Category: Study

  • This post is a little different from my previous ones, more “from the heart,” less formal. What I want to express here is simple… while there are things we can know about the pre-Christian Anglo-Saxons, there is also much we will never know for certain. I write about what I learn through reading, researching, and…

  • In the world of the early English, the hearth was more than a place to cook or keep warm, it was the living heart of the home. It was where families gathered, stories were told, and prayers or charms were whispered to the unseen powers. The hearth gave light in the long dark months and…

  • Welcome to Hearth Wyrd!

    This space is a record of my study and exploration of pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon life, language, and worldview. I’m not a scholar, a historian, or a reconstructionist. I’m simply a learner, someone who is reading, listening, reflecting, and letting the old words and old ways settle into my understanding of the world. Everything written here is…