Hallowed Hammers vs. Hollow Hammers (A Reality Check)
by Dr. Casper Odinson Cröwell, 1519-CCG

It seems that more often these days one may bear witness to any number of falsehoods in evidence in our daily lives; from empty promises by government officials, entities and politicians, to merchant and consumer advertisements. It is all akin to the false neighborhood on a Hollywood movie lot. For all visual purposes - an entire neighborhood of large beautiful homes line both sides of the street. But once you open the doors and step through them, there is nothing substantial. The houses are merely false fronts made of particle clapboard and plywood.

Sadly so, this unpleasant reality reaches into the spheres of religion and those whom move about such circles. Of course, all religions suffer from such a reality and none are exempt. Within the reaches of Vor Forn Siðr (Our Ancient Religion), the most readily recognizable symbol is Thor's Hammer. As the Christian dons the crucifix around his/her neck, we too don our most visible sacred symbol about our necks. While we have several holy symbols, many which are worn within the corpus of Northern heathen religion, be it Odinism/Wotanism, Ásatrú, Irminism, Vanatrú, Greater Theodism, etc., etc., the Thor's Hammer has and continues today to endure as the embodiment of the might and strength to overcome that which is a threat! As Big brother Thor had employed his mighty Hammer Mjöllnir to protect both Asgard and Midgard (Gods and Man) from the forces of chaos which had threatened harm (the Jötuns/Etins), we too are reminded daily by the Hammers which we wear, that we too wield the awesome might to defend both Asgard and Midgard, just as brother Thor does. Our will, desire and resolve constitute the very fortitude and rectitude which is our Hammer!

We ourselves are and become the very Hammer of Thor when we live our lives in concert with the Æsirian Code of Nine, the 14 Codes of Aryan Ethic, the Nine Noble Virtues, the Rede of Honor, the Code of the Northern Warrior and 1519/Living Einherjar, and any other applicable Aryan Code of Honorable Conduct. It is we, the noble men and women of the Aryan Tribes which give substance and energy to the great Hammer of Thor, within our living religion of Fundamental Odinism/Wotanism. Thor's Hammer is employed to hallow and consecrate all that it blesses. But it is us, we noble Folk which hallow and consecrate the holy hammer itself with our noble deeds!When we honor our oaths, the sacred hammer waxes in might. When we live our lives by our honorable thews and virtues, the hammer grows in strength. When we honor our Gods and Ancestors and the gift which they passed onto us (our blood/DNA), the hammer hardens! The hammer is made great for both us and Thor to wield in defense of our Folk and Forn Siðr, by the substance which we lend to it with our honorable and virtuous deeds. Alas, when the oath breakers squirm about like the worm kin of the Midgard Serpent, the hammer weakens. When the Trú and noble Folk, split and fracture and disunity replaces fraternal solidarity, the hammer weakens. When worm tongues speak out of both sides of their mouths and their ill actions contradict their noble words (talk North while walking South), the mighty hammer weakens and suffers.

You see, "WE ARE" the Hammer... We, the holy Folk, are the very might of Thor's Hammer. Both individually and collectively.

When others look at us, be they our own Folk and race; whether Heathen or not, or other races look at us, they either spy a mighty Hammer in service and defense of our Gods and Folk, made so by our might, will and noble behavior and example, or they will spy a hollow hammer, made so by the oath breakers and other Níthlings who justify their reasons for pernicious and derelict behavior and associations.

But while there might be ten Níthlings whom dishonor our mighty Hammer which others may see, just one truly hallowed hammer is still enough to let those looking on know, our hammer yet lives! Just one or two One Harriers (Einherjar / Living Einherjar), in a crowd of a hundred Níthlings or foes, harrying their odious attempts to shame our holy an noble way, lets all know that our hammer is mighty yet!

“Ek hinn Hammar!” (I am the Hammer!), let this be your mantra... Let it be your creed of iron... “Ek Einherjar, ok Ek hinn Hammar!!!” (I am of the One-Harriers, and I am the Hammer!!!), let this be your will, that you may live your life as a Hallowed Hammer, in service and defense of Vór Forn Siðr and our Folk. Let us "be" the very might of Thor's Sacred Hammer that we may yet fulfill our own destiny as a Folk. Let us "be" the very might he wields when he goes to battle against, and smashes those who would seek to destroy our ancient and sacred way and our noble Folk.

Let us be unyielding and unapologetic in our willed determination to live our lives as hallowed hammers. And let those who refuse to assemble beneath this noble standard, fall by the wayside as yesterday's forgotten kin and hollow hammers. Waste naught your time or energy with such níthlings, for they are merely distractions with designs to deter you from your noble deeds. They are fueled and driven by their own selfish desires and self-justified weaknesses, you cannot help them, they won't even help themselves. You may think that you are doing something good and noble and that you are getting through to them...but you are not. And more so, you are only hurting our Folk and our sacred way by wasting your efforts on such lost souls. From these hollow hammers, seek no accord, alliance or kinship. Those in their host, whom are capable of self transformation in a positive fashion, may one day achieve thus, albeit it must be of their own volition. As for the overwhelming rest of their wretched lot, they shall wander through this life with their heads and souls filled with the blinding and perpetual fog of Níflhel... slighted not by the fate of the Norns, but by their own hands.

Individually, our character is a quality which we alone assume command over, for better or worse. Collectively, we, as a religion and to a greater extent, as a Folk, shall either thrive or suffer based upon our collective character. The quality of said character shall be determined, not by a multitude of equations, but rather, a single one... Those who shall break the precarious balance and tip the scales in their favor; Those Hallowed Hammers in service to the mission of the sacred way and the 14 WORDS, or those hollow hammers, who go to great lengths to look and sound as though they are of our Folk, when in reality they are Surtr's kin; the sons of Muspell (the agents of destruction). Just how it will all end is something which only the myths may allude to, and the Norns and Allmother Frigga may know. This much is a certainty; while our collective destiny awaits concealed in the shadows of Skuld's dark veil (the future), "WE" own and control today and what we are willing to do in service to our Gods, Folk and destiny.

Choose to "be" the Hallowed Hammer and then strike trú and hard, all the days of your life, that all the wights (beings) of the Nine Worlds (the Multiverse) will hear the great thunder and witness the blinding flash which announces to all; "We shall not be denied our destiny in the halls of honor and posterity!” By our noble deeds, our descendants shall have their day.

Heil Allfather Odin and his holy Folk... the Hallowed Hammers!Ek Einherjar, ok Ek hinn Hammar. I remain yours in Fraternal Solidarity.

"Let us resolve to adjourn now from the forum of corrupt and senseless politics, and get on with the serious business of securing our right to self determination."

- Casper Odinson Cröwell, Ph.D., DD