Table of Contents
Acknowledgements1Introduction2Section 1 – Essays for New Heathens 5
What is a Heathen?6How Does One Worship the Heathen Gods?7Reasons I am Heathen12Religion vs. Magic15Finding the Old Gods16Becoming Heathen and Keeping our Advice Tru18Am I Going to a Christian Hell?20Beating the Christian Addiction22Long Time Heathens and New Heathens24Differing Views within Heathenry25Forms of Communication27HINO's: Heathen in Name Only30Moving from the “New” to the “Lasting”34
Section 2 – Building a Kindred or Tribe 37
Why Start a Kindred?38Breaking Inertia: Internally and Externally42Steps Toward Forming a Kindred43Starting a Heathen Study Group49Holding Open Events52A Heathen Club or a Heathen Tribe53Jump-Starting a Stagnant Heathen Community55Bad Kindred Experiences Holding you Back?57Be the Spark58Focus on Similarities59Types of Kindreds61Organic vs. Methodical63
Section 3 – Maintaining a Kindred or Tribe 69
Protect what You are Building70Outreach...Giving People a Choice72Reaching Out to Heathens Coming Home73Leadership and Decision-Making by Consensus76Kindred Growing-Pains are Inevitable81Broken People85Achievers, Workers, and Trolls88Leaving a Kindred Gracefully89Kindreds Becoming Tribes92Roles within Our Modern Tribes93