Wyrd Designs – Ritual Symbolism in the Northern Tradition
Most of those who come to our religion, come first from some form of Christianity. Let’s put ourselves in a hypothetical situation for a moment. Let’s say you know nothing about Christianity, and you...
View ArticleWyrd Designs – Working with the Ancestors
To be Heathen is to be an animist, meaning that in addition to worshipping the Gods and Goddesses, we also honor our deceased ancestors as well as the land wights. But while most people coming to our...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to 2010
What can I say about 2010? Almost every person I know faced great trials during the past year. While it is a normal human response to recoil from painful lessons, sometimes we learn and grow the most...
View ArticleHave A Little Fate
My head is full of the horrific events in Arizona, the extreme knottiness of talking about religious Witchcraft and the morality of missing ritual for something “fun”. However, as I sit here snacking...
View ArticleWyrd Designs – Heathenry and Abortion
Also see Galina Krasskova’s and Star Foster‘s posts on abortion. Through the years I have been asked, especially by people outside of my religion, what stance if any that the heathen religion had on...
View ArticleWyrd Designs – Understanding the Words – Wyrd and Orlog
The concepts of wyrd and orlog are interconnected, but can sometimes prove to be stumbling blocks as their meanings are learned. In Heathenry we have no absolute concept of one’s fate, rather we have a...
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