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Karl E. H. Seigfried

Karl E. H. Seigfried is a Theology and Religious History Faculty at Cherry Hill Seminary, Adjunct Professor in Humanities at Illinois Institute of Technology, and goði (priest) of Thor's Oak Kindred. In addition to his award-winning website, The Norse Mythology Blog, he has written for the BBC, the International Journal of Indic Religions, Journal of the Oriental Institute, Newberry Library Digital Collections for the Classroom, Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue Series, Religion News Association's Religion Stylebook, Routledge Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements, Sightings of the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion, and many others. He has degrees in literature, music, and religion, and he is the first Ásatrú practitioner to hold a graduate degree from the University of Chicago Divinity School.

Arts & Culture

Four Horrors for Halloween

By Karl E. H. Seigfried | October 30, 2026

Karl E.H. Seigfried invites you to get your Halloween weekend started right with one of these horrific films, including THE DEVILS (1971), MESSIAH OF EVIL (1974), MARTIN (1977), and THE CHURCH (1989).

Culture

Tyr, Thor, Monsters, and Macklemore

By Karl E. H. Seigfried | September 25, 2026

Drawing upon the models presented by the Norse gods Tyr and Thor, Karl E.H. Seigfried argues for the Heathen ethic of taking action against injustice despite personal costs.

Arts & Culture

American Myths

By Karl E. H. Seigfried | August 28, 2026

Karl E.H. Seigfried travels through American landscape and American history, and considers how Heathen values reflect and intersect with both.

Culture

Opinion: A Modest Proposal for Banning Christian Athletes from Men’s Sports

By Karl E. H. Seigfried | July 24, 2026

Rather than obsessing over the miniscule number of transgender athletes in women’s sports, fairness-minded politicians like Ken Paxton should focus on the pandemic of unregulated divine intervention in men’s sports.

Culture

The Golden Calf and American Idols

By Karl E. H. Seigfried | May 29, 2026

In the wake of a golden statue of Donald Trump being unveiled in Florida, Karl E.H. Seigfried examines the use of monuments in the U.S. – a story full of accusations of ‘pagan idolatry’ that has far more basis in the Bible and politics.