Category: Editorials

The Modern Practice of Seidr

On December 14, 2018

Note: The following is an excerpt from Kurt Hoogstraat’s upcoming book “On Contemporary Seidr: A How To Guide”. What is contemporary Seidr? It is a method of trance work that can be done alone or for small groups. It doesn’t require a chorus of singers to sing you off to the Nine Realms. Or a […]

Editorials , Eric Word-Weaver Sjerven

Of Milk And Cookies: The Yule Father And Modern Heathenry

By Letter to the Editor

On December 9, 2018

The days grow shorter, the nights longer, and the cool crisp wind speaks of the coming season; Yule is upon us. The delight of children opening gifts, the joyous hours spent with loved ones, and the c

Editorials , Tahni Nikitins

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 a

Trauma Through a Heathen Lens

By Tahni Nikitins

In Editorials

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 have survived sexual traumas and abuse. More recently, I was exposed to so much secondary trauma through my work, with so little support from the organization I […]

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

Community Service, the Sigyn Connection, and Heathen Values

By Tahni Nikitins

In Contributing Authors , Editorials , 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 started volunteering with Sexual Assault Support Services, which came out of my psychological studies and coincided with my personal values. It had little to nothing […]

Contributing Authors , Editorials , Eric Word-Weaver Sjerven

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

By Letter to the Editor

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 form

Editorials

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

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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