Don’t ever cross my path, Boris.

Dave on the other hand, has done incredible amounts of work, both in his local community and in terms of interfaith work. As for that local community, I don’t think I’d be wrong in saying that were you to express those views around them, you’d find yourself going home missing a few teeth - THAT is how valued Dave is in the North East.

As Heathens, we are our deeds, we are known by our deeds. Dave’s deeds are known, yours are not, you just look like some pathetic anti-Semetic snot tugging at the pant legs of someone who is a comparative giant.

and neither do you boris, run along now and let the adults talk.

What have YOU done with your life?

I’ll try to break it up into chunks and see if that helps but I can’t guarantee when I’ll get to do that… Sorry.

Please take a look and let me know what you think!

I must admit that I hesitate in invoking Baldr because he seems to me to be very Christian-flavoured and I wonder how much of his lore has been changed/created post-conversion.

Also, your talk on Midsummer is inspiring and I’ve come up with a few ideas for this year’s celebration while listening to your discussion. Thank you!

http://northernlore.blogspot.com/2011/05/quantum-physics-is-wyrd-weird.html

Maybe you should kinda talk to them direct. I don’t think that the AFA is an “Extremist Group” even though I don’t agree with many of their policies…

Wes Thu Hal David Carron

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There are ideas amongst other Pagan authors you might consider as worthwhile to introduce to Heathens, “A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry into Polytheism” by John Michael Greer comes to mind.

§ 85. When the ships come to this mooring place, everybody goes ashore with bread, meat, onions, milk and intoxicating drink and betakes himself to a long upright piece of wood that has a face like a man’s and is surrounded by little figures, behind which are long stakes in the ground. The Rus prostrates himself before the big carving and says, “O my Lord, I have come from a far land and have with me such and such a number of girls and such and such a number of sables”, and he proceeds to enumerate all his other wares. Then he says, “I have brought you these gifts,” and lays down what he has brought with him, and continues, “I wish that you would send me a merchant with many dinars and dirhems, who will buy from me whatever I wish and will not dispute anything I say.” Then he goes away.

If he has difficulty selling his wares and his stay is prolonged, he will return with a gift a second or third time. If he has still further difficulty, he will bring a gift to all the little idols and ask their intercession, saying, “These are the wives of our Lord and his daughters and sons.” And he addresses each idol in turn, asking intercession and praying humbly. Often the selling goes more easily and after selling out he says, “My Lord has satisfied my desires; I must repay him,” and he takes a certain number of sheep or cattle and slaughters them, gives part of the meat as alms, brings the rest and deposits it before the great idol and the little idols around it, and suspends the heads of the cattle or sheep on the stakes. In the night, dogs come and eat all, but the one who has made the offering says, “Truly, my Lord is content with me and has consumed the present I brought him.”

http://www3.hi.is/~terry/articles/TerryGunnell-2001_Hof,Halls,Godar_and_Dwarves.pdf

Gary

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The folks responsible have been sacked.

You said she was his husband…

Thanks Tracey

I missed hitting the post on the out-tro. Unfortunately, I’ve battled two days with Podbean to get this one uploaded and have no strength to attempt to fix it and upload it again.

You two rock. Hailsa, Vince

We know. We have had technical difficulties in the form of my computer eating the last interview. I am throwing a number of computer programs at the issue, but it doesn’t look good.

We do have another one in the can and it’s being edited. That should come out soon, I’m hoping within this week.

Chuck

As a life-long atheist, I understand about being a 2nd class citizen compared to those of the Abrahamic religions. While heathenism is certainly distinct from other pagan religions, in this kind of situation it behooves all of us of minority belief systems (heathens, pagans, atheists, Hindus…) to stand together for equal treatment for all.

We do what we can with recording and editing to make it as good as we are able to do. I’m hopeful for more Skype recordings in the future, which come out beautifully.

If you’re going to record lectures at this year’s ECT for broadcast maybe you should consider having the speakers use a microphone.

I work with a lot of folks with Mental Health problems. It makes my week when clients succeed. But the last thing that I would recommend would be for folks to climb into a situation that would put folks beyond their comfort zone. Religion is an import thing. If you are going or creating a religious group it should be with folks who are compatible with you and can give you appropriate long-term benefits. If folks have Major Issues or Situations that are going on, then it would likely not behoove anyone (but especially a newbie) to get into that. That is the point I was making.

Wes Thu Hal David Carron

So here’s my plea: really, really, REALLY consider your words and phrasings.

Being a longtime Lokean, and a short time listener to the podcast (started at the beginning a few days ago), I was curious to find out what the Loki episode would be about. It was very interesting to hear from a fellow Lokean who has similar views, and similar experiences! And who has given me a few other things to think about, points of view I hadn’t considered before.

Hailsa, Vince

Then use the closest feasible weekend/time slot. Look, I believe that Sunna will return whether or not we “help”. The staying up is for our spirituality and connection to the Gods. That is the important point. The chronology is huge bonus but better you do something then nothing. Your new year would truly suck attempting to look for a new job. Just make sure that you let them know that next year you will be working Christmas but get Yule off.

Wes Thu Hal David Carron

I lost the e-mail with your address so…

What would you do if you had to work the next day after yule? Meaning I can’t stay up all night. My work will not let me ask off. I have only worked there for a couple of months.

Thank you both. Stephen