Men love and need their women to appreciate their good deeds. A woman's positive feedback makes men want to do these things again and again. Call it the power of femininity.

I’ve encountered many a European who reject their own kinsmen if they’re born/from another country, albeit America, Canada, Australia, South Africa, etc. This is racism & should not be tolerated. The Frithstead stands against racism & seeks to unite our brethren in our beloved diversity. An English-German American is no less allowed to honor & practice their Anglo-Saxon & or German heritage than an Englishman or German, or what have you in the various combinations of blood that’s propagated itself throughout middanġeard. There’s variance in all of our traditions & we must support & lift up our folk. United we stand, divided we fall. A bundle of sticks cannot be broken easily, but twigs snap easily. I call on my English, German, Scandinavian, & European folk, stop the nationalistic nonsense & come together tribally - one extended tribe. United in our collective heritage, but yet strong & devout in our individual expressions. Hail the gods, hail the folk, hail everything that which we believe in!

Tonight is Winterfylleþ - the winter full moon. Traditionally it marks the start of Winter*, and thus we blót to Fréa for the bountiful harvests now coming to an end, but also because Fréa is lord of the elves. The word 'elf' is commonly interchangeable with the word 'landwight' (spirits of the land) but points also to the ancestors. At this fulcrum between seasons the veil between worlds is thinnest, so in a sense tonight is our true 'Halloween', when the spirits are closest. This holytide coincides with the Norse 'Vetrnætr' (Winter Nights) and is when Alfablót is held.

My family's rite will be simple: As at Yule we'll put an extra plate of food on the table at supper, for the ancestors. Then when the moon rises above the opposite hill of our valley we'll gather in its glow and share libations with Fréa, the wights and ancestors. We'll also toast Woden; it being the 9th day of the month and thus Odin World Prayer Day.

*The old Germanics separated the year into two seasons: Summer and Winter.

A photo of the cloudy night sky and horn used in our Winterfylleth offering tonight. Praise unto Freyr and the Elves.

For tonight’s Wynterfylleth Winter Nights blot, taken from our lore, I composed a bead/leedcwid, that is a prayer/poem, for Seaxnéat-Fréa, Ingwine & Lord of the Folcsidish Sedish folk. May y’all have a blessed Wynterfylleth Winter Nights Fréa’s blót.

Fréonblót Bedu - The Lord's Blot Prayer

Béo ġesund Seaxnéat, Ylfdryhten
Be well Seaxnéat Elf-Lord
Ingwina-Fréa
Lord of the Ingwinas
Ǽrest mid Éast-Denum
First of the East-Danes
Ond Heardinga hæle
And the hero to the brave
Ġyfa fryþ ond cwémednes
The bestower of peace and pleasure
Reġna feriend ond goda blótere
Bringer of the rains and priest of the gods
Beadufród god, sélest on Ésa ġeardum
Battle-wise god, the best in the Ese’s courts
Hé ne berénaþ mǽġdenu grǽtan ne ǽneġ wera wífe
Who causes no maidens to cry nor any man's wife
Ond lýseþ menn fram bendum
and frees folk from their bonds.
Mihtiġ Wanagod ond Folcsidisċa dryhten
Mighty god of the Wanas and Lord of the Folcsidisċ
Béo ġesund Seaxnéat-Fréa!
Be well Lord Seaxnéat!

~ Folcweard Lárġyfa

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The moon wasn’t obscured by clouds the whole evening, but this was at the end, of what was a great Wynterfylleþ Wynternyht. My family sat around a fire, barbecued, & enjoyed great conversation before holding ritual. May your experiences have been memorable. Hāl Godu! Hāl Seaxnēat-Frēa!

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Most of us probably think we’re doing pretty well, spiritually speaking. The typical follower of the Germanic Way has plenty of good qualities – intellectual curiosity, the boldness to take a different path, and, we can suppose, dedication to a tough code of conduct.

Sometimes, being human, we do not live up to the best within us. Our nobility slips, we take the easy way out, and those character defects within each of us become all too obvious. It’s at times like this we need to ask ourselves just how much we are a credit to our ancestors, and to the Holy Powers.

(Excerpt from the article Change Yourself!)

Interview with Mark Puryear from the Norroena Society.

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Folcsida, an Anglo-Saxon term for Anglo-Saxon Belief:

Folcsida = [The] Folk-Ways, or Religion, of the folk.

Folcsidisċ = one who follows the Folk-Ways, or religion, of one’s folk, i.e. (a) Believer(s) in the (Anglo-Saxon expression of) Germanic Heathen faith

“(I am) (We are) Folcsidisċ because (I) (we) practice Folcsida” (both sg. & pl.)

Folcsidom = the ‘Collective body of Folcsida’ or the ‘World of Folcsida’

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The Sacred Stew-Season 2 Episode 8

CAUSE (URLAG) AND EFFECT (WYRD) - SEIZING YOUR FATE

James and Anthony have a must listen too discussion on how fate works in our lives giving practical examples of wyrd and urlag and how we can maneuver through our lives seizing the fate we are destined for. We discuss Hausta Blot and how Blot in general effects our lives. This is one episode you won't want to miss! Join us for a deep dive into authentic Germanic theology for the modern pagan.

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Woden drawing by Hāmasson

Logadōm - Part 1

Most folk refer to those who follow Loki, in the sense of honoring & or worshipping, as Lokian. In Anglo-Saxon, his name is Loga, meaning liar & deceiver. Whereas, the name Loga isn’t attested in Anglo-Saxon sources, it’s an attested word that’s etymological connected to Loki, while simultaneously fitting his described nature within the recorded mythological accounts. To be a Lokian, we’d say one is Logisċ. The -isċ suffix denotes that something or someone is of this or that, for example, the English are the Engle-folk or childish denotes that one has the characteristics of a child. By extension, a Logisċ is practicing Logadóm, that is Lokianism, or the belief & practice of honoring Loga. The -dōm suffix speaks brings a collective sense & or speaks to the nature of, such as Kingdom, the realm of a King or widsom, the quality of having experience, knowledge, & good judgement.

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Logadōm - Part 2

What is the true meaning of Logadóm, of being Logisċ? It’s not what we tend to think. Before we delve in this, what is it that we think of when the subject of the Logisċ comes up? Naturally, in today’s modern world & the toxicity of the internet, places like Facebook come to mind. We go into a Heathen group to discuss our faith & we get rabid, politically-driven zealots who speak of Loga as being a “necessary catalyst for change”, “as misunderstood”, “Wóden’s blood-brother, so we must accept him, or even worse, that “Wōden and Loga are similar. Wōden did bad stuff too, so…” nonsense. These types rarely actually study the lore, let alone read it. A religious belief system must be built upon the pillars of attested sources with a hierology acting as a bulwark against those who seek to change our religion to fit their political beliefs, as the natural & right thing is for a religion to change us.

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Rites of Passage; Kóryos, Mannerbund, Agōgē and their Significance Today

Part 1

“It’s 1800 BC, in the middle of Winter. A group of adolescent boys had been brought here at the setting sun from their village with dogs they had raised for half of their lives. It was a most sacred site they had travelled to, and the ritual they would perform would result in the death of their childhood and the beginning of their journey to manhood.

At the appointed hour on a moonless night, lit only by starlight the boys were instructed to ritually sacrifice the dog. Upon doing so they were to eat the meat from the dog, and begin wearing the pelts of the animal. They would not be welcomed back into their community for a set period; they would have to learn to live in the wilds like the predators that stalked the plains and woodlands, or would perish and be forgotten.”

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