REBIRTH OF THE FOLK
 
 (an article by Mattias L.)
 

"Should the subduing talisman, the Cross, break then will come the roaring forth of wild madness of the old champions... The talisman is brittle, and the day will come when it will pitifully break. The old stone gods will rise... and rub the dust of a thousand years from their eyes. And Thor, leaping forth with his giant hammer, will crush the Gothic Cathedrals!" -
Heinrich Heine.

 
If an individual's needs and subconscious instincts are oppressed long enough, a conflict will arise between the conscious and the subconscious - and a split occurs. This will, in many cases, give rise to an array of disturbances and neurosis, which are often reflected through self-destructive and abnormal behaviour. This maxim is equally applicable for an entire people, a folk. When the peoples' soul - the Folk soul - is being oppressed and enslaved by alien values and compulsory adherence to an unnatural pattern of life, it will inevitably yield inner degradation and moral dissolution.

For thousands of years, our people have been subjected to an alien religion that is as misanthropic and infertile as the salt deserts of the Middle East from which it originated. The dogma of the oppressor religion is in diametric opposition to our own instinctive Nordic human nature. Through our submission to this spiritual decay, we thereby oppress our own folkish identity. We are today expected to blindly resign ourselves the Western World's present moral gauge of what is "right" and "natural", and many of us do. The consequences of this are catastrophic. Because our outward, superficial moral compass is totally at odds with our intrinsic values as a people, a mechanism deep inside of us knows that something is utterly wrong; and it manifests itself in many different forms of decadent, destructive and unnatural folkish "neurosis" (We suppose you all understand what we mean by that).

The people of today's western world are desperately seeking, either consciously or un-consciously, to find what is right and correct. Some are attracted by alien beliefs, or any of the Judeo-Christian disguised twins, while others fall into the trap of nihilism and materialism. Among both, denial of our nature and scorn for the assertion of folkish identity prevail. This is especially true where youth are concerned. More unnatural and harmful ideas are expressed with every passing generation born into this sick society. Today, we stand divided: we are torn between the call of our Nordic blood to break the chains of destructive modern thought, and the existing hyper-rational(1) status quo ceaselessly urging us to uphold it.

In short, you can say that we - Allgermanische Heidnische Front - work to lead our people (and primarily the youth) to understand and assert our own blood-rooted moral values, to unashamedly represent and protect our Germanic identity, and to create the "certain general condition" that Dr. Jung said was necessary for our archetypes to re-awaken. We seek to create understanding for ourselves - both as people and as individuals. We are convinced that we can't go in a positive direction in the future unless we know ourselves. A people without an understanding of its origins is doomed to perish - just like a tree whose connection to its roots are severed. For this understanding to be possible, we have to recover, confront and embrace our own "Shadow Self"(2) - the side of our peoples' mentality that has been forced underground, and put it in the shadow of the cross for a thousand years.

We choose to call our strife Odalism. A lot of the work pertaining to Odalism consists of studying etymology, philology, linguistics, ethnology, archaeology and related subjects (In other words studying languages, folklore, village / county names, archaeological findings / places, sagas / myths / legends, etc.). To see what remains of surrounding European culture and its traditions makes it easier for us to understand what we see, hear and read. And finally, when there are no academic or logical strings to follow - we are forced to listen to the voice of our blood.

Another important aspect of Odalism is the respect, understanding and, most importantly, the agreement with nature. Odalism is based on will and joy for life, on the instinct of self-preservation, the need to search and find, the will to understand. Furthermore, Odalism isn't only about a return to what's ours, it's also an eternal striving to emphasize and purify our people's positive peculiarities. Odalism, or at least its fundamental idea, is the only thing that can make us live and think as Nordic inhabitants again.
It is the only thing that can shatter the lacerating chains shackled to the soul of our folk - the only thing that can make us cast off the yoke of a thousand years of contempt for ourselves, nature, and for life itself. Now, as the final hour encroaches, Odalism is spearheading the resurgence of Nordic thought in Europe's war for its ultimate destiny(3).

Footnotes:
 
1. When we use the term hyper-rational, it is important to note that we are not undermining rational thought, in fact we are the only ones truly applying it. "Hyper-rational" is meant to present the image of the typical vapid, arrogant European who is convinced that his scientific mind can discover all there is to know in this world whilst ignoring the obvious and the call of his blood.
 
2. This is no 'Satanic' reference or anything of the like. Consult the works of C.G. Jung for clarification. This is a thought not so easily transmuted to English.
 
3. Here, we mean to convey the German equivalency of "schicksals kampf": The final battle of our folk against the death forces. Upon this ultimate struggle, a veritable earth-bound Ragnarök if you will; everything depends.