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July 2016

July 04, 2016

Revisiting Pagan Calvinism

Back in 2012 I wrote about a fundamentalist aspect of Pagan religious culture that I...

August 2012

August 16, 2012

Guest Post: Steven Abell’s “The Toad Prince & Stuff”

Steven T Abell writes the Letters From Midgard column here on Patheos Pagan. If you...

December 2011

December 06, 2011

The Jerk VS Bigotry Ratio

I've been watching the fall-out from the Halloran piece on The Village Voice since it...

October 2011

October 28, 2011

The Scariest Job On Earth

Ok, maybe not the scariest, but it's on up there in the toll it takes...

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...

August 03, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Sacred Pagan Sites in Berlin – Hel’s Pond

Recently I had the immense pleasure and privilege of being able to spend two weeks...

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 19, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Help Get Asatru Added to the U.S. Army’s Religious Preference List

Josh and Cat Heath from the Open Halls Project are working through the cumbersome bureaucratic...

June 11, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Understanding the Words – Wyrd and Orlog

The concepts of wyrd and orlog are interconnected, but can sometimes prove to be stumbling...

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,...

May 2011

May 22, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Musings on Odin’s Ravens and Wolves

Among the many descriptions of Odin, we see that he is described as having a...

May 18, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Possible Pagan Roots for the Name of England

The modern day country of England, appears to derive its name indirectly from the Vanic...

May 06, 2011

Thor: A Pagan Review of the Film

Thor is epic. It's not true to the lore but it's a good film. There...

May 04, 2011

Heimdall & The Horned God: Beyond Black & White

The debate regarding Idris Elba playing Heimdall, "the whitest of Gods", has me recollecting my...

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...

April 23, 2011

Guest Post: Raising Up Strong Heathen Children

I do think it is a parent's responsibility to teach their child about their religion....

April 22, 2011

Why Thor Matters

4 AM. For the second night in a row Thor wakes me up. The night...

March 2011

March 31, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Is Heathenry Misogynistic? An Exploration into the Havamal

Through my years as a practicing Heathen in the Northern Tradition, there are certain subjects...

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 07, 2011

Wyrd Designs – An Ostara Prayer

The time of Ostara will soon be upon us, and fellow Pantheon writer Galina Krasskova's...

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 02, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Holy Tides – Charming of the Plough and Disting

For many pagans, this is the time of year where they honor and celebrate Imbolc...

December 2010

December 21, 2010

Wyrd Designs – The Holy Tides – Yule

Just as our pagan cousins celebrate the eight major sabbats that comprise the Wheel of...

November 2010

November 18, 2010

Wyrd Designs – Why you should be a member of S.P.E.W.

Despite the unfortunate acronym that Hermione’s Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare (S.P.E.W.) may...

November 11, 2010

Wyrd Designs – Veterans & Einherjar

Within the Northern Tradition there is a deep respect to those who serve in the...

November 03, 2010

My Top 10 Pagan/Heathen Movies

Ok, I usually don’t write about topics like this, but over the past week half...

October 2010

October 30, 2010

A Meditation on Samhain

I love this time of year more than any other. Almost on cue with the...

October 26, 2010

Honoring the Ancestors: Samhain and Beyond

There’s a great deal of focus around Samhain on honoring one’s ancestors, and honoring the...

October 19, 2010

Wyrd Designs – The Nine Worlds

In Heathenry, our cosmology is comprised of nine worlds. Unfortunately, descriptions of the nine worlds...