Due to personal scheduling issues, the next Wodensday Discussion Group meeting has been CHANGED to Wodensday, May 14th from 7-9PM. Only the date has been changed from the 1st Wodensday of the month to the 2nd. This couldn't be helped and hopefully won't bother anyone too much.This month's topic is Njordh, God of the ocean and wealth. We'll be meeting at the Buffalo Wild Wings in the shopping center right off of I40 at the US 70 exit. Click here for the map page on their main website where you can get detailed directions. Buffalo Wild Wings is just a few doors down from Best Buy. Please RSVP for this meetup. The restaurant can get pretty busy and we want to have enough comfortable seating for everyone without aggravating the restaurant staff. Please do your RSVP by 6pm May 14th either by email or by phone to 703 304 0137.

Since January 2005, The Thorr's Hammer Site has been hosting Heathen activities in Raleigh, NC. Until mid 2007 these activities have included public ritual. Due to changing sentiments regarding making these rituals public and an inability due to work travel to keep a consistent weekend open for hosting rituals, the following changes have been initiated.

The discussion part of the Public Blot gathering, focusing on the Norse Gods, continues as the Wodensday Heathen Discussion Group and includes more Asatru/Heathen topics. The meetings will be held (usually) on the first Wodensday each month and will rotate between locations in Cary, Garner, and Clayton, NC (Raleigh suburbs). The locations for our discussions are chosen for the fact that they are easy to find and have drinks and snacks available. And though there is a discussion topic each time, this is a relaxed, social event where Heathens can get to know each other and folks interested in the Heathen traditions can meet Heathens and ask questions.

Feel free to attend if you are a practicing Heathen or Asatruar, think you might be, or are just interested in talking about our Gods, Goddesses and practices. Anyone wishing to attend who follows an eclectic path should understand and be respectful of the fact that the Heathen traditions are not eclectic. The discussions will sometimes touch on the runes but this is not a rune class.

Asatru/Heathenism is a modern reconstruction of the pre-christian Germanic religion centered around the Norse dieties. Although these terms are used interchangably, Asatru tends to imply a more narrow focus on Scandinavian/Icelandic practices.

Kids are welcome if they are able to either engage in "grown up" discussions or sit quietly and not disrupt the discussion.

The formerly monthly public rituals will now be held bimonthly at a private residence by invite only. Anyone who I know or has previously attended a public ritual is welcome, anyone else should send an email or attend the Wodensday discussions first.

Please send an email if you have other questions about the discussions or rituals.



Upcoming discussions:
Njordh, the Norse God of the ocean and wealth
May 14th 7-9pm at Buffalo Wild Wings in Garner



Previous discussions:
The Spring Heathen Holidays, associated Gods and Goddesses
Wodensday, Apr 2

The Havamal (continued)
Wodensday, Mar. 6th

The Havamal
Wodensday, Feb. 5th

The Different Types of Heathen Practices
Wodensday, Sept. 19th

Eir and healing
August 1.

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