Asatru Holidays - July 2024 - Beinteinsson ｜ Rud Mills ｜ Sigrblót
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Summary
On July 4th, 1924, Sveinbjorn Bientensen was born as a sheep farmer in Börgefjordan, a fjord in the west of Iceland. He was an early practitioner and leader of modern Asatru, a polytheistic religious organization founded in Iceland in the early 20th century.
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and folk of all ages,
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you know what time it is it is july and we're pushing things this month because we have a
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third honored day and it's coming up real quick so let's not beat around the bush and let's get
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right down to it as i alluded to we have a third special day this month started last year first
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honored in 2023. We have a Day of Remembrance on July 4th for Sveinbjorn Bientensen. And
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we follow that up on July 9th with a Day of Remembrance for Alexander Rudd Mills. And
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on July 20th, we have Sigur Blot. Well, everybody, let's get down to it and learn a little bit
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about the days of remembrance holy days holidays special days and just all around good times of
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our folk all right so july 4th 2024 is going to be the day of remembrance for spain bjorn bientensen
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Sveinbjorn Bientensen was born July 4th, 1924, and lived as a sheep farmer in Börgefjörður,
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a fjord in the west of Iceland. Sveinbjorn was an early practitioner and leader of modern
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Asatru. Sveinbjorn and fellow Asatruar founded the Asatruir Feregith Asatru Fellowship. On
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first day of summer in 1972, April 18, and Sveinbjorn was named Ausherjargothi. Ausherjargothi
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Sveinbjorn then led the push for the Asitru Fellowship to be recognized by the Icelandic
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government. When Ausherjargothi Sveinbjorn collected the appropriate paperwork from the
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minister of the Icelandic Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, he received vague
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answers from the minister, who did not take him seriously. When Asheria Gauthi's fame
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building was exiting the ministry building, a thunderbolt caused a major power outage
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in Reykjavik, which left the ministry building and the minister in the dark.
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Hail Thor! After submitting the required paper arc, Asheria Gauthi's fame building still
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faced opposition. The strongest opposition came from the bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
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of Iceland, the head of the state of the Church of Iceland. The bishop took the position that the
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polytheistic religious organizations founded in Iceland would therefore not be protected by the
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Icelandic constitution. The bishop also criticized Osiragotis-Fengjord and the Austrofellowship
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for not naming a head of the religion, for not having a set-written doctrine, and for not having a house of worship.
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There were also critics in Iceland who agreed with the bishop that polytheism was illegal in Iceland,
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and that Christ is enough, though he was not enough for Hitler, Stalin, or their followers.
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However, Osheri Götze Sveinbjörn's arguments prevailed,
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And in May of 1973, the Ossetru Fellowship was recognized as a church by the government,
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and with this was given legal standing to perform weddings, was given a share in church
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In August of the same year, Asheri Gothi Sveinbjörn wed the first legal public Ossetru Blot
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Since the year 1000, only all thing had forbidden blood, it declared Iceland a Christian nation.
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Asherlyagöthi Sveinbjörn went on to lead the Asker Fellowship for 20 more years,
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until he returned to his ancestors during Yuletide of 1993.
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Sveinbjörn was also a published poet of several books of Riemann, Icelandic crimes.
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He had recorded verses of his own and of the poetic Edahavomor, Verlusbau, and Sigtrufomor.
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In its early days, the Ossetru Fellowship was notably folkish and took ethical positions consistent with Ossetru.
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For example, in 1975, the Ossetru Fellowship opposed abortion on the basis that the movement to legalize abortion
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is traced to international movements opposed to the Nordic nations, and in particular to the Nordic race.
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The Asatru Fellowship has unfortunately failed to maintain the ideals of Asatru
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that the Asatru Folk Assembly continues to promote today.
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But Asatru Götis Fendriorn Bintesen of Asatruar Ferdigith
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remains a hero of our folk who heard the call of the Isir at a time when very few did.
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Not too long after, on July 9th, we hold a day of remembrance for Alexander Rud Mills.
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Alexander Rud Mills was born in 4th Tasmania and lived from 1885 to 1964.
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He was the guiding light for the foundations of Ossetru in Australia.
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In 1933, Red Mills began writing books about our faith, and in 1936, he founded the Anglican
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Mills was able to build a solid Ossetru community, but during the troubling times of the Second
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World War, Red Mills was bitterly persecuted by his government, and the community that
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With no evidence against him of illegal activity, Alexander Rudmills was imprisoned.
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It was nearly a decade before Mills was released, and despite all of his efforts, he was unable
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Alexander Rudmills' many publications and his passion lived on and inspired a new generation.
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In the 1970s, a group of Odinist students at the University of Melbourne campaigned
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to have Odinism recognized as a formal religion in Australia, hoping to be able to protect
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the faith from the same persecution that Mills suffered.
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It took almost two decades, but by the early 90s, Odinism was granted a religious status
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Alexander Rudmill's vision also notably inspired Elsie Christensen, who was the leading voice of Asatru in North America.
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Alexander Rudmill didn't live to see the culmination of all of his hard work.
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When he died, Odinism and Asatru were still a repressed faith in his homeland.
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Even without reward and recognition, he worked until his death to try and revive the ancient
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folklore. And he did succeed. Could he have ever imagined how far-reaching his influence
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would have been while he lived? Despite being imprisoned and persecuted first beliefs, Alexander
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continued. Even without knowing that his hard work would bear fruit, he continued. He didn't
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give up in the face of a thankless and dauntless task. He didn't let his ego of his own self-importance
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stop him from doing what he believed he needed to do. There were no rewards. There were no praises.
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There was nothing in it for him except the knowledge and the belief that he was doing the
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right thing for his fault. Take from this story the need to remember that the bigger picture,
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even when we can't see it, is so much more important than just ourselves. We do what
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we are doing for our children and for their children, so that when we are gone they have
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a foundation strong enough to hold them up and help them build better and stronger. Alexander
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Rudd Mills is the dedicated hero of Thorshaw. For more information and a deeper dive into
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the life and acts of this Australian hero, check out thorshaw.com. We're going to take
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a brief pause and use thorshaw.com as a nice reminder. All of our Hof districts have their
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own dedicated websites Odenshoff.org, Thorshoff.com, Baldershoff, and Jortshoff.org each. We also
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have Asatruacademy.org and our main website Runestone.org. Make sure to check that one
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out if you haven't recently. There's going to be lots of links in the description. I've
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put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears over the last couple months and we just recently
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a few weeks ago released a brand new runestone.org it's got a complete overhaul all kinds of new
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pretties and a great great calendar combines all of the events from every district you can see them
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all at once it's it's stinking amazing there's some Saturdays where there's 15 20 events going
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on our Midgard. Man. Well, go check out our websites, and when you get back here to the
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video, we're going to learn a little bit about Sigurblot. And that's it, July 20th, Sigurblot.
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Sigurblot literally means victoryblot, and was celebrated by our ancestors in the early
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summer months. On the one hand, our ancestors were celebrating their victory over the harsh
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winter. Life had won. On the other hand, our ancestors performed blood to ask for victory.
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With the warm weather and the completion of planting time, the men often turned their
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minds to the duty of man. War. Practically speaking, summer was the better time to organize
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new campaigns and to set sail. In our modern times, the vast majority of us are not familiar
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with war in a personal way. We do, however, all have our struggles. Sigurblot is a time
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to refocus. It is the time we can use to reorganize our priorities, to figure out the steps we
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need to take in order to reach our ultimate goals, and to break free from those that we
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struggle with. One great way to celebrate Sigurblot is to offer a meal or some other
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I've got another way you can celebrate Sigurblot.
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Come on out to Sigurheim, July 19th through the 21st.
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You're going to have a great time right here in the heart of Tennessee.
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If you haven't been here, it's something amazing.
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There's not a whole lot in the way of utilities.
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We've got port-a-potties, plenty of water, and a lot of land to camp on.