NEW RELEASE (August 2026)
The Anglo-Saxon Scop by Lewis Flint Anderson. Revised edition with translations and foreword by Brúnwulf Ceorl. 60 pages. $15. Released August 2026.
Lewis Flint Anderson’s The Anglo-Saxon Scop remains an indispensable work of early 20th-century philology and history. Originally written as an M.A. thesis for the University of Toronto a year before its 1903 publication, this monograph investigates the socio-religious role of the scop within early medieval Britain. Anderson presents the poet, not merely as storyteller or entertainer in the mead-hall, but as a central institution of Anglo-Saxon social structure, an archivist, genealogist, and cultural arbiter, allied with kings both to record and shape history and lore. Anderson explores this poetic tradition by drawing upon an extensive library of Germanic and classical sources, examining how the scop is represented not only across Anglo-Saxon poetry, but within Latin, Greek, Norse, German, Saxon, and Gothic literature. From these different sources he represents the poet within his world and cultural context, and how his Heathen songcraft was reinterpreted through the new Christian beliefs and written literature.
This new edition preserves Anderson’s original study for contemporary medievalists and students of oral poetic traditions, demonstrating its continuous relevance to modern academic discourse. It is fully edited by Brúnwulf Ceorl and all primary source quotes have been fully translated, with the original texts kept in footnotes throughout.
Available September 2021
From the Giftstool: Collected Writings and Wisdom of the King by Gárman Lord. 90 pages. $16 Released September 2021.
This work follows in the footsteps of Gesíþa Handbook: An Introduction to Théodish Belief and Other Writings of Gárman Lord on Anglo-Saxon Théodish Belief (2018) and might well be thought of as its sequel. Like the aforementioned book, From the Giftstool: Collected Writings and Wisdom of the King is an anthology of Gárman Lord’s more influential articles penned between 1989 and 2020. Many of the chapters herein were first published in the pages of such heathen periodicals as Mountain Thunder and Spellstów. Moreover, a handful were first posted to the Wínland Ríce’s former online public forum, Uthwitegan Hall.
Available October 2019
Gesíþa Handbook: An Introduction to Théodish Belief And Other Writings of Gárman Lord on Anglo-Saxon Théodish Belief by Gárman Lord. 96 pages. $16.
Gesitha Handbook: An Introduction to Théodish Belief is a collection of works written by Gárman Lord, the founder of Anglo-Saxon Théodish Belief (also known as Theodism). Originally published as articles and separate booklets in the early 1990s, these works are being made available in print for the first time in fifteen years. Articles include: “The Undiscovered Retroheathenry,” “The Quest for Troth and Thew,” “The Gesitha Handbook,” and “The Mystery of Heathen Sacrifice.”
Available November 2014
Of Ghosts and Godpoles: Theodish Essays Pertaining to the Reconstruction of Saxon Heathen Belief, Both Old and Anglo by Þórbeorht Hláford. 248 pages. $30.
Of Ghosts and Godpoles is a collection of Théodish essays which cover various topics pertaining to the reconstruction of the Saxon Heathen religion. Beginning with a history of the continental Old Saxons, the book goes on to employ comparative mythology to explore the cult of Sahsnôt/Seaxnéat before utilizing archaeology to glean insight into the Irminsul and its popular representation in contemporary Heathenry. Thereafter, Of Ghosts and Godpoles reexamines the life of Hengest, his portrayal in literature, and his actions within the cultural context of the Migration Era warband. A textual analysis of Beowulf follows, drawing heavily upon linguistic anthropology to consider the significance that ghosts play in the Old English tale. Lastly, the book concludes with an overview of how environmental change set the Teutonic migrations into motion and the impact said migrations had upon the Heathen religion.
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