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Witan Young recently wrote a great article, "Rejecting the Black Pill." I highly recommend reading it if you have not already. In case...

Sometime between 1020 and 1021 CE, the Christianization of Pagan Europe was well underway. King Olaf II was ensconced on the throne of...

If you were at Charming of the Plow at Njörðshof, then you heard me say during the Freyr Blot that now was the time of the year to...

Near to what could be considered the beginning of the Christian conversion of Norway, under King Olaf Tryggvason, there was a farmer of...

When we talk about Wyrd, or fate, often ideas of karma, or maybe an old Vikings movie or even a Greek mythology movie might be conjured...

Odin, Vili, & Vé are typically viewed as the first of the Æsir. They took action to create our world as we know it, ordered in a way that...

Þorrablót is an Icelandic midwinter festival dedicated to, as the name describes, Þorr, or Thor. Þorrablót is named after the Icelandic...

Around the year 1000, the zealous Norwegian King, Olaf Tryggvason, began an expedition to North Norway to continue his Christianization...

Asatru is not just a living religion, but it allows for change in the 21st century. We’re establishing customs and new traditions in the...

One of the most recognizable motifs in Asatru is that of the Viking warrior. Helm, sword, beard, and blood: boys and girls have long been...

This morning, I woke up to a brisk temperature of 40 Fahrenheit- quite a marked change from the 90 degrees of two weeks ago! As I...

Though little information of Sigrid, Queen of Sweden, exists in a historical text, the stories abound. Born a Swedish noblewoman Sigrid...

We have been blessed with a divine spark. It was handed down from Heimdall to our ancestors and from them to us. It is your sacred...

What an exciting time with the Asatru Academy, the AFA, and our future. We're now a solid month into the school year, and it's been a...

Autumn has officially started. The days are noticeably shorter. The nights are noticeably cooler. The trees are ablaze with the colors of...

Gather special items like candles, photos, flowers, or foods to place on an Ancestors’ altar. Do you have one particular Mother you wish...

Start with the memories. Those Halloween memories from your childhood -- pumpkins, costumes, candy, and the thrills of spookiness! Back...

As the harvest season is nearing its end, we come to a time of year where we look back with pride on the work we have accomplished...

Born in October of 1848 in Vienna, Guido Karl Anton List was the son of a prosperous middle-class family who traded and worked in the...