What shall we see,
over the hills,
Far away,
through the trees,
Over the rocks,
into the waters,
And out across
the stormy seas?

What shall we hear
In breaking thunder,
In howling wind,
And falling rain,
‘Round crackling fires
Beneath the stars,
Where only the bond
Of kindred sustains?

Heathen hearts,
Come beat as one,
Wander far,
And wonder long;
Keep the rhythm
With your marching feet
And sing out
Your spirit’s song



What shall we know
In distant lands
Where the gods
Have bade us go,
What wisdom will
we bring back
To help our people
learn and grow?

Only this
and nothing more
Need you know
to be true;
It is your nature
to wander on
Among the
honoured few.

Heathen hearts,
Come beat as one,
Wander far,
And wonder long;
Keep the rhythm
With your marching feet
And sing out
Your spirit’s song

The stirring you feel,
deep within,
Is the song
Gangleri sings,
Whispered in
the binding runes
And borne upon
A Valkyr’s wings.

Never mourn
the journey taken
Even when you
know not why,
For very few
can say they’ve lived
Free beneath
the open sky!

Heathen hearts,
Come beat as one,
Wander far,
And wonder long;
Keep the rhythm
With your marching feet
And sing out
Your spirit’s song!

if all ye see
is all ye know,
then look no further,
gaze not past the leaf,
nay, into it,
deep in the veins,
in the lines of life
like stilled fire,
see ye the writ
of Fehu?
see ye the antlers
of the Elk? of Algiz?

look ye not, then...
but feel the bark
under your touch,
moving like roads
not travelled,
your flesh
against the skin
of ages past,
do ye not feel it?
the pulse
of Yggdrasil?

then feel your heart,
and know it beats
with the world,
the slow, steady walk
where ye gather
what ye may
with open eyes
to what is beneath
the skin
Of the upturned leaf

Hail, Gangleri!