Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

Today’s Runecast is: Hagal – Raido – Isa The impact of Hagal can send you running. If you panic, however, you might just run into an obstacle. This reading reminds me of the old saying about being caught between a rock and a hard place.

The Gods are not our babysitters. The Gods are not a bunch of egomaniacs with inferiority complexes. They do not need our praise or our fawning acquiescence or doormat sycophancy. The Gods do not feel hurt if we do not acknowledge them. The Gods are not needy. They are not greedy. They do not need [...]

Today’s runecast is Odal – Fe – Tyr Odal is inherited good and permanent good. Fe is assets, especially those that are movable. Tyr is success. Obviously, this reading speaks of having assets and using them to your advantage.

Do the Gods punish us the way Christians claim their God does? When examined with clear thinking, many cases of so-called Godly retribution are something else. There are cases of what psychologists call “self-fulfilling prophecy.” A person believes that he or she deserves some kind of penalty for a supposed wrong. They unconsciously set themselves [...]

Today’s runecast is Perdra – Dag – Jer A quick turn of fate leads to your acquiring the things for which you worked long and hard. The wait is over. When denoting a process, Perdra is usually slow and steady. The Dag rune implies that in this case, the results are coming soon. Jer tells [...]

Today’s runecast is Gyfu – Ase – Ken The gift that inspires leads to discovery. A good gift is one that leads us to use it for greater good. As the Chinese say, “Give a man a fish and feed him for one day. Teach a man to fish and feed him every day.” Ken [...]

There is a substance called Helium 3 that is caused by the “solar wind” in space. It is very, very scarce here on Earth. Supposedly, there is a lot of it on the Moon. With no atmosphere to shield it, the Moon is bombarded by the solar wind and has become permeated with Helium 3. [...]

Today’s runecast is Action of the Gods – Wunjo – Ing A favorable action of the Gods brings joy and the start of something new.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, a noted astrophysicist and the director of the Hayden Planetarium, said “Science is true whether you believe it or not.” I agree. Many religious fanatics try to deny science because it contradicts their scriptures. Whatever they claim, science is the last word. The Gods exist whether you believe in them or not. [...]

Today’s runecast is Odal – Perdra – Action of the Gods Odal is tradition, heritage, and something you own securely. Perdra, in this case, is the work of Wyrd and the process of evolution. Tradition provides the spark, and Perdra makes something of it. The Action of the Gods is what follows. The Gods respond [...]