Hammerhof

This is more of a matter of opinion rather than fact, but it seems to me that the Great Plague of Covid-19 has had a major impact on the Asatru and the people who practice its many variations. I know that in my circle or circles it put a stop to progress and positive change withing our extended family. In Asatru today we are widely spread out across the landscape and our innangardh tends to be a bit wider than it was during the days of The Ancestors. Just before the plague struck my area, I was working on building a local Asatru community. By local, I literally mean local, right here in my little town and a few miles afield of that. It is my personal opinion that Heathenry is local and if you cannot be local you cannot be global. I was making connections and plan a moot at the local pub. That all fell apart when they closed the pubs, the restaurants, and just about everything. On a larger scale some rouge members of a national Asatru organization were planning a coup that failed and th...

In the year 2020 we have suffered through a plague that had ravage Middangeard . The plague has kept many of us in our homes and withdrawn from outside family and friends outside a few distant visits, phone calls, and Zoom meetings. Many of us have withdrawn from the outside world, and I am no exception.  I am typically a more withdrawn type, who prefers to be in a more isolated than the average human. I have often said that I would have no issue living alone in a cabin for the rest of my days. Still, part of me enjoys the company of others at times.  When the Coronavirus hit us here in the United States I had embarked on a new journey to connect with other heathens and pagans in my area. I had recently moved and gone through a difficult period in my life. I felt  it was time to keep my oath to the gods and get cracking. When the plague hit we were just getting started and we had to hit the brakes. At first many of us continued talking and working on reviving old pro...