Ydalir (yew-dale) is a Norse holiday is under the ruler-ship of the god Ullr (pronounced “ool”). Also known as the “The Magnificent”, the “bow God” and sometimes the “Death God”; he is the god of skiing, archery, hunting, sports, combat, contests, sky, fertility, magick, sea, beauty and enchantment. He was thrown out of Asgard by Odhinn because the All-Father was jealous. His parentage differs on whom you ask, but he is said to be the brother of Ullin, son of Sif and the Step-son of Thor. He is responsible for justice and oaths were sworn on his ring, called the “ring of Ull”. He carries a bow, wears snowshoes and his shield is also used as a boat.
The Yew in Celtic mythology holds wisdom in its fruit, which is eaten by the salmon. Whoever eats the salmon, gains the knowledge of all the answers they seek. The Druids used the Yew to make wands for divination.
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I tend to read my horoscope every week. Not the silly one in the daily papers, but Rob Brezny’s Freewill Astrology. It’s amazing how close to home he hits, although I often get the idea he’s talking about what I just went through, not what I’m about to go through. Here is the one for me (Sagittarius) for the week of October 15-22:
“Be humble for you are made of dung,” says a Serbian provers. “Be noble for you are made of stars.” I expect that you’ll soon be getting vivid evidence of that truth, Sagittarius. Your challenge will be to resist the temptation to believe that you’re more dung than stars, or more stars than dung. that might be hard, given the fact that practically everyone around you believes they are one or the other. But I promise you that you have the power to do it. You can exude cheerful equanimity while dwelling right at the crux of the paradox.”
I really think that fits all the bipolars I know, not just the Sagittarians. We are all too often being told that we are dung, and quite often feel ourselves among the stars, while in our humbler moments we are busy feeling like dung while others are trying to lift up our hearts.
I have often been told that “it isn’t what you know, it’s who you know.” If I had ever believed that, I wouldn’t have gotten half the opportunities I have. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that a valid demonstration of what you know could easily lead to knowing somebody who can help you get somewhere.
Let me give an example or two from my own life.
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Celtic Spirituality is and has always been based on the fundamental knowledge that all existence is born of cyclical nature and therefore, all existence whether human or from nature has a direct link connecting the otherworld to the realm of the material world. From the Druidic teachings handed down through the Welsh tradition we are shown that there is an unseen world that intermingles and affects our perceptible world.
Things are not always as they may seem. Everything that “is” exists on numerous synchronized levels. The human being, the cognitive creature that he is comprehends the world around him as having three dominions or levels as it were: the spiritual, the corporeal (physical), and the emblematic. Consequently, the Celtic culture became one with nature, thusly, expressing their beliefs through the varying possibilities of being. Moreover, Celtic religion has taught the appearance and manifestation of divine beings on Earth and reincarnation of the human soul.
