Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey Balancing perspectives, Connections, Expanding Consciousness, Holism, Soul, Spirit

Aspects of The Trinity: Scandinavian (Norse) mythology (Part 3 of a series)

Here’s Part 3 of a deep dive into the various names of The Trinity, undertaken while I’ve been studying the Theosophy book, The Masters and The Path in a Zoom book club.

In Scandinavian (Norse) mythology, Odin, Freya, and Thor are three of the most important deities, associated with wisdom and rulership, magic and love, and protection and thunder respectively. They belong to the two divine clans, the Aesir and the Vanir, whose stories shaped Viking religion and worldview.​

Odin

  • Odin is the All-Father, chief of the Aesir gods, ruler of Asgard, and a god of wisdom, war, death, poetry, and magic. He is one‑eyed, having sacrificed an eye for wisdom, and is accompanied by two ravens (Huginn and Muninn) and two wolves.​
  • He presides over Valhalla, the hall where slain warriors are received, and is famed for extreme self‑sacrifice, such as hanging on the world‑tree Yggdrasil to gain the runes, making him a patron of seekers of hidden knowledge.​

Freya

  • Freya (Freyja) is a Vanir goddess closely associated with love, beauty, sexuality, fertility, and wealth, but also with magic (seiðr) and the battlefield dead.​
  • She receives half of those who die in battle into her field Fólkvangr, the other half going to Odin’s Valhalla, and is depicted as a powerful, independent goddess who rides in a chariot drawn by cats and searches far and wide for her often‑absent husband Óðr.​

Thor

  • Thor, a son of Odin, is the god of thunder, storms, and physical strength, and the foremost protector of gods and humans against giants and chaotic forces. He wields the hammer Mjölnir, a devastating weapon that also blesses and protects households and sacred spaces.​
  • He was particularly beloved by ordinary farmers and warriors as a reliable, straightforward defender of order, traveling in a goat‑drawn chariot, making thunder and lightning as he rides across the sky.​

Their place in Norse religion

In Viking Age practice, different social groups gravitated toward different deities—kings and elite warriors often to Odin, many common people to Thor, and those concerned with love, fertility, and sorcery to Freya—forming a rich, overlapping religious landscape.

Odin, Freya, and Thor together express a triad of archetypal powers: esoteric wisdom and rulership (Odin), magic and fecundity (Freya), and protective strength and courage (Thor).​

My husband and I watched the TV series, Vikings several years ago (after our Sacred Celtic Journey to Ireland, England, and Scotland in 2019). I was quite taken with the show and the whole idea of Valhalla. It was a brutal time though, and thus, I’m glad I didn’t live back then! Here’s a link to learn more about that show: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2306299/?ref_=fn_t_1

Part 3 of a series on Aspects of The Trinity.

For the basis of this series, check out this post (where I will also list all the links to each part of the series in case you miss any):

Aspects of The Trinity (The basis of the series)

Integrating the Spirals

I’m encouraging those “over 60” to open to lifelong learning (observe and gently question their pre-conceived beliefs, aka ‘Programming’), become more aware of their thoughts and emotions, consistently move their bodies (too many are stuck in their heads and physically unhealthy), become strong, and resilient in spirit, soul, mind, body. And to question EVERYTHING!

Link to my YouTube channel where you can see the videos: https://youtube.com/@spiralsister

Yours in consciousness-expansion as we evolve and revolve during our mystical awakening. All while doing-my-egoless-best, to take you on a limitless, spiraling thought ride to better health, through doing more with ease, to help us sustain the JOY in our lives! (With lots of Gratitude throughout.)

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey

The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.

About us

My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to many of his songs at: https://www.youtube.com/user/richardmurrey

Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share

My books on Amazon

I have four books on Amazon. The two most recent are: Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally and Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection.

Connect with us

Here are the social channels where I am most active:

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey Balancing perspectives, Connections, Expanding Consciousness, Holism, Soul, Spirit

Aspects of The Trinity: Egyptian teaching (Part 2 of a series)

Here’s Part 2 of a deep dive into the various names of The Trinity, undertaken while I’ve been studying the Theosophy book, The Masters and The Path in a book club that meets twice a month via Zoom.

In Egyptian religious teaching, Osiris, Isis, and Horus form a sacred family (or a sort of divine Trinity) that embodies kingship, death and rebirth, magic, and rightful order. Together they express a cycle: a just king slain, restored through divine love, and avenged by the heir who re-establishes harmony.

Osiris

  • Osiris was a primeval king of Egypt who became god of the dead, the underworld, and resurrection, as well as a symbol of fertility and the life-giving cycle of the Nile.​
  • In myth he is murdered and dismembered by his jealous brother Seth, then restored by Isis and thereafter rules as lord and judge of the dead, presiding over the weighing of the heart.​

Isis

  • Isis is Osiris’s wife (and sister) and the great goddess of magic, healing, protection, and ideal motherhood, revered as the model devoted spouse and mother.​
  • She searches for and reassembles Osiris’s body, magically resurrects him long enough to conceive Horus, and later protects and heals the child Horus, exemplifying loyal love and powerful protective magic.​

Horus

  • Horus is the son of Osiris and Isis, a sky god often depicted as a falcon or falcon-headed man, associated with kingship and the living pharaoh.​
  • As the rightful heir, he grows up under Isis’s protection and eventually contends with Seth for the throne of Egypt; his victory restores maat (cosmic and social order) and establishes him as the divine prototype of every legitimate king.​

Meaning in Egyptian Teaching

In Egyptian teaching and later mystery cults, their story illustrated the hope of life after death, the power of faithful love and magic, and the sacral authority of the pharaoh as Horus on earth and Osiris after death.

Osiris, Isis, and Horus thus represent a pattern: righteous rule (Osiris), loving restorative power (Isis), and the triumphant heir who restores justice (Horus).​

The answer about Isis being a loving restorative power stood out to me, since I watched a show when I was young about Isis (I think it was a cartoon, but not sure now… similar to Wonder Woman), and I used to do that little circular dance she did and repeat her words of, “Oh Mighty Isis.” Ha!

Part 2 of a series on Aspects of The Trinity.

For the basis of this series, check out my post:

Aspects of The Trinity (The basis of the series)

Integrating the Spirals

I’m encouraging those “over 60” to open to lifelong learning (observe and gently question their pre-conceived beliefs, aka ‘Programming’), become more aware of their thoughts and emotions, consistently move their bodies (too many are stuck in their heads and physically unhealthy), become strong, and resilient in spirit, soul, mind, body. And to question EVERYTHING!

Link to my YouTube channel where you can see the videos: https://youtube.com/@spiralsister

Yours in consciousness-expansion as we evolve and revolve during our mystical awakening. All while doing-my-egoless-best, to take you on a limitless, spiraling thought ride to better health, through doing more with ease, to help us sustain the JOY in our lives! (With lots of Gratitude throughout.)

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey

The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.

About us

My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to many of his songs at: https://www.youtube.com/user/richardmurrey

Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share

My books on Amazon

I have four books on Amazon. The two most recent are: Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally and Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection.

Connect with us

Here are the social channels where I am most active:

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey Connections, Expanding Consciousness, Mind-Body, Soul, Travel

Integrating the Spirals: Brigid – Saint and Goddess

For anyone interested in Celtic Spirituality (either Christian or Pagan), I think you’ll love the YouTube videos I have for you! I learned a lot! If you would rather listen instead of read, play the audio (and there’s a few minutes of BONUS info on the audio this time too!):

YouTube video from The Ogham Grove

When we took our Sacred Celtic Journey to Ireland, England, and Scotland in 2019, we were introduced to Saint Brigid (Goddess Brigid) by a wonderful lady Celtic Spirituality teacher, named Mary, while we spent several days in Glendalough, Ireland. Click on the ‘Ireland’ link to part 1 of my Sacred Celtic Journey blog article to see the closeup photos of Brigid (that our friend is holding here):

I’m barefoot here wearing my Thank Omniscience t-shirt and writing down lessons from Mary. The circle in front of us contains cards, photographs, and other Celtic Spirituality items.

Glendalough was also where I was blessed (or had the good fortune) to meet and enjoy a brief spiritual encounter with a deer family as I hiked up the Wicklow Way very early one morning:

By the time we got to Scotland, Brigid’s tree message or blessing was given to me at the 3,000-year-old Yew tree behind Rosslyn Castle. I only now, after watching this video understand a bit more of why hugging this Yew tree felt like divine providence to me. And gifted me with a love of ALL trees, much as my mother had her whole life (but I didn’t understand much less respect) until now.

My dad also knew a whole LOT about trees, which he’d not told me of until after mom passed and he and I took a beautiful walk along a forest road in West Virginia. He began pointing out different trees and naming them. I don’t know why. And this was in 2017, way before our Sacred Celtic Journey. I simply noted how much Dad knew about these trees because Mom had always expressed her love of trees for me and I guess I thought he was telling me all of this to give me another glimpse into commonalities they shared. God, I guess there are so many commonalities that bring people together! People are so much more complex than we often give them credit for–even our parents!

Goddess of love

One of the things they bring up near the end of this video is how much love Goddess Brigid brought into the world, even joking about our Valentine’s Day that’s coming up in the USA. Ha!

Can you see the love shared between me and the Yew tree in Scotland? I was sure feeling it! Eternal thanks to our dear friend and hypnotherapist, Patricia McGivern for taking this photo of me in 2019:

Yew is the tree for Capricorns

The Yew tree is important during the Winter Solstice too!

Capricorn aligns with Birch and Yew trees

I took this closeup screen capture from this larger zodiac tree image (that is found in the aforementioned video).

What zodiac sign are you and what tree(s) align for your sign?

Here’s another YouTube video solely focusing on the Yew tree:

Yours in expanding, revolving, spiraling consciousness,

To our better health, ease, and sustaining lives of JOY!

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey

Audio provided by Otter. Edited with Grammarly.

What I am known for

Be the best version of who you want to be–because if you’re reading my words your soul is probably beckoning you to align with it and live up to your highest ideals. Not perfect because who is perfect? Most stagnate or ‘get stuck’ while on their way to being whatever they think perfection is. Making progress is enough. Carrying your Karma lightly is enough. Be kind to yourself while living responsibly. Who you ARE affects us ALL. We Are All Connected.

Energy/Omniscience (Omnism) governs ALL. Omniscience knows ALL. Omniscience is always with you. You are never alone.

My online Zoom video course, Integrating the Spirals is more timely now than ever because I know people are suffering. (Let me know if you’re interested in working through the Integrating the Spirals course.)

As an empath I want to help ease suffering and raise our vibration to offer hope. I want to uplift others and expand our collective consciousness. I teach breath work and meditation so we appreciate the value of Detachment. We till our inner soil with our breath to calm the amygdala and institute peace. Meditation is an easy way to Connect us with spirit, higher selves, Omniscience God, and receive non-programmed personal guidance.

The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.

About us

My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to all of his songs at: http://listen4music.com

Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share

About me, your Spiral Sister



I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture/chiropractor office, natural health foods store, art fair, music, or yoga festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. 

My 4th book is on Amazon and the link where you can check it out (Kindle has the purple cover and the paperback has the yellow cover, but the content is the same): Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally

I invite you to check out my metaphysical book–Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection. There are two versions (Kindle and paperback) on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3WV68KF

I’m an Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: “Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice” and “Energy of Receiving” available on Amazon.

Connecting…

For more spiritual and esoteric updates, who we’re connecting with in Ocala, Florida and more, follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeonyour

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Let’s Celebrate Imbolc!

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The Daily: 31 January 2024

Today is St Brigid’s Eve. In traditional cultures, this is when most of the ritual for Imbolg takes place. St Brigid is welcomed into the home with …

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