seems.

https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/i/69GR7W/tidligere-freyr-styreleder-solgte-seg-ned-dagen-foer-kriserapport?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aftenposten.no

Heile historien om Freyr stinker, men det som stinker aller mest er når nylig avgått styreformann selger aksjer for milllioner av kroner dagen før en svært dårlig kvartalsrapport kunngjøres.

My poor pictures of #Freyr really don't do justice to the beautiful place it is.
To get a proper sense of the place, have a look at the images in this article instead: https://thecragjournal.com/2022/12/01/climbing-in-freyr-belgiums-premier-forge-of-fingers/
#climbing

Yesterday's #climbing crag: #Freyr in #Belgium. Freyr is the largest crag in Belgium with more than 600 routes graded from 3a all the way up to 8c+.
These limestone cliffs (up to 120m high!) bordering the river #Meuse have been climbed since 1930. As a consequence the holds on popular routes are very polished. Bolt distances can be large too, so climbing here requires both physical and mental strength.
That said: Freyr is a beautiful, almost magical place.

Freyja (Old Norse for 'Lady', 'Woman', or 'Mistress') is the best-known and most important goddess in Norse mythology. https://www.worldhistory.org/Freyja/ #History #Edda #Freyja #Freyr

I'm an ecologist and having a career in that field has made a huge mark on my polytheist practice. I know pagans tend to be a bit crunchy by nature, but my education and training inform the way I see the world and that includes my religious ideology.

I'm not living in ancient or even modern Iceland, or Sweden, or Poland, or Scotland. I tend to focus on local plant and animal life and how they tie into my views on gods related to fertility, the land, and the seasons. Bird migrations inform my shifts in seasonal practice. I see #Freyja in my local red-tailed hawks. #Óðinn in the common ravens on campus. I know when to expect thunder storms and give to #þórr ahead of time, while giving to #Freyr during the milder rainy season. When crocus bulbs begin to pop up they tell me we're entering Spring and to thank #Mokosz. An #Cailleach blows in with the first frost.

One of course doesn't need to be a scientist to be keyed in like this, I know plenty of pagans who are not and are just as keyed in. For me though it's second nature, no pun intended. Having a localized practice brings me closer to the gods in a way that makes sense to me. It also informs how I interact with the land wights, making sure to leave offerings safe for local plants and animals when outdoors. It's brought me into the flow of life around me and I'm at grateful for it.