Starting Heathenry

Honour the gods through ritual

Course curriculum

1. Welcome
  FREE PREVIEW
1. 1. What is a Prayer and Why Do We pray?
2. 2. Help and Need
3. 3. Physical Reverence
4. 4. How to Structure a Prayer
5. Assessment
6. Lesson Resources
1. 1. Do Heathens Need Idols?
2. 2. What Should My Idols Look Like?
3. 3. Calling The God Into The Idol
4. 4. How to Setup an Altar at Home
5. Lesson Resources
6. Assessment
1. 1.What Is Blot?
2. 2. What Can I Offer The Gods?
3. 3. Establishing Sacred Space
4. 4. Sacred fire
5. 5.The Structure of the Blot
6. 6. Sumble
7. 7. Was the Blot Accepted?
8. Lesson Resources
9. Assessment
1. 1. Sacred Time
2. 2. The Calendar Controversy
3. 3. The Lunar-solar Calendar
4. 4. Key Festivals: Introduction
5. 4.1. Yule
6. 4.2. Sol Month
7. 4.3. Disting / Disablot / Hred-month
8. 4.4 Easter / Sigrblot / Góiblót
9. 4.5. Pyre Day
10. 4.6. Midsummer
11. 4.7. Harvest
12. 4.8. Winterfylleth / Winter Nights
13. 4.9. Blot Month
14. Lesson Resources
15. Assessment
1. 1. Sacred and Liminal Space
2. 2. Water Places
3. 3. Woods and Trees
4. 4. Burial Grounds
5. Lesson Resources
6. Assessment
1. 1. Introduction
2. 2. The Diagnosis
3. 3. The Prescription
4. 4. Hallucinogens
5. Lesson Resources
6. Assessment
1. Introduction
2. 1. Fasting and abstinence
3. 2. Spiritual hygiene
4. 3. Galdra
5. 4. Meditation
6. Lesson Resources
7. Assessment
1. Introduction
2. 1. Runes
3. 2. Zoological Prognostication
4. 3. Dreams
5. 4. Årsgång
6. 5. Seiðr
7. Lesson Resources
8. Assessment
1. Introduction
2. 1. Dwarves
3. 2. Land-wights
4. 3. Thursar
5. 4. Elves
6. 5. Wyrms
7. Lesson Resources
8. Assessment
1. Introduction
2. 1. Gods and Elves
3. 2. Forebears
4. 3. Draugar
5. Lesson Resources
6. Assessment
1. Congratulations

5 hours of video content
10 lessons
Lunar-solar calendar
Easy to learn

Your Teacher and Goði

Thomas Rowsell

MA, Gydda

[email protected]

Known for his historical films and "Survive the Jive" YouTube channel, Thomas reverted to Heathenry in 2009 and received an MA in Medieval studies from UCL in 2012 for which he studied Heathenry in Old English and Icelandic sources. He has officiated as a gydda/goði in Sweden and England since 2016. Fifteen years of extensive academic research, and personal spiritual development enable him to assist others on the Heathen path.

All you need to know

This ritual-focused course 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 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. Therefore each lesson will focus on practical information about prayers, festivals, rites, altar setups, idols etc.

Learn how to pray to and make offerings to the gods in a way that will please them
Learn about holy places, temples, idols and establishing sacred spaces
Learn about the lunar-solar Heathen calendar and the 9 main festivals of the year
Learn how to arrange an altar, use idols and sacred fire

Know the gods through ritual

Your path begins here

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Starting Heathenry