Pagan Burials & Animal Sacrifice Arrests
Four recent news reports tie into two larger stories, the first is the issue of Pagan burial space, a matter that will become more prominent as the Baby Boomers travel further into their retirement...
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A Modern Pagan Villain Comes to the Screen
If you were going to make a major motion picture that casts the modern Pagan impulse in the worst possible light, you couldn’t do much better than picking Varg Vikernes as the subject. Vikernes,...
View ArticleDocumentary of a Holy Man’s Struggle and other Pagan News of Note
Top Story: Indian Country Today reports on a new documentary, “Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White,” that looks at the case of a Lakota medicine man who was accused of abusing his two grandchildren....
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Unleash the Hounds! (Link Roundup)
There are lots of articles and news of interest to modern Pagans out there – more than our team can write about in-depth in any given week. So The Wild Hunt must unleash the hounds in order to round...
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Column: Sharing Tradition at the Isogaisa Festival
[Today we welcome guest writer Lyonel Perabo joining us from Northern Europe. The Wild Hunt is always seeking new voices and welcomes guests nearly every month. By doing so, we expand our ability to...
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No Witchcraft Books in Prague, According to Historian
PRAQUE – On March 16, a Norwegian-based online news site, Local NO, published an article titled, “Norwegian ‘witch’ books stolen by Nazis found.” This story was quickly picked up by international media...
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Column: Shamanistic Echoes in the Arctic North
[Today we welcome guest writer Lyonel Perabo joining us from Northern Europe. He is a MA student currently enrolled in the Old Norse Religion program at the University of Iceland. He has written for...
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Column: The Mystical Allure of the Aurora Borealis
The time is a few minutes past midnight, on the night between the seventeenth and the eighteenth of August; the place, Svinøya, an outlying island close to the town of Svolvær, the unofficial capital...
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Column: Bergtatt and the Mountainborne Faith
While I may live in a relatively tiny city by most standards, my Norwegian hometown of Tromsø, with just over 70,000 inhabitants, still has all the characteristics of a much larger metropolis,...
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Column: Voices from Ice and Snow
There is no denying that the north has always played an important role in the worldview of Europe and the Western world in general. From the Romantics that sung the praise of the wild, Nordic nature...
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Column: What of the Christians?
Pagan Perspectives One of my most vivid school memories comes from a history lesson I had when I was about seven or eight. From very early on, history had been my favorite subject. The books were...
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Column: Politics of Religion, Religion of Politics
Pagan Perspectives Today’s column comes to us from our international columnist Lyonel Perabo. Lyonel holds an M.A. in Old Norse Religion from the University of Iceland and resides in the cold, Arctic...
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Editorial: Europe’s Heatwave and Pagan Responsibility
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott comments on the recent European heat wave and responsibility for Pagans to take action against climate change. Continue reading Editorial: Europe’s Heatwave and Pagan...
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Norse Mortuary House Found, Fear and Veneration
New discoveries in Norway that may shed light on the funerary practices of ancient Norse Pagans. Continue reading Norse Mortuary House Found, Fear and Veneration at The Wild Hunt.
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Column: The Princess and the Shaman – Durek Verrett’s Vision of Shamanism
Norwegian columnist Lyonel Perabo reviews Shaman Durek's "Spirit Hacking: Shamanic Keys to Reclaim Your Personal Power, Transform Yourself, and Light up the World," and finds its approach to shamanism...
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Pagan Community Notes: Supreme Court rules in favor of LGBT discrimination...
In this week's Pagan Community Notes: Supreme Court rules in favor of LGBT discrimination protection, Summer Solstice online celebrations, Juneteenth social media exodus, and more! Continue reading...
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Column: Giving Voice to the Skalds – Einar Selvik and Assassin’s Creed
Lyonel Perabo interviews Einar Selvik, the frontman of the Nordic folk band Wardruna and a composer for the soundtrack of the new video game, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. Continue reading Column: Giving...
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A Revised History of Emain Macha and Norse Burials
Recent articles published on Emain Macha in Ireland and Norse burial sites in Vinjeøra, Norway offer new insights. Continue reading A Revised History of Emain Macha and Norse Burials at The Wild Hunt.
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Viking Age ship burial found in Norway
A burial complex in Gjellestad, Norway includes burial mounds, buildings and a ship burial may help us to better understand the cultural and spiritual practices of the Vikings. Continue reading Viking...
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Review: “Beforeigners” brings the heathen past to the present
C. Foxnose Huling reviews the first season of the HBO Europe show "Beforeigners," which uses the premise of people from the past arriving in the modern world to explore questions of religion,...
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