Despite the countless pages of modern Heathen rituals I have seen (and participated in) over the years, and despite the fact that I instigated and headed the extensive five-Freya-priestess “Facets o
Editor’s note: Author Eric Word-Weaver Sjerven has a BA in Psychology, is a licensed Child Care Administrator, and has worked in the field of psychology for 15 years at a residential care cente
On March 15th, Cherry Hill Seminary and the University of South Carolina’s Institute for Anthropology & Archaeology kicked off the symposium “Paganism and Its Discontents.” The event inc
Reposted from On Black Wings, “What Must Be Done” On Wednesday a Louisiana resident claiming to be an Asatru black metal musician was arrested for burning three historic Black churches. Th
An ergi warrior. Contradiction of terms? Not possible? I say it is. I’ve always known I was ergi. Gay. From my earliest memories of being the oddball in a rough and tumble familial and social settin
A while ago, I visited Sweden, trying to reconnect with a bit of my heritage that my family thought had been lost. According to my father, my grandfather did not talk much about his life in Sweden. Th
