Within the Germanic Faith we often face attacks and attempts at censor from various currents of society who would seek to identify us as divergent or even dangerous to the accepted ideas and behavior of modern society. One of the most frequent of these attempts comes from the realm of modern political ideologies, in this … Continue reading Homosexuality and the Germanic Weltanschauung
Author: Tristan Powers
On the Need for Theistic Paganism, Doctrine and Hierarchy; or Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Wiccans
Among the modern incarnations of Germanic Heathenry is a decentralized, grassroots structure which has given rise to innumerable permutations of religious thought and behavior. Some of these have resulted in strong and worthwhile contributions to the Folk. Likewise, some of the fruits of this state of affairs has resulted in poisoned apples, an overriding net … Continue reading On the Need for Theistic Paganism, Doctrine and Hierarchy; or Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Wiccans
Priests and You
If there is one thing that our modern community sorely lacks, which our ancestors took for granted, it's the beneficial guidance and stability of having learned Priests at hand for every man of note to benefit from. If our religion should prosper again, we must all seek to shed the harmful notions of individualism and … Continue reading Priests and You
Musings on a Germanic Hermes
I have often mused that despite sometimes being rather shallow and limited, almost an afterthought, Interpretatio Romana can indeed be sometimes rather insightful. Take for instance, the identification of Odin with Hermes.Now to modern eyes this seems a bit strange to cast the lord of victory and father of the Aesir in the role of … Continue reading Musings on a Germanic Hermes
On Primordial Creation
Many of the Faith often assume a very literal stance on many of the most sacred parts of Germanic Lore, and to a certain extent this may be a correct approach, but it’s also worth remembering that our forefathers, while likely not learned in formal philosophy until much later periods, were gifted with divine accounts … Continue reading On Primordial Creation
A Kings Counsel
A passage from the Sverris Saga in which the Eponymous King Sverrir gives brave counsel to his assembled men at arms by relating to them a story. From this story we see here detailed our ancestors unshaking devotion to the implacability of their preordained fate and how it was used to justify an intensely martial … Continue reading A Kings Counsel
Alfablot
Tomorrow is one of the most important occasions of the germanic tradition, and as I will therefore be gone all day, I thought i'd take a moment to write up what i can about the event. I speak of course about Álfablót. The sacrifice to the Elves, our ancestors who reside in barrows, and the … Continue reading Alfablot
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