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Wotan's Informants by David Kreitzer

Stormy Meadow, 2022

My first speed painting of 2022 - this in between major projects. I should hopefully finish the next painting this week.

Frithiofs återkomst (ur Frithiofs saga)
by August Malmström

"Das ewig-weibliche zieht uns hinan"
(The Eternal Feminine draws us ever onward)

"All formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final." ~ Hypatia

KNIGHTING CEREMONY

The knighting ceremony usually involved a ritual bath on the eve of the ceremony (the would-be knight usually dressed in white). Then an all-night prayer vigil would begin.
Kings or lords would raise a soldier to a knight by lightly striking (dubbing) the knight’s shoulder with the flat of his sword. The knight was given a sword, a pay raise and, frequently, a plot of land. Most knights were required to be at least 21 years old.

Around 70% of clothing worn today is made of plastic. This has countless other health problems for us. The issue of low sperm count barely scratches the surface.

Every time you wash synthetic materials, tiny bits of micro-plastics are released into the water system, which flow to the oceans, are eaten by fish, which are then eaten by us.

Avoid polyester, nylon, acrylic and polyamide. Instead, wear cotton, silk, wool, etc.

It’s more expensive, but is infinitely better for you.

For most people it’s not possible to just replace most of your clothes at once. It costs a lot of money. For the last year I’ve been doing the following:
• Get rid of all synthetic underwear.
• Do not buy any more plastic clothes.
• When buying new clothes, ensure they’re 100% natural materials.
• Slowly phase out and replace plastic clothes.

Jung understood dreams to be messages from the unconscious, but rather than viewing dream images as manifest symbols of latent pathology, a storehouse of unwanted and dreaded content, Jung, through his own self-analysis, concluded that our darkest dreams might contain imagery that illustrates our internal conflicts and point to their cure as well.

While it may sound new age-y or some level of hippie nonsense, there's a great benefit to recording your dreams. Your ancestors and blood memory often speak through you in your sleep, trying to guide you to what you need to purge in your life.

While it may be filled with riddles and cryptic language, analysing the symbolism behind it can help you see what needs to be cleared out and what needs to change.

Cameo with bust of Antinous made of black and gold chalcedony. From Greece. Getty Museum.

Helge Hundingsbane is the son of Sigmundr and Borghildr, and at the young age of only fifteen years old he avenges his father by slaying Hundingr, the king of the Saxons. This gives him the title “Hunding's bane”.

The Poetic Edda gives detail of him standing aboard his longship when he is visited by a Valkyrie named Sigrún, who knows about his feats. She kisses him in a passionate embrace , and he falls in love with her.

6th Sokol Festival, 1912
Alphonse Mucha