https://ivyskeep.dreamwidth.org/ ivyskeep - Dreamwidth Studios Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:39:20 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios ivyskeep personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/16015800/4048335 https://ivyskeep.dreamwidth.org/ 67 100 https://ivyskeep.dreamwidth.org/2693.html Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:39:20 GMT https://ivyskeep.dreamwidth.org/2693.html I celebrated the first of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vantljusstaken/">Sunwait</a> this week in anticipation of Yule. This modern practice starts six weeks before the winter solstice and focuses on the first six elder futhark runes.<br /><br />I understand it's a contested holiday in some circles. I'm not a reconstructionist, so I'll leave that for others to argue about. It's a moment of peace in a chaotic world. I feel that honoring the gods whenever I can is a good thing. It's not just devout Christians that find the growing secularity of this time of year distracting. <a href="https://hornandhearth.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/sunwait-a-heathen-advent/">Celebrating Sunwait</a> helps me focus.<br /><br />As Veterans Day was yesterday, prayers for the military dead were given as well as for those still living and a small monetary donation to my <a href="https://vva.org/">chosen veterans organization</a>.&nbsp;<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ivyskeep&ditemid=2693" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://ivyskeep.dreamwidth.org/2693.html heathen polytheism veterans sunwait military dead heathen visibility calm public 1