Last week the Sanctuary published a post about our liturgical structure, including a glimpse of our development processes.
Among our favorite devotional hymns is this tune composed and recorded by Birka Skogsberg, a council member of Samfundet Forn Sed Sverige (Forn Sed Sweden) and a longtime supporter of the Sanctuary.
We plan to publish more of our devotional work for Skade (aka Skaði, Skadi, or Skadhi), Whose guidance has shaped the Sanctuary's development for 13 years. We invite interested readers who are unfamiliar with Her to dive into the mythological sources.
Swedish
Skade, Skade
Vi finner och följer Dina lätta spår
Mot djupare skogar genom täta snår
Smyger vi, smyger vi
Skade, Skade
Endast den som prövats rätt kan hitta fram
Mot huset på bergets allra högsta kam
Stiger vi, stiger vi
Skade, Skade
Med hjortens krona och med harens ben
Ur skuggor till gläntan i Din månes sken
Träder vi, träder vi
English
Skade, Skade
We find and follow Your light tracks
Toward deeper forests through dense thickets
We sneak, we sneak
Skade, Skade
Only the rightly tested can find the way
To the house on the mountain's highest ridge
We rise, we rise
Skade, Skade
With the deer’s crown and the hare’s legs
From shadows to the glade of Your moon’s shine
We enter, we enter
Photo by Ilana Hamilton (2016). Shrine at the Sanctuary by Danica Swanson (2015).
