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The Air Force is Pagan-Friendly? Who Knew?
Cara Schulz of PNC-Minnesota has published the second part of her report on Pagans and the US Air Force, and some of the quotes are quite surprising: “You don’t have to be scared about sharing your religion or think you … Continue reading
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Tagged air force, Cara Schulz, Military, Pagan, Paganism, PNC-Minnesota
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Wyrd Designs – Heathens Support Fallen Soldier At Anti-Westboro Baptist Protest
The news of Westboro Baptist’s planned protest of Sgt. Balduf’s funeral soon lit up the internet and social media sites, and supporters and volunteers sprung into action. According to a local news report about two thousand people showed up to support Sgt Balduf’s family, and to act as a visible and audible screen against the Westboro Baptist members. But what you won’t find in any other news report of that day, is the fact that among the vast crowd of anti-protesters, were two Asatru associated with the local White Oak Kindred.
Posted in asatru, heathen, Military, news
Tagged army, asatru, Daryl Baker, heathen, Kevin Balduf, Lagaria Farmer, marine, Michael Wilson, Military, Nashville, navy, news, Pagan, Say No To Westboro Baptist In Nashville, sgt. balduf, Tennessee, troth, Westboro Baptist, white oak kindred
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Wyrd Designs – Help Get Asatru Added to the U.S. Army’s Religious Preference List
Josh and Cat Heath from the Open Halls Project are working through the cumbersome bureaucratic process, to have the U.S. Army recognize and add Asatru/Heathenry as a religious preference for the official U.S. Army database. According to their latest post … Continue reading
Posted in asatru, Military, networking, Paganism
Tagged army, asatru, bookmarks, free, hammer, hammer project, heathen, Military, mjolnir project, Pagan, sigdrifa's prayer, soldier, support, U.S. Army, United States, US Army, veteran, white hart forge
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Memorial Day: Honoring the Fallen
Let’s not forget those who have fought and fallen to protect our freedom to kick back and debate our religious communities’ issues. Selena Fox is doing a ceremony to honor Pagan Military Dead this morning, and asks folks to check … Continue reading
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Tagged Celia, Charles Heinlein, e.e. cummings, honor, Memeorial Day, Military, music, Rudyard Kipling, sacrifice, Selena Fox, Sgt. Patrick Stewart, Siegfried Sassoon, The Wild Hunt, verterans, Wilfred Owen
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Wyrd Designs – Veterans & Einherjar
Within the Northern Tradition there is a deep respect to those who serve in the military. While Veteran’s Day is intended to first and foremost honor those living Veterans from past military service, it is also used to honor those … Continue reading
Wyrd Designs – Radical Protesters at Veteran Funerals…
I think in all the recent attention to politician Christine O’donnell, we’ve overlooked another equally important news story, one that hasn’t just appeared out of nowhere but that has been an on-going plague of religious fundamentalists protesting at the funerals … Continue reading
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Tagged American, ancestors, asatru, current news, dead, disir blot, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, funeral, gefrain, hate, heathen, Military, northern tradition, Pagan, protester, samhain, separation of church and state, supreme court, veteran, Westboro Baptist, winter nights
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Wyrd Designs – Free bookmarks to Heathens serving in the U.S. military
Sigdrifa’s Prayer is a rare remnant in our lore, as it’s the only non-Christianized, complete prayer that we have from the historical sources. In it’s short simplicity, it is a microcosm of the vast macrocosm of Northern Tradition cosmology. It … Continue reading
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Tagged asatru, bookmarks, free, heathen, Military, northern tradition, Pagan, prayer, sigdrifa, sigdrifa's prayer
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Pagan Soup: Demons, Druids and Westboro Baptist
The most amazing thing about the internet is that a rich ecosystem of Pagan media is flourishing. I find myself consistently inspired and amazed by not only the great writers on Patheos but all across this virtual Pagandom we’ve created … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, community, druid, festivals, interfaith, Military, networking, news, Paganism
Tagged Cara Schulz, community, Druidcast, Goddesses, Gods, Iraq, Jason Pitzl-Waters, Military, music, Pagan, Pagan Centered Podcast, Pagan Spirit Gathering, pagan+politics, The Wild Hunt
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Pagan Inclinations of the Founding Fathers
What a great thing it is, to live in a country founded on principles of freedom, especially religious freedom. Despite those who would rewrite history, the United States of America is “not in any sense founded on the Christian religion”: … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of July, Cara Schulz, Columbia, Founding Fathers, Fourth of July, freedom, history, Independence Day, Jason Pitzl-Waters, Lady Liberty League, Liberty, Military, pacifism, Pagan values, pagan+politics, patriotism, Selena Fox, The Wild Hunt, USA
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Memorial
This isn’t going to be a very uplifting Memorial Day post. Nor is it very Pagan, except perhaps in the way that I view collective responsibility and the necessity to uphold it. This time last year, we had just found … Continue reading