The Grotti Mill
Besides creating lands of pristine forests and majestic mountains for Gods and men to dwell in, the Aesir joined with the primeval Giants to build the first form of technology: the great mill known as Grotti. This too has a connection to the Water/Fire/Spirit concept, for the mill causes the ebb and flow of the
Renewal
From every death comes life, and with the destruction of the world a new one shall arise. In the Ragnarok prophecy, after the conflagration has ended the Underworld, Jormungrund, will rise up out of the sea to become the new Earth. This is likely based on the same observations that developed our creation myth, when
Ragnarok
Our cycle ( of Ages ) concludes with the return to Chaos, with the breaking down of the Order so that all must either defend the light of the Gods or succumb to the darkness within and join the forces of corruption. Our lore is quite explicit in its telling of the end of this
Acceptance and Duty
Acceptance and Duty Of course, there are moral implications involving a belief in fate, which in turn involves the power of choice. If I believe that my choices are mine and that they are not guided, driven, or predetermined, then the responsibility is mine and mine alone. But if my choices are predetermined, then whatever
Spiritual Destiny
We are all a part of the Spiritual Collective, the Web of Wyrd; and each life is symbolized as a strand or thread of this web. Our interactions with others represent the crossing of each thread, which is connected to all the crossings of all the other threads, and therein lies the link to all
The Fate of All
As we have discussed previously, the fate of all things is to die, but with that death comes renewal and even advancement. Perhaps this is a reason why we strive so hard to be creators—our life is a perpetual state of entropy as we age and get closer to death. However, death is not an
Understanding Fate
We have seen that the basic formula for a belief in destiny is that all things in motion have a destination, each destination then sets off a reaction, each reaction begins the next movement, renewing the cycle. This is antithetical to the notion of causation and motion, which is built upon the belief in linear
Fate
odisbook #doctrine Fate Everything that exists much reach some culmination, some point of meaning or purpose for that existence. To exist is to move forward, to forward, to progress or evolve; so if existence=motion, then fate=destination, a word that has its root in the term ‘destiny.’ We are not simply moving forward, we are all
The Alfar
As the Aesir deal primarily with the defense of the cosmos, the Vanir deal with its mechanics, and the Disir deal with its proliferation through fertility, the Alfar are the ones who actually drive the natural forces and entities that make up our universe. The sun is pulled by Sol in the lore, the moon
Idun
She is the daughter of Ivaldi and mother of Skadi with her brother, Volund. She later became the wife of Bragi. Idun is more widely known as the keeper of the Ellilyf Asa ‘The Gods’ Remedy Against Old Age,” which is the same as the Manna Mjotudr only here the fruits are consecrated for a
