Releasing RuneTyper 0.2.0- Four Rune Sets are now in the App!
Posted by Byron Pendason on February 7, 2021 CE, in Runes, UpdatesThree days ago, I published an apk of my RuneTyper. It's an app that allows you to type in runes and copy it to your phone's clipboard so you can post it to other apps. Any app that uses Unicode (which is every social media site I've tried it on, so far). The last version only had the Anglo-Saxon runes available, but I've now updated it to also include Elder Futhark and both variants of the Younger Futhark (Long Branch and Short Twig)!My next goal is to put it on the Google Play Store. I'm going to need a Google...
Introducing RuneTyper 0.1.1
Posted by Byron Pendason on February 4, 2021 CE, in Runes, UpdatesI created an app that uses Kivy/Python to be able to type Fuþorc runes (also called Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Frisian runes) and copy it to the clipboard so that you can paste it into other apps. It's currently only available for Android at the moment.Here's a screenshot of the app. In the text input, the screenshot has Wes þu hal (OE for Hello) written in runes: ᚹᛖᛋ᛫ᚦᚢ᛫ᚻᚪᛚ᛬Screenshot for RuneTyper 0.1.1I have big plans for this app. An ambitious plan is to allow one to switch between the various rune sets for the keyboard, but currently only the Fuþorc is available in...
Mægen for Spēd- A Framework for Understanding Offerings
Posted by Byron Pendason on December 22, 2020 CE, in Heathen worldview, Heathen worship, Heathenry, ReconstructionA question that a lot of newcomers to Heathenry might wonder is What's the point to offering to the gods? They may wonder how pouring some alcohol into a bowl is helpful to the entity that you are offering to. They may also wonder how it's going to benefit them. The gifting cycle (basically, a gift demands a gift in return) is fundamental to not only Heathenry, but to most European pre-Christian spiritualities. But how is pouring an offering into your offering bowl actually giving to the gods?This blog post is my attempt to put into words my understanding of...
My Reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Calendar for 2021
Posted by Byron Pendason on December 21, 2020 CE, in Heathen worship, Heathenry, Reconstruction, Anglo-saxon calendarFor details on how I reconstruct my calendar, see my page on the Anglo-Saxon Calendar. I will add a couple notes here, however.This year only has twelve new moons between the previous December solstice and this year's December solstice. Therefore, it will not be a leap year, and only have twelve lunar months. If you go by the Metonic Cycle, this year is year four of the Cycle. Leap years fall on years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19.Each month begins on the young moon, when the first sliver of the moon is visible after the new moon....
My Hallowing Ritual
Posted by Byron Pendason on November 19, 2020 CE, in Heathen worship, Heathenry, ReconstructionWes þu hāl! When I wrote my blog post about My Ritual Format, I was in a bit of a pickle due to the Hallowing section of it. I had just learned that the Weonde song that I had been using was written by a very unsavory character (Swain Wodening). So I wrote a short invocation to the flame itself asking it to hallow my altar area. It works (fire itself has an intrinsic power in Heathen ritual), but it never felt quite right.Shortly after I wrote that blog post, I discovered the Hallowing ritual used on Wind in the...