Ácholt Inhíred

04/15/2023

ADOPTING SOCIAL VALUES OF THE IRON AGE
- is just a really bad idea! And if you doubt what I am saying then I suggest reading this stuff. It is the account of the Arabic ambassador to the Volga Bulgars, ibn Faḍlān. His description of the Vikings is almost ethnographically precise and it includes their sacrifice of a young woman by first drugging and gangraping her, followed by some rituals, then some more drugs and in the end they ritually strangled her with a rope while stabbing a knife between her ribs.
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A follower of this channel was somehow affronted by the fact that contemporary Nordic Animism recommends the Raven Flag in eco-activism, rather than naming it the destroyer of lands (surely meaning: human habitation) as King Harold the Hardruler (perhaps) did in the middle ages. Vikings lived in a time where social order was sacred kings, feudal marriages, nobles that could indiscrimately slay a slave just to test the swing of a good sword and where human sacrifices such as the one described by Ibn Fadlan was a common mode of religious devotion. If you want to project the social ideology of this age into our time, then you basically have two options: 1) Making the past something it was not, - or 2) Making the present into something that no sane person could possibly desire.
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I think it is really important to state openly and strongly that the strategy of Nordic Animism is DIALOGUEING with the past, not trying to copy the social values that ruled the bloody battlefields and warlords of Iron Age Northern Europe. The Raven flag of our day is based on a dialogue with specific parts of Raven symbolism (check my videos and writing for the whole analysis https://youtu.be/iK82zTmqT3A), not on a desire to copy and amplify the (imo limited) part of this symbol which is Viking blood thirst and destruction.

04/04/2023

💫 ABOUT US 💫

The Ácholt Inhíred is a Seax Wica coven based in Sacramento, California that bridges Neo-Pagan and Heathen communities. Formed in spring 2023, the inhíred presents a praxis of modern magical practice founded on values of transparency, egalitarian administration, and the principle that all peoples regardless of religion, race, gender, sexuality and ability are welcome in the spheres of Northern Paganism.

Because this group is tangential to (and many members freely participate in) other heathen organizations, we must be clear that the Ácholt Inhíred is in full support of Declaration 127, and further recognize that it is insufficient alone to decry racists and bigots within our community. To that end, we support the more fully realized Declaration of Deeds proposed by Wind in the World Tree. We specifically acknowledge that the Asatru Folk Assembly (AFA) is active just outside of Sacramento, and that it is our responsibility to maintain a transparent, radically inclusive vision of northern neo-paganism that is in direct opposition to the ideals of Stephen McNallen.

04/03/2023

We acknowledge that Declaration 127 does not sufficiently capture the nuance of a truly inclusive vision of modern heathenry. To that end, the inhíred also supports the more fully realized Declaration of Deeds as proposed by the blog, Wind in the World Tree.

(I am indulging myself in a thought experiment, I am imagining what I might write if I were to be a part of writing a philisophical statement to stand in as a replacement for Declaration 127. This …

04/03/2023

This page is in support of Declaration 127, and denounces any affiliation with the Asatru Folk Assembly.

We proudly stand by this statement, and with those who support it. Visit http://www.declaration127.com to learn more. The following is taken from Hugin Heathens Hof: The organizations listed below represent a truly diverse set of voices within modern Heathenry. They represent national organizations,...