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Hellenion, YSEE, and Elaion: What’s the Difference, and Why It Matters
The modern Hellenic community is not one unified organization. Here is what actually distinguishes the major groups, and why knowing the difference helps you find where you actually fit.
What Reconstructionist Celtic Paganism Gets Right That Wicca-Influenced Traditions Don’t
This post is going to ruffle some feathers. That’s okay! If you found your way to Celtic paganism through Wicca, or through books that blend Wiccan ritual structure with Celtic imagery and names, you are not alone. The majority of people who end up in historically…
Ship Burials, Bog Deposits, Runestones: What the Archaeological Record Actually Tells Us About Norse Worship
The textual sources for Norse religion were written by Christians. The archaeological evidence was created by the practitioners themselves. Here is what ship burials, votive deposits, and runestones actually tell us about how the Norse worshipped, and where the material evidence runs out.
The Anti-Christian Fringe in Greek Hellenic Revivalism, and Why It Isn’t the Whole Story
A small, vocal fringe within Greek Hellenic religious revival has used openly anti-Christian and occasionally extremist rhetoric. Addressing it directly, and proportionately, matters more than pretending it does not exist.
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The Conversion of Scandinavia: What Was Lost, What Survived, and How to Think About the Gap
In the year 1000 CE, a lawspeaker lay under his cloak for a day and night and emerged to announce Iceland would be Christian. The conversion of Scandinavia was a political process spanning three centuries, and it left its fingerprints all over the sources we use to reconstruct the tradition.
Hellenion, YSEE, and Elaion: What’s the Difference, and Why It Matters
The modern Hellenic community is not one unified organization. Here is what actually distinguishes the major groups, and why knowing the difference helps you find where you actually fit.
What Reconstructionist Celtic Paganism Gets Right That Wicca-Influenced Traditions Don’t
This post is going to ruffle some feathers. That’s okay! If you found your way to Celtic paganism through Wicca, or through books that blend Wiccan ritual structure with Celtic imagery and names, you are not alone. The majority of people who end up in historically…