#heathen — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #heathen, aggregated by home.social.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q10: Do no harm, but take no sh*t! How pacifistic is your magic?
I love that saying! I'll be using that from now on, thank you. And I would *never* ask for harm to come to others... I'm just not that sort of person.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q10: Do no harm, but take no sh*t! How pacifistic is your magic?
I love that saying! I'll be using that from now on, thank you. And I would *never* ask for harm to come to others... I'm just not that sort of person.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q10: Do no harm, but take no sh*t! How pacifistic is your magic?
I love that saying! I'll be using that from now on, thank you. And I would *never* ask for harm to come to others... I'm just not that sort of person.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q10: Do no harm, but take no sh*t! How pacifistic is your magic?
I love that saying! I'll be using that from now on, thank you. And I would *never* ask for harm to come to others... I'm just not that sort of person.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q10: Do no harm, but take no sh*t! How pacifistic is your magic?
I love that saying! I'll be using that from now on, thank you. And I would *never* ask for harm to come to others... I'm just not that sort of person.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q9: Show something worthless but valuable to your practice.
Journaling. It's pure magic for me.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q9: Show something worthless but valuable to your practice.
Journaling. It's pure magic for me.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q9: Show something worthless but valuable to your practice.
Journaling. It's pure magic for me.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q9: Show something worthless but valuable to your practice.
Journaling. It's pure magic for me.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q9: Show something worthless but valuable to your practice.
Journaling. It's pure magic for me.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q8: What’s a mundane activity that becomes unexpectedly magical or spiritually significant when done attentively?
Making meals, making yourself a pretty coffee, baking, etc. Basically, anything to give yourself fuel and energy. You have to put intention into the things you do. It matters. The same could be said for showers, baths, or skincare routines.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q8: What’s a mundane activity that becomes unexpectedly magical or spiritually significant when done attentively?
Making meals, making yourself a pretty coffee, baking, etc. Basically, anything to give yourself fuel and energy. You have to put intention into the things you do. It matters. The same could be said for showers, baths, or skincare routines.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q8: What’s a mundane activity that becomes unexpectedly magical or spiritually significant when done attentively?
Making meals, making yourself a pretty coffee, baking, etc. Basically, anything to give yourself fuel and energy. You have to put intention into the things you do. It matters. The same could be said for showers, baths, or skincare routines.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q8: What’s a mundane activity that becomes unexpectedly magical or spiritually significant when done attentively?
Making meals, making yourself a pretty coffee, baking, etc. Basically, anything to give yourself fuel and energy. You have to put intention into the things you do. It matters. The same could be said for showers, baths, or skincare routines.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q8: What’s a mundane activity that becomes unexpectedly magical or spiritually significant when done attentively?
Making meals, making yourself a pretty coffee, baking, etc. Basically, anything to give yourself fuel and energy. You have to put intention into the things you do. It matters. The same could be said for showers, baths, or skincare routines.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q7: What have seasonal changes taught you that books or teachers could not?
I've learned more from nature in general that I ever would have in school when it comes to many subjects. I allow myself to truly feel (and love) the changes during the year, throughout the seasons, and that alone has done a lot for me. Just as we as people change, Mother Earth does as well throughout the year. Change is good. It cleanses and renews.
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#FediCoven 2026 Q6: What relationship do you have with the moon and its phases, and how does that show up in your craft?
Ever since I was little, I've always felt connected to the moon. That hasn't changed, nor will it. The moon plays a big part in my practice, as I'm sure it does for many others as well. I usually work my schedule and spells around its phases.
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An #introduction for me:
Hello! I am a Heathen (Germanic #Pagan) and am interested in discussions around #paganism , #religion , #prechristian #culture , and many other things! I will post #hávamál stanzas, though other things as well. Looking to find other #Heathen community! -
There are some things afoot. First, I'm making progress on this ritual flower sheet. Can anyone guess based on the reference photo up on the computer what the third flower type is?
Bonus if you can figure out why I chose these three types of flowers for this sheet!
Finally, I'm opening up Thee Otherworld and a few client spaces for tattoos in October of this year. There will be four slots a month to start and I'd love to receive any and all of your inquiries!
I've long debated this, and will be keeping a portion of my Practice squarely reserved for those who are ready for the kind of Work it entails. However, fiscal reality and the necessity for us to create another revenue stream has me relying on my One Marketable Skillset for this -- it just hasn't been sufficient to try to get writing gigs in the age of AI or to build revenue with our newsletter. But! I have lots of valuable ritual experience and skill with a needle, and have created a safe and clean space within which to work magic with you, and I hope that a few folk will trust me to do that and make the trek out here to see and be with the Land in the midst of their transformation!
I am also going to be seeking out guest spots, but probably sometime next year, so keep your eyes peeled for my name at a shop near you. I am back on the dreaded Instagram, for now and if you'd like to keep up with those kinds of announcements feel free to join me there @sigillosacro. I'm trying to not fall into all this, but what we're doing with the Ranch is so important and I very much wish to keep it going -- unfortunately the state of the world is what it is and we're working within some brutal constraints.
Share if you will, or just enjoy the flowers 😉
#Witchcraft #Pagan #Heathen #TattooArtist #Tattooist #Tattoo #TattooFlash
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Ear to the Irminsul
A bit about a battle, a Rune and a memory. Maybe.https://vianegativa6.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/ear-to-the-irminsul/
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Daddy Prometheus
Meditations on Prometheus. Read for more details.https://vianegativa6.wordpress.com/2026/05/09/daddy-prometheus/
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Wildhunt – Aletheia Review By Andy-War-HallThe calendar turns, and what better way to celebrate the coming year than an album that sounds straight out of the late 80s? Austria’s Wildhunt have been slinging out classic thrash/heavy metal since 2011, but have until this year produced only one record: 2016’s Descending. Ten years is a long time to cook up a sophomore record, and Wildhunt via Jawbreaker Records boasts of “a mix of detail-loving, energetic metal and epic song structures” for album number two, Aletheia. Cited as being for fans of Metallica, Heathen, King Diamond and Megadeth, Wildhunt runs the risks of any band explicitly evoking the distant past: coming off as geriatric nostalgia-bait. Is this Wildhunt’s fate, or can they rise above and make Aletheia a blast from the present-past?
Wildhunt may play the kind of stuff Ronald Reagan could’ve heard, but Altheia doesn’t sound like the kind of record Reagan could’ve played either. Recalling at once the prog-thrash of Heathen on “Made Man” and “The Holy Pale” and the 70s hard rockin’ of Rainbow on “Touching the Ground” and “Aletheia,” Wildhunt play an inherently backward-looking style that still sounds fresh out of the garage. The guitar duo of Wolfgang Elwitschger and Julian Malkmus draw heavily from the schools of Hetfield and Blackmore, dropping muscular palm-muted riffs and nimbly melodic leads and solos, while bassist Robbie Nöbauer regularly works in lines that play with the six-string like Cliff Burton licks (“Kanashibari”). Rhythmically, drummer Lukas Lobnig lays down driving patterns that propel Wildhunt through all of the wild turns that Aletheia has, most notably on the gargantuan prog numbers of “Made Man” and “Sole Voyage.” Top it off with Elwitschger’s booming baritone—warm, silky and vintage as Aletheia’s dynamic mixing and mastering—and you get an album expertly performed and deeply indebted to the sounds of yesteryear.
Though Wildhunt won’t surprise you with novelty, Aletheia might catch you off-guard with its adventurous, progressive songwriting. Wildhunt forgo simple catchiness and repetitive loops on Aletheia in favor of untypical, tension-building intervals and progressions. Songs spiral out into bridge-filled bonanzas of killer riffs and solos, getting into Megadeth speeds on “The Holy Pale,” majestic prog-power hooks on “Sole Voyage” á la Tanagra and, in the album’s most unexpected turn, a diversion into smooth salsa also on “Sole Voyage.” Furthering Wildhunt’s eccentricity, Aletheia deal in dark, thoughtful, and fantastical lyricism. When Elwitchger opines on “Aletheia” that “hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue,” I perk up immediately, every time. If you’re looking for familiarity and easy listening, Aletheia is for you; if you’re looking for something expansive and daring, Aletheia is also for you.
But with how many twists and turns Wildhunt throw at the listener, Aletheia can feel surprising blunted at times. Aletheia is dramatic, and its songs go a lot of directions, but they rarely build to the big, explosive moments to accent their highs and lows. For example, though Elwitchger’s voice is plenty good, it sounds like he sticks too closely to his most comfortable range and, though he never comes off as strained as a result, it feels like he’s not quite giving it all. “Made Man” and “In Frozen Dreams” exemplify this issue, as even though each segment of them is interesting, they don’t really build up to much, and as such feel a little meandering. Similarly, the two instrumentals “Touching the Ground” and “Kanashibari” sit in a weird middle ground of being too involved to pass off as interludes but not quite substantial enough to work as stand-alone songs. Aletheia isn’t devoid of memorable moments—”The Holy Pale” and “Aletheia” have killer choruses and “Sole Voyage” is a blast front to back1—but with how much creativity Wildhunt possess it should be more electrifying than it is.
Aletheia isn’t the face of metal to come in 2026,2 but it’s a fun and energetic morsel of heavy metal regardless, and what more does anything need to be? If the previous paragraph came off as overly harsh, it’s only because the skill and creativity Wildhunt exudes make it easy to imagine how great Aletheia could be if things were taken up one more notch. If any of the bands mentioned above are your cup(s) of tea, Altheia will more than likely agree to your sensibilities. It’s adventurous, well-played, lots of fun, and occasionally great. Kicking off 2026 with Wildhunt’s Altheia is no bad idea at all.
Rating: Good
#2026 #30 #Altheia #AustrianMetal #Heathen #HeavyMetal #Jan26 #JawbreakerRecords #KingDiamond #Megadeth #Metallica #ProgMetal #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #Tanagra #ThrashMetal #Wildhunt
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps MP3
Label: Jawbreaker Records
Websites: wildhunt.at | jawbreakerrecords.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/wildhuntaustria
Releases Worldwide: January 2nd, 2026 -
Solstice Blessings to all! The wheel turns, lighter days are coming...
