Ravens' Wyrd
online newsletter for Skergard

(News added as it arrives, in sequence recent to past, excluding silence)

News for 2009/5112

Thorrablot: RG VolundR names an Elder. Elders must be a minimum of 65 years oldand act as advisors to The Council. Elder Dave Ecker has been an ardent follower of Holde and supporter of Skergard.

Final night of Yule: Herring rite brings a new awakening. Smoke herring is always a favorite. Herring, sacred to both Thor and Holde, mark a new year and a new beginning. It is written that Thor carries a pack full of herring when he ventures from Asgard, as per the Eddas.

2000/5103

Silence: Skergard is to "fall dark" for 9 years to respect Holde and Her Hold as envisioned by our Founder while sitting on the face of a cliff. A back-up of the website has been made and the website is to be taken off-line. It will be restored in nine years.

News for 1999/5102

August Moot: Skergard and CIAK are hosting a moot in August, we hope many of us attend! For more information click here.

RG VolundR Lars named World Drighten: RG VolundR Lars Agnarsson was named a World Drighten by Edred Thorsson of the Rune Gild.

New Gild formed: RG VolundR Lars has formed a new Gild known as the Steypa. It is the goal of the Steypa to produce a new line of Erulians for the next century. The Steypa is a Gild for the studies and advancement of Runology and Esoterics based on the teachings of RG Lars and "is in no way associated with the Rune Gild or Edred Thorsson".

19th Century Book Online: RG Loptsson has finished transcribing The Pre-Discovery of America by the Northmen, With Translation from the Icelandic Sagas, by B.F. De Costa, 1890. It is fully hyperlinked. Click Here to read. 

Millennial Mother-night '99: IG Þegja is currently planning the Yule even to be celebrated in Houston. Houston was selected due to its very temperate winters, we expect the weather to be approx. 80 degrees farenheit for the event. For more information please click here.

Yule in Brasil: IG Meðal reports that the Yule event in Brazil was a success. In Brazil this is celebrated in the summer.

Online Radio: RG Lars has designed an online Radio Station for Skergard. It provides a live stream of music while browsing the internet, or simply being online. All comments are welcome so that this station will be enjoyed by all members. Click Here to listen! (link updated)

Clergy Education Program Changed: RG LærðR and RG Lars, Assistant Gyllakenni and Gyllakenni of Skergard Aga Clergy Education Program respectively, have changed the curriculum in order to accept all individuals who practice *any* "Northern Tradition". Clergy requirements are no longer limited to the Skertru, but rather tailored to each individual and each individuals personal Faith and dedication within the Northern Tradition. Reverend Godhi LærðR (Asst. Gyllakenni) and Reverend Godhi Lars (Gyllakenni) are accepting applications at this time. Applications should contain an entire religious background, and what they want to study (branch of Northern Tradition), in order to tailor your needs in the Clergy Program. Currently Skergard has received approximately 120 applicants for clergy but we did not have the volunteers to aid them, please re-apply. We apologize for this inconvenience. write to Gyllakenni@skergard.org or AsstGyllakenni@skergard.org .

Another First in Northern traditions: Skergard has become the first organization to offer free pop accounts and email servers as well as email forwarding and yourname@skergard.org email address. If you are a member please send your email name request to webmaster@skergard.org for immediate assignment, if you are not a member and want to be in the most globally diverse Organization of Northern Traditions with the least BS click here.

Skergard Mailing List becomes Open: The Skergard email mailing list is now open to the public. We are proud to say that our list has never had a flamewar since it was founded in 1997. Our list was opened to the public in order that we do not have the option of "stagnating in our own thoughts with no outside opinion on things". We welcome all facets of the Northern Tradition. This list will not clog your inbox and is generally quiet, we hope to change that (the quietness). The list only contains 1/5th of the membership base of Skergard, those members who are not subscribed (or those of you that want to be on it but aren't members) please go to www.onelist.com and subscribe in kind.

First Vows Anniversary: Skergard is honored to announce on this the 14th day of April 1999, Orion and Sandra celebrate their exchange of vows under the guidance of Reverend Goði Lars Agnarsson. It is their first anniversary! All congratulations and best wishes can be sent to orion@skergard.org . A copy of the exchange of vows rite is available upon request.

"Our ways shall spring once more, sharing and giving,
Midgard we rise, Ase and Van they bless you;
Blindifylgjar Bu you are now, and together will Orion,
and will Sandra speak, freely the words shall flow."

Skergard on Valhall: (old news) Skergard has added a new channel for chats. The registered channel is on Valhall and is called #Skertru. Members of Skergard will be opped. However, you need to have an IRC program to access the channel. If you do not have one, you can download them from here (32 bit | 16 bit | Mac).

vinland.ri.us.valhall.net

fizzx.mn.us.valhall.net

hades.se.eu.valhall.net

Skergard Site Revised: The site has been revised for ease of navigation. We have decided not to use Dynamic HTML (as is seen in this page with IE4+) so systems don't lock up, the difference is that the cloud background does not move with DHTML. Also note all religious links to writing have moved to the "Skertru" link on the main index.

Ritstjóri elected for Utgard: The Council elected Arnold Kelly as the editor of Utgard Online Magazine of Northern Traditions. All submissions to Utgard should be sent to him (see below).

Utgard Online Magazine of Northern Traditions: Utgard issue number 4 has been released. To submit articles, poems, art, or anything to Utgard, please send email to utgard@skergard.org.

Skerbók: Skerbók, the second edition, was composed by RG Lars and consists of about 140 pages. It contains the writings of Skertru along with the Norse pagan (in general) ideology of the afterlife. The section on the afterlife is a revised and expanded version of Hilda Roderick Ellis [before marriage, H.R.E. Davidson proper] research. It also includes Soul Lore as well as a non-Cabalistic viewpoint of the World Tree Yggdrasil complete with full-color charts that span all research levels in Skergard (one color is equal to the same and thus all charts link)...click here for the contents of the book.

Kindred List: We are organizing a list of Kindred's (or Hópar/Felagur/groups). Each group is welcome to have their own web page on the Skergard site if they wish. Currently a majority of Skergard groups are unlisted. Please click here to get your Kindred listed.

Irminsul Aettir Wants to add groups: Skergard groups were mass deleted from the Irminsul Aettir websites contact list "en masse" in May 1998 (for being Skergard groups that they knew of). The Irminsul would like to "add" (re-add) our groups, but we must resubmit the groups to the site, individually. The Irminsul Aettir deleted Skergard groups alltogether with the exception of Skergard as an organizational link in May 1998. The Council of Godhar (Skergard Council) did not deem their deletion as "important" on the grounds that Skergard is the Largest Organization and the Council viewed them as "having the right to delete whom ever they wish, although deleting all groups from the largest org is illogical as support may cease should they require it". If your group wishes to be re-added to their site contact their Drighten by clicking here. The site is at http://www.irminsul.org

Register Your Web Pages: Skergard still offers a free 50 search engine/directory registry for its members. If you would like to register your site click here.