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May 2016

May 27, 2016

Happily Heathen: Know Your Lore — The Poetic Edda

As a new Heathen, people are often told to read "the sagas and the Eddas."...

May 19, 2016

Wyrd Words: It’s The Simple Things

Sometimes we need to set aside the heavier burdens of deep philosophical questioning and social...

May 13, 2016

Happily Heathen: Food for Thought – Heathen Polytheist Theology

Heathen theology is still relatively young. What are the questions it should address? What would...

April 2016

April 21, 2016

Wyrd Words: Vikings in the New World

There’s been quite a buzz going about the Heathen community about the three "newly discovered"...

April 08, 2016

Happily Heathen – The Cat Story; or, Why it’s good to be very specific when asking your Goddess for a favor

You may know what you think that you want when you make a wish, but...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

Happily Heathen: Keep Your Virtues Out Of My Heathenry

When Heathens turn ideals into a weapon to tear down other Heathens, we’re being just...

March 11, 2016

Happily Heathen: Heathen Polytheism – A Deity Dedication Contract

Deities are large, complex beings with agendas, motivations, personalities, needs, and wants. If you are...

March 10, 2016

The Lady’s Quill: Religious Virtues and Gods

The Gods that I honor most are the ones whose actions I most admire. So...

March 03, 2016

Wyrd Words: Why I’m tired of Heathenry’s F.U. Debate

Greetings, and welcome back to Wyrd Words. Keeping the Thor in Thursdays, every other week...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Happily Heathen: Offerings for the Gods – Part 3 – The Jotnar

Interested in worshipping, honoring, or learning from the giants of Norse Mythology? Though often controversial,...

February 25, 2016

The Lady’s Quill: Loki

There is no figure in modern Heathenry and related traditions that is as controversial as...

February 12, 2016

Happily Heathen: Offerings for the Gods – Part 2 – The Aesir

The question often arises, though, as to which gift is most appropriate for a given...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

Letters From Midgard: Yes, Enough

Another author recently wrote a piece here at Patheos about the future of Heathenry. Steven...

January 22, 2016

Happily Heathen: Offerings For The Gods – Part One – The Vanir

As a practicing Heathen, a key cornerstone of my spiritual practice is the offering of...

January 21, 2016

Wyrd Words: Is Heathenry Incomplete?

Greetings, and welcome back to Wyrd Words. Keeping the Thor in Thursdays, every other week...

January 12, 2016

Witch on Fire: Hermes Gongs the Cosmic School Bell

Lo! As the first moon of my service waned into darkness, I began my quest,...

January 08, 2016

Happily Heathen: The Apples And Oranges Of Heathen Spirituality – Lore or Experience?

Something that has been coming up a lot for me in my personal musings on...

December 2015

December 11, 2015

Happily Heathen: Love Notes from Freya

Clergy work comes in all forms. Sometimes it entails emotional one-on-one work with a member...

November 2015

November 27, 2015

Happily Heathen: A Prayer Of Thanks For Njord And His Children

Thanksgiving has always been very secular holiday for me, so when it came time to...

November 26, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: Odin

Poet, wise man, grey-cloaked wanderer, one-eyed, wizard, warrior, king... when I decided to do Odin...

November 19, 2015

Wyrd Words: We Are Our Deeds

There’s this unfortunate tendency in Pagan circles for those holding the title of ‘Elder’ to...

November 13, 2015

Happily Heathen: My Heathenry – What It Is, And What It Is Not

My Heathenry is a open-minded, thriving religion full of diverse points of view. How about...

October 2015

October 01, 2015

Wyrd Words: Cultural Appropriation and Pagan Fear

If little Suzy wants to go up onto a mountain top, burn some sage, and...

October 01, 2015

Letters From Midgard: American Heathens

The book “American Heathens” is the first long-term sociological study of what it means to...

September 2015

September 11, 2015

Happily Heathen: A Simple Blot for Freyr

As we are in the middle of the harvest-related holidays and are getting ready for...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

Happily Heathen: Why I am “Happily Heathen”

Every Heathen's reasons for staying a Heathen are different: Alyxander Folmer argues that Heathenry is...

August 27, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: Walls and Doors

Walls are being built high and strong in the Pagan community as our component parts...

August 20, 2015

Why I am Still a Heathen

Patheos is doing a summer series called “Future of Faith in America”. The Pagan channel's...

August 14, 2015

Happily Heathen: My Journey to Devotional Polytheism

The path I took from Christianity to Devotional Polytheism was guided by a need for...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

Happily Heathen: Heathens and Tolerance – Iceland, You Are *Not* Alone

Heathenry is for everyone. The tolerance and hospitality of the Icelandic Asatruar is the norm,...