Terry Unger - Author: 2025

Monday, October 13, 2025

Northern Wisdom - Daily Inspiration from Norse and Kindred Sources Published !!!

Northen Wisdom – Daily Inspiration from Norse and Kindred Sources Released! Available on Amazon !!! This book was written to be used not just every day but year after year! Examples of what’s inside! This book is a collection of daily reflections rooted in the spirit of the North and drawn primarily from Norse tradition yet enriched by kindred sources that echo its values and worldview. These pages are meant to inspire men and women who seek strength, clarity, resilience, and connection to the wisdom of the old ways. While the heart of this book is Norse, guided by the Eddas, Sagas, and the deep undercurrent of Germanic thought, it also includes meditations from Marcus Aurelius, verses from the Rig Veda, and a few carefully chosen verses from the Lord of the Rings. At first glance, these sources may seem distant from each other. But under the surface they share a profound synchronicity. The Stoic writings of Aurelius though Roman, speak to the same warrior minded discipline and acceptance of fate (Wyrd) found in Norse tradition – a calm strength in the face of hardship, a commitment to self-governance, and an embrace of impermanence. The Rig Veda, one of the world’s oldest spiritual texts, comes from a distant branch of the Indo-European family tree. Its hymns and verses reveal a world where the sacred is woven into the forces of nature – fire, storm, dawn – much like the animistic and mythic worldview of the Germanic peoples. Though its language is different, its soul feels familiar. March 31 How many of them who came into the world at the same time which I did have already gone out of it? - Meditations April 01 I advise you that at the Assembly you do not contend with fools. The stupid man often permits himself to say worse than he knows. - Lay of Sigrdrifa 24 April 02 A man is lucky if he finds praise and friendship within himself. You can never be sure of where you stand in someone else’s heart. - Havamal 8

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Homecoming

Home Is Calling I need to be in a northern forest. To feel the crisp air on my forehead. To hear the crunch of snow beneath my boots. To taste the smell of it all on my tongue. To look up and the moon kiss my face and see a tapestry that only the Gods could paint. Then ….to be in front of a roaring fire with my feet up, and snow falling outside. To watch the flames dance me to sleep. The Elves will teach me their wisdom while the Land Spirits care for the homestead. I am in a good place. I am home. Terry Unger October 8, 2025.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

An Excerpt from My New, Book Natural Religion - The Path of Animism

The word religion is a term with a narrow focus. It is a word whose meaning our pre-Christian Ancestors would not grasp. A world and life accepting worldview do not have a narrow focus; it is a birth to death way of life, faith, and folkway. For our pre-Christian Ancestors, planting crops, making mead or ale was a “religious act” - joint action working in cooperation with nature in the Natural World. It was the same thought for giving birth, having sex, and even dying. They were not wrong, and it is the same today because we cannot be separate from nature and the Natural World. It is only in our minds; in our imagination we perceive ourselves to be separate from the Natural World. This is a true illusion. Organized religion with its world and life rejecting salvationist doctrines are responsible.