life, love, cooking, hearth and home, lush nature, divine
communication, family, blood, ancestry, spirit, folk customs, folk
costumes, culture, fermentation, travel, walking, woods, starlit
nights, swastikas, signs and symbols, runes, language, healing,
getting sick, strong souls, strong hearts, wit and wisdom, children
and wisened ones, folk art, folk dance, sacred spaces, stones, dirt,
flowers, trees, wells, myth, sagas, folk tales, old songs, fire, stags, ravens,
wolves, owls, snow covered mountains, sweet spring meadows, fields of
wheat, invocations, herb lore, MEAD, feasts, toasts, and boasts! horns, fur, feathers, teeth, swords, bows and arrows, shields, cauldrons, hand crafting, weaving,
raising goats, hunting, singing, seafaring, the moon, the sun, and
stars, losing our way, finding it again, seidr and hagalaz and the turning of the wheel!
HEX IS:
~ Arrowyn Craban ~ Administrator / Editor / Art Director I was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1972. My parents, being in the military, moved us to Germany, where I lived from age 2-5, upstairs from a ma & pop flower shop. We travelled extensively, visiting ruins all over Europe, and I even had the great pleasure of sitting upon the altar at Stonehenge. I loved it, but we moved back to the States, and I grew up in the Mid West. When I was 20, I moved to the West Coast, where I put out a punk zine called Rise, and I never stopped moving until I birthed my daughter. In my travels I studied herbal medicine & healing traditions from all over the world, cooking & fermentation, art & mythology, tattooing & handcrafting, primitive skills & folk ways, music, love & nature worship, esoteric arts & magic. I reside in Portland, Oregon, a place I dearly love, with my daughter Manzanita. I also play music with her papa, Jason Hovatter, in a minority of one. I am a web weaver and graphic artist by trade, doing freelance as Verdandi Design. I embarked on this path wholeheartedly with the design & layout of the Infernal Proteus musical herbal compilation. I am at home both on the computer & in the woods. I embrace paradoxes in my life & live to seek the mystery. oh, and I think raspberry mead is about the best thing in this great wide world. ~A~
~ Markus Wolff ~
Editor / Contributing Artist
Little Markus early on developed a sensibility for art and history, as well as an obsession with archeology due to numerous visits to the Roman-Germanic Museum in his native Cologne. He drew his first drawing at age 1. When it came to playing Cowboys and Indians, he always chose the Indian cause. Further talents included jumping from the garage building into the sandpit, climbing trees, and playing quietly by himself. His imaginary world of heroic adventures and deeds was soon preferable to the drab everyday surroundings, centered on a sandy playground that included the remains of a WW II bunker. He came to like the little leftover natural spots, like the unruly stand of gnarled, overgrown trees that seemed like such an inviting, infinitely fascinating anomaly in the ordered grid. He loved the river Rhine, just a block from his home, and its wide grass-covered banks that sometimes flooded. Across the river, he had a sweeping view of the city panorama; a view that was lit up every New Year by a plethora of fireworks. Weekends were often spent at a local nudist colony, where swimming and exploring were at the forefront of his activities, while Winters were often spent skiing in the Bavarian Forest; a favorite game was turning the heavily snowed-in trees and rocks into animals by adding an eye with his ski pole. Travel and its possibilities turned into a passion for geography as well, and he memorized countries and their capitals early on, many of which he would later visit. Australia, Austria, and America were to be the three next main stations on his journey. Markus thanks his parents and mentors for helping to shape his present and future self...
~ Henry Lauer ~
Editor / Contributing Author
Based in Sydney, Australia, Henry used to write veritable essays for bios like this.
Right now, though, he prefers to just list some of his interests: Heathenism, runes, seidh, magic, spirituality of many branches, music, writing, art, history, philosophy, literature, psychology, nutrition, health, environmentalism, love, hate, war, and peace. Oh, and Hex of course.
Henry’s musical projects, collaborators, and so forth (in approximate order of how involved he is with each), include:
are seeking to learn about the culture of your ancestors
have an interest in building a sustainable future
want to raise your children with strong cultural values
desire to share your experiences and knowledge
want to connect to a community that shares your interests
…THEN you have found a home in HEX.
Pull a bench up to the fire!
HEX is a bi-annual publication and an online community giving voice to radical traditionalists and the modern heathen household. We are here to serve those who honor the indigenous traditions and beliefs of European people. In a world driven by consumerism, globalization, and the homogenization of cultures, this magazine strives to bring our focus back to the evident truths of the seasonal cycles, the folkways & rites of our ancestors, earth stewardship, self-sufficiency, and sustainable living. By making old world knowledge and wisdom available for use in our everyday lives, we aspire to bring continuity to the present and hope to our future generations. HAIL!
Bands on the compilation CD include:
Allerseelen • Andrew King • At the Head of the Woods • Beastianity • Hamramr • Irij • Ironwood • Ruhr Hunter • Sangre Cavallum • Sieben • Steve von Till • Svarrogh • Waldteufel • Wardruna
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
HEX is currently accepting submissions in the form of:
- Essays - ranging from the academic or philosophical to the practical
- Recurring columns
- Myths, Stories, Poetry, or personal experience that inspires or educates
- Recipes for food or drink or other?
- Visual Art - original artwork for every cover and throughout
- Reviews - books, music, film, art
- Interviews - with anyone inspiring
- Children's contributions of art, stories, poems, etc.
HEX is also reviewing advertisements and announcements at this time
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As winter hibernation and spring awakening gives way to summer, Halo Manash rises radiant into luminosity, with wings spread into all worlds, and brings forth Taiwaskivi, an opulent work of solar ambience and primordial Ur-music.
Taiwaskivi, a work of sonic flame and aural ash, consists of seven interrelated tracks, utilizing such diverse instrumentation as organ, horns, vocals, drums, gongs, percussions and various string instruments as well as field-recordings captured during the pilgrimage that the creation of the work embodies.
An air of finality abounds, as Taiwaskivi, although a complete work in itself, can also be viewed as the third and final facet of a tripartite series of works that are part of one holistic creation – a treelogy, with seed, root, trunk and finally, branches. Being the culmination of an ascending journey through the aforementioned realms within and without, Taiwaskivi is the celestial crown at the peak, reaching toward Sol, source and beyond; it is the leaves and fruit of the branches and their skybound nectar ever-flowing - the sacred fire, the consummation and conjunction of All.
Comes in a hand finished cardboard booklet. Two different editions are available; regular CD edition and CD + DVD with inserts. Both are limited to 500 copies.
We are glad to inform you that the new "Life's Decay - Dysrieuses" album has just been released ! You can listen to 3 mp3 from this release on our myspace page. You can visit www.lifesdecay.com for more info and/or order the album at www.abstraktsens.com
We hope that you will appreciate the new release ! Thank you for reading and for your support ! All the best.
We are glad to inform you that the new "Life's Decay - Dysrieuses" album has just been released ! You can listen to 3 mp3 from this release on our myspace page. You can visit www.lifesdecay.com for more info and/or order the album at www.abstraktsens.com
We hope that you will appreciate the new release ! Thank you for reading and for your support ! All the best.
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