originally posted August 10, 2011 at PatheosThis week on August 9th many Heathens who are members of the Asatru Alliance, or who opt to use their calendar, set aside time to celebrate the life and memory of the Frisian King Radbod (680-719 CE), who is a hero to many living Heathens and Pagans today ( Read more... )

originally posted August 3, 2011 on PatheosRecently I had the immense pleasure and privilege of being able to spend two weeks in Germany and Denmark on vacation. While parts of the trip were solely for my own personal amusement, I also made it a point where I could to meet up both with local heathens and to venture to holy sites, depictions of ( Read more... )

originally posted on Patheos July 13, 2011On June 13, funeral services were held in Nashville, Tennessee for U.S. Marine Sgt. Kevin Balduf who was killed in action on May 12 while serving in Afghanistan ( Read more... )

originally posted June 7, 2011 at patheos

Heathens are a varied bunch, with varying opinions and interpretations on a number of issues, like with any religion. Among the items debated sometimes (and seemingly ad nauseum at times) is whether one should wear period garb or not.

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originally posted May 18, 2011 on patheos

The modern day country of England, appears to derive its name indirectly from the Vanic deity, Freyr who was widely worshiped among the Scandinavian, Germanic and Anglo-Saxon peoples.

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originally posted May 1, 2011 on patheosWhile part of the world may now be in Royal Wedding-mania, all I can say is, I grow a bit weary of all of the news and media coverage, especially of the fluff stories of the really tacky merchandise, or finding Kate’s face on a jelly-bean. Dear world media, really? Is that the best thing you can come up with ( Read more... )

A while ago, I had been struck with some inspiration and created a song. But not being a musician myself, it needed a musician's touch to polish it. Recently someone was asking on a ML if there were any poems or what not she could adpt into music and perform. I contacted this musician... and here's the end result:

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That sentiment is what came out of an article I just read, one of the latest in a series of articles about Dan Halloran, member of the Normani Theod, and the republican candidate in a local NYC city council election. But while politics may be the point of the article, it's not entirely about government politics, but also about religious 'politics' ( Read more... )

This isn't about neo-pagans, or reconstrunctionists, but rather a pagan group of approximately 100,000 current adherents in a corner of modern day Russia, that has had continuous pagan worship since at least the 5th Century of pre-Christian Europe.

( Europe’s Last Pagans Defend Their Faith On the Net (Russia) )

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