| Norsemen | | | | with any real tenacity. This gave the Christian |
| It is we, modern man, that has used the term | | | | missionaries their opening. The Northern Festivals |
| "Vikings" when we talk about our ancestors. But | | | | were arrested and convoluted into Christian festivals. |
| during the times that they explored, raided and | | | | The Runes were demonized and destroyed by fire, |
| traded with the rest of the world they were known | | | | since the majority of Rune lore was carved into |
| as 'Northmen' or 'Norsemen.' If you are doing | | | | wood. Only a travesty of the faith of our Ancestors |
| research on Vikings on the net try entering | | | | has been preserved in Norse literature. Most of the |
| 'Northmen' and 'Norsemen' as key words for | | | | early poetry is allegory and cannot be read verbatim. |
| additional info. A great deal of our Ancestral history | | | | "His Eyes were fixed on the mountains till the snowy |
| has been presented in rude fragments in early | | | | peaks assumed human features and the giant of the |
| Icelandic Poetry. Until just recently, the rich wealth of | | | | rock descended with heavy tread...." |
| Norse religious traditions, mythical law and Rune | | | | We are told nothing as to sacrificial and religious rites |
| information have been ignored. | | | | which would have provided material for much more |
| Our Religious Beliefs and much of our Rune Lore is | | | | Artistic Treatment. Even with all the limitations |
| enshrined in the Edda's. They are as rich in natural | | | | imposed by long neglect; it is possible for us to |
| romance and race imagination as any of the myths | | | | reconstruct a plan to bring forward our ancient Norse |
| of the South. Our Icelandic literature stands as strong | | | | beliefs. Our Ancestors gazed upon a Universe filled |
| as the Scandinavian Mountains. It exhibits a 'spirit of | | | | with Divinity. They were large-hearted people. We |
| Victory; a spirit that fights and overcomes. This | | | | must preserve as much of the old lore as we can. |
| literature is the base of Fairy tales, Wagner's opera, | | | | The Volsung Saga is a great story of the North |
| "The Ring" and Token's Lord of the Rings. The | | | | which should be to all our race what the tale of Troy |
| Norsemen have given their Gods a Noble, upright, | | | | was to the Greeks. Now with the new paradigm of |
| great spirit and placed them on a higher level than | | | | the laws of Quantum Physics, the box of secrets to |
| other Gods. The old Norse Songs have a truth in | | | | the past has been opened wide. |
| them, as do the runes. It is an inward truth and | | | | Let us use one of the gifts of the Age of Aquarius, |
| greatness, not of the mere body but also a | | | | the INTERNET, to surf and copy and distribute as |
| greatness of the Soul. | | | | much information about our Northern Race and their |
| The modern day indifference to our Northern | | | | Runes as we can find. It is our task to revitalize our |
| Mythology has many causes. First of all that the | | | | Ancestral Soul, and allow it become more powerful, |
| religious beliefs of our past ancestors were not held | | | | even into the 21st Century! |