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Reconstruction Is Not the Same as Revival: The Honest Difference Between Historical Paganism and Living Practice
Modern Heathenry is a reconstructed tradition. That is not a criticism. It is a description. But it means something specific about what can and cannot honestly be claimed. Here is what reconstruction actually means, what distinguishes it from revival, and what honest reconstruction looks like.
The Sacred Well in Modern Practice: How to Work with Water in Any Celtic Tradition
Water is the most consistent thread running through Celtic religious practice. Not fire, not the seasonal festivals, not even the gods themselves. Water. Every branch of the Celtic world, from the Gaulish inscriptions naming river goddesses to the Irish cosmology…
The White Nationalist Problem in Heathenry: What It Is, Where It Came From, and What the Community Is Doing About It
The Asatru Folk Assembly had 730 members and five active temples as of April 2025. Neo-Volkisch groups grew from 40 to 53 in 2024. This is not a fringe issue or a historical one. Every practitioner of this tradition needs to understand the white nationalist entryism in Heathenry and what is being done about it.
Starting a Devotional Practice in Gaulish Polytheism: Working with Incomplete Sources
Gaulish polytheism asks something of you that most Celtic traditions don’t: it asks you to be comfortable with not knowing. There is no Gaulish mythology. No equivalent of the Irish cycles, no Mabinogion, no prose narratives that show the gods moving through the world…
Starting Out: How to Build a Devotional Practice in Norse Paganism Without Reinventing the Wheel
Most people who find Norse paganism spend months reading before they do anything. This is backwards. Here is a practical, no-nonsense guide to building an actual devotional practice from where you are right now.
Where Is Heathenry Going? The State of the Tradition in 2026 and What Honest Engagement Looks Like
Modern Heathenry is growing and fighting over its own identity at the same time. Here is an honest assessment of the current community landscape, the ongoing fault line between inclusive and folkish practice, what the scholarship is producing, and what the tradition needs to develop well.
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Reconstruction Is Not the Same as Revival: The Honest Difference Between Historical Paganism and Living Practice
Modern Heathenry is a reconstructed tradition. That is not a criticism. It is a description. But it means something specific about what can and cannot honestly be claimed. Here is what reconstruction actually means, what distinguishes it from revival, and what honest reconstruction looks like.
The Sacred Well in Modern Practice: How to Work with Water in Any Celtic Tradition
Water is the most consistent thread running through Celtic religious practice. Not fire, not the seasonal festivals, not even the gods themselves. Water. Every branch of the Celtic world, from the Gaulish inscriptions naming river goddesses to the Irish cosmology…
The White Nationalist Problem in Heathenry: What It Is, Where It Came From, and What the Community Is Doing About It
The Asatru Folk Assembly had 730 members and five active temples as of April 2025. Neo-Volkisch groups grew from 40 to 53 in 2024. This is not a fringe issue or a historical one. Every practitioner of this tradition needs to understand the white nationalist entryism in Heathenry and what is being done about it.