The Trampire Chronicles: Is Public Scrutiny a Pagan Practice?
The rise of a romance is usually an exciting affair. Finding love, pleasure, or connecting with someone in a meaningful way is a euphoric process. This process happens for the lovers and may well affect their close family and friends, and thus wyrd and maybe frith, too. People vested in the lovers are glad to...
An Extraordinary Display of Love by Elephants in South Africa
When I was a girl, I fantasized about traveling to Africa. It started with Sunday matinees of old Tarzan movies. He was dreamy, no matter what actor was playing him, though I was partial to Johnny Weissmuller and Ron Ely. Africa was not just exotic, it was lush and seemed to hold promises for hopes...
Interpersonal Neurobiology: The Science of Wyrd and Frith
I read an article in the New York Times last week about the relationship between the brain and love. Or rather, about the relationship between the brain and relationships. In this article, the author (Diane Ackerman) shared a deeply personal story about her husband’s recovery from a left-hemisphere stroke. She wrote about how their bond,...
Thanks for the Memories
Earlier this week, Jax talked about the wider bands of frith. Being far from family, I have been thinking about my inner bands of frith this holiday week. I am thankful for my family; I miss them often, especially around the holidays. As in many families, the holidays could be stressful for ours, too. But...
Frith in the Modern World
Frith is an obsolete English word meaning “peace; freedom from molestation, protection; safety, security”. – Wikipedia Frith is not obsolete to Heathens. We sign our emails, “In frith,†we wish it to each other when we part, and it’s a common blessing on the holidays. It was one of the first unfamiliar concepts I encountered...
