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Surviving Trauma, Part 2

By Tahni Nikitins

On October 31, 2018

As someone who has a background with trauma, both as a survivor and as a supporter of survivors, I have been watching the events of the #MeToo movement and of the accusations against Brett Kavanaugh and the resulting treatment of his accuser, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, with pain and trepidation. What is happening is a […]

Contributing Authors , Kurt Hoogstraat

So You Think You Can Be a Vitki, Part 2

By Letter to the Editor

On October 26, 2018

(Read So You Think You Can Be a Vitki, Part One here.) In my late 20s I got bit by the rune bug. I had read about the runes in the books by Tolkien. I started studying them seriously. I joined the Run

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Trauma Through a Heathen Lens

By Tahni Nikitins

On October 5, 2018

I’ve worked extensively with people who’ve suffered trauma, especially those who are still working through its aftermath. I myself am a survivor of rape, and have supported friends who hav

Editorials , Kurt Hoogstraat

So You Think You Can Be a Vitki, Part 1

By Letter to the Editor

On September 20, 2018

New HHH author and full-time Vitki Kurt Hoogstraat describes the path he took to become a Vitki, or Heathen priest. There have been people in my life that have asked me the question “How dare you ca

Contributing Authors , Editorials , Tahni Nikitins

Community Service, the Sigyn Connection, and Heathen Values

By Tahni Nikitins

On September 12, 2018

Though I’ve always been community service minded, my relationship to service has changed over the years. The biggest changes have happened when my relationship to my gods changed. I first starte

Of Roots and Branches: Balancing Tradition and Innovation in Modern Heathenry

By Letter to the Editor

In Contributing Authors , Editorials , Eric Word-Weaver Sjerven

On September 6, 2018

(Written by new HHH contributing author Eric Word-Weaver Sjerven, Gođi of the Hridgar Folk.) Throughout my short years on Midgard, I have seen Heathens debate on the nature of Heathenry and what forms it should take. Not one for quiet repose, I, all too often, expound on my own insights regarding the way I see […]

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Honoring our Ancestral Ties: Othala

By Letter to the Editor

On July 29, 2018

By Jan Tjeerd The “Othala” Connection to Where we Call Home Othala is the rune of inheritance and most connected to our ancestors.* It is either the final rune of the futhark or the second

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In Memoriam: Dianne Marjory (Luark) Ross

By Cara Freyasdaughter

On July 25, 2018

With permission from Dianne’s daughter, Lara. Dianne Marjory (Luark) Ross left Midgard on June 27th, 2018 at her home in San Antonio, Texas. Dianne honored the Germanic gods and goddesses of No

Toxic Masculinity in Heathenry

By John Mainer

In Editorials , John T Mainer

On July 13, 2018

I am one of those people that set some feminists off because I do pull back chairs, hold doors, and ma’am ladies that I pass. I also hold the doors for children, men, and anything except draugr, because even courtesy has limits. I was taught that a strong man showed courtesy to people as part […]

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