On my walks through the West Flemish landscape I was repeatedly confronted with those typical brick chapels that you see in the countryside. Sometimes they were built in a short succession pattern, with each chapel having its own function in the larger chain. They act as an Ommegang: you follow…
Category: Historical Heathenry
Historical Heathenry
Black-Red-White: A Spiritual Tricolour?
Some Heathens in the Low Countries, from Flanders to Friesland, have the custom of lighting three colored candles—black, red, and white—during rituals or as part of daily worship to bring luck. These colors are also used in decoration or as part of ritual dress codes and sacred spaces. Each color…
Historical Heathenry
Hengist and Horsa
Hengist and Horsa are two figures that loom large in the mythos of early England. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, and the writings of Geoffrey of Monmouth, to wit, Historia Regum Britanniae, these two warriors played a crucial role in the early days…
Historical Heathenry
No, the Anglo-Saxons didn’t start Yuletide in late January.
This is a strange blog post to have to write, but it seems it is still relevant in 2022. There is a lot of hubub out there in the Blogosphere, about how bad certain Heathens are for celebrating Yuletide in late December (along with the rest of the World), instead…
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