My Hallowing Ritual
Posted by Byron Pendason on November 19, 2020 CE, in Heathen worship, Heathenry, ReconstructionWes þu hāl! When I wrote my blog post about My Ritual Format, I was in a bit of a pickle due to the Hallowing section of it. I had just learned that the Weonde song that I had been using was written by a very unsavory character (Swain Wodening). So I wrote a short invocation to the flame itself asking it to hallow my altar area. It works (fire itself has an intrinsic power in Heathen ritual), but it never felt quite right.Shortly after I wrote that blog post, I discovered the Hallowing ritual used on Wind in the...
I Wrote a Heathen Fable- "The Old Wanderer"
Posted by Byron Pendason on July 30, 2020 CE, in Heathenry, Myths, ReconstructionI use to write fiction (mostly sci-fi short stories) quite a bit in my younger days. As I got older and had to spend more and more time doing the whole “adulting” thing, I spent less and less time writing. Until it fell by the wayside almost completely.I decided recently that I needed to make time to start writing again, and the idea came to me that I should start with a fable. I initially posted this as a Twitter thread, but decided to do some slight editing and post it to my blog as well. THE OLD WANDERER An...
The Afterlife
Posted by Byron Pendason on July 14, 2020 CE, in Afterlife, Heathen worldview, Heathenry, ReconstructionHeathenry, like much of paganism, is a religion which focuses on this life. Heathens worry more about cultivating relationships with their divine beings to gain their aid in making this life better, rather than trying to please a god to gain entrance into the hereafter. But to say Heathenry has no afterlife would also be inaccurate. While some Heathens believe this life is all we get, the majority believe that death is only a transition into an afterlife of some kind.
My Stance on LGBT Issues within Heathenry
Posted by Byron Pendason on June 27, 2020 CE, in Heathen worldview, Heathenry, Lgbt, PoliticsA question that many new Heathens often ask is, where does Heathenry stand on LGBTQIA+ issues? The reason why it’s so often asked is simple. Christianity has a long history of being a homophobic religion. Although some factions of Christianity are working to change this, it by and large still remains a homophobic religion. So defectors of Christianity, tired of this homophobia, start seeking a religion that does not have this problem. So they wonder if it’s too be found within Heathenry.As with many other issues, there is a wide variety of opinions, but they generally fall into one of...
Writing in Anglo-Saxon Runes
Posted by Byron Pendason on June 10, 2020 CE, in RunesEdit: For how I write in runes now, please see my update to this post at here. I’m leaving the blog post below untouched as a record of my journey.I threw the idea out on Twitter a couple days ago of doing a blog post on how I write in runes. About 10% of my followers liked the tweet, so I’m going to do it. While this doesn’t really have anything to do with Heathenry, per se, it has uses that Heathens might find handy. Personally, I use them when I want to write down something private or something that...