HAIL TO OUR MOTHERS
Those who know me closely know I often hail or praise my mother, and the great respect for our women folk that she cultivated has ripples. I am fortunate to have had such a great example of a mother, directly from the shores of Europa, with old values and a morality removed from and uncompromised by modern times!
Our women are our mothers, sisters, and daughters. They are the healers and the seers; each mother a timeless embrace. Grandmothers of my grandmothers, hear me call! I praise you all!
As I build this Tribal Folk Nation, I have been clear in my mission to return our people to a place of thought and spirituality that was, and always has been, who we are. In this, once again, I aim to hold our women up as the queens they truly are. But first let our men remember that we must also be the men our Gods intended. As we revive the wolf warrior culture, our mothers smile and our daughters are safe once again. Let us take this holiday and reflect. Today I hold Mother Frigga and all our women up high! I'm thankful for each and every one of you within our walls!
So many gifts this year! Our women have gifted our community so many new lives!!
Before the altar of our existence that is held within them, I and our men are doing all we can to once again protect and conquest in their names as their power inspires us!
On this, and all days, I miss my mother's sacred light, though I know she sees me always and holds me dear as her blood flows still in my heart!
Hail Darlene Sessumes!
HAIL MOTHER FRIGGA!
Hail Raven Folk United!
By Michael Sessumes
Hildingr, RFU
⚡️ ravenfolkunited.org
Those who know me closely know I often hail or praise my mother, and the great respect for our women folk that she cultivated has ripples. I am fortunate to have had such a great example of a mother, directly from the shores of Europa, with old values and a morality removed from and uncompromised by modern times!
Our women are our mothers, sisters, and daughters. They are the healers and the seers; each mother a timeless embrace. Grandmothers of my grandmothers, hear me call! I praise you all!
As I build this Tribal Folk Nation, I have been clear in my mission to return our people to a place of thought and spirituality that was, and always has been, who we are. In this, once again, I aim to hold our women up as the queens they truly are. But first let our men remember that we must also be the men our Gods intended. As we revive the wolf warrior culture, our mothers smile and our daughters are safe once again. Let us take this holiday and reflect. Today I hold Mother Frigga and all our women up high! I'm thankful for each and every one of you within our walls!
So many gifts this year! Our women have gifted our community so many new lives!!
Before the altar of our existence that is held within them, I and our men are doing all we can to once again protect and conquest in their names as their power inspires us!
On this, and all days, I miss my mother's sacred light, though I know she sees me always and holds me dear as her blood flows still in my heart!
Hail Darlene Sessumes!
HAIL MOTHER FRIGGA!
Hail Raven Folk United!
By Michael Sessumes
Hildingr, RFU
⚡️ ravenfolkunited.org
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Blótbað - A Ritual Cleansing
There is something oddly powerful about the fact that our ancestors considered bathing a sacred act. Not everything in the old ways was blood, fire, and giant dramatic rituals. Sometimes holiness looked like washing your hands, combing your hair, and taking a minute to prepare yourself before standing before the Gods. The Blótbað, or “Blót-Bath,” is exactly that: a ritual cleansing meant to wash off the weight of everyday life before stepping into sacred space.
The old traditions tie this custom to Laugardagr, literally “Bath-Day” (what later became Saturday) and also to Njardarlog - “Njörðr’s Bath” linking ritual cleansing directly to the God of sea and water himself. Tacitus even describes similar purification rites in Germania while speaking of the worship of Nerthus, showing these customs run deep into the earliest roots of Germanic tradition. Water was practical, but it was also seen as something renewing and spiritually important, capable of preparing a person to step properly into sacred space.
The lore backs it up too. In Sigrdrífumál we are told to wash the hands and head of the dead, comb their hair, and prepare them properly before burial. Even the dead were meant to enter the next stage clean and ordered. Then you get Ibn Fadlan’s Risāla, where he describes the Rus using a communal basin to wash their hands, faces, and hair while passing around a comb. He clearly thought it was gross, but buried underneath his complaining is evidence that ritual grooming mattered enough to be done daily and ceremonially.
The Blótbað is really about readiness. You clean yourself before ritual because you are intentionally stepping out of ordinary life for a moment. It does not have to be elaborate. A river or stream works, a bath, or even a bowl of water in your home works. Wash your hands, wash your face, and comb your hair. Slow down for a minute and make yourself present before the Gods.
Sometimes the old ways are complicated. Sometimes they are as simple as water, a comb, and intention.
-Desirée Alwine
⚡️ ravenfolkunited.org
There is something oddly powerful about the fact that our ancestors considered bathing a sacred act. Not everything in the old ways was blood, fire, and giant dramatic rituals. Sometimes holiness looked like washing your hands, combing your hair, and taking a minute to prepare yourself before standing before the Gods. The Blótbað, or “Blót-Bath,” is exactly that: a ritual cleansing meant to wash off the weight of everyday life before stepping into sacred space.
The old traditions tie this custom to Laugardagr, literally “Bath-Day” (what later became Saturday) and also to Njardarlog - “Njörðr’s Bath” linking ritual cleansing directly to the God of sea and water himself. Tacitus even describes similar purification rites in Germania while speaking of the worship of Nerthus, showing these customs run deep into the earliest roots of Germanic tradition. Water was practical, but it was also seen as something renewing and spiritually important, capable of preparing a person to step properly into sacred space.
The lore backs it up too. In Sigrdrífumál we are told to wash the hands and head of the dead, comb their hair, and prepare them properly before burial. Even the dead were meant to enter the next stage clean and ordered. Then you get Ibn Fadlan’s Risāla, where he describes the Rus using a communal basin to wash their hands, faces, and hair while passing around a comb. He clearly thought it was gross, but buried underneath his complaining is evidence that ritual grooming mattered enough to be done daily and ceremonially.
The Blótbað is really about readiness. You clean yourself before ritual because you are intentionally stepping out of ordinary life for a moment. It does not have to be elaborate. A river or stream works, a bath, or even a bowl of water in your home works. Wash your hands, wash your face, and comb your hair. Slow down for a minute and make yourself present before the Gods.
Sometimes the old ways are complicated. Sometimes they are as simple as water, a comb, and intention.
-Desirée Alwine
⚡️ ravenfolkunited.org
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Forwarded from Pagan Revivalism
ᛦ Dissecting the New Age ᛦ
Due to popular demand from the Kvasir Commencement show & subsequent poll, we have the great folks at the Norrœna Society returning on the Pagan Revivalist Show to dissect the New Age!
This will be a two-part show due not only to it's importance to address, but also how we can overcome New Age influences by using actual Traditionalist approaches with faith leaders.
For the Dissecting the New Age show, we will go over:
• Clearly defining the New Age.
• Differentiating UPG et al from the New Age.
• The history of the New Age, from Axiality to today.
• Listing the elements of the New Age & tracing them back to their origins.
This is a show a lot of people have been interested in & we are glad to make it actualized. Stay tuned to the channel for updates on the date & time of this anticipated show!
Due to popular demand from the Kvasir Commencement show & subsequent poll, we have the great folks at the Norrœna Society returning on the Pagan Revivalist Show to dissect the New Age!
This will be a two-part show due not only to it's importance to address, but also how we can overcome New Age influences by using actual Traditionalist approaches with faith leaders.
For the Dissecting the New Age show, we will go over:
• Clearly defining the New Age.
• Differentiating UPG et al from the New Age.
• The history of the New Age, from Axiality to today.
• Listing the elements of the New Age & tracing them back to their origins.
This is a show a lot of people have been interested in & we are glad to make it actualized. Stay tuned to the channel for updates on the date & time of this anticipated show!
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RISE OF THE RAVEN FOLK
The very term Nation implies a natal tie, an umbilical connection in the most literal sense. Yet these Nations of Europa, and of our origins, have not only been taken over completely; these Governments have betrayed their children. Thus, we the descendants of the Kings of Europe, are left astray in a world of vipers.
Alas, there is much hope!
In these ties that bind and bond Nations, we still remain and rebuild our own Tribal Nation! A Kingdom built on our ancestral traditions and rituals, guided very literally by our ancestors and the Gods themselves. A new day is upon our people. We are most definitely a religious organization, yet we are so very much more!
We are Raven Folk!
A modern real-world tribal Nation. With our DNA program, we not only connect our people's blood and reunite families, we trace our lines to the heroes in the lore and the blood of Kings!
Our Kings rule by right and by blood, and once again the Raven flies over the cities of man, collecting the sons and daughters of Oðinn, calling them home!
Our ancestral culture and customs are revived, and morality and order are being restored.
Reciprocity with our mighty Gods is once again beginning to take hold. The warriors of old dance with their descendants beside the fires, and our Männerbund remembers their power! The children of Europe once again have a home!
No more alien influence!
No more will we bend or accept morality that is inferior to our people. We will hold our people up and we WILL conquer as one people United in purpose!
Smile Kinsman, do not let the woes of modern times burden you. Our Jarlar are building Kingdoms everywhere!
Together, we will reclaim our people's birthright, ripping our fates from the jaws of the wolf, and planting our Nation's Flags of victory everywhere the sun touches!!
The energy is electric and tomorrow is ours!
Hail the Raven Folk Nation!
By Michael Sessumes
Hildingr, RFU
⚡ ravenfolkunited.org
The very term Nation implies a natal tie, an umbilical connection in the most literal sense. Yet these Nations of Europa, and of our origins, have not only been taken over completely; these Governments have betrayed their children. Thus, we the descendants of the Kings of Europe, are left astray in a world of vipers.
Alas, there is much hope!
In these ties that bind and bond Nations, we still remain and rebuild our own Tribal Nation! A Kingdom built on our ancestral traditions and rituals, guided very literally by our ancestors and the Gods themselves. A new day is upon our people. We are most definitely a religious organization, yet we are so very much more!
We are Raven Folk!
A modern real-world tribal Nation. With our DNA program, we not only connect our people's blood and reunite families, we trace our lines to the heroes in the lore and the blood of Kings!
Our Kings rule by right and by blood, and once again the Raven flies over the cities of man, collecting the sons and daughters of Oðinn, calling them home!
Our ancestral culture and customs are revived, and morality and order are being restored.
Reciprocity with our mighty Gods is once again beginning to take hold. The warriors of old dance with their descendants beside the fires, and our Männerbund remembers their power! The children of Europe once again have a home!
No more alien influence!
No more will we bend or accept morality that is inferior to our people. We will hold our people up and we WILL conquer as one people United in purpose!
Smile Kinsman, do not let the woes of modern times burden you. Our Jarlar are building Kingdoms everywhere!
Together, we will reclaim our people's birthright, ripping our fates from the jaws of the wolf, and planting our Nation's Flags of victory everywhere the sun touches!!
The energy is electric and tomorrow is ours!
Hail the Raven Folk Nation!
By Michael Sessumes
Hildingr, RFU
⚡ ravenfolkunited.org
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