| Hof Services Midyear 2260 RE (June 2010CE)
“True North”
A Case of Universalism
by Dr. Casper Odinson Cröwell, 1519-CCG
Allsherjargothi, HOLY NATION OF ODIN, INC.
and SONS OF ODIN, 1519 - VINLAND / USA
Many are the spiritual paths/religions of today which are devoid of any legitimate history in which they may anchor their theology / philosophy. Indeed, the history of many non-Abrahamic faiths of today are little more than New Ageism albeit with a myriad of names attached thereto. Many of the so called traditions attached to such philosophies are merely borrowed or outright usurpations from a host of other spiritual paths / traditions. One instance in particular (out of many), are the Norse-Teutonic Runes in their many Futharks. Just how do Wiccans come to claim them as a traditional component of their path, when all, lore and mythology has the very discovery of the Runes inexorably seated in the Norse-Teutonic heathen way. It is Allfather Odin whom discovered the Runes while hanging upon the World Tree; “Yggdrasil”. He thereafter gave the knowledge of them to the Gods and Aryan man. Comprehension of their value was very basic and exoteric (academic) wherefore the uninitiated were / are in regard. Those who elect to abide by a lifetime of initiations in an effort to achieve self transformation on a continuum (Being and Becoming) are privy to the Runes’ greater and esoteric (hidden) qualities and use.
Now, this is not an attack against Wiccans or any spiritual path, as it were. And certainly anyone can do as they wish wherefore religious/spiritual affairs are in concert with their own belief system so long as it is not imposed upon others with neither the desire nor penchant for such beliefs.
I am merely seeking to set the stage, so-to-speak.
You see, new Ageism accounts for a great many maladies within otherwise, genuine ancient religious traditions. The concept of Universalism, among adherents of the Norse-Teutonic/Germanic Tradition is just such a malady of new Ageism. It is the Universalist camps among Vór Forn Siðr (our ancient religion) which like to claim that our ancestors were not so Folkish as we claim them to have been. I will be the first to concede that at some point in our lineage, a breakdown in the unsullied awareness of the blood did in fact occur. Only an uneducated idiot would debate what must be stipulated as fact. Be that as it may, there are equally in fact, hosts of contributing factors for such a negative turn of events. Chief among them is the advent of Christianity with its questionable theology. But that is not the direction in which we are going with this work. What is, is whether our ancestors espoused a Folkish or Universalist attitude, wherefore community, mating, breeding and free association are all in regard.
You see, the Universalists are fond of pointing out what they posit as the mythological argument for universalism via the vehicle of miscegenation and more pointedly so, the mixed race parentage of Odin himself, and Thor and Thor’s Kinder.
Mythologically speaking, I concur with the fact that Odin is born of a God (Father-Bor) and a giantess (Mother -Bestla), or that Thor is born of mixed elements (sky and earth), Odin (a God, his sire) and Jörd (a Giantess, his mother), and so on and so forth. However, what must equally be asserted as a matter of fact, albeit is always omitted by the Universalists, is that all of the racial elements in question in regards to this argument, are ALL of the same Norse-Teutonic (Aryan) racial phylum! That is to say, they are not mixtures of the blood in terms of other racial phyla (i.e. Asian, African, Latino, etc.), but rather, such an example in literal context of humanity and race, would be tantamount to a Celtic woman marrying a Teutonic man. It still occurs within the Aryan race. And since mythologies are by-products of cultures and heritages attached to specific racial groups, it would require a grand departure from anyone race’s mythology and entrance into another race’s in order to achieve any cross phylum miscegenation. I know of no such conditions existing in any race’s ancient mythology. It most certainly does not occur within the scope of Norse-Teutonic mythology!
Further more, I posit the argument against universalism in terms of Eddic lore as well, whereby Aryan man and woman, from Askr and Embla on down, are indeed descended from our Nordic Gods and rather specifically, Allfather Odin, at that. Therefor, our religion and our Gods are an ancestral inheritance of the blood, to wit the runic properties of Othala (o). Conversely, universalism seeks to incorporate a myriad of miscegenation.
Additionally, once again citing Eddic lore as a point of authority, we must consider the very words of Allfather Odin, himself…From the Hávamál, stanza 161;
I know a sixteenth if I want to have all
a cleaver woman’s heart and love-play;
I can turn the thoughts of the white-armed woman
and change her thoughts entirely.
Of course, I could go on and on, but I believe that I have articulated my point. This is neither an attack on any other race or religion nor is it an endorsement therefore. What it is is unabashed pride in our Gods, ancestors and the fundamentals of our beloved religion of Fundamental Odinism!
Herein I have clearly, if only concisely, presented facts as they are based in our Eddic Lore and Myths, to discredit the alien notion of universalism within Odinism (or any other Folk’s heathen tradition for that matter), by demonstrating that our’s is a religion of the blood, and as such, it therefore begins with the very beginning of Aryan lineage as we exist upon Midgard (Earth).
This past Thanksgiving, I spent the day with my wife and her parents. My Mother-in-law is from Norway. She told me that growing up in the Raumariki District of Norway; she had no notion of what it meant to be prejudice because she (nearly all of the folk there) had never seen a non-white person! In fact, she said the first time she had ever seen a person of color was when she married my Father-in-law and departed Norway. Both of my in-laws were quick to point out from one of their more recent trips to Norway, that while prejudice was once a foreign concept in Norway, due to the influx of non-white immigrants and the strain placed upon the available social services, that nation now fully comprehends racial prejudice as it now exists there too.
While I am a servant of my/our Gods and Folk, I strongly encourage other Folks to seek out and embrace the indigenous traditions of their own ancestors. For nothing so rich shall ever await us in the traditions of others not of our own blood, as those voices of our own ancestors seek to impart to us Great riches await the Aryan man/woman who seeks out the indigenous ways of our ancestors. Sincere reverence for that from whence we hail shall yield great wealth in what today amounts to uncommon wisdom, for it travels through the blood, from Odin to us! May your compass always lead you Trú North. Perform a Blot to Odin, perhaps a Sumbel in honor of our lineage. And meditate upon and Galdr the following Runes; Ansuz (a), Perthro (p) and Othala (o).
Fara meth Odin ok Gothanum, ok megi Odin blessi thig allur.
Heil Allfather Odin!!!
I remain yours in Frith and Fraternal Solidarity.
“Truth requires little explanation.
Therefore, beware of verbose doctrines.
The great principals are revealed in brevity.”
-David Lane, the 11th Precept
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