The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/temple)
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?
Here is the lesson. Without positive action, comparative mythology is (at best) a dry academic amusement and (at worst) an exercise in colonialist cultural appropriation. Rather than taking from Hinduism and calling it Heathenry, I suggest that we learn from a closely related tradition that has much to teach us.
Lyonel Perabo speaks with Jack Hudson, chair of Asatru UK, about the British organization’s plans for new festivals and potentially acquiring land permanently.
Setting out on his bicycle in southern Sweden, Lyonel Perabo heads out in search of the Ale’s Stones and the Uppåkra archeological site, once home to one of the most important Heathen temples ever excavated.
While working in Tromsø’s Polar Museum, Lyonel Perabo considers the way Pagan relics are kept behind museum walls – and how modern Pagans might bring new life into those objects.