It was my understanding that real continuity with the past isn’t possible because to the lack of reliable sources and we are all reconstructing our relationship and understanding of heathenry in real time based on the best available information. I feel like each Heathen is a religion unto themselves

There can’t be joy without pain, happiness without sorrow. Recognition of the safety of order needs the chaos of Loki. It’s the original, “don’t hate the player, hate the game.” (Also not Lokean, but a long time aficionado of drunken tales of “hey… watch this!”)

someone who casts them uses as a conversation starter with the universe.

*my definition of magic is really broad. Any time you add two things and get “three”… for me, being in natural and ancient/quiet spaces. Magic and faith have similar meanings to me.

I feel that the magic* comes from the personal relationship with the runes. The poems describe aspects of human existence and ascribe a loose connection to a form etched in wood, or stone, or bone. The sitting and studying and building a relationship with the runes becomes the vernacular that…

Voice of monied dem establishment vs. voice of the people

Totally… I was wondering how they were going react too. Thanks for keeping us updated.

That’s great! Yeah, not really necessary I don’t feel. Thank you very much for going right to the top and working to solve the issue. Great advocacy!

Huh? What is there to argue about? I was there during intermission and they still hadn’t cleaned it all up.

Also, I appreciate you and your thoughtful response to my post, thank you and thank the Giantesses.

Totally understandable especially if, apparently like us, you fall into the binary. I’m in education we think it about often and I kind of use it as a litmus test. I’m really glad to hear that you find the community accepting though, make me think it was just an oversight. I’ll keep checking back!

… but, even when you’re Cis/Het like me, seeing that certain groups are excluded, either explicitly or by omission, and with the history of white supremacy that has co-opted some of our language and symbols. It can be a red flag.

When you try to sign up, the only options for gender are Male or Female so they’re not allowing for anyone who may be gender non-conforming. It may just be a website issue. In my experience the Heathen communities, that aren’t explicitly Folkish, are usually very welcoming to everyone…

It’s really too bad they’re not gender inclusive and only support the binary.

Lawyers are the new magicians… they write some confusing, esoteric words and suddenly they’ve brought to life a new entity with legal rights… a corporation. Creating something, that affects the world around it, out of nothing is magic.

Heathens though, have always believed in the “Big Bang,” when the fires of Muspielheim met the ice of Nifelheim in Ginnungagap and created the universe. The resulting matter agglomerating into the body that gave life to everything in the world. The Völuspá goes well with what science has discovered

Every municipality needs to rent out a movie theatre and show back to back screenings of 2001, War Games, I Robot, and the Terminator series… we’ve been warned. (Ok maybe not 2001… I love the movie but everyone would fall asleep in those comfy movie seats)