I am thinking of doing an episode on my podcast about women in Asatru.  I could very easily call on the support of my kinswomen and other women in my greater community at large but I'd prefer to branch out.  So here's where I need help.

If there was one woman in Asatru today that you'd love to sit and talk with who would that be? why?

Who is your favorite woman from the Sagas?

What woman do feel contributed the most to the modern Asatru/heathen movement? Why?

Who id your favorite female heathen author?

Any and all responses to these questions would be greatly appreciated.

top left to right: Jeff, Jon, Mark, Jenn, Steve, Rick, and Bill

Bottom left to right: Matt, Carrie, me, and Dave

Raven Kindred North. I am so Lucky to have these guys in my life! This past weekend we did something we hardly ever do, sit in Symbol with just us. I love the greater community but there is something powerful about just having people you completely trust. The only members not able to attend were Ingmar and Isa who live in Germany and were sorely missed.

 

 

 

Hwaet!


Hear me, gathered beings, as I sing the deeds of Richard Allgaeir Ruhle. He was the son of long ancestry, the Wagners and the Ruhles. The Ruhles came from Schneitz, a town in Bavaria and his family settled in Brooklyn, New York. Today, I sent him to rest among the Allgarie family, his ancestors buried in the Linden Hill Methodist Cemetary, in Ridgemond, Queens, New York.



Richard Ruhle was born July 24, 1946 at the Bethany Deacones Hospital in Ridgewood, New York.

He attended PS 68 in Glendale and when there lived on 65th Street.

As a teen, he attended and graduated from Brooklyn Tech High School in Brooklyn, NY.

As a man, he passed his professional engineering exams, became a Civil Engineer and received Certification in Plumbing Engineering.

Richard Ruhle worked with the team responsible for the World Trade Center AC/Ventilation systems. His apartment had a view of the towers, and he proudly gazed on his work as long as the towers stood.

He also worked on the New York Public Library's HVAC system.

Richard was a strong-willed man who survived an epidural abcess, despite its leaving him wheelchair bound.

He worked hard to overcome personal obstacles like obsessive compulsive disorder and diabetes.

Richard Ruhle enjoyed trains, coins, and music. He researched his own genealogy extensively, and had a baseball card collection he took pride in.


He contributed to the Young Peoples' Chorus of NYC.

In his will, Richard Ruhle has bequeathed his financial estate to form a scholarship fund for the Brooklyn Tech High School. His last act will benefit that school as a whole, and all individuals who receive the scholarship he endowed.

He died May 17, 2007 aged 61 years old.



Richard Allgaier Ruhle worked hard and survived adversity. His ancestors have no doubt welcomed them into their halls, offered him meat and drink, and even now are hailing him, remembering his life's works. As the Havamal tells us: Cattle die and kinsmen die. We, ourselves, shall die. I know one thing that never dies, and that is the reputation of each dead man well remembered.



As I sit here drinking the last of the Peak Organic nut brown ale we used in the funeral ritual today, I find myself with more to say. Richard Ruhle came to Asatru late in life. He preferred solitude. He never did learn to use the internet, and so never knew just how close he was to the community of Asatruar he sought. His funeral was attended today by his friend, Rudolph, his attorney and friend, Paul, and the funeral director, Patrick.
I wrote and performed Richard Ruhle's funeral never having met him, but the stories of these two men helped bring Richard's memory to life. Dan O'Halloran assisted me, which allowed us to bring a measure of balance to Richard Ruhle's passing. We showed him the way to his ancestors, and surely his alfar and disir sup with him now, shelter him, keep him warm in their halls.



We all want to be remembered, and I count myself fortunate to have been able to help Richard Ruhle in his journey. Now I would like once more to help him, by remembering him.



Please - lift a horn, have a beer, raise a toast to Richard Ruhle.



I have sent this out to every major email list I am on. Richard's story has now reached hundreds of heathens. I think it would be a great memorial to him for thousands of us to hear Richard Ruhle's story, lift a toast, or just read this and realize the man Richard Ruhle was. Please - feel free to send this email onto every local heathen list, every organizational list you might be on, anywhere you think Richard Ruhle, a solitary heathen, would have liked his name known. Let's do what our Asatru community does best - remember the dead, and remember them well.



Wes thu, Richard Ruhle, hal.



In Frith and Remembrance-



Patricia Lafayllve

Godwoman, The Troth

I love podcasting. Even more than that I love lore. My husband and I have been producing two podcasts for several months and one of them is dedicated to reading the Sagas and Eddas. I realized though that something was missing; a way for people to discuss what they had just listened to (or lore in general). I have been inspired by a friend to do something about this ~ thus the Spoken Lore Forum was created ~ Have a listen, discuss, and learn.