There’s a really nice write-up of Asatru in the latest (print and electronic) edition of Iceland magazine: The article itself starts on p. 30, and the whole thing is in English. Lots of interesting stuff, and I myself can’t wait to visit the new hof when it is completed. It’s interesting to see some of… Continue reading Iceland Magazine on Asatru
Asatru being a reconstructed (sort of) religion, the question of historicity often comes up. Historicity is the historical accuracy of a given thing, person, or idea. Since no one at the time bothered to comprehensively write down just what it meant to worship the Germanic gods, goddesses, spirits, etc. before the coming of Christianity, we moderns are… Continue reading The historicity spectrum
This weekend I had the unhappy duty to attend the funeral of the mother of one of my longest-standing Heathen friends. His mother, of course, was not Heathen, but Catholic, and so there was a Catholic service (not a full mass), and the priest made the usual statements about her being in Heaven, and waiting… Continue reading Thoughts occasioned by a funeral
John Beckett, writing at Patheos, has a fascinating article up about the uses (and misuses) of “spectacle” in modern America. It itself was inspired by yet another, also fascinating, article by Connor Wood on the subject of spectacle in America, inspired by the Super Bowl. I’d like to mull some of the ideas Mr. Beckett… Continue reading Ritual, spectacle, and Asatru