“I won’t forget who we were, I won’t forget who I am”

An associate had posted this the other day, and it resonates with the … curious objection recorded to the English Heritage charity's publicizing of Easter's roots with an Anglo-Saxon deific and observance. To quote from the Daily Mail piece I'd referenced with this morning's (brief) writeup, you had a Conservative Party councilor saying the following: … Continue reading “I won’t forget who we were, I won’t forget who I am”

English Heritage Actually Acknowledging English Heritage For Easter Apparently Creates Outrage

Always interesting what generates the "outrage". This was from the Daily Mail ; article headline: "English Heritage sparks outrage after telling children Easter was not originally Christian". And you know what? They're absolutely correct. Here's Bede upon the subject, writing in the early 700s AD upon then-recently Christianized Anglo-Saxons' custom, from his 'Reckoning of Time' … Continue reading English Heritage Actually Acknowledging English Heritage For Easter Apparently Creates Outrage

The ‘Golden Hair’ Of Indra – The Reality To An Oft-Cited RigVedic Verse

I've seen this RigVedic verse - RV X 96 8 - come up several times in the past few weeks; quoted (in English only) by persons seemingly looking to assert that Indra was purportedly in possession of both hair and beard of blond, in the manner of some rather particular stereotype of Northern European (or, … Continue reading The ‘Golden Hair’ Of Indra – The Reality To An Oft-Cited RigVedic Verse

Demon-Hunting By Rifle-Sight? A Cautionary Caveat On Twitter’s Recent ‘Enthusiasm’

https://twitter.com/The_Sourkraut/status/1850873531304673719 I have to say - looking at this tweet and the level of enthusiastic engagement it's gotten … "The Greatest Trick Certain Sorts Of Devils Would Appear To Be Pulling Is Convincing Credulous Souls On Twitter That They're Functionally Corporeal And Vulnerable Accordingly." And thereby seeking to shift attention away from how one would … Continue reading Demon-Hunting By Rifle-Sight? A Cautionary Caveat On Twitter’s Recent ‘Enthusiasm’

Why We Offer To The Gods [Part Three: I Bring The Fire]

In our previous installments, we had sought to extoll two key elements. For the first - some brief textual attestations of Roman and Vedic provenance for the concept of the Gods being actively supported ("subsist[ing]", as one translated section had it) through our offerings to Them through the proper rites. Which is, of course, a … Continue reading Why We Offer To The Gods [Part Three: I Bring The Fire]

Why We Offer To The Gods [Part Two: Irrigating The Worlds With Blood-Dimmed Tide]

As you can see there from the title, our intent with these linked pieces has been to take a look at one of the more foundational questions to the Indo-European theology. Namely, why it is that we carry out rites of sacrifice and offering to the Gods in the first place. I suspect that for … Continue reading Why We Offer To The Gods [Part Two: Irrigating The Worlds With Blood-Dimmed Tide]