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Jarl Haakon, or Haakon Sigurdsson, son of the Norwegian earl of Lade, was exiled to Denmark after the murder of his father by Harald II...

Hail Ostara, conquering Goddess of the Dawn, radiant Lady of Spring! You ride boldly out of the east, conquering all before you! May your...

I would like to mention something here that has been weighing on me. The leading cause of death in the Asatru Folk Assembly is,...

Ritual is at the core of Aryan man. It is our means of creating order in our lives and participating in the works of our gods. Like...

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

Having missed last month’s deadline I was going to write about procrastination, but I never could get around to it………. I am not a patient...

Blessed Ostara to the Folk! The days lengthen, the snow and ice is melting, the birds are awake, hope returns… Spring begins to break...

I am writing this halfway between Charming of the Plow and Ostara. I had the honor of leading Blot to Freyr and Gerda at a great...

Lawspeaker Allen Turnage Aturnage@runestone.org

Charming of the Plow is a ritual that takes place at the early beginning of the planting season. As the name implies the plow, or other...

I found Asatru late in life, as many have. I found Asatru while I was in my 30's, around 2012. The road to my discovery of faith was a...

Meditation is the tool of kings and conquerors. It is the foundation of a gentleman's "Sprezzatura" and a Lady's "Grace". In our modern...

In last month's edition of The Runestone, we discussed how we can view our Lore through the lens of Cyclical Time orientation. We saw the...

There has been a bit of online drama lately regarding spiritual authority among Asatruar and people claiming to follow Asatru. This issue...

Charming of the Plow is one of my favorite holidays and blots. ... My family holds a blot to Gefjon at Charming of the Plow.

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