Writing in Runes Revisited- What we can learn from Tolkien
Posted by Byron Pendason on January 13, 2022 CE, in RunesAbout a year and a half ago, I did a blog post about writing in Anglo-Saxon runes. I explained both the runic substitution method (which more or less uses modern spelling) and phonetic method of writing in runes. At the time, I used the runes to write phonetically. And I continued to do it that way until rather recently. One day, though, a thought struck me. When Old English started writing in Latin letters instead of the Futhorc runes, they pretty much chose a letter to represent each rune. We can see this by examining runic inscriptions with the words...
Beginning the New Year with Mothers Night
Posted by Byron Pendason on December 18, 2021 CE, in Heathen basics, Heathen worldview, Heathen worship, Heathenry, ReconstructionModraniht is one of the holiest tides of the year for Anglo-Saxon Heathenry. All the information we have on its ancient observance is from the Venerable Bede in Chapter 15 of his The Reckoning of Time.
In Defense of a December Yule
Posted by Byron Pendason on December 7, 2021 CE, in Heathen basics, Heathen worship, Heathenry, ReconstructionYule is one of our holiest tides and indeed our most well known holiday. It is also a holiday that almost all Heathens celebrate. Given its relative importance, it is a valid question to ask: When should one celebrate Yule? But that question is not as cut and dry as it might seem.
Blog updates- Published books and upcoming blog posts
Posted by Byron Pendason on November 26, 2021 CE, in UpdatesIf you follow me on Twitter, you'll already know that I've published two books! Both focus on the Anglo-Saxon Calendar. The first book,"The Anglo-Saxon Calendar for the Twenty-First Century", lists all the major dates for each year of this century. That's the beginning of each month, the full moons, and the four major Holidays of Fyrnsidu.
New Webpage to Generate the Calendar
Posted by Byron Pendason on November 4, 2021 CE, in Heathen worship, Heathenry, Reconstruction, Anglo-saxon calendarA lot of Heathens avoid using an ancient lunisolar calendar (such as my reconstructed calendar) because of the hassle of calculating it all out. With this in mind, I programmed a webpage that will calculate the my Reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Calendar for any year. It includes the start of each month, the full moons, and the holy tides for any year that you input. Additionally, I have a date converter at the bottom of the page so that you can convert any Gregorian Calendar date to the Anglo-Saxon date.I have more plans for the webpage in the future. I plan to...