THE WOODHARROW INSTITUTE

He hath need of his wits who wanders wide,
aught simple will serve at home;
but a gazing-stock is the fool who sits
mid the wise, and nothing knows

.Monthly Lectures:



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2011 Lectures:


January:
The hero Sigurd, and the
 Germanic Idea of Reincarnation





April :
Was Adolf Hitler an Odinist?
 




July :
The Truth about the 
Ahnenerbe the
“Occult Bureau of the Nazis”





October :
German Folklore in the Third Reich


February :
Principles of Ancient 
Germanic Economics






May :
Symbolic Animals in the 
Germanic Tradition I: Runic







August :
Sigurd: Dragonslayer and 
Hero with Runic Knowledge







November :
The Cyclical Festivals of 
Uppsala and Leira



March :
Old Irish Literature





June :
Symbolic Animals in the
Germanic Tradition II: Mythic






September :
Borrowing and Lending in
the Indo-European World






December :
Germanic Orientation
in Symbolic




2010 Lectures:


January:
The History of Runology:
From Bure and Worm to Today




April :
The Anglo-Frisian Runic Tradition




July :
Runes in Literature
 and the Rune-Poems




October :
Problems in Runic Interpretation

February :
Origin of the Runes:
Theories and Problems




May 10:
The Development of the
Younger Futhark




August 9:
Runic Codes




November 8:
Runic Technology and
Art Historical Problems


March :
The Older Runic Period:
From the Beginnings to 750 CE



June :
The Runes in Medieval
Scandinavia and Beyond




September :
The Problem of Rune Magic




December :
Conclusion: Whither Runology?




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2009 Lectures:


January 11:
Sacred Symbols and Signs
in Germanic religion and art



April 12:
Sigurd as the trifuntional hero:
Why Sigurd is the greatest of
all Germanic Hero's



July 12:
The Shahnama
" The epic of kings"
A Persian Edda and a storehouse
 of living Indo-European lore



October 11:
Celtic Image, Identity and Culture


February 8:
Thidrek's Saga: Low German
heroic tradition in old Norse form



May 10:
Germanic Image, Identity,
and Culture



August 9:
Three forms of sovereignty
 in Germanic culture:
Theories of government
from a traditional past



November 8:
Runes in context of the
Bronze age artifacts:
Questions of continuity & syncretism

March 8:
"Cracker Culture" Irish culture
 as expressed in the old
South and beyond



June 14:
The disk of Nebra:
A miniature Stonehenge
from bronze age Germany



September 13:
Norse elements in the
English Language



December 13:
Runes in Medieval magical
treatises outside Scandinavia

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2008 Lectures

January 13:
Old Norse Saga Literature:
An Introduction




April 13:
Vos for a helt iz er?
The Yiddish language,
 medieval
literary history
of Yiddish and the
Germanic Heroic Tradition.



July 13:
Skaldic Poetry




October 12:
Bronze Age Rock Carvings
 and Germanic Religion


February 10:
The Ura Linda Chronicle:
Esoteric Wisdom or Fraud?




May 11:
The Poetic Edda






August 10:
The Wooden Gods of Ancient
Germania: Their Meaning
and Legacy


November 9:
The Thidreks-Saga: A Neglected Document
of Germanic History and Legend

 


March 9:
Snorri
Sturluson and the Edda




June 8:
Didactics of the Old English
 Rune Poem: Life Lessons
 from
the Anglo-Saxons






September 14:
The Germanic and Celtic
Peoples: Interactions and
Conflicts from Prehistoric
Times to the Viking Age



December 14:
The Germanic Traditions of Yule


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2007 Lectures



January 14th:
Canceled Due to Weather

 


April 8th: 
Nudism, Heathenry and
the Reformbewegung in
Early 20th Century Germany




July 8th:
The Germanic Humanities IV:
The 18th Century 
by: Dr Flowers

Ancient Battles / The Suebi
by: Jim Chisholm




October 14th:
The Germanic Concept
of Fate by: Dr. Flowers

Ancient Battles / 57BCE
Battles on the Sabis and Axona by:
Jim Chisholm

Feburary 11th

Germanic reawakening in
America before 1970



May 13th
The Germanic
Humanities III:
Renaissance times




August 12th
Gothicism: The use of the
myth in Europe & the Americas
by: Dr. Flowers

Ancient Battles / Ambiorix
by: Jim Chisholm



November 11th
The Germanic Humanities VI:
The 20th Century




 


March 11th:
The Germanic Humanities I & II:
Ancient & Medieval Times




June 10th: 
Pennsylvania German 
Hexerei-
Legends & Methods
of working 



September 9th:
The Germanic Humanities
V:The 19th Century
by: Dr Flowers

Ancient Battles
by: Jim Chisholm




December 9th:
Woden


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2006 Lectures

January 8th:
The Origins, Character and
Developmentof the early
Rune-using Culture




April 9:
Easter— Its Pagan Roots in
the Germanic World 
 




July 9:
The Decay and Disintegration of
the Rune-Using Culture
of Scandinavia: 900-1600 CE.



October 8:
Robert E. Howard: Texian and
Myth-Forger. His Theory of
Reincarnation Compared
to Traditional Germanic Belief.

February 12:
Our Mysterious Original Way
of Writing: an Introduction
to Runology




May 14:
Hermann the German
in History, Myth and Literature:
Who he was and why he
is important to the history
of the world 




August 13:
Freemasonry





November 12:
The Myth and Reality of
Occultism in the Third Reich.

March 12:
Our Ancient Tongue:
the Beauty of Old English





June 11:
Our Ancient Heritage and Destiny,
Our Ancient Heritage and its
Importance for Today





September 10:
Johannes Bureus:
Rosicrucian and Rune Magician




December 10:
The Yuletide Tale of the
Three Magi: Myth and History.


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2005 Lectures

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January 9th
Introduction - Definitions - History
of the Discovery of the Urheimat
Indo-European Cultural Features




April 10th
Anatolian and Tokarian Cultures
Indo-European Cosmology




July  10th
Celtic Culture
Indo-European Concepts of Law



October 9
Germanic Culture II
God and Warrior

February 13
Vedic India
The Comparative Method




May 8
Hellenic Culture
Indo-European Poetics
and “Literature”




August 14
Balto-Slavic Culture
Indo-European Concepts
of Economy & Kinship



November 13
Divine Twins - King and Virgin
- Horse and Warrior

March 13
Iran and Avestan Culture
Indo-European Cult,
the Sacred and Sacrifice



June 12
Italic Culture
Toward and Indo-European
Psychology



September 11
Germanic Culture I
Social Status in Indo-European
Culture - Indo-European Royalty
and its Functions


December 11
Conclusion