Cosmology

Consistent with the doctrines of panentheism, animism, and holism, our ancestors symbolized the living cosmos as a great tree, with the homes of spirit-beings nestled in its roots and branches, its trunk serving as the world-axis or axis mundi. The heathen Anglo-Saxons of old called this tree the Eormensýl, the “Heavenly Pillar”. The Norse called it Yggdrasil, which is “The Terrible One’s Steed”, in reference to the sorcerer-god Odin’s self sacrifice by spearing himself to it’s trunk. The Eormensýl is a sacred symbol to heathens, and represents cosmic order.