It's fun to take a DNA test and find out you're very distantly related to Famous Swede #32. What isn't okay, however, is the way that DNA has been weaponized in some pagan circles-- namely with people being told that they cannot follow the gods without 'viking' blood. So how important to heathenry is your pedigree?
On my laptop is a sticker that I purchased recently. It was an impulse buy, an added couple of dollars on my order of a print I decidedly had to possess. This sticker is about the size of […]
It has been a very interesting year so far, even if we’re only a month and a half into 2023. I’m not talking about in general, necessarily, though it certainly has been a generally interesting year in terms […]
Trigger Warning: Loss of a Family Member It is a brisk, frosty morning here in my part of the world. As I sit here, sipping my coffee, the patterns of the very thin ice still clinging to the […]
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In most modern Pagan, and especially Heathen circles, there is much debate on the actual timing of the ancient calendar when specific rituals and celebrations took place. Jul is one that is especially argued, with some stating it is 3 nights, some saying 12, some even claiming it lasts an entire month. Fun fact of the matter is, quite simply, they may ALL be correct.
Well, heathens, fall is officially upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere. The days are shorter, the nights are longer, the shade is cooler, and combines are trundling down the roads. Here at Awaken the North, we, too, […]
As I sit at my desk this morning, enjoying my first sips of coffee and slowly becoming human again, I am thinking about just that: Coffee. I love coffee. I love the process of making it – be […]
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Sometimes a criminal, Sometimes a king; Ever a constant And never one thing. A dealer of wisdom In riddles and lies-- For who can trust Odin, The chief in disguise? The lover of women, The lover of wine, […]