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September 2019

September 09, 2019

How To Use Leaf Magic This Fall

Soon the leaves will begin turning colors and falling all around us. Here's some tips...

September 06, 2019

Divination With Cranes (And Other Creatures)

Divination isn't all about mysterious ancient symbols or a deck of cards from medieval Europe....

September 02, 2019

A Heathen Fall Equinox Celebration

This fall equinox, my family is creating a new celebration. Recipe Day brings everyone together...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

The Oracle of Nehalennia

The Oracle of Nehalennia by Bela Síol is like a love letter to a little-known...

August 25, 2019

Pagan Priests, Laity, and “Playgans”

There are so many Pagans who want to be seriously devoted to the Gods and...

August 18, 2019

How To Be A Pagan Every Day

There's Samhain and Beltane Pagans just like there are Christmas and Easter Christians. But if...

August 11, 2019

Nehalennia, Goddess Lost to Time

Nehalennia is an almost-forgotten Goddess, unrecorded in the Eddas or Celtic myth. She was widely...

July 2019

July 29, 2019

5 Simple Ways to Bring Lammas to Our Modern Lives

Lammas, it's nobody's favorite holiday. We are so disconnected from the wheat harvest, it seems...

July 21, 2019

Cweorth: Northumbrian Runes

Cweorth is the most challenging of the Northumbrian runes to find meaning in. Its name...

July 18, 2019

The Simple Beauty of Rock Art Altars

Rock art altars are some of the most beautiful outdoor altars, and carry none of...

July 14, 2019

Gar the Spear: Northumbrian Runes

Gar is a Northumbrian Rune whose name means 'spear'. It can be linked to Odhin's...

July 11, 2019

Impressions on the Land: Ancestral Nature Spirits

Many people connect with the nature spirits that live all around us. I have found...

July 07, 2019

Stan the Stone: Northumbrian Runes

Stan is one of the Northumbrian Runes, translating to 'Stone'. It can be associated with...

July 05, 2019

The Border Crisis Deserves our Action

The crisis on our southern border has reached levels of cruelty unfathomable to most of...

June 2019

June 30, 2019

Calc the Cup: Northumbrian Runes

The Northumbrian Rune Calc can be translated in a variety of ways, meaning "chalk", "chalice",...

June 27, 2019

Regional Cultus: Building a Local Religion

I've been building a relationship with the spirits of the land around me for years....

June 23, 2019

The Northumbrian Runes: Historical Inventions or Runic Secrets?

Most of us know runes as the Elder Futhark, but there are many variations though...

June 20, 2019

A Simple Midsummer Thankfulness Ritual

The harvest, fruits and veggies and food, aren’t the only gifts that nature gives us,...

June 13, 2019

The Thrifty Heathen’s Guide to Crafting Runes

Gathering all the things it seems you need to start down the path of Heathenry...

June 06, 2019

The Liminal Space Between Science and Symbols

Science seems to contradict a lot of spiritual ideas. How can the sun be both...

June 02, 2019

The Book of Herb Spells

The Book of Herb Spells by Cheralyn Darcey is a great little guide to beginning...

May 2019

May 19, 2019

A Ritual for Nerthus, Goddess of the Earth

So often, the Earth is asked to give us blessings, prosperity, and many other good...

May 12, 2019

Nerthus: Prosperity, Parties, and Death

Nerthus is an ancient and mysterious deity, with an ambivalent view of humanity. What do...

May 07, 2019

The Spirits of Nature are Terrifying

When we think of spring, it's usually all flowers and sunshine and beautiful weather. But...

April 2019

April 15, 2019

This World and the Otherworld: Fairies and Nature Spirits

Fairies and nature spirits may be two different categories of being, but both are worthy...

April 07, 2019

Your Stealthy Pagan Garden

Gardens aren't always elaborate and private sanctuaries where you're free to add as much statuary...

March 2019

March 25, 2019

Denouncing Folkish Heathenry

Folkish Heathenry, a belief that the Germanic deities should be honored by those of European...

March 18, 2019

In Like a Lion: A March Ritual for Hreda

Hreda is an Anglo-Saxon Goddess worshiped in March. I associate Her with the wind and...

March 14, 2019

Racism Stole Heathenry’s Past and Threatens our Future

Many of our modern Heathen ideas and practices were first espoused by pre-Nazi nationalist propaganda-spinners....

March 07, 2019

Easy Ways to Celebrate the Spring Equinox

Holidays are busy times, and it's hard to think of ideas to celebrate them each...