Lee
05-26-2005, 04:02 PM
Greetings to all on the board.
My first post on the board so a little introduction and a bit of background information about myself. I am a 37 year old male living in Wocestershire, England. I am a history graduate and when called upon, write books for an American company specializing in history books for the mid-school market. I am currently in the process of writing an independent book with my wife on Penda, the Heathen king of Mercia.
The question I would like to ask concerns the nature of the Gods themselves and how Odinists perceive them. I am relatively new to the world of Odinism, I am still doing initial research to see the ins and outs of the religion but it resonates with my strongly. So that my question can be put into context, I’d like to address what Odinism means to me.
My personal viewpoint is that Odinism is part of who I am, it is my ancestoral and cultural religion and the Aesir, Vanir and the Giants represent not only universal truths concernting the nature of man and indeed of nature itself but Odinism is a representation of the Northern European mindset. I wholeheartedly agree with the Folkish view of Odinism. There is nothing more false, hideous and embarressing than a white middle-class European surrounding himself with dream-catchers and other emblams of the Native American culture, for example. They have no ties to this religion and I find it insulting that they disrespect the indigenous culture and religion of a definite folk for their own ends.
I feel pasionatly about English culture and I feel that it needs to be preserved. I do not, of course, mean English culture as it is now, the land of the chav and the political correctness that is killing the country. I mean the real culture, that of the Anglo-Saxon, and indeed the Dane, and to me Odinism and the Gods are a natural part of this culture. Christianity is an alien import that has no part in the mindset, history or culture of the indigenous people of this land and Odinism is the way for those who are so intuned to discover who they are and to get back to the natural ways of our folk.
As I said, that is my personal take on things. Ok, that was the polemic, now on to the question! I have been looking at the posts on this board for some time and it seems that it is associated with the Odinic Rite. I went to the OR website and read an essay in the “Deities” section called “The Aesir: Essential Information.” The part in that essay that I would like to address is the following:
“Another attitude that is to found in too many Odinists almost amounts to atheism. These persons also, mostly dedicated to the welfare of our people, are too closely tied in to the materialistic outlook of the age. They speak of the gods as abstractions, personifications of moral attitude, archetypes in the Jungian sense, seen as mere projections in their own minds.”
To me, this is what the gods are. I am certainly not tied into materialism but, as I said in my words above, I do feel that the Gods to me are an archetype of who I am. So after much ado, my question is this:
Based on my post, would you consider me to be an “Odinist”?
I hope I have made myself clear in my post. Should any further clarification be needed I’d be more than happy to give it.
My first post on the board so a little introduction and a bit of background information about myself. I am a 37 year old male living in Wocestershire, England. I am a history graduate and when called upon, write books for an American company specializing in history books for the mid-school market. I am currently in the process of writing an independent book with my wife on Penda, the Heathen king of Mercia.
The question I would like to ask concerns the nature of the Gods themselves and how Odinists perceive them. I am relatively new to the world of Odinism, I am still doing initial research to see the ins and outs of the religion but it resonates with my strongly. So that my question can be put into context, I’d like to address what Odinism means to me.
My personal viewpoint is that Odinism is part of who I am, it is my ancestoral and cultural religion and the Aesir, Vanir and the Giants represent not only universal truths concernting the nature of man and indeed of nature itself but Odinism is a representation of the Northern European mindset. I wholeheartedly agree with the Folkish view of Odinism. There is nothing more false, hideous and embarressing than a white middle-class European surrounding himself with dream-catchers and other emblams of the Native American culture, for example. They have no ties to this religion and I find it insulting that they disrespect the indigenous culture and religion of a definite folk for their own ends.
I feel pasionatly about English culture and I feel that it needs to be preserved. I do not, of course, mean English culture as it is now, the land of the chav and the political correctness that is killing the country. I mean the real culture, that of the Anglo-Saxon, and indeed the Dane, and to me Odinism and the Gods are a natural part of this culture. Christianity is an alien import that has no part in the mindset, history or culture of the indigenous people of this land and Odinism is the way for those who are so intuned to discover who they are and to get back to the natural ways of our folk.
As I said, that is my personal take on things. Ok, that was the polemic, now on to the question! I have been looking at the posts on this board for some time and it seems that it is associated with the Odinic Rite. I went to the OR website and read an essay in the “Deities” section called “The Aesir: Essential Information.” The part in that essay that I would like to address is the following:
“Another attitude that is to found in too many Odinists almost amounts to atheism. These persons also, mostly dedicated to the welfare of our people, are too closely tied in to the materialistic outlook of the age. They speak of the gods as abstractions, personifications of moral attitude, archetypes in the Jungian sense, seen as mere projections in their own minds.”
To me, this is what the gods are. I am certainly not tied into materialism but, as I said in my words above, I do feel that the Gods to me are an archetype of who I am. So after much ado, my question is this:
Based on my post, would you consider me to be an “Odinist”?
I hope I have made myself clear in my post. Should any further clarification be needed I’d be more than happy to give it.