Thanks for visiting our home on the web! We are a small group in central Illinois run by the husband-wife team of Joseph and Heather “Védís” Köerner. We have been associated with the Troth since 2002, and previously members of the ADF from 1999 to 2008.

We are Heathen, but accept the title Asatru as an acknowledgment to the debt we owe to the efforts of such men as Sveinbjorn Beinteinsson and to Icelandic/Norwegian literature. Other branches of Heathenry, however, are not ignored, and elements of Anglo-Saxon and continental German Heathenry also play a large part in our folkway.

We are family-oriented and friendly, In line with this thinking, we honor the Vanic deities Frey and Freya, and the matriarchs Frigg and Nerthus, as heavily as we hail the Asic wisdom of Odin, the ethics of Tyr, and the strength of Thor. Ancestral veneration and the honoring of wights also figure heavily in our practice.

Ultimately, our folkway is about reconnecting to our ancient Germanic heritage. We are ‘adoptive’, to take a term from Doug Freyburger, which is to say we feel practicing Heathenry is a reclamation of our ancestral religion, however, we will drink a horn with anyone who is serious about honoring the Aesir and Vanir.

Beyond this we feel that further discussions of our Troth with the Gods are best done face to face, or at least one on one. Please check out our site. Here you will find profiles of Joseph and Védís, a schedule of holidays we celebrate, and information on how to contact us. We are always looking to meet new Heathens, especially in the Midwest area.

Heil Goðanum!

Joseph and Védís

 

“Heathenism is about constantly trying to improve yourself in a manner befitting the honor of the ancients”