Again a small project has come to an end. It is quite a long article about the possible influence the steppe peoples of the Sarmatians could have had on Germanic peoples. It discusses the cultural influence and also a genetic imprint. Facts, assumptions and speculations should give a short overview…
The following story is based on the ballad "Pidder Lüng" by the German poet Detlev von Liliencron (1844–1909), but the content is not entirely identical. The story probably is to be situated in the 15th century when Schleswig-Holstein and therefore also the isle of Sylt were under Danish rulership. Meanwhile,…
The nightwatchman of Götzenhain, today a district of the German town of Dreieich, once did his duty at All Saints' Day. When the twelfth hour dawned, he was patrolling at the edge of the village. There he paused to call out loud the hour. His "Hear you people ..." came…
The new notebook, badly needed, came, and is meanwhile setup, configured and ready for use. Because it will mostly used while I am 'on the road', I felt it necessary to built in some tricky securities; except for BIOS and Windows passwords is the harddrive scrambled which needs an access…
A short note I wrote down two years ago - time for its publication. :-) At the village Lienden, northwest of the Dutch city of Nijmegen, at previous Batavian territory, many gold coins were found, Roman Solidi from Late Antiquity. This golden treasury was by and by found, the first…
On January 16, I was again at the Eldaring regulars' table for the Rhine-Main area and the Taunus. This time the focus was on astrology. Ms. Hannelore Goos gave a lecture entitled "What is Astrology?". A lecture that was understandable even for interested people who knew hardly or even nothing…
At January 16, 2020, I joined again "Fafnir's Hort", the "Eldaring" regulars' table of the Rhein-Main-Taunus Group. (The "Eldaring" is Germany's biggest Organization of Germanic heathens). This event takes place every month, unfortunately I can't take part every time. The picture above is the emblem of the group, © Fafnirs…
Quite awhile ago someone called me in a chat at Facebook with a request for some information about a specific goddess….. The written conversation went about like this: SHE: Yesterday I was reading in a book about goddesses and there is a name in there…. just that name without further…
Now and then people order one of my books from me and as long as I have some in stock, those orders are processed. Actually, the paper work and the financial aspect is done by my wife, and I only have to autograph the books and pack them. Sometimes, orders…
In 2019 my books “Goddess Holle” and “Germanic Magic” were published. From the books published before, I’ve recently withdrawn the permission for the ‘international release’ of the two-volume work “Gods of the Germanic Peoples” and “Wild Hunt and Furious Host”. This does not mean, they are not available anymore
Back home from the “Heathen Yule Market” which took place on 7 and 8 December 2019 in the village of “Groß Meckelsen” (part of the municipality Sittensen in the district Rotenburg an der Wümme. The municipality is located in the north of the German federal state of Lower Saxony. The nearest bigger cities are Zeven about 13 km west, Buxtehude about
