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Place: Lekebackens grave field, Kumla
Date: 15/3
Time: 14:00
Presiding officer: Thommy Vähäsalo
Assistant: Linnéa Hultman
Contact person: Lucas Gustafsson [email protected]
Hear me all holy families, greater and lesser, sons (and daughters) of Heimdall; Blót kindred Idavallen hereby invites to Disablót. For the first time, we will gather at the lekebackens grave field outside Kumla to hold Disablót together. This sacred ceremony is open to the public and is thus an excellent opportunity for the curious to gain insight into what we do. Perhaps you yourself have been in the pagan sphere for a long time and want to meet like-minded people. Maybe this is something you have just discovered and want to know more.
The Nordic Asa-community and Idavallen welcome everyone with an open mind and good intentions.
The disablót is deeply rooted in the veneration of the Disir´s – a group of powerful female forces closely associated with destiny, fertility, protection, and the general well-being of the family and community. The Disir´s are central figures in the Asatru, they are linked to the Nornirs who determine our destinies but also to the fylgior´s, thus the Disir´s are revered in part as ancestral guardians who exert a profound influence over our lives. They watch over their kin, guarantee prosperity, offer protection and guidance through both everyday and spiritual challenges. But the disir´s are also associated with the Valkyries and the Vanadis Freya.
The Disablót falls on the first full moon before the Victory Blót and lasts for one day/night.
If you want to use the disting-rule, the Disablót is the third full moon after the first new moon after the winter solstice.
About the site:
Lekebacken is one of Närke’s largest burial grounds, with a total of 110 visible graves.
Lekebacken’s burial ground has been used for a very long time.
The oldest grave is a large stone cairn from the Bronze Age, i.e. around 3000 years old.
Adjacent to the cairn is a large ring of stones consisting of nine large stones that together mark the location of a grave. When the ring of judges was built at the beginning of the Iron Age (around 500 BC), the cairn was already very old.
The name judgement rings comes from the fact that in the past they were thought to be courthouses.
Nowadays, we know that judges’ rings are graves.
There are also Viking Age graves in the form of small mounds.
These are dated to just over 1000 years old.
What can you expect?
Depending on the holiday, we bare for different reasons.
But the overall concept is the same: we honor powers and ancestors and make offerings to them through thoughts, toasts and gifts.
The hope is to get something in return.
What that might be is up to the practitioner.
As stated in the Hávamál: “Gift desires, that return gift is given.”.
During the course of the blót, various toasts are held where you, as a participant, have the opportunity to honor powers that are close to you or that can assist you in various ways.
The first toast is a power ceremony. This is a silent toast where no drink is consumed.
The next toast is a deity toast where you choose one or more deities to honor. This toast is drunk or sacrificed by pouring it out.
The last toast is a free toast where you have the opportunity to say what you feel like.
It can be a greeting or tribute to someone or something.
It could be something you want to say in front of the group.
This toast is also drunk or offered.
It is important to note that all the toasts are held with mead.
This drink is alcoholic and if you do not drink it for various reasons, it is still offered on the spot.
The above is only part of the ceremony itself.
Other elements are added and these may differ from time to time.
Good to know:
- The Nordic Asa-community is non-political and we therefore do not accept any politically charged messages during our blots and rites.
- To participate, you must swear by the god Tyr.
If you cannot do this for various reasons, you cannot participate in the ring.
- Bring a drinking vessel.
This is used at the various toasts.
- We would like you to bring offerings in the form of things that nature itself can take care of.
This can be fruit, berries, cereals etc.
Please also bring a stone the size of a fist.
These are placed on the harrow over the years as a monument to our presence.
- Please dress for the weather.
The ceremony is stationary and freezing is never fun
- We offer an initiation rite on site after the blót has been completed.
This means that you can enter the asatrou in front of the powers. This costs SEK 100. The fee goes directly to the blót kindred and helps us to finance our activities.
If you also want a physical certificate of the rite, a cost of SEK 60 will be added.
We accept Swish.
How to get here:
Take road 52 between Kumla and Hällabrottet. Lekebackens gravfält is located southeast of Kumla and quite straight south from Hällabrottet.
Turn north from road 52, just west of Hällabrottet, where it says Kumla. Quite immediately there is a road to the left where there is a sign for grave fields. You enter that road and go under road 51.
Shortly afterwards there is another sign and this time you turn right.
Continue along this road until you reach the cemetery on the right.
Map links:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/AqZpLgdx1vxdjQZo9
Links:
Idavallen Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/groups/822468918126239/?ref=share
Nordic Asa Society Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asasamfundet
(Photography and videotaping may occur at all Blót and community events and subsequently published on the community’s various platforms).
