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A place for Aryan (European) Folkish Pagans
An ideal actor to play Zeus would need a mix of Laurence Olivier’s performance and Sergi Constance’s physicality. So far, no such man got the role, which is not only because it’s a rare combo, but also due to intentional subversion. Were ancient European Gods presented on screen as they are in the myth there’d be many inspired young men around and probably a rise in Paganism too. Hollywood’s intentions are the opposite.
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People will tell you that paganism can't be reconstructed, is too incomplete, and so on. This is actually quite useful. It's like a badge that says very clearly "I don't know about this topic at all". If you wandered into a physics department and started yelling about how Aristotle was right and Newton was wrong, you'd be laughed at. That's what these people look like.
When they tell you "paganism can't be reconstructed", they're doing you a favour. Just say "don't waste my time" and move on. You might even want to bait them into saying it to save yourself the trouble.
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There are attempts to scuttle Pagan Revival. These attempts have a singular goal to prevent European peoples from reclaiming their sovereignty, true ancestral faith & revamping pre-axial morality.
Some want to hijack or weild Paganism's Revival as a political weapon. Some seek to derail genuine spiritual connections with made-up "theories" from academia. Others spew blatant lies about our ancient ways to leave the status quo of abrahamism vs atheism false dichotomy in place. Whatever their rationale, their attempts will fail unless we remain silent.
A year ago, syncretism (the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures & schools of thought) was all the rage. Few of our leaders called it out, many so-called leaders openly embraced fusing Gods of different faiths together under the guise of intellectual esoterics. Now it's a slur, deservingly so. Why? Because as a chorus, we spoke out, had the courage to stand up. That's why we will win, why Pagan Revivalism is inevitable!
The speculations on the ultimate nature of the divine in which philosophers of antiquity sometimes indulged have nothing to do with the Roman religion of ritual and sanctuaries and amount rather to an attempt to reduce polytheism to monotheism.
The same applies to many superficial modern studies of female deities, which often present them as more or less interchangeable mother-goddesses or fertility goddesses.
J.Scheid
Racialism is not enough to be folkish. In-group preference is necessary of course, but it's just one piece of the puzzle. Folkishness is about more than just ethnic homogeneity.
If racialism is your whole worldview, then secular humanist liberalism has a window it can creep into. Even if you start from a religious foundation. After all, our Christian forefathers were "folkish" in that they were racialist. But their worldview led to atheism and globalism.
Folkishness starts at the bottom and completely purges all liberal and Christian priors. What we're doing on this channel is just that. It might seem radical and uncomfortable, even threatening at times. This is part of the healing process.
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Together, we shall prevail
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Catholics say that everything great in the West was because of Christianity. The "logic" is that whatever was at the helm at the time these great things happened, caused them. By that logic everything great in the Germanic world was because of Protestantism. No other religion has conquered more.
It's not hard to reject this logic, you just have to admit that great things have deep roots. Which means that most of what's great in the West has roots much older than Christianity. Anyone with half a brain can see this.
Do Christians even have one good argument?
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Europeans are Not Individualist
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Earth from Tesak’s grave on an altar. Hero worship is an ancient tradition which continues to this day.
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Perun’s hill temple in Kyiv
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Such seething reaction to European architecture is telling of semitic nature of judeo-christianity
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Made a quick translation. Will post shortly.
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Altar
Having at least some idols and a special place for them is essential. Naturally, different traditions require specific details such as Slavic red corner rules which my altar follows.
You don’t have to follow the rules to a tee. After all one may not have enough space, money etc. My own altar could have been more accurate in terms of idols, but I can’t carve them myself or commission new ones (for now).
Really, as long as it’s not some universalistic wiccan bs it’s fine.
Clothes
There is a fine line between a business suit and bad cosplay. Historically accurate clothes are pricy. Some use camping and military camo. Not a fan.
In my opinion traditional is the best, but something clean and made with natural materials is enough. Brandless if possible.
Ethnic faith means ethnic borders
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Netflix’s upcoming series Kaos will feature Jeff Goldblum as Zeus. Casting a jew as the king of Greek Gods is very intentionally insulting.
Among other stars of Kaos is British actor Nabhaan Rizwan of Pakistani descent playing Dionysus.
Honestly this is going to be such a forgettable flop, it’s not even worth wasting breath
One of my main issues I take with Iceland's Asatru organization, Ásatrúarfélagið, has to do with the leadership. Allsherjargoði Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, through many interviews in the past, has revealed himself to be blatantly an Atheist and a hardcore Secularist. This leads me to believe that his motivations for joining (and leading) the group are more political than spiritual, particularly with the aim of ushering in multicultural, multiracial fellowship. Seriously, you can even be a Christian and join! Or Atheist! I remember when years ago they got immense backlash for their decision to bless homosexual and transgender weddings. Hate-mail, rightfully so, was sent from Heathens around Iceland, Germany, and the United States. People were right to be upset seeing the open, unashamed perversion of their revival efforts by a man whose loyalty seems to lie with only money and a subversive agenda.
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Each of the Roman gods possessed a precise profile. The term ‘the sacred’, in the modern sense, meant nothing to the Romans; and no more did the abstract notion of ‘the divine’.
The once heated debate over the Latin term numen is now over. Nowadays nobody considers, as did the ‘primitivists’ (Ludwig Deubner, Herbert J. Rose, and their successors) that numen means ‘a diffused sacredness’. Instead, numen is now translated, depending on the context, as the ‘will or power of a deity’.
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They show that the Roman gods are innumerable, that each has a function and a precise profile, and that, individually, they are not all-powerful. This is a polytheistic system and, despite those who see an evolutionary progression from polytheism to monotheism, its deities were not moving towards monotheism.
Even as late as the fifth century, Christian thinkers, ardent defenders of monotheism, could still not get rid of the mass of ‘pagan’ gods. They ridiculed them but placed them among the demons.
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Helios and Selene by Hans Rathausky
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Athena, Aphrodite and Hera by Josef Thorak
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Reconstruction of the 12th century Selonian female costume
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An example of a food offering. Bread (preferably home-made) and different vegetable seeds are some of the most popular options alongside various nuts and small fruits like apples.
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Maxim Tesak would have been 40 today. Happy birthday.
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White people are defenseless today because we can't think tribally anymore, and we can't think tribally anymore because of 1000 years of individual salvation.
All Aryan peoples once found salvation in the tribe. Homer says that the clanless man is the most wretched creature, unhappy because he will never enter the halls of his forefathers in the afterlife. When we were Christianized, suddenly the tribe didn't matter to the afterlife. Suddenly European man's salvation was not mediated through anything but Yahweh. The tribe was nice, your folk might be dear to you, but something was lost. The folk were no longer a matter of ultimate concern.
1000 years later, and this process has reached its logical end point. The folk is not only not the ultimate, it's secondary. Not only is it secondary, it's optional. Not only is it optional, it's a hindrance. Not only is it a hindrance, it's a moral evil. Not only is it a moral evil, it's the moral evil.
It all started with individual salvation.
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Maximus the Greek was 15-16th century orthodox monk known for criticizing the clergy, their corruption, alcoholism and exploitation of the peasantry.
According to Maximus, priests:
"drank heavily every day with no exceptions. They were drunk and entertained themselves with guslis and tympanums and surmas. They cheered thieves with shameful lies while stealing mercilessly from orphans and widows."
Candle recommendation
Speaking of altars, regular rituals usually means using a lot of candles. Just a pet peeve of mine but I hate the smell of paraffin. Sadly the latter is the most common candle wax nowadays, but there are alternatives.
Beeswax is my personal favorite. It’s all-natural (even purifies air), burns well, smells well and depending on the region is not hard to find (or even make).
Try creating a temple yourself
Is wood expensive? Depends on the region, but generally it is. In Eastern Europe Pagans often build new temples because of vandalism, but the materials are cheaper there.
It takes skill, sure, but even though big God poles are preferable, you can use small ones. Just clean up an area, make it a circle/square, bring some stones/bricks to shape it and place a fire. You can bring the idols in before the ritual and take them home after it (will be safer).
A few enthusiastic believers can achieve a lot. For example this little temple was made by a very small group.
I do not to show the rituals on the net (imo iphones spoil the atmosphere), but can share some advice on daily practice for young Pagans.
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If you want to short-circuit any Christian argument, just take the position that Christianity is cringe and anti-authoritarian. It's true. The whole theology is based on rejecting tradition.
You'll see smoke come out of the Christian's ears. He'll either reveal his total ignorance of paganism, or will be forced to actually own it and lean into liberation theology, in which case he's already lost. Paganism did authority better than Christianity, and modernity did freedom better than Christianity.
Christians have had 1000 years to come up with all kinds of canned responses against every single metaphysical argument you can think of. But when you step outside the script, they're like a deer in the headlights.
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