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15 Aug 2023 11:59

Vassyl tries to help Pamfir after all

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15 Aug 2023 10:43

Ultimately, Pamfir is subdued and Orestes threatens him and takes the money.

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15 Aug 2023 10:39

On his way home Pamfir is taken by Mr.Oreste’s men. He knows what will happen and takes the rest of booster pills lefter after the run. He also uses the opportunity to chat with Vassyl.

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15 Aug 2023 09:55

Sadly, they get spotted by the border patrol. The police is very corrupt and is actually in control of local smuggling and since Pamfir didn’t get their permission he is to be punished.

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15 Aug 2023 08:00

The following day the smuggling operation begins and just before the run Pamfir learns that his brother enlisted local twins who are also Leonid’s godchildren. This frustrates him, but there is no one else.

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15 Aug 2023 06:44

Next is the church choir performance.

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14 Aug 2023 23:37

Leonid can’t do the job alone and asks his brother to find someone strong enough. He doesn’t like breaking his old word, but well-digging won’t do to repay the church.

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14 Aug 2023 23:31

Nazar then starts a fire in the church which almost takes the entire building down. He wanted to burn his father’s documents which were kept there, but didn’t expect the fire to be that great. Pamfir promises the priest to repay all the damages and asks him not to tell anyone that Nazar did this.

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14 Aug 2023 23:26

Olena forces Nazar to take part in the choir repetitions for the upcoming festival. He doesn’t like that, but has no choice.

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14 Aug 2023 22:03

The next scene shows Pamfir’s parents getting dressed before going to the church. We can see that they are clearly very religious by numerous icons. This is also where we learn the reason why Leonid doesn’t talk with his father, even though the full story of the incident will be revealed later.

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14 Aug 2023 21:53

Leonid goes on to meet his mother, but not father. As we learn later they have very difficult relationships. Next day Pamfir teaches his son the basic dowsing technique since he is going to dig up a well.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

14 Aug 2023 21:29

Summary

Pamfir is a crime drama with mystical elements. The setting is a modern village in Ukrainian mountains. The main protagonist Leonid (Pamfir) returns from abroad and is very happy to see his son Nazar which serves as a beautiful opening scene and features a great Malanka costume Nazar made for the coming festival.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

13 Aug 2023 12:20

The review will be a detailed one and thus full of spoilers. I highly recommend watching the movie yourself before reading it.

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13 Aug 2023 06:18

Of the many advantages that Christianity conferred on the Jews, none was greater than the privilege of masquerading as a religion and thus concealing their race. It ensured them the protection of both church and state as they rapaciously amassed wealth in mediaeval Europe. One has only to ask himself what would have happened, had Chinese or Malays swarmed into the cities to set up their enclaves (ghettos) to monopolise commerce, practise usury, and control finance. Even more important, it gave them perpetual access to the seats of power.

Revilo Oliver

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12 Aug 2023 15:32

Goði Cornwell on monism

"It is our view that there can not be an ultimate creator to all realities, as all of creation is subject to primordial Nature. Divinity is emergent from this and is the highest form of consciousness for which we, as lesser entities, can form symbiosis with. The monist worldview turns this Eddic truth on its head - stripping our Gods down to just components of a supreme creator without purpose outside of its unitary design.
In doing so, they remove their agency as tribal Gods in lieu of an incomprehensible and stagnant uniformity. Our perception becomes the only means of connection we possess, the objective truths of multiplicity and change become subjective, or just false, in such an outlook."

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

15 Aug 2023 11:57

Rat, despite his name, is loyal and don’t rat Pamfir out, despite clearly being tortured.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

15 Aug 2023 10:42

Next is the fight. It’s very well shot and shows how strong Pamfir is taking an entire crowd alone.

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15 Aug 2023 10:33

The one who spotted Leonid is Vassyl, his old friend from school who tells the chief of police Mr.Orestes a story about Pamfir’s first smuggling failure and earned him the nickname.

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15 Aug 2023 08:01

The smuggling run is beautifully shot and features a lot of atmospheric forest scenery covered in light fog.

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15 Aug 2023 06:45

Leonid comes to see his son and is happy with how the latter managed to both keep his word and not sing.

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15 Aug 2023 06:39

Pamfir’s old friend nicknamed Rat provides the contraband and arranges everything mentioning that he’ll only do it once only to help Leonid.

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14 Aug 2023 23:35

This situation forces Pamfir to return to crime. He calls his old smuggler friend to organize a one time job.

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14 Aug 2023 23:28

Here we learn that Pamfir is not interested in visiting the church himself, yet is married to a zealous protestant. Sadly, this is not as uncommon as it may seem. As for the reasons why Leonid is so anti-christian those will be revealed later.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

14 Aug 2023 22:31

We later see Pamfir’s wife Olena in a church. She is a shtundist, a rare sect of judaism especially in Ukraine. Basically they are protestants. Notice how it's all women and children (forced by their mothers). This view of christianity as something that appeals mostly to weak and submissive was shared by the ancients. We all remember Celsus saying that christianity is for women, children and idiots.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

14 Aug 2023 21:56

Also Nazar receives a bike as a present. At this point of the film Pamfir is happy and ready to live a new life. The scene is perfect with long tracking shot, something we will see a lot in the movie.

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14 Aug 2023 21:33

Pamfir then has a talk with his younger brother Viktor, who, as it turns out is now a smuggler. Leonid used to be one himself, but stopped and promised his wife to abandon crime.

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14 Aug 2023 21:16

Pamfir is a movie which piqued my interest after I saw the first trailer and I had some high expectation from what I saw in it. Fortunately, the film did not disappoint. The cinematography and acting are great, the plot is engaging and the themes are just what I wanted (religion, tradition, masculinity, fate etc). I think it’s the best movie I saw in 2023 (though it premiered at Cannes a year prior).

With foreword out of the way, I will proceed to the analysis which obviously involves very heavy spoilers. I think the film is best seen without any and recommend you to give it a chance.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

13 Aug 2023 08:53

I am going to write a review for Pamfir. A movie with a lot of Pagan elements to analyze. Will re-watch and post in a day or two.

You can watch it with English subs here: https://rezka.ag/films/drama/57022-pamfir-2022.html

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12 Aug 2023 18:33

Thor got his hammer back

Art by Konhis

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12 Aug 2023 14:06

That’s all I have to say about the third book in the series. Next if the Hand of Oberon. I’m yet to start re-reading it but you can go ahead.