Just as Christ was believe to have lived and died for our sins and had rose again to enter the kingdom of heaven, did you know that in Religious beliefs he wasn't the first believed deity to have rose after death.  He is just the only deity recognized by Christians.  Christ has been proven to have existed, and we have found proof of Giant humans in Peru which would confirm the existence of Goliath, but it also proves that the Giants that the Nordics may have existed, just most likely not with powers like was mentioned.  Often time’s people made things grander than what they really were in the days of old to make their conquests seem validated or more significant than it really was.  To tell the truth I wasn't there when all these things occurred and no one was there when I caught my 40-foot long fish.  How many have told whoppers like that one when on fishing trips or hunting trips?  Just a point in case.  I cannot and will not down any religion.  I think they all have equal amounts of validity.  Now I will tell you a Nordic tell as promised and a few more others if you enjoy them let me know.

In Nordic lore Baldure the son of Frigga and Odin had a ominous dreams that foretold his death. Frigga asked all of nature to promise not to cause any harm to Baldure, and all of nature did promise except the mistletoe that had been missed and overlooked somehow.  Loki known for being mischievous and the trickster tricked Hod into killing Baldur by having him throw a spear at him made of mistletoe.  Knowing that Frigga had made all of nature promise that they would do no harm to Baldure he thought that Baldure would be safe.  Baldure fell down dead. Baldur was ceremonially burnt upon his ship, Hringhorni, the largest of all ships  for his decent into the underworld.  As he was carried to the ship, Odin his father whispered in his ear the key riddle that would help him return to them. 

Thor kicked the dwarf Litr into the funeral fires and burnt alive.  Baldur's wife through herself "Nana" upon the flames to await Ragnock to be reunited with her husband.  Baldur's horse with all his trappings was burnt on the pyre to.  Entreaties were sent for his return.  Hel (the Nordic goddess that presides over a realm that receives a portion of the dead)  promised to release him if all would weep for him and all did except for the giantess "Þökk" .  Instead she tells them, "let Hel hold what she has."  Baldur was not released until after Ragnock when Baldur and his brother Höðr would be reconciled and rule the new earth together with Thor's sons.

This is were we get the use of the mistletoe at Christmas, because afterward the mistletoe would be hung above the doorway on the eves believed to be the months of Baldur's death.  When men would meet at the doorway they would knock heads.  For obvious reasons that doesn't go over well with the woman you want to marry so as it moved into more contemporary cultures guys decided the girl would like it more if they were kissed under it and told them that it would bring good luck in their lives and or relationships.

For the most part the story sounds similar to the Christian story in areas doesn't it, but all religions share similarities in there stories and people are so caught up in what they believe is true that they are so willing to say that the other religion is wrong.  I don't think any one religion is more right or wrong than the other.  I think we aren't ready to listen sometimes.

If you are curious about Nordic Lore you can read more at Traces of the Norse Mythology in the Isle of Man.

Osiris/Isis/Horus, in Egyptian texts, was the mortal form of the combined spirits of Nut and Geb believed to have been produced from a virgin birth just as Jesus was in Christian texts.  I'm not downing Christians.  I'm only pointing out similarities in religions.  If you believe that all these texts are accurate to some point or another, then it would only show you that the Divine has never once left us in complete darkness, but has always been here trying to lead us closer to him/her/it.

Every single person has a right to his or her own ideals, yet we all seem to have this problem were we refuse to allow anyone else to have an opinion of some sort.  Why is this?  Are we so afraid that they may have more to contribute then us, that they will be taken out of the spotlight so much as to the idea that if someone listens to what someone else says even a tiny bit that the embers of their ideas will burn out completely?  Maybe, maybe not, but the important thing we need to realize is if we allow a voice and some understanding instead of a constant rebuttal, maybe we might learn something new.  Also instead of destroying the tales of the other person why not incorporate them into the tales you tell as well as the tales you already knew and know and see how much more you learn from them.

Every single person in life has something important to contribute.

If you want to read more on Osiris, then you should read The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors, by Kersey Graves, [1875] Just like Hercules in Greek Mythology--Osiris, while a suckling infant in his cradle, killed two serpents which came to destroy him.  The Difference in the two is that I believe Hera only sent one serpent to kill Hercules.

There are so many stories, but I think that everyone here is fully capable of looking them up if they are curious at all.

What started me up today was mostly my curiosity were I could purchase mistletoe or if I could at this time of year.  We are closing in on Christmas, Solcist, and Honika if I am correct.  However  obviously Halloween, Samhain (summer's end) and the Day of the Dead will be upon you first and then Thanksgiving for the Americans in November.   Mistletoe is believed by some cultures to be useful in exorcisms.  I can't say that exorcisms a real or not, but I can tell you that I believe that some of these so-called exorcisms are just the person being scared into having a grandmal seizures.  You don't have to have a history of epilepsy to have a seizure, just to many or to little endorphins reaching the brain to the point the brain freezes up or literally shuts down.

Blessing Be Upon You and All that Is Yours,

Reverend Kate Conner

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