FOLKISH ASATRU

Ancestral Religion of
the European Folk

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Asatru is the ancient faith of the Northern 
Europeans, a form of the common faith of the 
Indo-European people that coalesced among the Germanic or 
Teutonic tribes. As a branch of that Indo-European 
proto-religion from which the particular faiths of the 
Celts, Slavs, Latins, Greeks, Balts, Aryan Indians, 
Persians and related peoples also arose, it is a true 
expression of the European soul. 
In early European history, Asatru was the faith of such 
heroic warrior peoples as the Goths, Allemanni, Franks, 
Burgundians, Lombards, Angles, Vandals, Saxons and later, 
the Vikings- our true tribal heritage.  It was only through 
violence coordinated by the power-hungry that the 
universalist slave religion, Christianity, was imposed upon 
the European Folk. 
 This campaign took centuries and many died to preserve 
the worship of Odin-Woden-Wotan, Tyr-Tiw-Tiwaz, 
Thor-Thunor-Donar and the other gods of our people. Those 
who lived accepted over time the ugly veneer of the slave 
religion, but no ideology or imposed, alien creed could 
tame the noble, exploratory and inventive soul of the 
Europeans.  Knowledge of the ancestral faith for centuries 
lived on only among scholars, in books and folktales, but 
as the spirit of the Europeans lived on, so too the spirit 
of Asatru lived on. 
 In the past quarter-century, the knowledge and the 
spirit have been reunited, and the faith revived. The 
efforts of people like Steve McNallen, the founder of the 
Asatru Free Assembly, have led to the growth of a renewed 
Asatru community that today gathers in homes, in forests, 
in the mountains and the deserts, or wherever they may, to 
honor the ancestral gods with ceremonies and activities in 
support of the Folk. 
 Asatru's rapid growth has led to two clearly defined 
varieties, Folkish Asatru and "universalist" Asatru. Like 
many Native Americans and other traditional folk, the 
Folkish Asatruar believe the faith to be tribal, to express 
the unique spiritual perspective of those of European 
descent.  Folkish Asatruar believe the European people are 
unique and that our history and the accomplishments of our 
ancestors are deserving of pride and emulation. Generally 
this is combined with a belief that the faith must be 
meaningful, must take an interest in the living community 
of our people, must offer strength and pride to the Folk. 
 Universalist Asatru is more in line with the mainstream 
dogma of global monocultural sameness and rootlessness.  As 
a result of their attempt to reconstruct the faith apart 
from the European spirit from which it arose, they are , 
like so many neo-pagan faiths, more a dress-up reenactment 
of old rituals than a true, living faith.  They offer 
Asatru as a mere hobby or a bare framework for the 
mainstream dogma to reside within.  
 For those who seek positive expressions of their 
culture, for those angry at dispossession and the 
falsehoods perpetuated in textbooks and the media against 
European culture and history, Universalist Asatru offers 
nothing.  It offers no focal point of strength and pride. 
It offers nothing for those who seek a faith 
that is more substance than flavor, something more than an 
alternative to stamp-collecting. 

Folkish Asatru alone, springing from the well of 
ancestral wisdom that lives within our people still, 
addresses the needs of our people in this age. Folkish 
Asatru is a return to our proud ways, it bears the seed of 
our future glory and offers what is most needed of 
religion, meaning. 
 
 
visitors since 22 April 1997(re-established 2007)

Folkish Asatru Links

The Odinic Rite
Asatru Alliance
Asatru Folk Assembly
World Tree Publications
Raven Kindred
Odinic Rite Osterreich
Odinic Rite Deutschland
Odinic Rite Vinland
Lone Tree Kindred
Ulfhethnar Kindred
Wolfgar Kindred
The Woodpile and Hvitfolk Kindreds
Heidnischwerk (high quality Asatru sculpture)
Nordische Zeitung
More Links (updated 21 December)
Articles (updated 16 November)
1997 News
The Althings of the Asatru Free Assembly & Asatru Alliance (updated 3 January)

ABOUT THE EDITORS

I became a member of the Asatru Free Assembly in 1986, while residing on the Chesapeake Bay. For many years after the demise of that organization, I had no organizational ties, but upon moving to Southern California I joined Thorr's Hammer Kindred. THK has served over the years as a seed kindred from which many other kindreds have arisen- Raven Kindred, Wolfgar Kindred and Berserker Kindred, for instance, may each trace their origins back to THK. Like so many others, with the formation of the Odinic Rite Vinland, I too moved on. I took apprentice membership in the Rite and have since been honored with an appointment as the ORV's West Coast Area Reeve. I also maintain proud membership in the Asatru Folk Assembly in solidarity with the exceptional work that organization has done and I maintain close ties of kinship and friendship with the kindreds of the Asatru Alliance, who have kept the community intact, vibrant and strong. I'm an honorary member of Raven Kindred (Asatru Alliance). I recently celebrated my 16th anniversary with my wife, Suzanne. I work as a seafarer, which has given me the opportunity to travel the world. 1998 will find me at sea for a large portion of the year in Australian, Asian, and Arabian ports.

Ragnar Schuett is one of the most dynamic young forces in Asatru today. He resides in Colorado- though he, too, is widely traveled- where he has built the Lone Tree Kindred (Asatru Alliance) into a strong community-based religious organization. He, too, is a proud member of the Asatru Folk Assembly with close bonds of friendship to the AFA's home kindred, the Calasa Kindred.

Hnikar

� 1997 Hnikar & Ragnar

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