Christmas Trees --- Actually kind of pagan!
Rune responds to the youtube video The Very Recent Origins of the Christmas Tree by ReligionForBreakfast, found here: https://youtu.be/m41KXS-LWsY?si=DrUTxLERGoux0HVB. RfB's video draws extensively on...
24 Dec 202333min
Is the Wild Hunt Actually Christian?
Rune discusses the tradition of the Wild Hunt, and touches on academic shifts in what it views as worthy of being classed as source material and how academic trends develop biases.https://www.youtube....
22 Dec 202317min
The Pyrocene
Rune interviews historian and author Stephen Pyne. Professor Pyne is is an emeritus professor at Arizona State University, specializing in environmental history, the history of exploration, and especi...
7 Dec 20231h 1min
The Lord of the Flies Lied to You
Is it really true that without institutional structures, centralised authorities with a monopoly on violence, and strictly demarcated property rights that humanity falls into a state of all against al...
30 Nov 202311min
Making a Pagan Yule Lamp
Rune discusses heathen and pagan customs surrounding sacred and 'set aside' lamps. You may check out the visual elements on Rune's youtube channel at Nordic Animism: https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoi...
23 Nov 202314min
Dalva Lamminmäki
Dalva Lamminmäki, whose work specializes in the folklore surrounding the sauna traditions in Finland. You can check out more of her work here: https://www.folkloristontheroad.com/Subscribe to Nordic A...
9 Nov 20231min
New Age Part Two
In this second part of a three part essay Rune discusses 'New Age' as a relational cosmology. Subscribe to Nordic Animism: https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoin the Nordic Animism patreon: https://www.p...
2 Nov 202320min
Why Do We Hate 'New Age'?
The term 'New Age' has entered everyday language. Originally a term derived from the 1960s US counter-cultural movement which embraced (famously) the 'Age of Aquarius' it now refers to any movement or...
26 Okt 202324min
