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Asatru:

Troth & HeathenryBlót & Sumbel, Prayers & InvocationsBlessings

Troth & Heathenry
"There comes a time in our lives when we must realize that there is  
a  difference between knowing the path, and walking the path." 
- The Matrix

* Community Wolf Helser
* We Are Our Deeds Justin Douglas Blackford
* Blessed Justin Douglas Blackford 
* Shout Gary Penzler
* Hearthfire Hazel-Kate Dooley
* Bonds of a Kindred Larisa C Hunter

* Walking with the Gods Michaela Macha

* These Gods are Your Gods Michaela Macha
* A Morning Bede Dan Miller
* Hammer M C Daimler
 
* By Virtue M C Daimler

* We Are Our Deeds Wolf Helser
* Echoes Matthias Wilson
* Visions Michael Schütz
* On the Wings of my Yearning Dan Nielsen
* The Return Erik Goodwyn
* We are the ones who remember Ben Waggoner

"Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation." - D. Elton Trueblood

* How the Gods Call Dan Ralph Miller
* Show Face Michael Schütz
* Heathen Music Dan Nielsen
* In our Woods Dan Nielsen
* A Call From Within Brandy Burkett
 

* The Unbroken Oath Johnny Whitebread 
* Having Offered Stefn Ullarsson Piparskeggr
* Midwintersong Gudrun Victoria Gotved 
* Strength Prayer Reinhold Niebuhr (adapted)
Wyrd Weaver Ayla Wolffe 

"The Gods will not do anything for us that we will not do for us ourselves." - "Beowulf" movie 2007

* The Path Wes McCollom
* Invincible Spirit   Justin Douglas Blackford 
* Tools of Frith  Dan Miller
* Universal Heathen  Michaela Macha
* Timeless Michaela Macha

* The Fountain Michaela Macha
* Don´t Know Much About History  Michaela Macha
* We are the Old People  Michaela Macha
* Tameka´s Choice (story) Matthias Wilson
* Sacred Ground Galina Krasskova 

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind."   - Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)

* What is Holy ? Thorskegga Thorn
* We are Heathens  Karl Donaldsson - lyrics & mp3 
* Heathen Way Matt Leonard
* Folkway  Janval Phagan 
* Choose Your Words Carefully Johnny Whitebread 

"First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position,
the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.
" - Kristin Hunter

* Ripples  Michaela Macha
* A Touch From the Web  Stefn Ullarsson Piparskeggr
* Look What They´ve Done to Our Lore, Guys Ingeborg S. Nordén
* Counting Song  Diana Paxson 
* For All Asatru Michael Schütz

"Religion is responsibility, or it is nothing at all." - Jacques Derrida

* The World Tree Song Ben Waggoner
* Fare the Road Forgotten  Dan Miller 
* Haiku on the Nine NobleVirtues  Rurik Orlov
* Kin Rurik Orlov
* Touched by the Gods Michael Schütz

"Truth is in the heart of the beholder."- Anonymous

The Harrow Daithi M. Haxton
* Altar Ring´s Fire Stefn Ullarsson Piparskeggr 
* Landvaettir Bede Stefn Ullarsson Piparskeggr 
* Song of the Utangardh Ingeborg S. Nordén
* The Norsemen  Joanna van der Hoeven 

"Heathenism should be a gateway to life, not a substitute for it." - Thor Shiel

* The Heathen Year  Michaela Macha
* A Kindred´s Anniversary Song  Michaela Macha
* Hail Forn Sidr  Frigga Asraaf
* Go  Anonymous/adapted
* Viking Dreams Kveldulf Wyrmswald Lokisson

"The point to one's beliefs is not proving them, but to learn from them."  - Douglas Loven

* Do you wonder ?  Victorria Wytcherley
* Song of Ulfgrimr Shawn Rowland
* Beneath a Mighty Oak Shawn Rowland
* Önd Jenny Blain
* Irmin´s Luminosity Shawn Rowland

"It neither breaks my leg, nor picks my pocket if my neighbor belives there is no god, or that there are twenty gods." - Thomas Jefferson

* Deep in Vinland  Swain Wodening Canote

* Gods of Earth and Thunder  Swain Wodening Canote
* Across the Flames  Stefn Ullarsson Piparskeggr
* Woven Crowfuzz
* Choose Matthias Wilson

* Forn Sidr (The Old Way) Ole Gotved 
* Wassail the Folk Stefn Ullarsson Piparskeggr
* The False Friend Matthias Wilson (story)
* Our Temple Troy Wisehart
* My Gods, Your Love Michaela Macha

* Chant to the Night of the Eagle Hoen Falker
* The Echo of our Ancestors Hoen Falker
* Jotun´s Bane Johnny Whitebread
* Motivated Uthyr
* The Old Anew Marshall Stands

Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1906

Blót & Sumbel
* Come Ye Heathens Larisa C Hunter

Prayers & Invocations  See also Musings: Loss, Dying
 "Anyone can pray to the Gods in whatever manner he likes." - Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, Icelandic founder of Ásatrú

* Ragnar´s Armor Michaela Macha
* Hail the Blest Gods  Michaela Macha
* The Gods are my Guides  Michaela Macha
* Hail to the Gods of the North!  Gary Penzler
* Prayer of Troth  Michaela Macha

* Untying Words Paul Walker
* Prayer of Thanks after Healing Laurel Mendes
* War Prayer Michael Schütz

* A Soldier´s Prayer (short version) Michael Schütz
* A Soldier´s Prayer (long version) Michael Schütz


* Goddesses and Gods  Michaela Macha
* Hail ! Crowfuzz 
* Hammer Hallowing Charm Thorskegga Thorn
* Call to the Folk Mark Ludwig Stinson
* Hail Jerry Parker

"When the mind knows, we call it knowledge.
When the heart knows, we call it love.
When the being knows, we call it prayer."
– Osho

* Prayer for Recovery Michaela Macha
* Hail to thee Hazel-Kate Dooley 
* Silence Michael Schütz
* Abend-Bede (Evening Prayer)  Ann Gróa Sheffield 
* The Gods Before Me  Michaela Macha

"Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." - Rumi

* Forn Sidr´s Statement of Belief Ole Gotved 
* Asynjur Chant  Michaela Macha
* Aesir Hear Us  Michaela Macha
* Hear me Aesir Egil Stenseth 
* Troth Crowfuzz

* A Night-Time Bede Larisa C Hunter
* Moon Blessing Darí Einarfjórđison
* May our Warriors be Strong Loraine Canaday
* Asatru Prayer  Dmitri Redski  

"In a sense this Northern mythology asks more of men, even makes more of them, than does Christianity,
for it offers them no heaven, no salvation, no reward for virtue except the sombre satisfaction of having done what is right."
- Tom Shippey, The Road to Middle Earth
(2003), p.156


Blessings
May you have peace, plenty and a good year! Ar ok Friđr !

* Blessing  Michaela Macha
* Blessing for a Heathen Child Michaela Macha
* Old Norse Blessings Michaela Macha
* Asatru Blessing Dmitri Redski

* A Meal Blessing Ann Gróa Sheffield 

* Asatru Food Blessing Dmitri Redski
* Asatru Child Blessing Michaela Macha
* General Blessing Larisa C Hunter
* Runestone House Blessing Analemma McKee-Schwenke
* By Water and Land Michaela Macha

"Unharmed go forth, and unharmed return, unharmed back home!
- Heill ţú farir, heill ţú aftr komir, heill ţú á sinnum sér!" - Vafthrudnismál

* May The Road Rise Up To Meet You Trad. Irish, adapted
* May Life Grant You...  Trad., adapted
* Through Time and Tide Diana Paxson
* Healing Charm Yves Kodratoff  
* Anglo-Saxon Hallowing Charm Galina Krasskova

* Feast Blessing Darí Einarfjórđison

"May the Gods stand between you and harm
in all the empty places you must walk." - From Old Egypt

Frith in your homes and strength within your hearts!

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