Description: Thoughts from the Leftist Edge of Heathenry
Thoughts from the Leftist Edge of Heathenry
[Content Warning: this post depicts and discusses symbols that are widely used by racist people and organizations. At Freyja’s Kiss, we do not condone these usages or these people. Rather, we condemn them in the strongest terms. May they find no frið or succor wherever they may go.]
Heathenry, Ásatrú, Forn Siðr. Whatever you want to call it, our faith has a problem with far-right extremism. Of course, it is far from the only religion with such a problem, but ours is substantial. For someone who is interested in learning more about heathenry, who feels newly called by our gods, it can be difficult at times to sort out which groups are hiding hate under a veneer of “heritage”. Many of them have learned to couch their language very carefully, to expose a “community-friendly” exterior that