Starting Heathenry is a ritual-focused online course which will furnish you with the knowledge and confidence to practise the Heathen religion alone or with others, making wise decisions about worship based on reliable historical evidence. The course teaches you how to construct Heathen prayers for yourself, not according to the established rites of any modern group, but according to what historical sources show.

Starting Heathenry assumes you are interested in Germanic paganism, know about the gods and myths, and want to begin practising this religion, but require guidance on how to do so. It is based on a micro-learning structure which is proven to improve knowledge retention by 18-80% in students compared to other learning methods. The 10 lessons include over 50 videos, and quizzes to access from your phone or computer.

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There are a lot of ideas and concepts from Theodism that I fervently wish would disappear. Among them are Gods of Limited Access, a subject I covered at length here. I have recently come across another which has gained traction, and again, I have been alerted to this trend through TikTok. If you are looking for some background on Theodism I highly recommend these episodes, Episode 22 here and…

Théodish Belief, also known as Þéodisc Geléafa or Theodism, is a rekindling of the manygodded troth that was held by our Anglo-Saxon heathen forebears before the coming of Christianity. As Théodsmen, we are given to the mystery of sacral kingship and to worship of such gods and goddesses as Tíw, Wóden, Fríg, Þunor, and Éastre who are remembered still today in the names for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Easter. Théodish Belief was founded by Gárman Lord in 1976 so that the manygodded Elder Trow of our Anglo-Saxon Heathen forebears might, after more than a thousand winters, be truly and fully rekindled amongst the men of Middangeard. Indeed, we believe that the gods and ghosts of our fore-elders are worthy of no less. To that end, we Théodsmen look to the wisdom of our elder-fathers, embodied in their thew (customs, traditions), that we might rightly be guided in our dealings with the gods. Thus, we turn to godlore, to sagas, to histories, and to ancient kingly dooms so that we might seek rede from the wisest of our kind, that being our heathen fore-elders.

I generally take a live and let live approach when it comes to people and their weird beliefs because let’s face it I also have weird beliefs but when stuff like this starts popping up in the Heathen community in general (the Heathen community in general is already shitty but this just makes it shittier) I think that’s when it becomes a problem.

My Facebook friends think we should ban cis men from positions of leadership but I’d go a step further and ban white straight cis men from positions of leadership, it won’t fix all our problems, but it will help.