num_pages: 130
description: A companion or supplementary volume to A Book of Troth by the first Steersman of the Ring of Troth. It details the practice of the Troth in the home and household of true individuals and families. The Troth has always been mainly a home-based religion not a temple-based one. True Hearth acts as a guidebook to the establishment and running of a true household.What Is A True Hearth?This is a book about the true Teutonic household. It is about living in a sacred way in tune with the spiritual values of our ancestors. These ancestral ways we call the TRUE ways or ways LOYAL to the elder troth. The true household has a strength and vitality not available in most contemporary households. The hearts of the folk in a true household are firmly rooted in the rich earth of their heritage and tap into the spiritual power of their ancestors. The folk then can manifest and wield these almost forgotten and languishing forces.Many of the customs you practice in celebrating Easter Yuletide (Christmas) and other holidays are entirely Teutonic and heathen. So rejoice! Rejoice and know that the fires of truth the fires of our ancestral ways never died... The fading embers of our troth burn yet and their fires may burn brightly in our hearts again-- if we only feed them with the breath of our lives and the kindling of our efforts.-- James Chisholm From the Introduction to True Hearth.True Hearth Teaches:* A Northern Form of Ancestor Worship* Household Lore* Initiatory Rites of Passage* The Use of Art in the Homestead* Rites for Taking Up New Dwellings and Land* The Magic of Animals and Pets in the Household* The Design and Use of Household Altars and Shrines* The Lore of Household Spirits*Daily Workings of a True Household.True Hearth is a beautiful expansion of the ideas first presented in A Book of Troth. Here the Chisholm combines his considerable scholarly training of lively style to present a variety of true practices for the everyday living Troth. Those with a general neo-pagan background will find much interest and use in the pages of this book as well.-- Edred Thorsson Yrmin-Drighten The Rune Gild.
language: English
title: True Hearth: A Practical Guide to Traditional Householding
publisher: Runa-Raven Press