Yggdrasil with Odin

The Yggdrasil, Where Wisdom Takes Root

The Source of the Myth: Grímnismál and Wisdom Under Pressure One of the most important sources for our understanding of Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds is the Old Norse poem Grímnismál, found in the Poetic Edda. What makes this poem extraordinary is not only what it describes, but where it is spoken from. It is …

Janus Tryptic Confidence

Janus-Faced Journey into Self-Assurance

Exploring our connections to the world around us, I was quite blown away to learn that the original Roman calendar, probably an evolution from the Greek lunar calendar, only consisted of 10 months. Leaving out the months we now call January and February. It was only in 713 BC when the successor of Romulus, King Numa Pompilius, …