Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

Here is a weather spell that works against storms. You need a straw broom (any kind of straw is okay – wheat ,corn ,etc.), a bucket full of water and a knife. Go to the part of your property nearest the direction from which the storm will likely come. Face the direction of the storm. [...]

In the Elder (German) Futhark, many of the pairs of Runes are opposites and reciprocals. This may apply to one area or several. For instance, the difference between Fehu and Urus is Tame versus Wild. It can also be Many ( the Herd) as opposed to One (The individual). Thurs is a Giant while Ase [...]

Remember when Sears, Roebuck and Company was a popular catalogue and department store? They have declined over the years. Whatever happened? I just had a bad experience with them over getting my garage door fixed. I decided to give Sears a call, as they advertised repairs for garage doors. They connected me with their contractor, [...]

I had a friend who had a penchant for trouble. He got the idea that the cause of his woes might be the people in his neighborhood. His solution was to move to a nicer town with more pleasant people. My friend believed that the lack of troublemakers would solve the problem. He moved into [...]

Back in the 1990s, we met a fellow Heathen who told us that his goal was to meet “good people.” He complained that the people he met eventually disappointed him. The man told us a few stories of incidents with these people. To hear him tell it, people took advantage of him. Of course, I [...]

Desire can propel a person to amazing heights. Strong desire can outlast and out-perform willpower. A person with a great desire can do extraordinary things. Desire is a wonderful thing when it is focused in the right direction. It is the bringer of disappointment if its focus is wrong. Donny was a friend from the [...]

There are things we can change and things we cannot change. The Hurricane season illustrates this for us. Hurricanes are storms of tremendous power. They bring ferocious winds, pounding rain and storm surges. Since the 1950s, our science is pretty good at tracking them and predicting their likely course. We know a lot about them. [...]

It got up to about 86 degrees today, and promises to be 88 or 89 for tomorrow. Summer is still here. People think summer ends with Labor Day, but this year it ends on the 22nd. Warm weather lingers. The weather and seasons take no account of our calendars. Today I was making items for [...]

This is an amusing story that has a useful lesson. I first heard it over thirty years ago. There was a young student of spirituality in India, He listened intently when his teacher explained that all beings are creatures of the Gods. The teacher said that as all partake of the Gods, all are in [...]