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So you may have seen Galina’s post about how a half dozen Heathens have had pictures featuring the Othala rune removed. I’m one of those she’s taking about. I tried to make the one saying “home, faith, folk” my cover photo when I heard about this. It was less than 10 minutes before it was…
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Originally posted on Gangleri's Grove: I saw someone on Facebook today opining that the tattoo they’d gotten so proudly to honor their Gods was now being taken over by a neo-Nazi group. No. Many things can be corrupted and coopted but it doesn’t change the inherent nature of those things. It may alter our perceptions,…
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So, I finally watched American Gods last fall. Despite the hype, I wasn’t going to, because I’m not a fan of the “Gods need our prayers, worship, and belief to live” trope. I’m not sure whether I hate that trope or the “Gods are aliens and magic is science we don’t understand” storyline more. Both…
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I was going to include these in my next Round-Up of Interesting Links, but I decided that TP Ward’s posts on the theme of Pagans and money deserves its own entire intro. It deserves to be considered on its own. Pagans have an interesting, complicated relationship with money. I’ve seen Pagans drop hundreds of dollars…
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So, I’m a nerd. I watch a lot of tv and movies. I consume a lot of media. And I mean, a *LOT*. And I want to talk a little bit about a pattern I’ve noticed, over and over, that’s starting to annoy me. That is the idea that people of faith are weird and…
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Originally posted on All Their Voices: Even writing this is a risk, I know. It could be seen as an invitation, expressly to him. But aren’t all gods worldbreakers, if they want to be? When they need to be? Some of them are just better known for wearing that face. I hear his whisper, soft…
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Sometimes I wonder what it is, precisely, the Gods want from me. Lately I wonder about Athena and Odin most of all. I wonder why Athena – a Goddess of logic and rationality and cold, calculating precision of Mind – would bother with an emotional bipolar mess like me. Especially when many of the…
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Originally posted on Gangleri's Grove: Today on facebook I saw an image that had an heroic looking warrior on it and the words ‘There are no Nazis in Valhalla.’ I stopped and looked at the image for a very long time. I do appreciate where the artist is coming from – the rise of political…
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Interesting Norse folklore: the huldra A fantastic argument that Yggdrasil, the World Tree, was meant to be represented by a yew, and not an ash tree as I had previously thought (I’m not sure which is the more common belief in modern Asatru, but I have to say that I’m convinced of the yew symbolism…
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Astrological forecast for October. Boy, the next couple of months look like they are going to be intense!! amor et mortem Energetically speaking, astrological events this year have really forced us into a “review and release” mode as we evaluate our lives. This past summer was an extremely challenging period for many people (myself…
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Temple of Athena the Savior 