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A life in threes
July 12, 2025

Month for Loki: Twelve

Here is a lovely and powerful poem regarding Gammleið – one of my favorite kennings for my sweetest (and likewise oldest) friend and most Beloved, Loki.

The vulture, my oldest friend, my favorite teacher, leans in over my shoulder and says to me, Listen up, kid, god is talking. He’s smoking behind his teeth, boiling pine sap cracking the hearth of His throat. His jacket’s trimmed in the skin of a serpent that, if you ask, you’ll swear He strangled with […]

Stan | Gammleidh

(And thank you to my most patient teacher, as well)

A heartfelt thank you to Patron Saint of Hard Times for sharing this poem with us ❤️

Hail Loki

Hail Gammleið

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July 12, 2025

Month for Loki: Eleven

This meme is reminiscent of Loki for me in many ways.

Fox ✅️

Addressing one as ‘Beloved’ ✅️

‘Agent of Chaos’ ✅️

‘Sent here to destroy you’ ✅️ 

( OK hear me out…

In my experience, it’s not destruction All of the Time!

BUT

Loki is relentless about pushing folks out of  their comfort zone 

Loki would also be the first to challenge the status quo

and

Loki can be the Tower Card personified, often on cue

So, while it can definitely feel like Loki is out for destruction — ‘cos I can certainly relate to that concept of ‘gods, this *feels* like my world is ending —

Loki isn’t called a World breaker for nothing

But it’s not meaningless destruction.

  I don’t believe that Loki would destroy my comfortable little world for no reason, just for fun.

Loki’s pushing me (and maybe you!) to tear it all down, to allow it all to end, to force the change because what I’m doing isn’t working for me anymore. Things have become stagnant. Things need to change and evolve and grow into something more…

And what better time than now?

It’s difficult, necessary and inevitable)

And so…

Any time works for me ✅️

Anyway…and there you are.

Are you ready?

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