January 13, 2013 at 10:10 am (Dedicant)
Tags: beads, crafts, DIY, pagan, pagan prayer beads, prayer
Since I still had a large amount of beads, I made another prayer bead set. I think the smaller one is better suited for keeping in a pocket when I am on the go, but the larger one is rather pretty. I like the beads with the eyes on them.
If anyone cares to know, I ordered my beads from Shipwreck Beads in Olympia. They ship nationwide, but their brick-and-mortar is a sight to see.
January 12, 2013 at 10:00 am (Dedicant)
Tags: adf, beads, brothers grimm, medication, pagan, pagan prayer beads, prayer
Dear People Who Made “Hansel and Gretel, Witch Hunters”,
Go fuck yourselves. No really, GO. FUCK. YOUR. SELVES. Thank you for raping the childhood of everyone born since 1812.
Sincerely,
Sigrun Pallene
In other, more interesting news, I was inspired by fellow ADF dedicant vlaughlin over at “The Druid’s Cosmos” to create a set of Pagan prayer beads. I really needed something to help focus my meditation, and this should be just the ticket.
There are 9 beads for the Nine Virtues of Druidry, 9 beads for the Nine Noble Virtues of Heathenism, 3 beads for the Triple Hallows (fire, well, tree), 3 beads for the Three Kindreds, and 2 beads for the Two Powers. Since these are the subjects I feel need the most initial attention I made them my “training beads”. I am working on writing a series of prayers for each bead, plus I would like to use the large beads for special prayers.
Part of the impetus for this was the realization that I was expending huge amounts of energy on historical and factual study, but virtually ignoring my actual spiritual development. Meditation is not my forte, or rather, I never consider it my forte, but I do spend a great deal of time in a near-meditative state while I am listening to music or resting in bed (I take a nap every day due to the MS). This will hopefully prove to be a good tool to focus my mind where it needs to be.
Sigrun Pallene is a pseudonym for an ADF dedicant and priestess to a small eclectic grove on a tiny island in the Pacific Northwest. I am fascinated by religion, language, history, music, anthropology, nature, and art. I speak a little Russian, and I am currently studying German while trying to teach myself Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic at the same time, because I am a masochist and like scaring my neighbors by making loud, guttural noises at night. These are the tales from a lifetime spent as warrior, witch, harlot, maenad, mystic, and valkyrie.
On Maenads and Valkyries
Thoughts of an Unlikely Dionysian
The Life of a Practicing Pagan and Traditional Witch
Where observation and imagination meet nature in poetry.
where words grow like leaves
Memoirs of a Hekatean Wino
applications open for a new tagline
Dionysos from the end of antiquity to the present
polytheist extractions
Life from a Black Pagan's Perspective
A Devotional Exploration of Ares, the God of War
A celebration of me and my interests. Unapologetically.
All paths lead that way, down to Withywindle.
A Journey of Evolving Folk Traditions
learning, growing, reaching, being :-)
Polytheist Musings from the Texas Blackland Prairie
An ADF Druid's trials, tribulations, musings, and victories
Spirit-Work & Devotional Polytheism
On Maenads and Valkyries
"Everything is full of gods." - Thales
Ravens and Ivy 