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The Assembly of the Elder Troth (AET) is proud to produce the Irminsul. Please find below samples of the contents of this issue.

Irminsul Newsletter Volume 2 - Issue 3 - January/February/March 2005

Tiller Talk - Editorial - Rurik Grimnisson

In this issue Jenny Jochen's Race and Ethnicity in the Old Norse World gives us an insight into the attitudes of the Norse folk who intermixed both culturally and genetically with the Picts and Celts of the British Isles. This mixture formed the foundation for the settlement of Iceland then Greenland, as the 'first fleet' to Greenland was composed of Icelanders.

The Ravens Caw - Editorial - Dirk Schmitt

Further to the interesting article, “Ours is not the faith of Tyranny” in our last issue, some thoughts from myself.

Herb Lore for Practical Family Use - 24 Northern Herbs - Kerstin Fehn

Our ancestors had access to many wonderful herbs to treat a variety of illnesses. Her is a basic guide to some popular folk remedies that have withstood the test of time.

Tyrvalds Collected Mead Recipes

Blueberry Mead

Race and Ethnicity in the Old Norse World - Jenny Jochens

The genealogical material found in Landnámabók was elaborated in the sagas of Icelanders, as details were added and events dilated into full narratives. It is not surprising, therefore, that the sagas contain the names and nicknames of the same individuals as found in the record of the settlers and their descendants. Working with the material in Landnámabók I have already acknowledged in passing several descendants of the original Celtic settlers in whom the dark Celtic features reappeared, identifying them by names or nicknames derived from the adjectives svartr and ljótr - in the following I shall therefore concentrate on a few cases in which the fuller narrative of the sagas allowed the authors to expand on the Celtic context, extend the genealogies, or modify the meaning of the names.

A Visit to Godafloss - Patrick McAuliffe

I recently came across a section from Savitri Devi's book “Defiance” published in Calcutta in 1951. To say that Devi was an interesting person is perhaps to undervalue this striking personality. Born of an English mother and Greek father she early renounced her Christian upbringing while a student in France. She evidently found her way to India and embraced the purer aspects of Hindu philosophy she found there. She assumed the name Savitri Devi and married a Brahmin, A. K. Mukherji.

Havamal - James Hjuka Coulter Translation

A careful guest
Who comes to sumble
Should listen and learn:
Listen close, and look around you-
This way, you stay safe from harm.

Book Review - Northern Magic - Reviewed by Dirk Schmitt

This book has been in print for quite a number of years now, having first been published in 1992. The cover (as depicted above) has changed from its first printing, having been redone a couple of times. Personally this one looks the best of the lot. At any rate, the true indicator of a book it its contents as opposed to its cover, so let us continue.

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