Odin ~ Loki ~ Berserkergang ~ Valkyries Alfish Worship ~ Runes ~ Harrows ~ Asatru Factions in Asatru ~ Heathen Mysticism Links ~ Bibliography ~ Glossary ~ Email

Heilsa. I am Wayland Skallagrimsson. I am a member of the Asatru faith, and a priest of Odin. I have worked with the runes and with Odin in one way or another for sixteen years. I have been involved in Norse style religion for ten years. I have been Asatru for six years. I have been practicing the berserkergang for four years. I am a hard polytheist, which means that I believe in the literal existence of the gods. I do not view them as only exemplary models. I do not look at them as Jungian Archetypes (though I believe that they speak to the human mind via these Archetypes). I do not see the gods as simply aspects of a single creator, or "the God" and "the Goddess". Uppsala was a great heathen temple located in Sweden. While our heathen ancestors usually chose places of worship that were outdoors, such as groves or springs, towards the end of the paleopagan days they also built structures to hold great rituals in. When the temple at Uppsala became occupied by Christians in the twelfth century, it was the symbolic end of the old paleopagan faith.

I have created this website as a devotional act to my gods, in partial payment for all the many things they have done for me, and given to me. I provide within it online altars, for heathens who are too poor, or in the wrong place, or travelling, and so have no access to altars of their own. I also provide content concerning the history of the Asatru faith, and also a description of it in modern times. Holy days, and ancient practices associated with them are listed. An essay on my patron, Odin, is also within, as is a description of the practices, ancient and modern, of the Odinic mystery cult known as the Berserkergang. Other essays accompany them.

I have named this online temple Uppsala in honor of the temple that was, in honor of the time we find ourselves in now: the renaissance of our people. I hope you get some use from it, as well as some enjoyment.

Hail the Gods!