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August 2011

August 10, 2011

Wyrd Designs – King Radbod and the Importance of the Ancestors

This week on August 9th many Heathens who are members of the Asatru Alliance, or...

July 2011

July 13, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Heathens Support Fallen Soldier At Anti-Westboro Baptist Protest

The news of Westboro Baptist’s planned protest of Sgt. Balduf’s funeral soon lit up the...

June 2011

June 07, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Cleanliness and Garb at Rituals

Heathens are a varied bunch, with varying opinions and interpretations on a number of issues,...

June 04, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Exploring Our Gods And Goddesses – Sigyn

We know very little about the Goddess Sigyn. Not much has survived from the pre-Christian...

May 2011

May 01, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Wedding Customs in the Northern Tradition

While part of the world may now be in Royal Wedding-mania, all I can say...

April 2011

April 30, 2011

Wyrd Designs – May Day Punch Recipe

I am now a 1-year veteran blogger here at Patheos, and since I already covered...

March 2011

March 18, 2011

Wyrd Designs – The Holy Tides – Ostara, Sigrblot & Summer Nights

For those of us in the Northern Tradition, the high holy tide of Ostara is...

March 05, 2011

Happy St. Patrick’s Day? I Don’t Think So.

I was driving around my little town today and I saw that several houses already...

February 2011

February 21, 2011

PantheaCon: Concerning Three Rituals

There were quite a few rituals at PantheaCon and unfortunately I couldn't make them all....

February 17, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Weyland The Smith

Weyland (also known as Volund) is a legendary blacksmith, which we have references to from...

February 01, 2011

A Meditation for Imbolc and Charming of the Plough

Poet T.S. Elliot called April the cruelest month, but I’ve always thought February fits that...

January 2011

January 25, 2011

Religious and Pro-Choice

Also see Star Foster's and K.C. Hulsman’s posts on abortion. We’ve just passed the anniversary...

December 2010

December 12, 2010

A Meditation for Yule

Yule is one of my favorite holidays. Perhaps this is simply because it’s so commonly...

October 2010

October 14, 2010

The Promise and Perils of Heathen Prison Ministry: An Interview with Gythia Jane Ruck

I have been involved with prison ministry for several years now. For many years prior...

September 2010

September 11, 2010

Remembering 9/11

(Warning: some of the descriptions below are graphic and may be disturbing for some readers.)...

August 2010

August 21, 2010

Wyrd Designs – The Holy Tides – Hlæfmæsse /Freyfaxi

When it comes to religious, pagan celebrations most people are familiar with the eight holy...

August 04, 2010

Wyrd Designs – Free bookmarks to Heathens serving in the U.S. military

Sigdrifa's Prayer is a rare remnant in our lore, as it's the only non-Christianized, complete...

August 03, 2010

Book Review: Exploring the Northern Tradition by Galina Krasskova

A good, solid, human and engaging introductory text to a religion, particularly a minority religion,...

August 02, 2010

Wyrd Designs: Q and A – Ritual Quarters?

Star Foster asked: The Asatruar rituals I have seen call on the four dwarves holding...

July 2010

July 23, 2010

When Faith is Tested

Witch hunts still exist and pagans and anyone outside the dominant religious paradigm are still...

July 21, 2010

I am a godatheow - a godslave. Many of the spiritworkers and shamans that I...

July 19, 2010

Wyrd Designs: Finding Asgard

Sometimes understanding the cosmological map of the Northern Tradition can be most problematic. Unlike Christians,...

July 17, 2010

Stinginess is not one of the Nine Noble Virtues

I firmly believe you cannot give too much to the Gods or ancestors, that it...

July 12, 2010

An Interview with Anya Kless, author of “Lilith: Queen of the Desert”

An interview with the author of "Lilith: Queen of the Desert," a devotional anthology just...

July 05, 2010

Wyrd Designs – Working with the Ancestors

To be Heathen is to be an animist, meaning that in addition to worshipping the...

June 2010

June 17, 2010

Blabbermouth for the Gods

People often ask me why I write about my relationship with Odin, why I lecture...

June 14, 2010

The Development of Heathen Culture – Part II

William Arnal writes that “no statement about what religion is can avoid at least partially...

June 09, 2010

Wyrd Designs – Ritual Symbolism in the Northern Tradition

Most of those who come to our religion, come first from some form of Christianity....

June 09, 2010

Being Yourself – Not Always The Easy Path.

How much damaging morality are we bringing with us from former religions? Is this a...

June 07, 2010

Wyrd Designs – Sigdrifa’s ~ a Prayer and a Song

Sigdrifa's Prayer is the only surviving, complete, non-Christianized prayer that exists in the lore. As...