"I contemplated the Idea of the Solar Hero and find the concept of the Sun as a 'Fair Wheel' fascinating, imagine a Gleaming Wheel of fire spinning, and it is Eight Spoked, and thus Nine Pointed, with a Tir shooting in all of the cardinal directions. We are then reminded of the Archangel showing this Compass or Tir to the Golden Mary in the ( Read more... )

It be to me that Lee might actually trace back to an older word for "Lion" or "Hero", though "Hut" or "Tent" is also an interpretation, it is a word of Gothic Origin, though traces back to Indo European words that also trace back to words of Latin, Greek, and Celtic Origin. The Lion is Sacred to the Goddess Freyja, as it is associated with Gold, ( Read more... )

My name is Michael Rayborn and I came upon this forum [Gothic Christo-Pagan] through a Neoplatonic forum and am pleased to find so much intelligent information on this page! My philosophy is centered around The Gothic Truth which views the Path of Goodness as the core of ancient Gothic, Indo European, and ultimately Global essential Truth of ( Read more... )

Odin means The Master of Inspiration in the ancient Gothic languages. As a God or Good-Being, indeed Goodness and God related linguistically speaking, his Role is that of Inspiration, a sense of pure Spirituality that guides us in our Life. The idea of Fighting to the Death is a spiritual process and can be applied to everything you do in the ( Read more... )

Clear waters symbolize Philosophy and when blended with honey as well as yeast it transforms into mead, symbolized as Ecstacy, the stuff of Poetry and Heroism! The steel is blessed with fluids both clear and bright, the heart is boundless, and the brand a sterling tongue in the fray, a Mind Sword in the height! - Michael Rayborn

One of my most profound thoughts on Heathenry has surrounded the Lay of Helgi, the Legendary Gothic Hero who slew the Giant named Hatred, whose abode is in Munarheim, the Realm of Heart-Wisdom, or Love. This realm is not in Svartalfheim as many believe, but is a Celestial Plane somewhere between Ljosselalfheim and Middle Earth, thus it is in the ( Read more... )

The Sun represents Goodness and the Lightning Bolt embodies Thew, that is, Goodness in Action. The Will focusing Thoughts, Words, and Deeds towards the Higher Good, the true source of Power embodied in the Love and Wisdom of the Gods as well as Goddesses of Asgard! The Roebuck speeds like Lightning in the forest, leaving the sign of Day in cloven ( Read more... )

It is said that Neitzshe explored the Idea known as 'The Will to Power', and claims that it is Utility, not Virtue, that leads to True Power. Though all of the Virtues our Inglish dictionary holds defines what is Good, the True source of Power embodied in the Sun and the Lightning Bolt, represented as a Stag (roe deer) which is a Solar Beast, and ( Read more... )

So based on what I've heard it came to me that the return of Christ was supposed to happen a few years ago based in some sort of random calculation. Though it didn't happen, and for many this literal interpretation is important. I do not call myself a Christian, rather I say Goth, which is the proper name for someone who practices the Old Ways of ( Read more... )

Three Interlocking Triangles burn in thy hugagua ( Read more... )