I have been writing in a journal on an almost-daily basis since I was 17 years old. This is a record of me going through each entry from the beginning, and commenting on the me from fifteen years ago.

Air, Earth, Fire, Water,

The power of the elements be mine.

Odin, Balder, Freya, Thor,

The power of the gods be mine.

Hoo boy, here’s one of those entries that makes me cringe. I was waaaay into new age books, especially the ones about using the magics of old religions. So, as you can see, here I am writing out a mantra based on the book The Rites of Odin (which I still have to remind myself of what a retard I used to be). I got so into this stuff that I actually became a wholeseller for a new age publisher for a brief time. Sadly, much like the piano lessons I had as a child, my Norse priest abilities have faded immensely from lack of upkeep and passage of time.