the weaver award 2023 – poetry, prayer & hymn competition

The Hamingja Foundation has now announced its new annual poetry/hymn/prayer /mantra competition – the Weaver Award! The importance of poetry , hymns & prayers within Indo-European spirituality can’t be overestimated. The poet/ skald / bard etc is also the weaver, smith & artisan contributing to the multiplication & adornment of Xartus. Indo-European pagan peoples expressed beauty through words – better than anyone else around them. …

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How to create pagan sacred space

What is a sacred space? What does it mean to pagans? And how is it set up?Groves, frithyards, vé, weoh, stafgardr, temples, temenos. Rituals within native Indo-European spirituality take place within sacred space. But what do they really mean? Why are they used? And do they have to be these magnificent, pompous halls and walls? …

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Yéwesa – how to pray and perform Ritual the pagan way

In our Discord server we’ve brought up the Yéwesa – the Indo-European guidelines for pagan ritual and prayer, found out through trial and error by our ancestors, and on what we know from tradition, literature, ancient dramas and depictions – how to best appease the gods. In fact, the word ‘pray’ itself stems from Proto-Indo-European *prek – to ask for, pray, request, entreat. …

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How to get the health benefits of a day’s vacation with only 15 min meditation

Meditating for only 15 minutes gives the same health benefits as a full day of vacation, says a new American-Dutch study, published in the Journal of Positive Psychology. The health benefits of meditation are innumerable. We often also say that the best way to understand spirituality is to first understand oneself. With our all-access membership …

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