“A more-than-worthy successor to THEOD Magazine.”- Gárman Lord
Welcome to Spellstów, the official newsletter of the Wínland Ríce and Anglo-Saxon Théodish Belief. Anglo-Saxon Théodish Belief, also known as Þéodisc Geléafa or Theodism, is a rekindling of the manygodded troth that was held by our Anglo-Saxon heathen forebears before the coming of Christianity.
The newsletter’s name, Spellstów is itself an Old English word meaning “a place (OE: stów) where news (OE: spell) is abanned (announced).” As one might well fathom from such a name, Spellstów serves as the means by which the Ríce, its théods, guilds, and halls, “abanns its spells” to its friends throughout heathendom.
Spellstów is published quarterly at Solmónaþ (February), Þrimilce (May), Weodmónaþ (August), and Blótmónaþ (November) and includes articles and abannings from Géring Théod in New York, the Ealdríce Théod in Central Virginia, Brádléahweald Léode in Northern Virginia, Hræfnscír Théod in British Columbia, and Æppeldor Heall in Tasmania.
Spellstów, is published by Háliggyld Books. Be sure to check out Háliggyld Books’ selection of Théodish titles by Gárman Lord Cyning, Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere, and Wordsmið Þegn.
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume 5 Number 1 Solmónaþ 2023
Available as a pdf (free) subscription or 39 page printed publication ($14.00).
Included in this issue:
- Abannings
- The Hræfnscír Síþ Gealdor Part II: The Gealdor Restored by Ealhwaru Ceorl
- Before the Wéofod: A Geofen Béd by Þórbeorht Hláford
- Waldere and Þéodric: Continuity in Anglo-Saxon and German Legendary Traditions by Ælfric Hláford
- Blending Troths in Early Germania by Ealhwaru Ceorl
- Common Sense vs. Religion, Some Thoughts by Gárman Hláford
- Onfand on Hræfnscire: The Conversion of Kent by Ealhwaru Ceorl
- Reviews by Gert Æscbéam Árgesíþa
PAST ISSUES
“Rarely has such a mindboggling trove of lore been set before the mundane gaze in such a compelling package.” – Gárman Lord
Volume 4 Number 4 Blótmónaþ 2022
Available as a pdf (free) subscription or 64 page printed publication ($19.00).
Included in this issue:
- Abannings
- Thoughts on the Heathen Hereafter by Þórbeorht Hláford
- An Interview with Bronimir Gilis, High Priest and Founder of Gromada MIR
- On Significance Part IV: The Potential Realized by Gárman Hláford
- Arms of the Wessex Kings by Ælfric Hláford
- On Modernity and the English Monarchy by Friðoric Þegn
- The Hræfnscír Síþ Galdor by Ealhwaru Ceorl
- The “Marvellous” Elder Gods by Gárman Hláford
- The Great Good Place by Friðoríc Þegn
- Onfand on Hræfnscir by Ealhwaru Ceorl
- Odin: A Poem by Jeff Goodfolk
- Review by Gert Æscbéam Árgesíþa
Þórbeorht His Cynehelmung: Volume 4 Number 3 Wéodmónaþ 2022
This special issue of Spellstów is celebrates the cynehelmung (coronation) of Þórbeorht Hláford by Gárman Hláford as the Wínland Ríce’s new cyning. Available as a pdf (free) subscription or 72 page printed publication ($21.00).
Included in this issue:
- Abannings
- Pictures, documents, speeches, of the cynehelmung.
- Þórbeorhtes Cyneword by Ælfric Hláford
- On Þórbeorht’s Worthy Deeds
- Cynehelmung Bethoughts (Reflections) by Gárman Hláford, Eþelwynn Hlǽfdige, Ælfgár Þegn, Sǽfriþ Þygen
- Goats, Gunpowder and Bobbing Blades, Being a More Than True Account of my Wínland Wending by Friðoric Þegn
- Wherefore Æftera Líða? by Þórbeorht Hláford
- The Second Cynehelmung by Ælfric Hláford
- Cynewulf, Cyneheard and the Qualities of Kingship by Ealhwaru Ceorl
- On Significance Part III – A New Vocabulary of Reality by Gárman Hláford
- The Hræfnscír Hold-oath and Land-binding Thew by Ealhwaru Ceorl
- Askings and Answers
- Book Reviews by Gert Æscbéam Árgesíþa
Fourice Great Volume 4 Number 2 Þrimilce 2022
Available as a pdf (free) subscription or 63 page printed publication ($19.00).
Included in this issue:
– Abannings
– Gafol-Léodas: Théodish Tributary Tribes by Þórbeorht Hláford
– On Significance Part II – Shaftcunning by Gárman Hláford
– The Misseri in Ancient Germanic Calendars by Ælfric Hláford
– Is Cædmon’s Hymn Heathen? by Ealhwaru Ceorl
– From Wóden to the Virgin Queen: The Religious Authority of English Kingship by Þórbeorht Hláford
– A Different Cynehelmung by Ealhwaru Ceorl
Volume 4 Number 1 Solmónaþ 2022
Available as a pdf (free) subscription or 53 page printed publication ($17.00).
Included in this issue:
– Abannings (among which are Abannings of Cyningscipe by Gárman Lord and the Witan)
– Anglo-Saxon Guilds Ancient & Renewed by Þórbeorht Hláford
– On Significance Part I – The Undiscovered Significance of Significance by Gárman Hláford
– Hræfnscír Tiding: Mynne, Orlæg, & Iðunn’s Apples by Ælfric Hláford
– Rekindling the Hearth Fire: Medieval Sources, Modern Heathens by Ealhwaru Ceorl
– Heathen Imagery in Skyrim: Ten Years of Capturing Imaginations by Æðelwulf Gegilda
Volume 3 Number 4 Blótmónaþ 2021
Available as a pdf (free) subscription or 42 page printed publication ($17.00).
Included in this issue:
– Abannings
– Yuletide in the Théods by Gárman Lord Cyning
– Faining Questions Answered by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere
– Hræfnscír Tiding: Blótmónaþ 2021 by Ælfric Hláford
– Hláftíd Gealdor fram Ealdre Anglseaxisce Scopcræfte by Ælfric Hláford
– Æppeldor Tiding: Walkabout Diary by Friðoric Þegn
– A Poem for the Æftera Líða Games by Ælfgár Þegn
Volume 3 Number 3 Wéodmónaþ 2021
Available as a pdf (free) subscription or 36 page printed publication ($16.00).
Included in this issue:
– Abannings
– The Need for Blót and Symbel by Gárman Lord Cyning
– A Wóden Béd by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere
– Hræfnscír Tiding: Wéodmónaþ 2021 by Ælfric Hláford
– Ghosts in the Hills: England’s Chalk Hill Figures by Sǽfriþ Ides
Thrice Great Volume 3 Number 2 Þrimilce 2021
Available as a pdf (free) subscription or printed publication ($17.00).
Included in this issue:
– Abannings
– With a Right Good Will by Gárman Cyning
– Our Primitive Paganism by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere
– Hræfnscír Tiding: Éastremónaþ 2021 by Ælfric Hláford
– Series Review: The Gloaming by Friðoric Þegn
– Film Review: Penda’s Fen by Ósláfa Gegilda
– From Hof to Stave Church by Healfdan
Vol 3 No 1 Solmónaþ 2021
Available as a pdf (free) subscription or printed publication ($16.00)
Included in this issue:
– Abannings
– From the Giftstool: Is the Future Knowable? by Gárman Lord
– On Hǽl and Hléot by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere
– Hræfnscír Tiding: Solmónaþ 2021 by Ælfric Þegn
– Song of the Shieldwall: The Story of the Anglo-Saxon Folk by Malkin Gray & Friðoric Þegn
– Flatbreads, Furrowing, and the Feast by Æðele
– Heathen Lessons Applied to Modern Problems by Ælfgár Þegn
Vol 2 No 4 Blótmónaþ 2020
Available as a pdf (free) subscription or printed publication ($14.00)
Included in this issue:
– Abannings
– The Ghosts of Yuletide Past (and Yet to Come) by Gárman Lord
– Yeartidely Lore: On Yuletide and the Span of Its Days by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere
– Hræfnscír Tiding: Winterfylleþ 2020 by Ælfric Þegn
– Æppeldor Tiding: Bældæg 2020 by Friðoric
– Water Readiness by Dúren
Vol 2 No 3 Wéodmónaþ 2020
Available as a pdf (free) subscription or printed publication ($15.00)
Included in this issue:
– Abannings
– Deemings from the Wínland Ríce’s Hláftíd Mót (An Abanning on the Framework and Árunga of the Ríce, the Trow of Greater Théodism, and the Unthéodishness of Outlaws)
– Hræfnscír Tiding: Wéodmónaþ 2020 by Ælfric Þegn
– Yeartidely Lore: On Háligmónaþ and Harvest Home by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere of the Ealdríce
– Sacral Kingship in Théodish Belief by Friðoríc
– Wéohs by Ælfgár Þegn
– Readiness by Dúren
Vol 2 No 2 Þrimilce 2020
Available as a pdf (free) or printed publication ($15.00)
Included in this issue:
– Abannings
– Good Luck by Gárman Lord Cyning
– Wyrms and Wells by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere of the Ealdríce
– Hréðmónaþ 2020 by Ælfric Þegn
– A Walk Beneath the Sycamores by Friðoric Stígweard
– The Scópcræft of Benjamin Bagby by Eþelwynn Hlǽfdige
– Théodish Belief: Are You in or Are You Out? by Ælfgár Þegn Húscarl
– An Interview with The Saxon Storyteller
Vol 2 No 1 Solmónaþ 2020
Available as a pdf (free) or printed publication ($10.00)
Included in this issue:
– Abannings
– Significance and Sacral Kingship by Gárman Lord Cyning
– On Solmónaþ, Pancakes, and Ploughs by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere of the Ealdríce
– Yuletide 2020 by Ælfric Þegn
– Weaving the Social Fabric: Folk Dress and the Revival of Heathen Community by Friðoríc Stíweard
– Grim Harold
– Fire in the White Stone Part 1: A Conversation with Dan Capp
Twice Great (Double Sized) Vol 1 No 3 Blótmónaþ 2019
Available as a pdf (free) or printed publication ($15.00)
Included in this issue:
– Abannings, Charters, Oaths
– Old Grains by Ælfric Þegn
– A Mound for a King: Part One – Landscape by Friðoríc Stíweard
– On the Right Reckoning of Módraniht by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere of the Ealdríce
– Yuletide in the Ealdríce by Eþelwynn Hlæfdige
– A Théodish Existential Apologetic by Gárman Lord Cyning
– Scholarly Sojourns: Anglo-Saxon Britain tour review
Vol 1 No 2 Wéodmónaþ 2019
Available as a pdf (free) or printed publication ($11)
Included in this issue:
– Abannings
– Watertown Memories
– The Ríce Renewed by Þórbeort
– A Return to the Ríce by Ælfric
– Yeartidely Lore: On Hláftíd by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere of the Ealdríce
– Midsommar Movie Review
Vol 1 No 1 Þrimilce 2019
Available as a pdf (free) or printed publication ($11)
Included in this first issue:
– Théodish Lore: The Sage
– Théodish Lore: The Wælburgas Þyle
– An Éastremónaþ Hwatung (Omen)
– Rúnlár (Rune Lore)
– Rúnung (A Reading of the Runes)
– Éastre Abannings
– Yeartidely Lore: On May Day, Bældæg, and Beltane by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere of the Ealdríce
For books on Théodish Belief, be sure to visit Háliggyld Books.
Submissions, comments, suggestions, and questions may be sent to the Ealdríce at ealdrice@ealdrice.org or at P.O. Box 13961, Richmond, Virginia 23225.
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