Brief Update

I really should update here more than I do.

But I've had quite a bit on my mind of late that I'm going to just sit on for a while, until the right time to reveal it comes.

I also sometimes feel there really isn't much I can add to the already huge pile of heathen information out there; I am quite literally humbled into silence.

Part of that might be a Frigga thing. Heathens know about Frigga and silence.

I'm just one heathen. Sort of "alone" where I am at that. I do have a pagan networking group I am part of, but it is for all pagans, not specifically Norse/Germanic heathens.

There is a heathen group a couple of hours away from us, but I must confess to being very reluctant to get involved with most heathen groups because of what I call the "axeatru" element. This is the attitude of "Asatru and heathenry are justifications for being an extremely rude, boorish, arrogant asswipe and if you don't like it I will take this axe and beat the snot out of you!"

I really don't like that kind of attitude.

That's why I've been so enjoying the videos put out by Dan Lawspeaker of the Heathen Freehold Society of British Columbia. He reiterates what my boyfriend has said - that the Germanic people were no more and no less violent than any other people of their time. They had other things on their minds.

After viewing the HFSBC videos, I have the impression that the group there is centered, calmly confident, without a need to fall into the hyper-aggressive thing that apparently American heathens are wont to do. I don't see a lot of this coming from European heathens either.

I must confess that there are times when the whole axeatru thing leaves me feeling very out of place among heathens - I'm a mellow individual with no real calling to be a "warrior" or whatever. I'm a philosopher. I'm a mystic. I am inclined to study and pursuit of wisdom.

Isn't there a place for me in the hall too? It would only be just and right and true (and hospitable) to welcome all into the hall, no matter their niche in life.

I think U.S. heathens need to learn more about hospitality. They have the militant thing down only TOO well.

Now let's see if we can do the Allmother proud and enable people to feel truly welcome and safe among us.