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This is our second 101 'cast. Dave and I discuss the basic concepts behind blots and their structure. The whys and wherefores of the ritual. The link to the outline and Blot details we are most familiar with can be found here. We hope this provides inspiration and structure for folks to do their own Asatru rituals. Download Standard Podcasts

Midsummer! We discuss symbols like the sunwheel, different gods and goddesses associated with midsummer, and modern midsummer practices. There were a lot of specifics so we hope that you'll use the links below as a jumping off point to your own research. Midsummer~ A solid description of Midsummer celebrations and practices Midsummer Wiki Troth description of Midsummer a Midsummer description from the Odin's Volk Site Sunna~ Sunna Wiki a concise description of Sunna Baldur~ Baldur Wiki Baldur's Myth a concise description of Baldur Tyr~ Tyr Wiki a concise description of Tyr a great page for general info on the gods and godesses Kubb!~ Kubb Wiki Old Time Games Kubb Game Download Standard Podcasts

This is our first Asatru 101 Podcast. The topic is Profession. The what, whys and wherefores of pledging your Troth to the Gods. Just Sandi and myself for this one. Informal but we hope informative. Feel free to email questions to dscarron at yahoo.com.Download Standard Podcasts

We had a great time interviewing Joe Mandato of Vingolf Fellowship. We talked about the East Coast Thing and the east coast asatru community in general. Some babbling by your hosts pre-interview about the East Coast. We hope you enjoy it. Next month: Midsummer!Download Standard Podcasts

Jesse Hutchins was kind enough to talk with us about Loki. He's not your typical misunderstood and misinterpreted god :-) The interview covered several things: Loki Lore, word derivations and kennings, as well as how NOT to worship Loki. We know we came away from this episode with new insights, not just about Loki but about how to research responsibly. It's with this in mind that we would like to send out seperate Asatru Basics episodes on this feed. So send us your questions . . . we promise to answer them. In addition we plug our other podcast Spoken Lore. We also thank Odin Lives Radio, for having us on for a guest appearance. Download Standard Podcasts

In this episode we interview Sean Lynch. Sean has been part of the Asatru community for about two years. We asked him about his experience to gather ideas about what a "newbie" to the community has to say. Alot of very interesting points were made in our discussion with Sean so we decided to keep this episode whole. As a result it is a little longer than typical - clocking in at about 45 minutes. Some of the topics discussed were Asatru community, the nine noble virtues, the idea of Asatru becoming mainstream. The poetic Edda and the Sagas of the Icelanders We've also added some new links under New To Asatru. As the heading implies these are great links to basic information for those just starting.Download Standard Podcasts

In this episode we discuss the concepts of the Disir and Ancestors as presented in different sagas as well as our own points of view. This turned out to be a very complex topic that we hope you will help us build on by leaving your own thoughts on the subject in the comments here :-) We pulled information from three specific sagas ~ Grimnismal Reginsmal Olaf's Saga Download Standard Podcasts