Heathen's Journey Podcast

Welcome back for a conversation about the Younger Futhark with Kari Tauring! This episode is released in celebration of her newest book.

"The Runes: A Pandemic Journey" manifests Kari Tauring’s journaling and teaching of the embodied practice of Völva Stav. In its pages, she walks you through the sixteen Younger Futhark runes, the Anglo-Saxon Nine Herbs Charm, and the Norwegian Primstav perpetual calendar. While writing the book, Tauring was impacted by the Global Pandemic and uprising for justice in Minneapolis between 2020 and 2023 and that experience has been woven into the text.

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Kari Tauring is back with a brand new book focused on the Younger Futhark! The Runes: A Pandemic Journey manifests Kari Tauring’s journaling and teaching of the embodied practice of Völva Stav. In its pages, she walks you through the sixteen Younger Futhark runes, the Anglo-Saxon Nine Herbs Charm, and the Norwegian Primstav perpetual calendar. While writing the book, Tauring was impacted by the Global Pandemic and uprising for justice in Minneapolis between 2020 and 2023 and that experience has been woven into the text.

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You can (eventually, sorry!) find a transcript of this work on our website

To learn more about Kari's work, visit her website: ⁠karitauring.com⁠

If you would like to purchase a copy of Tauring's books, they are available on the Lore Books Website: ⁠https://lore-books.com⁠

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hey hey! Just popping into your podcast feed to remind you that registration for the last ever live session of Radical Runes closes at midnight on Saturday, February 3rd!

You can register here: https://www.sirivincentplouff.com/shop/p/radical-runes-winter-2024

Radical Runes is a six week course in Nordic divination practices using the Elder Futhark as a launchpad. Each week, I will cover a different topic in depth from a queer, modern perspective. All are welcome - you do not need to be of Nordic descent to practice this kind of magic or divination. You will be learning from a rune expert - I've been studying the runes for years, and made my first set of runes nearly 20 years ago. I think it is especially important to bring queer perspectives to Nordic magic because there is so much shape shifting, trickster, and transformational energy within the Nordic myth cycles.

So join us! I would love to have you!

Perthro is a mysterious rune that means luck, mystery, and the mead. In this episode of the podcast Siri covers the beauty of this rune in a solo-episode. We talk about the different soul parts, and how Perthro is connected with the Hamingja. This rune disappears in the Younger Futhark, which only adds to its mystery. We also discuss the sacred quality of mead and seeking the mead as spiritual initiation.

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Sources:
Kvilhaug, Maria. Seed of Yggdrasil. Three Little Sisters Press. 

Smith, Ryan. Spinning Wyrd. Llewellyn Books, Woodbury, MN. 2023

Tauring, Kari. The Runes: A Deeper Journey. Minneapolis. 2015.

Tauring, Kari. “Soul Parts and Healing Course.”

Happy Winter Solstice! Have a rerun episode! This episode was originally released on Dec 30 2020.

Did you know there's no future tense in Old Norse? It's a huge part of why I (Siri) don't use the runes for predictive reading - instead, I use them for assessing the situation and figuring out what the best path forward is for me or my client. But there are plenty of other divination methods in Nordic folk magic and heathenry! Listen to this episode to learn all about them.

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Welcome to the 2023 Halloween Werewolf Spectacular! There is a LOT of wolf lore in Nordic mythology and throughout folklore all around the world. I spoke with my friend Matt who has been obsessed with werewolves for most of his life. And at a certain point, doesn’t obsession beget expertise? So I decided to invite him on the podcast for a special werewolf bonanza. We’ll talk about the Werewolf Trials of medieval Europe, the Ulfheidnar in Germanic and Norse culture, Werewolf Saints, and so much more.

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Transcript for this episode can be found here: https://www.heathensjourneypod.com/episodes/s2-e12-halloween-special-werewolf-spectacular

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References for this Episode:

Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo46813477.html

Werewolf Magick by Denny Sergent

https://www.amazon.com/Werewolf-Magick-Authentic-Practical-Lycanthropy/dp/0738764450

Wolfs-Head: Óðinn, the Ecstatic God of Tethers & Skin-Turning

[Volume II of the Óðinn Trilogy within the Northern Otherworld Series]

by Shani Oates

https://www.anathemapublishing.com/books-prints/p/wolfs-head

Werewolf: The Apocalypse free intro kit

https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3370/werewolf-the-apocalypse-free-introductory-kit

Today I'm sharing a conversation with my mentor Kari Tauring. She is the author of “The Volva Stav Manual,” “The Runes: A Deeper Journey,” and today we’re discussing her newest book: “The Day Begins at Sunset.” This is a collection of poems reflecting on the Primstav, an Old Norse calendar stick that helped people follow the seasons and the Saint Days in the Middle Ages. I spoke about this with Sara Axtell as well in episode 19. In that episode we focused on the concept of Unsettling Ourselves - on how we as settler colonizers can actively participate in decolonization while appreciating the land around us. This is pretty different from that episode - here, we talk about the Primstav as a relic of the transition between Paganism and Christianity, violent histories, ancestor work, and more. Kari reads some of her poetry and it is absolutely beautiful.

Learn more about Kari and buy her books here: karitauring.com

If you are in the Twin Cities area and you're available, you should come to Kari's book release party! It's on Sunday, October 29th 2023 at the Bryant Lake Bowl. Details here

Listen to a previous episode about the primstav with Sara Axtell here: Episode 19

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It's been one year since Cassandra Snow and I published "Lessons from the Empress: A tarot workbook for self-care and creative growth!" In celebration of the book's birthday, I invited a special guest host to interview Cassandra and I. Maria Minnis is a tarot reader and author of the forthcoming "Tarot for the Hard Work: An Archetypal Journey to Confront Racism and Inspire Collective Healing." She is absolutely fantastic and we get to talk some juicy details about creativity, where we are now, and how it feels to be one year out from publishing the book.

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Ren Zatopek is a heretical, hedgeriding witch of the Ced Tradition with more than fifteen years of experience working full-time as a spiritual guide, healer, and ritualist. She has a special interest in helping folks with exceptional intensity, sensitivity, and creativity explore the deeper, more troubling waters of witchery without losing their shit. She believes that a healthy, intentional relationship with trance is a great place to start, so she created the online Hedge+Riders Trance Training Ground as a place for folks to work on the kinds of wide-awake, walking, talking trance states that are most conducive to conscious spiritwork, spellcrafting, and ritual.

+ Ren offers accessible online training through renspiritwork.com

+ Folks local to Raleigh, North Carolina can email [email protected] for info on in-person gatherings.

+ Ren’s elders in the Ced Tradition teach out of The Green Man Store in Los Angeles, CA

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Eiwaz is the first tree rune in the Elder Futhark. It is a highly toxic tree that is used to both poison and heal, and is thought by many to be the tree that Odin hangs himself on to take up the runes. Learn more about this fascinating rune in today's episode!

You can read a transcript of this podcast here: https://www.heathensjourneypod.com/episodes/s2-e8-eiwaz-a-portal-to-the-underworld

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Sources: 

Boyer, Corinne. Under the Witching Tree. Troy Books, London. 2016.

Smith, Ryan. Spinning Wyrd. Llewellyn Books, Woodbury, MN. 2023

Tauring, Kari. The Runes: A Deeper Journey. Minneapolis. 2015.

Vesta, Lara Veleda. Wild Soul Runes: Reawakening the ancestral feminine. Newburyport, MA. 2021

Yew - Paradox. Tree Spirit Wisdom. ⁠https://treespiritwisdom.com/tree-spirit-wisdom/yew-tree-symbolism/#:~:text=In%20Norse%20mythology%2C%20the%20yew,nine%20nights%20and%20nine%20days⁠. Accessed on 4/27/23Carboplatin-Taxol page. National Cancer Institute. ⁠https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/drugs/carboplatin-taxol⁠. Accessed 4/27/23

Success Story: Taxol. National Cancer Institute. ⁠https://dtp.cancer.gov/timeline/flash/success_stories/s2_taxol.htm#:~:text=Taxol%C2%AE%20(NSC%20125973),as%20well%20as%20Kaposi's%20sarcoma⁠. Accessed 4/27/23