By: Paxton Suggs Before we begin: two truths. First, outside of Abrahamic traditions (and the traditions that informed them), no other major faith traditions support forever-hell. There are all sorts of nasty trials and punishments awaiting you once you pass through the open maw of the Earth to enter into the Olmec afterworld; the Naraka of Buddhist and Hindu faiths are certainly to be afeared; the journey through Duat to have your heart weighed against a feather by Osiris is certainly...

When asked to imagine Norse Paganism many turn to image of Odínn with his ravens alongside his mighty son Thor and the trickster Loki, but alongside these popular figures there also exists another fairly well known being in this pantheon- the goddess Freya. Freya ( sometimes spelled Freyja) is the norse goddess of love, fertility, war, beauty, and the patroness of seiðr- a type of norse magic system that both told and influenced the future. Her name literally means " lady ," in old norse and...

For January's free spell we will be doing a unique ritual to make use of this liminal tide of now and then, to elevate us from one previous state and to see what may come into our future. If you cannot perform this spell on new years' eve exactly then you can simply repurpose it for whenever you experience a transitional state of being- good examples often include either on or near the solstices or your birthday, but not the equinoxes as they are specifically days of equal power and therefore...