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These are the fifteen pages of Notes that Josh Rood and Dan Oropallo used for their 101 Introduction to Reconstructionism class they gave at the East Coast Thing 2010.

It's chunky with citations, quotes and background goodies. You wall want to have this in front of you to better keep track of their line of thinking from the class.

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This is the second of the several recorded classes from the East Coast Thing 2010.

Gary Golden had an excellent lecture regarding Groves and Sacred Spaces. He talked about his practical experience in creating a dedicated ritual space with his Grove and the lore that he looked at in the creation thereof. This is a wonderfully meaty class and we strongly recommend following his journey through the lore via the previously uploaded document files. You will not regret that effort.

More tasty goodness is on the way from ECT as I struggle through the editing.

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This is the Outline for Gary Golden's class on Groves and Sacred Spaces that he did at the East Coast Thing 2010.

This is Gary's notes that he did while leading the class and it gives good insight as to where he was going with his thoughts.

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This is the Handout for Gary Golden's class on Groves and Sacred Spaces that he did at the East Coast Thing 2010.

This is a dense list of citations and quotes from the lore. We strongly suggest that you have this in front of you while you listen to the class and follow along for maximum clarity.

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This was one of a few classes that we recorded from this year's East Coast Thing. Cat and Josh Heath talked about the issues involved with being a Heathen in the Military. They discussed what it means from their perspectives as a solider and the wife of one. They talk about their experiences trying to further the Asatru movement while dealing with the bureaucracy within the military and challenges from less then accepting individuals.

Both of them run the Open Halls Project designed to assist military Heathens find community, spirituality and support. Their main cite is on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=266988859160. The registration page is at http://tiny.cc/wkuk4. For more information about the Open Halls Project, they can be directly emailed with any questions at heathenopenhalls@googlemail.com.

Look forward to lots more classes from ECT to make it's way to your podcatcher.

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East Coast Thing 2010!

For twelve years now the East Coast Asatru Community has been honored to host an annual gathering. This year Vingolf Fellowship has been hard at work putting all of the nuts and bolts of the event together. Dave and I had the opportunity to talk with Joe Mandato regarding this years East Coast Thing. Registration ends on August 1st so there is still time to join us for some great community building!

go to eastcostthing.org

for registration info, list of events and classes, and camp site information!

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Hello Everyone!

After our brief hiatus we are very pleased to present this very informative interview with Lothar Tuppan regarding the Rune Guild. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Rune Gild magazine. We learned just how much we didn't know about the Rune Guild and we're certain you will too!

For more info on Lothar and the Rune Guild follow the links:

The Rune Guild - http://runegild.org/

Have a look at Lothar's Blog and listen to his wonderful story "How Fare the Land Wights" - http://edred.net/community/members/14/blog.php

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Heilsa All!

Volkshof Kindred is putting on Trothmoot this year at St. Croix State Park, in Hinckley, MN from June 10th-13th 2010. And it looks like an awesome time, with lots of cool events and local talent.

Have a look at: http://www.crystalcoast.net/thetroth/FAQTrothmoot.pdf - FAQ

http://www.crystalcoast.net/thetroth/trothmoot.html - Trothmoot 2010 Main Page

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This episode may likely be our most controversial one. Patrick McCollum is a pagan Chaplin working with the Cherry Hill Seminary (http://www.cherryhillseminary.org/). He works with about 2,000 Pagan Prisoners in California and has run into a gauntlet of administrative outright discrimination. Many of those prisoners are Asatruar, who are looking for some means to worship. We pop a few prison myths about racism and whether we should act at all.

I can not think of a podcast that we have done that was not as important as this one.

We would like to thank the Pagan Spirit Gathering for helping us make this interview happen. PSG is going on June 20-27, near Salem, Missouri. Have a look at http://www.circlesanctuary.org/psg/

For more info on this have a look at the Wildhunt Blog at http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/02/patrick-mccollums-case-hits-the-mainstream.html

For what folks can do, write or call your Congressman or the authorities in California.

Jerry Brown, the California Attorney General - http://ag.ca.gov/, The Govnernator - http://gov.ca.gov/, Mathew L. Cate, the Secretary of the CDCR - http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/About_CDCR/cate.html

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