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Winter Finding - September 22
The AFA would like to wish all our Folk a bountiful Winter Finding! The ancient calendar only recognized two seasons. There was summer,...
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Sara Ault
- Sep 11
Frigga's Secret Garden
Grimm’s fairy tales, as well as the classic book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden, taught me as a child that some gardens...
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Sara Ault
- Sep 9
Eir Ritual
This is a simple ritual to connect with the goddess Eir. Eir is connected to healing, whether that be recovery from a physical ailment...
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Sara Ault
- Sep 8
Oaths, their Importance, Impact, and Implications
For many of us, it is a foreign concept that our word has meaning. For our ancestors, over many millennia, an individual’s word was their...
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Sara Ault
- Sep 8
A Thousand Excuses
"Show yourselves men this day, for tomorrow will be too late. There is no safety for you but in victory!” -King Totila of the Ostrogoths...
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Sara Ault
- Sep 8
September Holidays - Prince Hermann | Winter Finding
Read by Folkbuilder Nick Rice https://runestone.org/prince-herman-o... https://www.runestone.org/winter-find...
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Sara Ault
- Sep 6
Mimisbrunnr, Mimirs' Mystical Well
Beneath the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil is a well whose water contains much wisdom and intelligence, and the master of which is...
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Sara Ault
- Sep 6
Synchronicity
An experience; Many years ago, while just recently aware of our Elder Traditions, I came across Edred Thorsson's books about Runes. The...
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Sara Ault
- Aug 23
Freyfaxi - Folkbuilder Jim Cummings
Our celebration of Freyfaxi, the beginning of the harvest, is quickly approaching. In olden times, the significance of this season was...
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Sara Ault
- Aug 23
Freyfaxi
Though Freyfaxi is, in name, a modern holiday the celebration around which it is centered is much older. Dedicated to Freyr, our...
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Sara Ault
- Aug 9
Kenaz
Hails from Northern Idaho! This month we discussed the Rune Kenaz of the Elder futhark and KA from the Armanen runes. Old English rune...
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Sara Ault
- Aug 9
Lord of the Sea Shanty (Hail Njörð!)
Yo-Ho! Hail Njörð! Njörðr, lord of the sea; Yo-Ho! Hail Njörðr! Grant us prosperity. Down by the shore – in Nóatún lives; a prince of...
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Sara Ault
- Aug 8
King Radbod of Frisia
Radbod, known as the greatest King of the Frisians, spent his life tirelessly fighting against the subjugation of the Franks. While his...
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Sara Ault
- Aug 8
Victory requires Loyalty; Divinity demands Piety
I have joked a few times this summer about how "it sure has been a hot summer for the AFA". We have had some people, inside and outside...
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Sara Ault
- Aug 1
August Holidays
King Radbod of Frisia | Freyfaxi - Read by Folkbuilder Nick Rice. https://runestone.org/king-radbod-of-... https://runestone.org/freyfaxi...
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Sara Ault
- Jul 15
Sigrblót - July 15th
Sigrblót literally means ‘Victory Blot’ and was celebrated by our ancestors in the early summer months. On the one hand, our ancestors...
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