Midsummer’s Blot 1998
1. Warding and Gathering <Blot horn blasts thrice> We hail you Heimdall, heaven-bright warder – See us in safety, as sacrifice we hold, Donar, Goat-driver, god of the Garths, hallow this place,...
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Hallowing Donar, God of the Garðs, Guard this stead for Winternights. Heimdall, sounder of the Horn, Hold us ever in your sight. Purpose We gather here as the Harvest season comes to an end to thank...
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For its last official blót of the year, Keeper of Seasons Hall met on December 21, 2008 to celebrate the opening of the Yule season. Though the Hall normally holds its blóts outdoors, Yule is usually...
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On October 31st, 2009 the membership of Keeper of Seasons Hall met to celebrate Winternights. We met at a trailhead in the Sandia foothills at about noon, and after exchanging some pleasantries and my...
View ArticlePagan Pride Day 2011 Presentation Handout
One of the handouts available at the talk I gave during this year’s Pagan Pride Day in Albuquerque: Glossary for The Basics of Asatru (and other forms of Heathenry and Paganism inspired by...
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Winternights (Veturnóttum) Literary quotations (emphasis mine): Austrfararvisur St. 4-5 Réðk til Hofs at hœfa;/ hurð vas aptr, en ek spurðumk/ (inn settak nef nenninn)/ niðrlútr fyrir útan;/ orð gatk...
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The handout for our discussion of Ullr, November 2011 Updated May, 2013, with thanks to Niklas of Enkoping, Sweden for suggestions about the Lunda figurines and Ullr’s wife. Approaching Ullr...
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Though most members would not begin their personal Yule celebrations for another few days, on December 18, 2011 Keeper of Seasons Hall met to celebrate the opening of the Yule season and hold its last...
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