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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...

This is a simple ritual to connect with the goddess Eir. Eir is connected to healing, whether that be recovery from a physical ailment...

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...

"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...

Beneath the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil is a well whose water contains much wisdom and intelligence, and the master of which is...

An experience; Many years ago, while just recently aware of our Elder Traditions, I came across Edred Thorsson's books about Runes. The...

Though Freyfaxi is, in name, a modern holiday the celebration around which it is centered is much older. Dedicated to Freyr, our...

Hails from Northern Idaho! This month we discussed the Rune Kenaz of the Elder futhark and KA from the Armanen runes. Old English rune...

Since my last entry for the Runestone, there has been a change in my life. As a lot of you already know, about two weeks ago at Sigrblot...

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...

GEBO- This is the rune of the gifting cycle, which is the foundation on which the AFA is built. The Gods have blessed us so abundantly,...

Radbod, known as the greatest King of the Frisians, spent his life tirelessly fighting against the subjugation of the Franks. While his...

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...

This article was supposed to cover the third component of the Aryan Soul, but life dictated a slight shift in the regularly scheduled...

Sigrblót literally means ‘Victory Blot’ and was celebrated by our ancestors in the early summer months. On the one hand, our ancestors...

Hails from the Great Pacific Northwest! The Midsummer celebration at Odinshof this year was an amazing experience as always. The energy...

Alexander Rud Mills was born in Forth, Tasmania, and lived from 1885-1964. He was the guiding light for the foundations of Asatru in...

Spirituality contrasts entirely the systems of anti-natural dogmatism, in which spirituality is seprated from life and in permanent...

Everyone has heard America referred to as a “Christian Nation”. Setting the etymology of the word ‘nation’ aside, most of our founding...

The Ek, or ego, is the second part of the soul complex listed in Founder Stephen McNallen’s book, Asatru, A Native European Spirituality....