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Ancestral faith, simply put, is about embracing life, overcoming its obstacles, to ascend with honorable deeds to glory, to follow the path Gods carved for your folk, to give back as you were given and so much more.

If by futurism one means, expansion and technological advancement, Pagans were the pioneers of futurism. But they did so with a healthy respect for being in accordance with nature. Contrary to revisionists, your ancestors were far more advanced than they give credit. They passed their legacy to you, to continue their great ascension to our destiny!

As we rebuild and revive, it's also important to remember three things:
1) we have a past worth preserving
2) we have a present worth pursuing
3) we have a future worth forging

Ancient faith is not synonymous with being backward, it's marching ever forward with honor and respect for Gods, Nature, Folk and Ancestors

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Greek philosophy is the decadence of the Greek instinct: Thucydides is the great summing up, the final manifestation of that strong, severe positivism which lay in the instincts of the ancient Hellene. After all, it is courage in the face of reality that distinguishes such natures as Thucydides from Plato: Plato is a coward in the face of reality— consequently he takes refuge in the ideal: Thucydides is master of himself— consequently he is able to master life.

Friedrich Nietzsche

~ GALDR ~

The practice of Galdr involves the chanting of verses to achieve a certain outcome, based on whether the Gods join you in the singing. The reverberation of the chant is pivotal to the development of a proper Galdr and must be taken into consideration when performing it.

There are three types of Galdr we will present here, to give the full spectrum of the record involving this practice.

First are the Direct Galdr, which are the verses in Galdralag meter that are in the sources and can be connected to a specific working.

Then there is the Chronicled Galdr, which are the chants given in a specific poem that are not in the Galdralag meter, but which are specifically stated to be a chant given. It should be noted that while these verses are not Galdralag, they are still in Ljóðahattr meter, from which Galdralag is formed. In fact, when we learn about the sanctity of Galdralag in Ynglingasaga, it is directly connected to the ljóða:

Allar þessar íþróttir kendi hann með rúnum ok ljóðum, þeim er galdrar heita; fyrir því eru Æsir kallaðir
galdrasmiðir.
“All these feats he taught with rúnar and ljóða, those which are called Galdr, and because of this the Æsir are called Galdr-smiths”.

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https://norroena.org/galdr/

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This is 'Council of the Gods' a ceiling fresco showing the marriage of Cupid and Psyche, by the famous Raphael of the early 16th century.

According to the Web Gallery of Art, "The myth of Cupid and Psyche is depicted on the loggia of Agostino Chigi's villa. Cupid fell in love with the daughter of a king, but had to remain unrecognized by her, and so came to her only at night. After Psyche had undergone many difficult trials, Zeus made her immortal, and allowed her to marry Cupid. The unusual subject seems to be a reference to the much yearned for marriage between Chigi and Francesca Ordeaschi, with whom he already had four children. The ceremony took place on 28 August 1519."

Even in the 1500s, well after christianization, the Pagan past still inspired many, especially the greats. Simply, because the Pagan Faith and Ways are timeless and flow in your veins

There are many ways to classify parts of Theology. I like to classify Theology into 3 distinct sections as High, Middle & Low. All of which is important, but this will be explained below:

High Theology: pertains to Gods, Higher-Spirits, Cosmology & Worldview.

Middle Theology: theological concepts relating to the person, such as the soul-complex as an example.

Low Theology: analogous to particular practices, not sacrifice, prayer etc, rather in relation to the particular way one does these things. Examples:
1. Both of us pray to a God, we may use different words or phrases, which would be classified as personal or tribal/ kindred ways, which may vary.
2. Some of us use Herbalism i.e. Folk Magic. Each remedy or spell, in proportion or otherwise, is going to vary between people and tribes/ kindreds.

The ordering of these is the order of importance. For example, calling someone out because they use different words in prayer to the same God is silly, but saying Gods are just archetypes of the mind, should be.

This is who the "Bad Dürrenberg Shaman" from ice age Germany may have looked like 👀👀

The Bad Dürrenberg Shaman is an archaeological find, dating to about 9,000 - 8,800 years ago. Discovered in 1934, in the Saale River valley, the grave was extraordinary for its very well-preserved state and full of ice age relics!

The burial contained "a female shaman" accoring to the archeologists, including many relics, a headdress made of deer antlers and various animal bones, all of which suggest her having high status and maybe having a spiritual or tribal leadership position.

The burial full of tools, clothing and other finds reveal a journey to the underworld, much like all of our ancient ice age European ancestors. The placement of her body and artifacts around her showcases that Paganism in this time was complex and may lead to other discoveries about our most ancient ancestors.

You can read and learn more about her from the German State Museum of Prehistory website here

👀 America's first president, George Washington, was a direct descendant of Odin.

Though the records are obviously euhemerized by christian revisionists, many Germanic noble lines claim direct paternal descent from the high Æsir God Odin himself. This fact reveals two things:

1. That even post-christianization, divine ancestry and lineage remained important to kingship and nobility, imparting a demigod status.

2. That later revisionists couldn't deny descent from Odin and so resorted to euhemerism (gods are just men bro) to downplay the reality of the existence of the native Gods of Europeans.

The Pagan past is closer to us than we realize, mainly because it flows in your veins