Patricia Lafayllve Female New Haven, Connectiuct United States: Share

Patricia Lafayllve's Apps (1)

Patricia Lafayllve's Friends

View All

Patricia Lafayllve's Groups

Abbott's Inn Nordic Ru...

24 members
Occult & Fiction Writers

563 members

Northern Euro-Shamanic...

120 members
Altars, Shrines and Ga...

409 members

Rune a day..

242 members

View All

Patricia Lafayllve's Discussions

Ravensroost

Gifts Received

Patricia Lafayllve has not received any gifts yet

Give Patricia Lafayllve a Gift

Latest Activity

Patricia Lafayllve added a blog post

On My Latest Project

April 2

Profile Information

Relationship Status:

Married

Age

Astrological Sign

Pisces

About Me:

Patricia Lafayllve is the author of "Freyja, Lady, Vanadis: An Introduction to the Goddess" and currently serves as Steerswoman to The Troth. She is a proud member of Two Ravens Kindred and Bjornsal. She has a Master of Arts Degree in English and is currently working on several projects, including a novel, a non-fiction book, and several articles. She lives with a loving husband and the World's Smallest Pit Bull.

Website:

http://www.tworavenskindred.org

Favorite Books

So many, how can I list them all? A few, in no particular order:

"Watership Down" - Richard Adams
"Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" - Richard Bach
The Poetic Edda
Njal's Saga
"Good Omens" - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
"A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry into Polytheism" - John Michael Greer

And the following series:

The Robot Series - Isaac Asimov
The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov
A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin

Beliefs / Practices

Pagan, Mystic, Shaman, Heathen

Other Beliefs/Practices

Seidhr, Spa, Runes, Bindrunes, Galdr, folk magics

Hobbies

Reading, writing, research and reconstruction. Gardening, preserving food, wood burning, mead brewing. Embriodery and candlewicking. Crossword puzzles.

Heroes

Queen Elizabeth I. Mahatma Gandhi. Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. Most of the suffragettes in the US, and the anonymous sea captains who brought their crews home. My grandfather Leon Lafaille.

Likes

Lilac flowers in springtime. The sounds of the land spirits. Large bodies of water. Intellectual debate.

Dislikes

Deliberate, willful ignorance. People who shout without thinking things through. Plagarism.

How did you find PaganSpace?

Wandering the 'net one day...

Patricia Lafayllve's Photos

Loading…

Patricia Lafayllve's Videos

Trothmoot 2008

Added by Patricia Lafayllve
Freya Song Trothmoot 2008

Added by Patricia Lafayllve

Add a Video but PLEASE No Uploads use Google or YouTube.
View All

Patricia Lafayllve's Blog

On My Latest Project

So, because I don't have enough to do :) I'm a full-time writer. Except the past year or so I haven't been writing as much as reading, and note-taking, and, in short, researching.

Then I realized that what I had thought was one book was really three. This happens, but it still set me back a bit.

THEN I stared for awhile, overwhelmed. Then I got to outlining, and then stared some more.

Well, now I'm writing. Right now I'm basically blocking chapters with the quotes from various sources that I… Continue

Posted on April 2, 2009 at 9:28pm —

Thoughts on Godhar/Gythjur

Let me start off, O Gentle Reader, with a caveat and a definition. First, the caveat: I'm likely to sound a little bit Cranky with this blog post. You'll probaby see why, but I figured I should let you know at the outset, so you can skip right along if you don't want to hear it. Fair's fair. Second, the definition: Godhar is the plural of godhi; gythjur is the plural of gythja. Both refer to a very specific sort of leader in pre-Christian Iceland (and even a bit after), in charge of both the sec… Continue

Posted on December 5, 2008 at 7:32pm —

Yule and Developing Traditions

The air grows crisp (well, aside from today, when it's been a murky-humid fifty degrees or so) and the holidays approach...

Yule is one of the most important - if not THE most important - heathen holy days. We have mention of it in all of our source material. It's a multi-day affair, generally beginning with mother's night and ending twelve days later (well, where did you THINK the 12 days of Christmas came from?), or beginning on the solstice and ending twelve days later, or even both.

In any… Continue

Posted on November 14, 2008 at 8:25pm — 1 Comment

Father of Storms

Father of storms can you hear me?
As into this battle I roar
Come tonight I shall sup in Valhalla
And raise horns with my kinsmen once more.

I have followed my lord, I have been a true man
I have taken and traded, I’m strong
I have thralls of my own, I have good farming land
I’m a warrior of no small renown.

Father of storms can you hear me?
That’s my husband you host in your hall
You have taken him far from his family
There’s naught left but his spear on the wall.

All the days came and went… Continue

Posted on November 4, 2008 at 4:35pm — 2 Comments

Oaths and Oathbreaking

This is one I've been mulling over in my head for awhile, and Skallagrimsson mentioned it in another blog post I wrote, so I thought I would blog out some of my thoughts...

Let's start here:

In Asatru/heathenry, one of the most important factors is Reputation. There are those who feel that this is because we come from a shame-based society, but I disagree with them. We are really a *reputation* based society. Considering ourselves shame-based means we focus on shame and/or its avoidance, and f… Continue

Posted on October 28, 2008 at 2:50pm —

From Catholicism to Asatru

This article, by Ingiborg, tells of her story from Christianity to Asatru:

http://www.geocities.com/ingwibergo/brnagain.html

And reading it inspired me to put my own story in place on my blog. In some ways my tale is very similar to anyone who came from a monotheist faith into paganism/heathenry, and in some ways it varies - a thing I suppose we can all say, really. In any event, I don't hide much anymore, and I've told this tale in various other places, so why not do it here?

I was born...(O… Continue

Posted on September 29, 2008 at 1:10pm — 13 Comments

Learn to Breathe and Call Me in a Year...on Teaching Esotera

We can probably also call this "The Seidhwoman Rants," but there's a lovely gentleman whose website is titled 'The Seidhman Rants' and I don't want o confuse me with him - nor to confuse you, Gentle Reader, any more than I already do...

For those new to me and this blog, I have been doing "the spooky mambo" for a long time. I had my first full-on possessory experience at age twelve. I'm a natural medium, and an empath. I've got the raw psychic that comes from prophetic dreams, occasional flashe… Continue

Posted on September 26, 2008 at 12:03am —

An Animist/Heathen Approach to Storms

This is going to have to be brief - unless I type fast - because Tropical Storm Hannah is travelling up-coast and I, suspicious of all technology, want to be off the computer before she arrives. Still - if you'll pardon the pun this has been swirling through my head these past few days, and it's a topic that comes up again and again (at least, in my brain it does!).

I once had an atheist friend of mine ask me if I thought thunder was Thor killing giants, or if I thought it was a response to mol… Continue

Posted on September 6, 2008 at 3:17pm — 4 Comments

East Coast Thing 2008

This was the TENTH annual East Coast Thing. I'm proud to have been there, and as always am amazed by our local community.

I can only give highlights here - it's an event you have to be at to understand - but hopefully this will give a good flavor for our community-based religion.

Thursday

Arrived early to lots of welcoming hugs. Set up the Freyja shrine next to the Uppsala Ve - Raven Kindred North (the host kindred this year) raised carved god-posts of Thor, Odin, and Frey. Into the holes for… Continue

Posted on August 26, 2008 at 2:01pm — 2 Comments

The Freyja Shrine

A bit of history...

Long but not too long ago, in a mind not terribly far away, there formed an Idea...

Denise Bowen, a good friend, bear-sister, and awesome fellow heathen, wanted to create a special something for Freyja. I'll leave all the details as to why and how that happened to her, since it's her story, but I will say this - Denise now has a loving husband and a fantastic son. Mmm-hmm, she says knowingly. In any event, Denise Bowen created the first incarnation of the Freyja shrine. She… Continue

Posted on August 18, 2008 at 1:32pm — 5 Comments

Comment Wall (52 comments)

You need to be a member of PaganSpace.net The Social Network for the Occult Community to add comments!

Join this Ning Network

At 6:08pm on March 10, 2009, JAGODA said…

At 9:18am on February 23, 2009, Ramemareh RavensShadow said…: Find more photos like this on PaganSpace.net The Social Network for the Occult Community

At 1:53am on February 9, 2009, Ivy Summers ( Garðrmær Ginnarr ) said…: A new story off My site you may enjoy.

Ivy’s Domain Stories. A Farmers Fable

At 9:07pm on February 3, 2009, Dhoni, the binary star elemental said…: Thanx!

At 7:00pm on January 27, 2009, Ivy Summers ( Garðrmær Ginnarr ) said…

At 12:48am on January 17, 2009, Ivy Summers ( Garðrmær Ginnarr ) said…: something of interest off my website . Blessings

New Story -The Saga of Odin

At 2:39pm on January 13, 2009, Vindviska said…: MySpace Graphics

At 2:08pm on January 9, 2009, Witch Daughter of Aradia said…: Oh, yes--I remember seeing that oicture before--very lovely! We live in an apartment for the time being, but I hope that if we ever inherit my father's house, he has a nice chunk of land, I would enjoy making different sanctuaries outside in the yard. It's ashamed, though, because I had in the past when we took vacations, collected many shells and Petosky stones out in real Nature (as oppossed that I had bought the mussels from the store for dinner! lol) and all of my findings are either lost in the shuffle or have been unknowingly tossed out when my dad cleared out his garage where I had kept these ever the years.

Many blessings, Patricia! Have a wonderful weekend.
~CSgirl

At 7:39pm on January 2, 2009, Starfeather said…: 20 minutes is definitely reasonable. I Googled it, and have the directions, so as soon as I get settled in, I'll have to head over there. =] I appreciate the response. Thank you. <3

At 6:44pm on January 2, 2009, Starfeather said…: No, I definitely missed it! Thanks for the comment, though. =] I'll have to check it out. Does it hold any workshops or events?