Asatru (Re: Answers for honoured Fool)

["Stefan Cilia" <cilia@xxxxx>]

Hey, 
I'm on a role sorry!

> There is Norse Wicca, but there is also a branch of Norse neo-
paganism
> called Asatru. Asatru (like Druidism) is a little less "fluffy-
bunny"
> than Wicca. :)

Actually Asatru (at least here in Iceland), is just the practice of 
the old Norse religion. But calling it neo-paganism is wrong, we've 
been practice it since we (Icelanders) took up Christianity in the 
year 1000, we have always been allowed by law to "Blod" in secret
There are "Volvas" (seers), witches/runes writers, but whether or not 
they're connected to the Asatru society varies. 
Fluffy! Asatru in the modern sense like it's practiced here is very 
much like anyother religion, we have marriages in the old way, but no 
cutting the palm. The war and battle factor has been modifite to fit 
the times.
The main focus of Asatru is the "Blod" where the gods are honored 
with a feast and even the Christians hold "Blod" it's a tratition 
here and good reason to get drunk.
Okay I may have just given you the low down on Asatru. So I'll stop 
now.
But how we get to Vallhall without falling in battle is something 
I've never figured out.

> If you're looking for the history of Wicca, it started in the 1930s
> with a British Postal Inspector with an S&M fetish named Gerald
> Gardener. Most neo-Pagan religions are reconstructionist in nature;
> while they hearken back to old Pagan ways, and gather as much
> information on ritual and belief as possible through existing tales
> and literature, no one has an unbroken line.

"Wicca. It has a Hindu engine, an Egyption torque converter, and a 
Celtic transmission. These things set in a ceremonial body that is 
Wiccan alone. It is a creature of it's own."
Not writen by me, it gets the point across.

But then again there is no correct answer when it comes to this kind 
of thing.

Cilia, seeker of knowledge