About Laine Mardollsdottir

Laine Mardollsdottir is from Western New York and has recently escaped its icy grasp and is dwelling happily in sunny San Diego. She has been a member of several traditions and has acted as a clergyperson, spiritual guide, and seeress for various groups and communities and is a polytheist and a member of the Red Wood Vanatru tradition. Laine writes for pleasure (science fiction on her Empyrean Dreamsblog and other random fiction), for profit (as a custom content creator), for activism (in her columns in various LGBT publications), to discuss Pagan issues (on her blog here and Pagan Church Lady on WordPress), and because she has difficulty stopping.

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National Tragedy and Years of Shame

9/11 is a difficult time for me for reasons that it may... read more

Open Hearts and Open Rites

This weekend I held a blót, a rite of sacrifice and offering,... read more

You're Doing It Right: How To Be A...

I've been learning more all the time about how to be a Very... read more

Cats in a Library: Feline Polytheism

(This is the first of a few articles I will be doing... read more

The Lady's Quill: Hope Over Hate

Things are changing. Despite the things we witness around us, they are... read more

The Lady's Quill: Eating Ash and Spitting Fire

Whether you count its origins in the pastoral altars of Romantic poets,... read more

The Lady's Quill: Religious Virtues and Gods

The Gods that I honor most are the ones whose actions I... read more

Loki

There is no figure in modern Heathenry and related traditions that is... read more

A Transgender Perspective on Gendered Mystery Rites

Reducing men's or women's experiences to a biological function is a dangerous... read more

Odin

Poet, wise man, grey-cloaked wanderer, one-eyed, wizard, warrior, king... when I decided... read more

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