What happens when you sit with the rune of ice? In this episode we explore Isa’s meaning, from its esoteric correspondences to the deeper ancestral knowing carried in the bones of Northern European peoples, whose relationship with snow and ice runs back through countless generations. We look at how the rune holds stillness and freezing, but also the patient kind of knowing that comes from living in cold, long winters. Then I take you through a pathworking session with Isa, and close with some thoughts on what it means to build for the future: what we freeze in place, and what we choose to shape while the ground is still firm.

After meeting serious occultists at a wellness retreat, we document a Nautiz scrying that proves far more complex than expected. The journey: a winter cabin, a figure warning of the wild hunt, tests of offerings, a black-hatted wanderer, a pissed-off giant eye, and a door you can sense but can't reach. Nautiz reveals itself not as simple hardship, but as constraint, hunger, and necessity that demands integration. By the end, a woman places the rune directly inside you. Nautiz isn't something you work with—it works into you.

In this episode of Heretical Heathen Reacts, I take a look at Baced Camp's video, Women Ruined the Occult. Is there truth to the claim, or is the history of occultism more complicated than that? As a heathen, occultist, and philosopher, I react to the video, question some assumptions, and explore what the occult's history can tell us about where modern magical practice came from and where it might be going. It's a reaction and commentary, so expect a mix of disagreement, agreement, and a some heretical thoughts along the way. If you're into occultism, heathenry, paganism, or reaction content, consider subscribing to The Heretical Heathen.