Notes on locations: Early in the 21st Century, events of what
became the Church of Balder Rising — lectures, meditation sessions,
practice in Seither and Galdor science, celebrations — were held at ad
hoc locations in northeast New Jersey — hotel and library meeting rooms,
meeting halls. Later we gained the use of grounds at our mailing
address courtesy of Ralph Fucetola and Kathy Greene, who had moved to
that location in 1996 along with the Lifespirit
Church. Within a year of moving Lifespirit there, Rev. Ralph
had built in the glen below the parsonage the first of what turned out
to be a series of rune circles — a medicine wheel where he would
meditate...
A sensitive, Robert Youngman, found an energetic spot in the glen that
animals seemed to sense as well. Although that exact site was not
suitable, a fire circle particularly favored by Rev. Kathy was
inaugurated near it on which would eventually be constructed a second
rune circle, and then a third close to it, as seen in the pages of
photos linked above. Rev. Ralph also built an open-loop path over
which one could walk the Futhark as marked around the parsonage.
Close to those locations, Vril Lord Will DeVito built with his
own hands a mead hall whose interior may be seen in the photos.
The Church of Balder Rising has come a long way in facilities, but
we would like to eventually build a geographic as well as spiritual
community. As of this writing in February 2011, pending the
proper finances, we are searching for locations for headquarters in the
NY-NJ-Pennsylvania region. In the meantime we have been arranging
approximately monthly meetings at Maggie's Town Tavern in Little Falls
to encourage new attendees, via the facilities (linked above) of
Meetup.com.
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