Mastodawn

A special blessing

https://thehouseofvines.com/2019/12/15/the-essence-of-our-religion-is-beauty/?page_id=44017

I agree with this to a degree…beauty, devotion, sacrifice.

I have a fellowship at my university, the Jewish studies fellowship, and one of the things I learned this year is that it’s considered a special blessing to do your required action, use / wear your required items but *make them beautiful.* I forget what this is called in Hebrew, but to make religious things beautiful instead of just functional adds to the blessing.

Yesterday, I was listening to a lecture on St. Francis (he’s very, very popular amongst my students, even non-Catholic ones!) and while Francis reverenced his “lady Poverty,” he said that, to quote the lecture, “Poverty stops at the altar.” Religious items should be as lush and beautiful as we can make them.

As a Heathen, I also hold this to be particularly sacred. Even if one doesn’t have a lot of money or any disposable income, beauty can take many forms. This doesn’t mean spending a lot of money. It means taking care with one’s shrine, with prayer, with religious garb, with anything we do for our Gods. It’s a Platonic ideal that beauty elevates the soul to the Gods and I believe that 100%. When I see ugliness being elevated as popular or “good” in media, in our culture, I know that there evil moves in many forms. I know to be vigilant; and I know to turn to tradition and the beautiful all the more.

#Art #BacchicStuff #beauty #Community #devotion #Heathenry #HellenicStuff #houseOfVines #Interfaith #LivedPolytheism #NorthernTradition #Polytheism #reverence #Sannion #theology

The essence of our religion is Beauty

We live in a pluralistic and capitalistic society where the guiding philosophical principle seems to be the open market system. No one holds a monopoly on truth, and old ideologies which had taken …

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The Wild Hunt News Apr 3

Lyonel Perabo reviews four recent titles of interest to Pagan readers: Fröja’s Apples by Sara Bonadea George, The Dead of Winter by Sarah Clegg, Backwards into the Future by Eirik Storesund, and the new volume of the journal Heathenry by Asatru UK.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/04/great-pagan-reads-of-2025.html

#pagan #BookReview #frojasapples #thedeadofwinter #backwardsintothefuture #heathenry

Great Pagan Reads of 2025

Lyonel Perabo reviews four recent titles of interest to Pagan readers: Fröja's Apples by Sara Bonadea George, The Dead of Winter by Sarah Clegg, Backwards into the Future by Eirik Storesund, and the new volume of the journal Heathenry by Asatru UK.

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Rebecca Snow Hare θ∆Apr 2

Hail unto the Lady of the Dawn! #travel #wanderbeast #faith #heathenry #bikepacking https://youtube.com/shorts/xNo8EcNLzio

Hail unto the Lady of the Dawn! #travel #wanderbeast #faith #heathenry #bikepacking

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Damian J.Mar 29

Updated intro post.

I'm Damian, 52 from NW England. Things that interest me:

#books #scifi #cyberpunk #horror #urbannoir

#paganism #heathenry #animism

#history #prechristian #decolonisation

#roleplaying #tabletop #mmorpg

#antifascism #anticapitalist #eattherich

#music #metal #punk #goth #blues #bassguitar

#scandinavia #sweden #denmark #norway #finland

#fieldsofthenephilim #sistersofmercy #bauhaus #thecure #motorhead #slayer #machinehead #wardruna #celticfrost #triptykon #gorgoroth

The Wild Hunt News Mar 27

Over the course of the 2010s, it felt as though Heathens in the U.S. military made steady, if slow, progress on their religious rights. Pete Hegseth claims to have reversed all those gains in a matter of weeks. Karl E.H. Seigfried considers where Heathens go from here.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/pete-hegseth-breaks-teeth-for-jesus.html

#pagan #jesus #petehegseth #departmentofdefense #asatru #heathenry #heathensinthemilitary #chaplains #christiannationalism

Pete Hegseth Breaks Teeth for Jesus

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General Strike Now Feb 22

... general strike. Following the video-recorded deaths of two white American citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, at the hands of federal agents ...

Although Operation Metro Surge has drawn down, its affects on the Twin Cities continues. Two prominent Heathen organizations have issued statements supporting the people of Minnesota.#News #Paganism #Politics #US #CustomsandBorderProtection #Heathen #Heathenry #HeathensAgainstHate #ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #inclusiveHeathenry
Heathen organizations respond to ICE operations

Heathen organizations respond to ICE operations

Although Operation Metro Surge has drawn down, its affects on the Twin Cities continues. Two prominent Heathen organizations have issued statements supporting the people of Minnesota.

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Zagone Feb 22

Please see the post above, and support this project to produce a modern, inclusive interpretation of the Elder #Futhark in a deck of 24 cards plus booklet

NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!!

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The Well of Mimir Rune Cards

A modern, inclusive interpretation of the Elder Futhark in a deck of 24 cards plus booklet

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Seachaint Jan 2

Alright folks, I'm starting a newsletter for all my #IrishMythology and #CelticMythology work. If you're into #Celtic and/or #Mythology, or #Paganism / #Heathenry then you may be interested to sign up:

https://buttondown.com/godsandcroziers

I'm using comparative methods to reveal the true identities of the Celtic-Christian Saints. I've discovered that nearly all of them are simply Celtic gods re-branded. It's new ground, there's a lot to learn and apply elsewhere.

The Gods and their Croziers

The Gods of the Celtic pantheons have long resisted accurate identification alongside their famous counterparts in the Norse, Mediterranean, and Indo-Iranian religions. What remains might be only the garbled re-imaginings of bored Christian monks, stripped of authenticity. But what if it’s not as dismal as we thought? What if we can validate that the Irish God and Hero stories are preserved in remarkably faithful detail? And, what if there are many, many more of them hidden in plain sight, awaiting recovery? Using a framework inspired by Dumézil’s methods of comparative mythology, a slew of newly re-identified Irish and Welsh gods are already awaiting wider appreciation. It's a rich time to enjoy Celtic mythology. Inspired by this work, I’m applying the same methods to the Hagiographies of the Celtic Saints, and what I’ve found is amazing - nearly every significant Early Irish Saint is unambiguously a God of the Native Irish Pantheon, and the same seems to be true of other Celtic branches. By finding their parallel stories in native and other mythologies, we can restore them to their original identities, and better-understand the faithfully kept material we already enjoy. I’m compiling this work for a book, or perhaps a series of books. But, I want to share the work as early as I can! Join me as I explore the Comparative Mythology of the Celtic Saints, uncovering the Gods and their Croziers.