Imelda Almqvist's Personal Blog
This blog is about paying close attention to the mysteries and magic of life that inform my paintings, poems and art videos! It is also about the Northern European Ancestral tradition and Old Norse wisdom teachings. I have committed to writing regular blogs about major festivals and feast days - because I feel it is important for those people who feel ancestral or spiritual resonance with this to find inspiration and quality information here. Also because many of my students have requested I do so! I hope that you will enjoy my blogs! If you would like to receive some soul food delivered directly to your in-box (about 6 - 8 times a year) please consider joining my mailing list! Please note that for years I used to write a blog on Wordpress.com offering a shamanic perspective on many life issues and major world events. Those blogs are still up and they offer wealth of specialised information on tricky questions and matters. https://imeldaalmqvist.wordpress.com/ (blog)
In this blog Imelda Almqvist describes a ceremony she performed to connect with three ancient goddesses indigenous ...
read moreIn this blog international teacher of Sacred Art and Seidr Imelda Almqvist presents ancient sacred texts from the N...
read moreIn this article international teacher of Sacred Art and Seiðr Imelda Almqvist explains why the use of the words "sh...
read moreImelda Almqvist, teacher of Seidr and Northern Tradition material, discusses what the rune row known as Uthark is a...
read moreStaying In The Place Of Love is a blog about a vision that appeared in a recent dream, about asking The Divine Moth...
read moreIn this post international teacher of Norse Shamanism and Fornsidr Imelda Almqvist explains how to perform a typica...
read moreThis blog is about sitting out (utiseta) on the Swedish grave mound Uppsa Kulle on Christmas morning, to observe th...
read moreLong before Western Culture adopted the figure of Father Christmas a far more ancient divine mother was linked to t...
read moreInternational teacher of sacred art and Northern European Tradition shamanism Imelda Almqvist describes the small Á...
read moreThis piece of writing is based on a dream I had in Sweden, on the night of Sunday October 28th in 2018. The Big Bea...
read moreIn this blog Imelda Almqvist describes a ceremony she performed to connect with three ancient goddesses indigenous to her country of birth, The Netherlands: Nehalennia, Hludana and... more
In this blog international teacher of Sacred Art and Seidr Imelda Almqvist presents ancient sacred texts from the Nordic region offering material that can be used for death rituals... more
In this article international teacher of Sacred Art and Seiðr Imelda Almqvist explains why the use of the words "shaman" and "shamanism" by western people is controversial and she ... more
Imelda Almqvist, teacher of Seidr and Northern Tradition material, discusses what the rune row known as Uthark is and how it relates to the Futhark. more
Staying In The Place Of Love is a blog about a vision that appeared in a recent dream, about asking The Divine Mother (as you understand her) to create a temple in your heart for h... more
In this post international teacher of Norse Shamanism and Fornsidr Imelda Almqvist explains how to perform a typically Swedish "Årsgång" or Omen Walk to "read the signs" as a form ... more
This blog is about sitting out (utiseta) on the Swedish grave mound Uppsa Kulle on Christmas morning, to observe the turning (and return) of the Sun and Daylight in the frozen nort... more
Long before Western Culture adopted the figure of Father Christmas a far more ancient divine mother was linked to the Winter Solstice: The Deer Mother or Reindeer Mother, as explor... more
International teacher of sacred art and Northern European Tradition shamanism Imelda Almqvist describes the small Álfablót (Sacrifice to the Elves) Ceremony she performed on her la... more
This piece of writing is based on a dream I had in Sweden, on the night of Sunday October 28th in 2018. The Big Bear Mother in the night sky, (the asterism Ursa Major), observed th... more
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