Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

Today’s runecast is: Perdra – Intervention of the Gods – Fe (Ase) Perdra is the turning of Wyrd. It is the source of our experiences, which are the results of our actions. Action of the Gods is a favorable and unexpected thing. There is a trick – call it a house secret – as to [...]

The Havamal tells us that nobody is innately useless: The halt can ride on horseback, the one-handed drive cattle; the deaf fight and be useful: to be blind is better than to be cremated, no one gets good from a corpse. This is a wonderful quote that gives hope and encouragement to those who are [...]

Today’s runecast is Odal – Elk – Hagal Odal is a rune of possessions and ownership Elk is a Rune of protection and defense Hagal is a Rune of sudden change, a sudden blast. One’s possessions are kept safe and are defended aggressively. Normally Hagal denotes an incoming event, but in this case it is [...]

There are times when the right thing is not the thing that feels nice. It can even be downright unpleasant. Were the right thing always a pleasant experience, everyone would do it. The fact is that it is not always pleasant. The reason a right choice can be a courageous choice is because the wrong [...]

Today’s runecast is Ken – Bjork – Ing Ken is a Rune of learning, knowledge, education and discovery. It is also a Rune of signals, especially light signals such as lighthouses and traffic lights. Bjork is a Rune of natural growth, natural expansion, healing, nurses, motherhood, women and small children. Ing is a Rune of [...]

I have known too many people who refused to deal with any fact they did not like. They felt that to ignore it would make it go away. Some believed the unpleasant fact would dissipate into nothing if they kept saying that it did not exist. “It” never went away. The unpleasant reality persisted. It [...]

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Today’s runecast is: Wunjo – Perdra – Eh Wunjo is the Rune of Joy. It is elation and happiness. Wunjo is also a token of harmony. We have discussed Perdra much in the past few days. Eh is the Horse Rune. It is the Rune of a journey, a process that does something, and of [...]

There are many fair armies and fewer good ones. Truly great armies are much less common. During World War II, there were no fewer than four great military forces. These were the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Japan. Other armies were less. The Soviets had a large army whose only advantage was numbers. Its [...]

Today’s runecast is: Odal – Jer – Urus Here is a reading that promises long-term stability! Odal is something that has always been yours. It is yours before you even know it exists! To this day in Norway, “udal” land is an inheritance of land that has belonged to a family long before records were [...]