Yule at the White Horse Stone
Members of Fylfot Hearth of the Odinic Rite gather at the WHS each year for their Yule ritual. The following video gives some excerpts from this years gathering.
Hengest “plays” the White Horse Stone
This is a short video clip of me “playing” the White Horse Stone through a hole that runs from front to rear.
John Lesslie Hall 4 – The Lady Rowena
The Lady Rowena by John Lesslie Hall Few were the months ere foes numberless At the seashore’s sands savagely harassed The king of the Kentmen. The cruel, blood-thirsty Men of the Picts minded but little, then, Foes from the northland, how the fair-haired, dauntless Earlmen of Anglia ever intrepidly Hewed them with edges, aiding the [...]
John Lesslie Hall 3 – The Death Of Horsa
The Death Of Horsa by John Lesslie Hall Six-Winters’ time had the sweet, wavy-haired, Curly-locked queen of Kent-land and Albion Delighted her lord, lived with decorum As wife of his bosom. War-mooded men, then, Hot-hearted Kentmen, harassed the spirit Of Rowena the winsome, well-lovèd, far-famed Queen of the Kentmen; cruelly vexed her, Said she had [...]
John Lesslie Hall 2 – The Landing Of Hengist and Horsa
The Landing Of Hengist and Horsa John Lesslie Hall Early thereafter, earlmen of Anglia, With Hengist and Horsa, heroes distinguished and Leaders belovèd, leaped in their fast-chasing, Stout-builded, sturdy steeds of the water-ways, On the seas clomb then, to seek for the far-away, Wide-famed, sea-girt, water-encircled Island of Albion, most excellent land The sun ever [...]
John Lesslie Hall 1 – The Calling Of Hengist and Horsa
The Calling Of Hengist and Horsa by John Lesslie Hall Lo! in legend and lay long we have heard of The fame of our fathers, folk-leaders mighty, Eminent earlmen. Oft, gleemen-thanes All through the ages, excellent song-smiths, Have sung of the bold and brave and illustrious Fathers of England from far o’er the waters, Earls of [...]
UN threatens to act against Britain for failure to protect heritage sites
The UN is threatening to put the Tower of London on its list of world heritage sites in danger after its experts accused the UK of damaging globally significant sites such as Stonehenge, the old town of Edinburgh and the Georgian centre of Bath, the Guardian has learned. Unesco, the UN’s cultural agency, has told [...]
Planting of New Life – 8th Guardians Event
On the 9th Lenting the Guardians of the White Horse Stone gathered for the 8th Guardians event. Previously, I had reported that in late Fogmoon last year we had planted around 30 hedge plants which we had obtained free from the charity Woodland Trust. After that event, I had ordered a further 30 hedge plants [...]
Planting at the WHS
In late Fogmoon (November) Andy Robertson and myself met at the White Horse Stone to plant 30 native hedge plants. For the past few years we have been removed a great deal of rubbish from the immediate and surrounding area and at our last clear up we decided it was the right time to begin [...]
Earth Day 2007
As Odinists, we should make guardianship of Mother Jorth a priority at all times. We need to ensure such things as constant vigilance over the way we dispose of our rubbish, the way we utilise her precious gifts of resources such as water, wood, energy reserves etc and generally work to raise this same awareness [...]
Guardians Cleanup No.6 – A new site.
On a beautiful Sunny Ostara morning the Guardians met in North Kent to carry out the first clean up of 2257. We met at our usual meeting place on Blue Bell Hill prior to travelling the short distance to the planned new clean up site. Over the past three years the Guardians have removed a [...]
Guardians Ostara meeting and 6th clean-up
Greetings All The Guardians will be holding their first clean up to 2007 on Ostara 21st (Saturday 21st April). The White Horse Stone is I am pleased to say almost completely clear of major rubbish and only general litter picking is required to maintain the site at present. That being the case I have decided [...]
White Horse Stone, Orange & Me
I finally got around to ringing Orange for a PAC(K) code today, that enables me to change network. I have been meaning to dump them for a while after I heard about the White Horse Stone. It seems they have given up their plans for a second time, nevertheless, I don’t want anything to do [...]
WHS the decision!!!
Greetings All Well curiosity got the better of me and so I thought I’d do a search on the Maidstone planning website. The news from the site is, I am sure you will agree with me, rather pleasing. The application has been REFUSED!!!! Yes! Yes! Yes! Main Location:LAND OFF CHATHAM ROAD, MAIDSTONE Status Refused on [...]
Burial mound saved in the Netherlands
A report from our Dutch friend Boyke: For years now the burial mounds in the Dutch Province Drenthe have been neglected and sometimes heavily damaged. In the last couple of year’s young people do not appear to know the importance of these structures anymore and are therefore treating them with no respect at all. A [...]
Anti Phone Mast Posters at WHS
Thought I would post a few pictures of the area that Orange wish to destroy and show you the posters that we put up yesterday.
Odainsacre Hearth Trash Cleanup
A report from a Guardian’s event in North Carolina USA: On Sunday, May 21 Odainsacre Hearth AOR, under the banner of the OR Environmental Concerns Office, conducted a trash pickup at Falls Lake in Raleigh, NC. Falls Lake is a fishing area and the main water supply for Wake County. At 12 noon five members [...]
White Horse Stone under attack!!
Greetings All I have the disturbing news to bring you that the White Horse stone has once again come under attack by the mobile phone company Orange. I received the following e-mail from a local lady and friend of the OR. Hi Asrad, Disturbing news today. Orange has put in an application for a phone [...]
Fourth Guardians Clean-up
On the 11th Lenting this year a 21 strong team of Guardians set about clearing further rubbish from the area around the sacred White Horse Stone. To be perfectly honest I had not anticipated collecting a great deal of rubbish as so much had already been cleared on previous clean-ups, yet the twenty one strong [...]
White Horse Stone nominated as English Icon
The White Horse Stone has been nominated as an English icon at http://www.icons.org.uk. The site asks members of the public to vote on a whole host of entries to find definitive icons of England. The nomination was entered with the following comment: The ancient White Horse Stone in Kent is, according to English legend, the [...]
