The Online Symbel is part virtual happy hour, part solemn ritual, part Q&A session. Join us if you are able, and interact with other Ingwine Heathens from around the world! What you need: Some mild alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink a drinking vessel, an open mind, and a willingness to participate!...
Modern Ingwine Heathenship venerates the powerful feminine ancestral spirits known as Idese. These figures, associated with the Matres and Matronae of Northwestern Europe, are today seen as fertility goddesses, shapers of fate, and numinous beings who grant luck and prosperity to individuals and families.
The First Day of Foran-lencten The festival begins with Awakening Day, dedicated to the awakening of Gerd, the Goddess of the frozen Earth of the cultivated enclosure, and her symbolic retrieval by Ing-Frea, the god of fertility and growth. This festival officially begins with the sundown on the day upon which the...
As the first fitful stirrings of Spring draw near, it is an opportune moment for us in the modern Heathen community to honor the god Woden, and also celebrate our cherished relationships, drawing inspiration from both ancient warrior rituals and the tender farewells of Anglo-Saxon Age mariners.
While it is related the modern English word “Lent”, in Old English, Lencten-tíd simply means “Spring time”. In our calendar, the feast of Hréðe and Hludana takes place on or before the full moon in Hréð-mōnaþ.
Celebrate the coming of spring and the renewal of life at Eáster-dæg, a traditional festival honoring the goddess Eostre and the turning of the seasons. Marked by the full moon of April, this is a time of joy, feasting, and fellowship, as we bid farewell to winter and welcome the...
