Image by Eliessa Bell (fallenlights.net) In the diverse cultural myths from around the world there is such magic in the names people give to the forces of Nature. Generally the names are simply the foreign term for a natural phenomenon. For example, in Nordic mythology Aegir is a personification of the sea, and that’s exactly […]

Runes are a set of symbols that came out of icy northern climes in ancient times, particularly Scandinavia, but moved southward with migration. In early times each glyph represented an idea, or a concept. The runic symbols eventually evolved into a form of alphabet for writing and communication. The Old Norse word rún means ‘secret’ […]

The Ancients who practised Tarot and Astrology and Kabbalism and dabbled in mythology saw the half-giant half-god Norse character, Loki, as both the Devil and the Fool. In the Celestial Tarot pack by Kay Steventon and Brian Clark, Kay’s illustration for the Devil represents the Greek goat-god Pan brandishing his musical panpipes. Loki as the […]