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Chapter
LVIII


Organizations and Resources


Ring of Troth - P.O. Box 25637, Tempe, AZ
85285-5637. Membership is $24/year and includes a quarterly subscription
to Idunna, as well as access to all of the Troth's spiritual
resources, networking groups (Rune Ring, Ring of Web), and training
programmes.


International Sauna Society

General Secretariat

Vaskiniemi

SF - 00200 Helsinki 20

Finland


Rakennuskirja Oy (Puclisher for the Building Information
Institute's RT sheets on sauna planning and construction

P.O.B. 1004

SF - 00101

Helsinki, Finland.


(The pamphlets Konya recommends are RT513.14 [Sauna
stove, Top Burning Heating Capacity 18,000...48,000 kcal], RT
513.15 [Sauna stove, Top Burning Heating Capacity 35,000...100,000
kcal], RT913.501 [Sauna Planning], RT913.516 [Sauna Platforms,
Wood Frames], RT913.517 [Sauna Platforms, Steel Frames], and RT913.521
[Sauna, Elements of Construction])


Raven Kindred - a small, active, independent group,
which puts out the Raven Kindred Ritual Book. Strongly
non-racist, otherwise tending to a slightly conservative form
of Ásatrú. Copies of Raven Kindred Ritual Book
can be ordered from the Raven Kindred, 11160 Veirs Mill Rd. l15-175,
Wheaten, MD 20902. $5.


Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) - A large
international group devoted to the furthering of mediæval
crafts, skills, and general re-creation, with some study of history
- their stated ideal is to revive the best aspects of the Middle
Ages, while leaving the miserable parts of that period behind.
As the name suggests, they are not really an historical reconstruction
group and allow considerable latitude in regard to details, though
individual members may sometimes keep up quite a high standard
of personal historical consistency. They are not to be compared
to the strict reconstruction groups of Britain and Europe, who
are advised to check every detail of their costumes and gear carefully,
as real archaeologists often wander through events and will know
if something is out of period (and who even go so far as to light
their campfires with flint and steel).

The SCA is a very valuable resource in terms
of buying weapons, handcrafts, jewelry, and other such items.
They are also extremely valuable as a source of advice for planning
bigger feasts, as they have been doing large-scale mediæval
events successfully for over twenty-five years now. There are
differing opinions on the value of their fighting techniques (rattan
weapons wrapped with duct tape), but they are certainly more realistic
than those of the British/European groups who use blunted steel
and must therefore be immensely careful (head shots are not allowed,
for instance).

The SCA must, however, be approached with great
caution by Heathens. Many of its folk are Heathen or Pagan, but
many are christians or non-believers playing at being Heathen
or Pagan during the time they are in persona. Just because an
SCAer wears a Þórr's Hammer or shouts, "Hail
Odin!" at a feast does not mean that s/he will not
freak out when s/he discovers that you take Heathenism seriously.
This has happened a number of times, sometimes with serious trauma
to both sides. As any very large and diverse organization does,
the SCA includes groups and individuals that are very fine and
helpful, and also groups and individuals with whom one would not
wish to associate. Care is called for.


Ordering information for various things:


Asatru News Service - general newsletter detailing
goings-on in the whole Asatru community. Can be ordered
from 1630 30th St. #266, Boulder, Colorado 80301. Ed. by Will
von Dauster, of the late lamented Mountain Thunder.


Gefjon's Arðr (drinking horns, clothing of natural
fibres and leather, deer and elk antler points and staves, icons
in oil or acrylics, on wood or canvas, skull and bone mandalas,
hand-carved wooden blót-bowls, staffs, and staves). P.O.
Box 85, Silver City, NM 88062.


Germanic Costume from the Early Iron Age to the
Viking Age (Greyhaven Costume Series #3),
by Diana L. Paxson. Full treatise, with documentation and directions
on making. Greyhaven, Box 472, Berkeley, CA 94701, U.S.A. $10.



Hvað er svo glatt
- book of Icelandic folksongs, arr. for voice and piano. Tónlistarbandalag
Íslands, Pósthólf 5421, 125 Reykjavík,
Iceland. Telephone [phone].


Mountain Thunder, back
issues and reprinted articles - see "Asatru News Service".



Ragnarok - Metaphysical book/gift store specializing
in Asatru and Celtic books, jewelry, and sundry things, mail-order
catalogue available for $3. 7162 Melrose, Los Angeles, CA 90046,
[phone].


Runa-Raven - Books, audio-tapes, manuscripts, tools
for rune-galdor (staves, knives, tines). For catalogue, send SASE
to Runa-Raven, P.O. Box 180931, Austin, TX 78718.


Théod - journal
of Anglo-Saxon Theodish Belief. Quarterly, $15.00/year. Theod,
dept i, P.O. Box 8062, Watertown, NY 13601


Yggdrasil - small journal
put out by Steerswoman Prudence Priest. Quarterly; year's subscription
$6 in States & Canada, $8 abroad. Checks to Freya's Folk,
537 Jones St. #165, San Francisco, CA 94102.



Trothline


The Troth/Ásatrú computer/e-mail network,
modulated by Grendel Grettison and open to all interested folk.
The address is sometimes subject to change, but information can
always be gotten from Grendel, c/o Barnstokker Hearth, P.O. Box
1972, Seattle, Washington 98111. Grendel is also the Washington
area Steward.


Stewards


The list of Stewards is ever-growing, so it was thought
rather pointless to include it in this book. New Steward-candidates
are always printed in Idunna. For the contact address of
the Steward in your area, write to the Wordsmith c/o the Ring
of Troth.
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