Re: Tribesmen, time to come home.

snipped-for-privacy@lycos.com wrote:

> >> Asatru...The Way of Our Ancestors... >> Calling Us Home >> Asatru is an expression of the native, pre-Christian spirituality of >> Europe. More specifically, it is the Way by which the Germanic peoples >> have traditionally related to the Divine and to the world around >> them. >> >> >From Iceland to Russia, from the frozen north of Scandinavia to the >> Mediterranean, the Germanic peoples wandered and settled over a span >> of thousands of years. Today, their descendants are spread around the >> world. We may refer to ourselves as Americans or English, Germans or >> Canadians, but behind these labels lurks an older, more essential >> identity. Our forefathers were Angles and Saxons, Lombards and Heruli, >> Goths and Vikings - and, as sons and daughters of these peoples, we >> are united by ties of blood and culture undimmed by the centuries. >> >> Asatru is our native Way. Just as there is Native American religion >> and native African religion, so there is native European religion. >> Asatru is one of its expressions. It gave our ancestors comfort in >> millennia past, and it can give us strength and inspiration today. >> >> The word "Asatru" comes to us from Old Norse, the tongue of ancient >> Scandinavia, where it means "those loyal to the Gods." Since the >> ancient Scandinavian version of our Way is the best documented, it has >> given us much of Asatru's terminology and imagery. The soul of Asatru, >> however, is not confined to the Scandinavian model, but encapsulates >> the belief of all the Germanic peoples. Indeed, Asatru reflects the >> deeper religiosity common to virtually all the nations of Europe. >> >>
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>> >> Asatru Folk Assembly >> >> Willi > > I'm afraid asatru is off-topic in rec.knives (they're more into islam). > The Flonk is where your post belongs.

I thought beer was the way by which the Germanic peoples have traditionally related to the world around them.

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