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The Feast of Ultimate Generosity: Re-Thinking the Blot in Modern Heathenry 21 Sep 2012 | 07:53 am
This short discussion on the blot, or the central form of religious sacrifice in modern Heathen belief and practice, represents a turning point or a "gravity shift" in how I personally have come to vi...
The Institution of Oathing and Oath-Taking in Modern Heathenry 15 Jul 2012 | 02:24 am
Today, I thought I'd write some ponderings on the modern Pagan notion of Oathing and Oath-taking. This might be of particular interest to my Heathen friends, or anyone who religiously follows an An...
The Sorcery of Culture: Some Words on Race, Culture, and Shared Values from a Heathen Perspective 26 Jun 2012 | 08:51 am
Racist? Someone on another forum I was participating in made the suggestion that I was "racist." That person was clearly not enjoying one of the recent discussions I had started, and certainly won...
Heathen Cinema Movie Review: Valhalla Rising 7 Aug 2011 | 08:49 am
For me, and for us, the idea of "Heathen cinema" and "Heathen film" is very important. Like it or not, both Heathens and non-Heathens draw a lot of conclusions about Heathenry, ancient and modern, fro...
The Hammer Must Be Ready 24 Jul 2011 | 02:20 pm
Once, and not as long ago as people want to think, the Norwegian people went about with axes and swords, and their villages had wooden statues of the Gods smeared red with blood at their centers, in l...
The Season of Family and Hearth 19 Jun 2011 | 04:27 pm
Dear friends: As you can see, I have decided to alter the course of my blog "Cauldron Born" and transform it into a journal and record of the various deeds and doings of my beloved family and my Heath...
Bringing Forth the Gods of My Kin 10 Jun 2011 | 02:15 pm
Bringing Forth the Gods of My Kin: A Heathen perspective on the Hamingja, the Gods, Manifesting the Family Soul, and the “Problem of Other People in the World” Copyright 2011 by Alfarrin The First ...
The Yule-Wights Come Near 7 Dec 2010 | 08:18 am
In winter's rage Seek the fire-keeper; Woe in that time To men and beasts Though seeds hide And later golden grow * * * We have washed ourselves clean in the birch-dales And now stand in the hallowe...
The Manifesto of the Atheling 4 Dec 2010 | 06:31 am
This third draft of a Manifesto I'm writing, describing a code of living for the “Interior Elite” or the Athelings – is, in a sense, my attempt to rebirth a code of Master Morality for modern people. ...
The Missionaries of Heathendom? 29 Aug 2010 | 07:46 am
The Missionaries of Heathendom? Our Present, Our Growth, and Our Possible Future The "Fastest Growing' Religion? Is Paganism of any sort, or all Paganisms out there together, the “fastest growing re...
