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Musings: On Life,
Wyrd, Melancholy, Loss, Dying
"Wyrd goes ever as it must"
- Beowulf
* On the day that I die
Michaela Macha
* Lo, There Do I See My Father
Michaela Macha
* Now it is Time Michael Schütz
* By Wondrous Powers
Michaela Macha
*
Prayer for the Dead
Michaela Macha
"In eternity, all things are
present." - Meister Eckhart
"The purpose of life is to live a life of purpose."
- Richard Leider
*
Death Magnus
*
How So Fearless Dan Ralph Miller
* Give Gladly Dan Ralph Miller
*
Crossing the Bridge
Ungandiz
* Kindling Fortune
Matthias Wilson
"Other things have passed; so, too,
may this." - Saga quote
* Is this my End? Justin
Douglas Blackford
* The Determined
Justin Douglas Blackford
*
Time to Go Michael Schütz
*
Flight of the
Raven Harry Easby
"The question is not
whether we will die, but how we will live." - Joan
Borysenko
*
Tree of Pain
John T Mainer
*
The Web of Wyrd
Sigrun Odinsdottir
*
In Remembrance Frederick Twombly
*
Going Down Michael Schütz
* Contemplations
Galina Krasskova
"Praise the day at nightfall, a woman when she's dead, a sword proven,
a maiden married, ice you've crossed, ale you've drunk." - Havamal
* Helvegr Neal Grout
* How and Why?
Justin Douglas Blackford
* Norse poem Arnora
Dunestan
* The Journey
Joshua Koed
* A
Friend´s Farewell
Justin Douglas Blackford
"A measure of wisdom each man shall
have,
But never too much let him know;
For the wise man's heart is seldom happy,
If wisdom too great he has won." - Havamal
* A Father´s
Call to Frigga Matt Leonard
* The Nature of Things
Justin J. Carlson
* Ships Michaela Macha
* Honour unto
Death Rommelio Valerio
And as he lay revelling in the throes of death, the passers-by could hear
him say softly,
"Mine eyes have seen the glories of the world." - Unknown
* Darkness
Freki
* Valhalla Andrea
(Knicole) Seacrist
*
I am
Justin Douglas Blackford
* Passing
Crowfuzz
*
Hail to the Healer
John T. Mainer
“Don't cry because it's over. Smile
because it happened.”
- Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)
* When I die
Hithrael
* Mourning Song Ann
Gróa Sheffield
* I Sit Alone Uthyr
* Soul´s Ebb and Flow
Matthias Wilson
*
Eternal Truth Alwynne
"It doesn't matter of the water is warm or cold if you´re going to have to wade through it anyway." - Teilhard de Chardin
*
Life
Haakon Donalson
*
Precipitating Darkness
Darí Einarfjórðison
*
Rumbles Come
Marshall Stands
* Two Ravens
Jeremy Hirst
*
You May Dance on my
Grave Dan Nielsen
"You
can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying over the
future." - Author unknown
* Hela
Todd Schirm
* The Gates of Hel
Todd Schirm
*
My Time Has Come Michaela Macha
"The end is all.
Even now
High on the headland
Hel stands and waits,
Life fades, and I must fall
And face my own end
Not in misery and mourning
But with a man´s heart." -
Egil
Skallagrimsson
"Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But the good name never dies
Of one who has done well.
Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But I know one thing that never dies,
The glory of the great dead." - Havamal
"Of all the comrades
that e'r I had, they are sorry for my going away,
And all the sweethearts that e'r I had, would wish me one more day to stay.
But since it falls unto my lot, that I should go and you should not,
I'll gently rise and softly call, goodnight and joy be with you all.
Good Night and Joy Be With You All." -
The Parting
Glass, traditional
"I will not doubt; well anchored in the faith,
Like some staunch ship, my soul braves every gale,
So strong its courage that it will not fail
To breast the mighty unknown sea of Death.
Oh, may I cry when body parts with spirit,
"I do not doubt," so listening worlds may hear it,
With my last breath." -"Faith" by Ella Wheeler
Wilcox (1850-1919)
"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"
Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."
- Charles M. Schulz
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