Recently, a pamphlet began to circulate within evangelical communities in Texas. The pamphlet contained information about Austin Witchfest 2020 and encouraged readers to join a protest to disrupt the event. These same types of protests appear just about everywhere and have disrupted Heathen and Pagan events for far too long. I respect Keynote Mat Auryn’s […]
Hail, good Heathen folks! The list of organizations that have signed onto Declaration 127 is now being updated. If your organization submitted to sign on after December 2018 and is not currently showi
The art of storytelling is that of weaving a spoken spell over the audience and transporting them to another time and place. Wide eyed listeners perch on the edges of their seats. Their breath tak
It seems that you can’t have a group of Heathens without also having the elephant being somewhere in the room. I refer to the issue of racism. That ugly word that almost always seems to pop up in Facebook groups and organizational meetings of the Heathen flavor. Whether it’s accepting these ideas of racial superiority […]
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
I’ll be the first to admit I’m probably crazy. I am a full time Vitki. So this means that my connection to ordinary consciousness is sometimes sketchy at best. I spend a lot of time in other realms. I talk to gods. And plant wights and the runes talk to me. (Crazy, right?) I have […]
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
Work, school, family issues and all the various moments that make up life can interfere with our religious or spiritual practices. Hitting the pause button isn’t a bad thing — sometimes it cannot be helped. I am not a fan of the whole “you make time for the things that are important to you” philosophy […]