The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/blot)
Does the value of religiosity as response end at the line of the sacred circle drawn by practitioners, or does it truly make a difference outside of that circle? Beyond therapeutic effects for the practitioners themselves, are we just doing a form of that most ineffective and overly online form of religiosity in the face of violence and horror, the sending of “thoughts and prayers”?
When a wild thunderstorm strikes Chicago at the exact moment of the summer solstice, Karl Seigfried is reminded of the power of a mythopoetic understanding of the natural world.
Lyonel Perabo reviews “The Traveller’s Guide to Modern Heathenry,” an introductory book published by the group Asatru UK.
Karl E.H. Seigfried examines how, by looking at the root meanings of the Old Norse word “blót,” Heathens can create meaningful distanced ceremonies during the pandemic.
Karl E.H. Seigfried reflects on the role of the relationship between politics and refuge in contemporary Pagan religions.