Þórbeorht Línléah

By the Sun, the Stars and the Moon offers the reader an overview of how Anglo-Saxon heathens kept time before Christianity introduced the Roman calendar. Found within its pages are reference charts for the times of the day, days of the week, months of the year, and seasons of the year. Also included are Þórbeorht’s translation of Bede’s “De mensibus Anglorum” (“The Months of the English”) and the Ealdríce’s reconstruction of the Anglo-Saxon lunisolar calendar for every year of the current Metonic cycle (2010 to 2028).… (más)

Of Ghosts and Godpoles: Théodish Essays Pertaining to the Reconstruction of Saxon Heathen Belief, both Old and Anglo is sure to become a classic text among Heathens, and especially among Théodish Heathens. Comprising six essays, plus extensive appendices and fascinating footnotes, the book combines academic rigor with insight and creativity. Its arrival ought to cement its author’s reputation as a foremost authority in modern Heathenry.

This book is not for beginners; there is a fairly high level of assumed knowledge, as the author freely admits. However, for those who are comfortable with the tools of historical research—linguistics, archaeology, mythology, reportage, historiography, cross-cultural comparison, and aesthetics—it represents a tour de force, and really throws down the gauntlet for contemporary Heathen authors to ground themselves deeply in the historical record and its interpretation.… (más)