Episodes

  • Episode 35 - Abuse in Community

    Episode 35 - Abuse in Community
    May 15 2024
    Abuse and the toleration of abusive practices in spiritual communities is a significant problem in Paganism and Heathenry, as has been especially shown with Diana Paxson's recent removal from the Troth. Join your host for a journey through what enables abusive systems, their structures, and what brings about the institutionalization of abuse in communities.

    https://wildhunt.org/2024/05/the-troth-removes-diana-paxson-from-all-positions-in-unanimous-decision.html
    http://glassewitchcottage.com/2024/05/13/breaking-the-pedestal/
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    48 mins
  • Explainer 4 - Nordic Mysticism

    Explainer 4 - Nordic Mysticism
    May 8 2024
    In this episode, your host guides you through the twisting paths of Nordic mysticism. Along the way, you will learn why modern people engage in mysticism and how seiðr and runework, the two main forms of Heathen mysticism, work.
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    32 mins
  • Episode 34 - Community

    Episode 34 - Community
    Apr 18 2024
    Community. It can be a source of support and joy, a cause of frustration, and often a mix of both. Join your host for a walk through the advantages offered by organized community, the state of community and organizing within Heathenry, the causes of cults of personality, more sustainable options for community organizing, and more!
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    57 mins
  • Presenting at the Harvard Divinity School

    Presenting at the Harvard Divinity School
    Apr 11 2024
    Hey folks I'm pleased to announce that I will be presenting on confronting white supremacy at the Harvard Divinity School this April! The event is free to attend, both in-person and online, so please register and find out more at the following link:

    https://hds.harvard.edu/faculty-research/programs-and-centers/program-evolution-spirituality
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    1 min
  • Explainer 3 - The Aesir, the Gods of Society

    Explainer 3 - The Aesir, the Gods of Society
    Apr 3 2024
    Welcome to the Aesir episode. Join Ryan for a short journey through the Aesir's roles as Gods of society, humanity, and community. Highlights of this episode include naming some of the more well-known Aesir and what they are associated with, the Aesir and war, and the Aesir's place in the grand cosmic drama of Ragnarok.
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    30 mins
  • Explainer 2 - Ritual and Sacrifice

    Explainer 2 - Ritual and Sacrifice
    Mar 20 2024
    In this explainer, Ryan explores ritual and sacrifice in modern Heathenry. This explainer will cover why ritual is important, what the words sacrifice and offerings tend to mean in modern Pagan and Heathen practices, and the core Heathen rituals and blot and oathmaking.
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    28 mins
  • Episode 33 - Co-Creation

    Episode 33 - Co-Creation
    Mar 15 2024
    How is the world made and shaped? By co-creation, of course! Join your host for a deep dive into what co-creation is, how it is founded in Wyrd, why it empowers people, and more.
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    46 mins
  • In Their Own Words - The Pagan Far Right in 2024 feat. Shane Burley

    In Their Own Words - The Pagan Far Right in 2024 feat. Shane Burley
    Mar 6 2024
    The Wayward Wanderer welcomes Shane Burley back to the pod for a dive into how Richard Spencer of AltRight fame is rebranding by stealing from Dune and Greek myth, fascists ditching Heathenry and the Eddas for highly antisemitic reasons, the infighting plaguing the non-Christian far-right, the Asatru Folk Assembly cannibalizing the Ku Klux Klan, and what Heathens, Pagans, and antifascists can do to fight fascism in 2024.
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    43 mins