The autumn term of the Lore Circles begins in the week of September 14. For ten weeks, six circles in four languages will read Voluspa together, a few stanzas at a time.
We chose it for this term because it is the one poem every Heathen has heard of and surprisingly few have read slowly. It is also, from first line to last, the speech of a woman, and we intend to give her our full attention.
How it works
Each circle has eight to twelve readers and a trained facilitator, and meets online for ninety minutes a week. We read in at least two translations. No previous study is needed. The circles are free and open to everyone, members or not, of any gender.
The reading plan runs from the seeress's call for silence in week one, through the making of the world, the first war, and the death of Baldr, to the last stanza in week ten.
Read along
If you cannot join a circle this term, you can still read with us. I have written an introduction to the poem for The Distaff: The Seeress Speaks. Our pages on seidr and the seeress and on the Norns give useful background.
The spring term, beginning in March 2027, will read the Saga of Erik the Red. More about the program is on our Education page.