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Pagan Community Notes: Week of October 16, 2023
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, new pagan gold foils found in Norway, send us your ancestor altar pics, sounds of the universe and more community events and announcements.
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, new pagan gold foils found in Norway, send us your ancestor altar pics, sounds of the universe and more community events and announcements.
After all, isn’t contemporary Paganism somewhat akin to this very church? A relic from ages past that fell or nearly fell out of used, only to be rediscovered and refitted in order to conform to both the needs of a new age, and the idea we modern men have of a sacred past?
“What is this?” I ask the receptionist. “Oh,” she replies, “we just opened the exhibit earlier today. It is the world’s oldest runestone.”
Researchers in Norway have uncovered what they believe to be the oldest example of runic writing at a site near Tyrifjorden dating back as far as 1,800 to 2,000 years.
With just two days to go, I made use of one of my few free days to go downtown and get a few supplies: gift wrapping paper, thick craft rope, glue, and a big burlap bag. I had found out what to do: instead of having someone dressed as Santa delivering gifts, I would have someone don a homemade Yule Goat costume.