Arts & Culture
American Myths
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Karl E.H. Seigfried travels through American landscape and American history, and considers how Heathen values reflect and intersect with both.
News
The courage to serve: Heathen soldiers respond to Hegseth’s “Nordic Pagans” insult
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Three U.S. soldiers — an officer, a reservist, and a new recruit — respond to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “Nordic Pagans” remarks, reflecting on faith, honor, and the quiet courage it takes to serve both gods and country.
Arts & Culture
The Wicked Counsel of Wormtongue
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Karl E.H. Seigfried examines the role of duplicitous counselors in Norse mythology, looking at sources from Volsunga saga to Sörla þáttr to puzzle out what lessons these figures can tell us about our situation today.
Arts & Culture
Ásatrú and Artificial Intelligence
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As both musician and writer, I’m drawn to Odin as an embodiment of the creative force. As a practitioner of Ásatrú, I can’t support companies that steal the work of human artists to generate disposable dross.
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Generation X and Technology: From Dumb Terminals to Death Threats
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“By adopting the tried and true American marketing language of freedom and free speech, they rally ready troops who giddily cheer them on, even when (or especially when) they’re shutting down accounts of those who criticize them.”