September Program- Hunter Yoder

Our September 2 Program Meeting, at 7:00 at the society will be presented by a “Hexologist”.  

Boyertown’s own, Hunter M. Yoder is the operator of The Hex Factory in town.  He approaches Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs (also called barn stars or hexafoos) with a deep emphasis on their symbolic, magical, and spiritual dimensions. Rooted in his Berks County ancestry and Pennsylvania German (Deitsch) heritage, Yoder views hex signs not merely as decorative folk art but as “Painted Prayers” (a term he draws from figures like Lee Gandee), charged with intent, functioning as visual prayers, wish symbols, magic marks, or “Heiden Hexology”—a revivalist practice tied to pre-Christian Germanic traditions.

Please join us and learn about this amazing PA Dutch tradition.  Hunter will be bringing along many of his beautiful hex signs and will be able to explain the meaning of them.  He will have some of his books available for purchase at the meeting.  

Meeting is free to members and $5 for non members.