The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/odinism)
An Indiana judge has barred the use of Odinism as a defense in the trial of Richard Allen, who is accused of murdering two girls in 2017. The presentation of the Odinism defense last year prompted Heathen organizations to issue statements clarifying the practice of Heathenry.
It’s always a fraught moment when somebody recognizes my necklace, which I realize is strange – the point of wearing a Thor’s Hammer is to publicly identify oneself as a Heathen, after all – but I’m still caught off-guard every time it happens. I’m forced to make a swift evaluation of my surroundings and my social context. Who is this person? What assumptions are they making about me? What assumptions do they think I will make of them?
The Heathen community responds to a murder trial defense in Indiana that claims the accused are Odinists and the crimes are a form of ritual sacrifice.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has released its annual Year in Hate & Extremism report that includes several groups in the broad umbrella of Paganism
Columnist Karl E. H. Seigfried writes on the tendency within the Heathen community to dismiss the actions of Heathen extremists as “not true Heathenry” instead of confronting the racist traditions that have been present in the religion since its modern-day foundation.