00:00:00.000Hello. Appreciate you guys joining me this evening.
00:00:15.220Looks like we've already got a couple of questions up in the chat.
00:00:21.000I'd like to start with a couple of things.
00:00:25.360uh first i'd like to start off tonight's live chat with a moment of silence for an afa member who
00:00:33.180was very tragically taken from us uh this last week it's been really hard on those who knew him
00:00:40.640um he was a member that uh went to odinsoff and was friends with quite a few people out west and
00:00:48.080made a big impact on the lives that he touched so if you guys would join me in a moment of silence
00:00:53.620for Adam Weinhart. I know he will certainly be missed. But on to happier things, a couple of
00:01:13.260things I wanted to announce since the last time I spoke with you guys. We have two new AFA
00:01:22.900kindreds that i wanted to mention we've got stonewall kindred in west virginia western
00:01:31.460regular virginia and uh maryland area and those guys are an offshoot of the iron guard kindred
00:01:38.900made up of solid afa members there they're going to do really good things and we're
00:01:43.620we're excited excited to see that also very exciting uh we have our first irish afa kindred
00:01:52.900Paca Mictira, and that's headed up by Fiona Edgar, our folk builder over in Northern Ireland,
00:02:03.940and I'm very excited to see that. This is the, like I said, the first kindred we've had there,
00:02:08.240and I think it's a really exciting addition. To get to a couple of things on the side,
00:02:15.420I can't see when you ask, but Joel asked nice and early for news about Baldershoff and if there's
00:02:23.740been more understanding of the AFA there. Still we wait on Baldershoff. I believe things are going
00:02:34.160well. Hopefully we know a little bit more and the zoning situation works out in our favor. I think
00:02:41.120that it think that it should. Don't have any new news on that, but hopefully here relatively
00:02:51.900soon we will. As for, you know, whether there's more understanding for the AFA in the area,
00:02:57.520absolutely. We've heard great things from our folks that have been up there
00:03:01.760as far as the community having nothing but positive things to say, stopping by, waving,
00:03:07.920um extending courtesy and and some of them even apologizing for some of the rougher treatment
00:03:14.400that that we've received uh it seems to be a lot of people that are outside of that community
00:03:19.040stirring things up but the locals there in murdoch have been very nice to us and we really appreciate
00:03:25.360that we have a question about the status of afa kilts uh just okay so it came to my attention one
00:03:35.520One of our folk builders, our folk builder for the Midwest, specifically the Wisconsin area, James Alt, found some distributors that can do a whole variety of things in our custom AFA Tartan.
00:03:48.320Being that it's a registered Tartan, there's some custom shops that can do things that way.
00:03:54.200Because there's not a wide demand for our Tartan, the price is very steep at this point.
00:04:01.740But we're looking into the best deals on that.
00:04:04.120In order to get something made in-house to get kilts for a reasonable price, we need to pre-order 70 or so to make that work.
00:04:15.380And I think that's been a difficult thing so far.
00:04:19.700I'm waiting to hear if that interests there, but it's a pretty substantial investment.
00:04:24.960And so far, we don't have 70 people that have committed to pre-ordering for it.
00:04:29.860But we would love to see things in our official AFA Tartan.
00:04:33.340And it's beautiful. It's a beautiful pattern, and it would be very exciting to see that in use.
00:04:47.580Oh, great. I'm glad we've got some Danes joining us.0.99
00:25:19.580Yeah, Frayer has always been a God that got a lot of worship and celebration from our folk.
00:25:40.500Specifically in the country of Sweden, Frayer was their royal God that they derived royal lineage from.
00:25:49.080He is a God of kings in Sweden and a God of abundance, of celebration of the of the green earth.
00:25:57.640So, yeah, the celebration of Freyre is something tremendous, tremendously important to us.
00:26:02.740I'm very excited for the day that we'll have a Hoff to Freyre.
00:26:09.360While we're talking about, well, I was talking about Hoffs, I guess.
00:26:13.160I'd like to just say out here publicly a huge thank you to our volunteers that have put in so much labor at at Baldershoff, getting that prepped and ready and and taking care of that place to really make it a sacred temple for our gods, a sacred temple for Balder.
00:26:31.540um brandy and jason and anna and other members have been out there just just pouring love into
00:26:42.360that place making it something truly special we got an amazing deal on it so we knew that would
00:26:47.960mean doing some work on the interior fixing some things taking care of it shining it back up and
00:26:54.100our members in the northern plains region and specifically led by our amazing leadership there
00:27:01.060They've done a great job. If you guys have seen the pictures on Facebook, Baldur's Hoff has its
00:27:06.340own page, but you can see them almost every weekend out there swinging a hammer, putting up drywall,
00:27:12.260doing doing work to make sure that place is special for for Balder and also make
00:27:17.540sure that place is special for our AFA family when they gather there.
00:27:30.180Absolutely, you should visit Thorshoff as soon as you can. They're doing great things there.
00:27:39.980They've got good things going on at Thorshoff. For you, that's not that terrible of a drive for
00:27:47.080you. So you should absolutely make it out there and get together with those guys. It's a very
00:27:51.800special place. I can't wait till the next time I get out there. It's really something to behold
00:28:00.600and something to experience. You know what? A lot, as a thought, a lot of people have talked about
00:28:17.080making pilgrimages, if you will, to the different Hoffs. And that's a neat thing. And I think that
00:28:24.800there's something really special about each of them. I think there's something to be gained
00:28:28.980from making that journey and being there, worshiping our gods in their own Hoffs for the
00:28:35.820first time in a thousand years. I think that's a really special thing to do. And I would encourage
00:28:41.760everybody to do that. I know local AFA members at these Hoffs, they love to have people visit
00:28:48.240and be part of kind of their home Hoff. It's easy to think of the Hoff in your region as like
00:28:55.660your Hoff, but these are all AFA Hoffs. If you find yourself in a spot that doesn't have a Hoff,0.99
00:29:02.400you have three Hoffs. It may be a little trek for you to get to them, but they're all home for you.0.95
00:29:07.440And I would encourage you all to to go and make it to those hoffs at any opportunity you can.0.94
00:29:13.660It's really an amazing thing to worship our gods in a place of our own in temples to them.
00:36:36.820the AFA is going to be having a national event up in Washington State.
00:36:40.700It's going to be in February for Charming of the Plow.
00:36:43.720If that's something you're interested in or something you can make,
00:36:46.660please get in touch with our folk builder there, Joe Rosenak,0.99
00:36:51.700j-r-o-z-e-n-a-k at runestone.org. And he can get you set up. He's putting on a really,
00:37:04.840a really nice event. We're pretty excited. It's been kind of a, just a regional event for a long,
00:37:11.040or for two years now. It's been very successful. I was at the last one and it was great. And we
00:37:16.680wanted to turn that into a national event, really give it some attention and get more people at it.
00:37:25.500So I think it's going to be fantastic if you can make it charming of the plow. And I butchered
00:37:29.720spelling his last name. So once again, J-R-O-Z-A-N-E-K at runestone.org. And Joe will get you all set up.
00:37:46.680Oh, okay. Jason asks, why is it spiritually relevant for our folk to reject modern victim
00:38:04.180culture and for us to pursue success and greatness instead, especially for our men?
00:38:09.460I mean, reading that out loud, it's self-evident and it's common sense, but in the world that we live in, we've we've seen that it's not people celebrate victimhood all around us.
00:38:24.880And it's really unfortunate. In contrast to. In contrast to that mentality, our our faith, our religion is a religion of winners and celebrating heroes and champions.
00:38:42.400It. One of the one of the great virtues of Ausatru is being victorious, is going out and making things happen and doing things.
00:38:58.140That's kind of the Faustian instinct of our folk is to always push further frontiers to be more, to achieve more, to climb higher, to do great things.
00:39:08.240It's been a hallmark of our people since the dawn of time. It's been a hallmark of Aryan man. And we lose that every time we celebrate victimhood, every time we voluntarily put ourselves, you know, in the role of being victimized.0.99
00:39:26.860one thing that's an important way of looking at life. And I think this is specifically
00:39:34.380important for men, but I think it's important for all else that you are.
00:39:38.200If you view everything as, I think your fault is a strong word, but go with me on it. If
00:39:48.660everything is your fault and everything is something you're responsible for, then it's
00:39:54.340within your power to fix everything. If you look at the challenges in your life as something that
00:40:01.300you have responsibility for, then it's on you and it's within your power to change your circumstance,
00:40:07.920to fix those things. And that's a very simple thought, but it's an extremely empowering one.
00:40:15.840Every moment that we waste wallowing in victimhood and gnashing our teeth and raising our fist at who
00:40:23.600we think did us wrong or why we think something's unfair, that's a moment that we could be righting
00:40:30.180that wrong. That's a moment that we could be building, that we could be doing, that we could
00:40:35.520be helping each other build and do. And all of our foes would like nothing better than to keep us
00:40:44.840down and keep us convinced that we can't achieve because some outside force is preventing us.
00:40:51.480if we know that we can succeed, we refuse to accept being victimized and we go out and build
00:40:58.340and do. Don't always worry about the big thing you want to accomplish that's outside of your
00:41:03.880grasp. What small thing can you accomplish today that gets you closer? I think that can-do attitude
00:41:09.740is a hallmark of Alistair True. It always has been. And that's the key to any success in our
00:41:15.260lives, in our family, in our faith, in the world around us. So a can-do attitude is extremely
00:41:22.600important. Thank you for helping me out with that link, Mandy, in case I butchered Joe's name too
00:41:47.100bed. Appreciate that. We have a couple of people talking about some death things over inside. We
00:41:55.320had a couple of deaths close to us recently. And someone announced this here, but I'm going to post
00:42:01.760a link to it and share more about it on the AFA's Facebook page after this. A matter of fact,
00:42:08.540Let me see if I can throw up a link in here while we're talking, because I think this is really important, and I think it's a good time for it.
00:42:23.920I'm going to share a link with you guys here.
00:42:26.740all right so the link that i just posted it's something that i found and i've been thinking
00:42:37.500on this for a long time um we find a lot of
00:42:43.640a lot of us uh have not adequately prepared
00:42:51.540for death. And I think that's a big weighty thing. I think that our entire life is about,
00:42:59.080in some ways, preparing for the next life and preparing for death. But in a real concrete way,
00:43:04.380so many of us don't like to think about it and don't get their affairs in order.
00:43:10.660The idea of having a will and having those directives down and official
00:43:15.040is always something we'll do tomorrow, we'll do down the road, we'll do when we get older,
00:43:19.960you know, we're young, whatever, but time sneaks up and unforeseen circumstances can happen to
00:43:26.660anybody. And we've seen too many lives cut tragically short. This may not prevent that,
00:43:34.820but I think it's really important to get squared away the things that we can so that
00:43:40.200our affairs are in order, our children, our assets are set up with what they're going to do.
00:43:49.760and the way that we're honored in death, where our body is laid to rest at, how our remains are
00:43:55.260handled, who makes those calls. In Ausatru, we're getting to where we have second and third
00:44:03.600generation Ausatruer, and that's a beautiful thing. But so many of us, that's not the case.
00:44:09.380And if something were to happen and our family doesn't agree with or doesn't take our faith
00:44:13.760seriously you may end up finding something with uh with with your funeral or with your remains that
00:44:21.280wouldn't really be in keeping with what you want so it's really important to get those things done
00:44:26.080the site that i linked is entirely free and it makes legally appropriate to the best of
00:44:32.480my knowledge and i've asked our law speaker and he's pretty impressed with this site um
00:44:37.360it sets you up with a really simple but a good and comprehensive will with contacts with your
00:44:45.680executor with all of the things you need in there with what you want done with your remains
00:44:52.480if you want to bequeath any of you know outside of just passing it to your next of kin if there's
00:44:57.840any bequeathment you want to do to a charity to the afa perhaps to whatever you'd like to do
00:45:03.680that's set up in there and it's really handy. My wife and I went through last night and got
00:45:09.040ours set up. It's also got things with medical directives that you may want in there. I know
00:45:15.160power of attorney things for our loved ones, for ourselves are, we just had to go through that
00:45:20.320with my mother. My mother suffers from dementia and we had to deal with taking care of some of
00:45:25.140her power of attorney situations medically. These forms are also on that site. So I encourage you
00:45:31.120guys all to please go on there. If you don't have a will and you don't have stuff taken care of,
00:45:36.280it's very simple. It's very fast. It's easy and it's free. A lot of us are intimidated going to
00:45:43.460see a lawyer about these things or it's too expensive.
00:45:48.980I want each and every one of you, each and every one of us to have what we want happen when we
00:45:55.660pass, what we want for our dependents, what we want for our assets, what we want for our remains
00:46:03.980and where we lie in rest is so important. And we can ensure that to the best we can
00:46:13.760by getting our affairs in order, getting that will in place, getting that stuff done.
00:46:18.560And that's a really cool place to do it. Also, the AFA wants to start storing that for our members that would like that stored with us.
00:46:28.780You certainly don't have to. It's your business. You take care of whatever you want.
00:46:32.380But if it would be helpful for us to have that on file in case so that, you know, should something happen, we have record and we can help your survivors out with having a copy of your will.
00:46:44.420we would like to do that for our members also. So, but those are just some thoughts that we
00:46:50.020had on that. And again, I'll share more about that probably on Facebook here after this tonight.
00:46:55.940AFA members in general, to answer OX, AFA in general, AFA members generally have plans in
00:47:14.640place for emergency preparation and national disaster relief stuff. I think that right after
00:47:23.060your comment. It's mentioned that the Mormons stockpile a year of surplus food. I think
00:47:27.900stockpiling the things that you need is a really important thing to do. The AFA has talked about
00:47:37.820some things to encourage that way, and we're still working on it, but I know a lot of individual
00:47:42.500kindreds have really done a lot in the way of preparation for stuff. I think it's very wise to
00:47:50.460have supplies that you need in case, you know, in case of natural disasters, in cases of a lot
00:47:57.420of things. A lot of us saw with the lockdowns that went on in March and April, how things that
00:48:03.400we took for granted that we liked or that we needed or that were important to us went, you
00:48:08.560know, they weren't always there at the store where we could usually count on. I mean, toilet paper
00:48:14.040is something we all laugh about, but that's a thing. So any of the things that you found yourself,
00:48:19.480man, I hadn't thought about that and I wish I had, now's a good time to make sure you get a
00:48:24.060couple extra when you go to the store. I know that's kind of a small answer to the question,
00:48:28.880but yes, a lot of AFA members individually have done things to prep for those things.
00:48:34.780Around our HOFs, there's been a lot of talk about natural disaster contingency plans and ways to
00:48:40.960help. There's so many different variations there, but I think it's wise to do the best you can to
00:48:48.140to meet those things and to, to be as prepared as you can be.
00:48:51.740sorry guys I'm catching up over on the side I rambled about that will thing
00:49:19.560for a little bit. And we got some comments over here to catch up on.
00:49:29.260So how does the AFA handle disputes amongst members that can't seem to get the solution
00:49:34.680themselves? To be completely honest, that's something I wish people took us up on more
00:49:43.620often. Something that we've always talked about amongst our Gothar is a Gothi being able to
00:49:51.580mediate disputes amongst members and to get those things settled. And sometimes that happens,
00:49:57.880and that's certainly our plan. All too often, people are too in the moment, too angry or too
00:50:06.400full of themselves to want to get somebody objective to help them through, come into a
00:50:12.160come into a resolution. But the AFA has a system in place, our GOTHAR stand ready to help members
00:50:18.420work through problems and come out with a solution that's going to be fair and going to
00:50:24.220help everyone move forward. We would love to do more of that. And I encourage any AFA member out
00:50:29.980there, if you guys are having a problem with another member, you guys should both bring it
00:50:35.700before one of our GOTHIs or our Githias, and we can work to find a resolution and move forward.
00:50:42.160We're a family and that's how we want things to operate. So I really encourage everybody to do that.
00:51:12.160so crystal makes a really good point you should let your local hospital let uh let your primary
00:51:29.960care provider know your religious preference and have contact information for the outstreet folk
00:51:36.860assembly in general or for your nearest gothy or githya in specific so often we don't think to do
00:51:43.500that we're such a um ironically it's you know the rebirth of alsatru is so new we're in ancient
00:51:52.560faith but as far as that being a practical option for you it's only been recent that we have the
00:51:57.600spread of folks to be able to make that happen but don't forget that that exists and it's there
00:52:03.800Everyone, when they ask your religious preference, don't slough it off and say other.
00:52:08.620Say Ausatru and say the AFA is my church.
00:52:15.700And speaking for our Gothar, we'd be tremendously honored to help in any kind of a medical situation and be there to advocate for you, be there to support you and your family emotionally through that, and be there to provide ritual and connection with the God.
00:52:33.080odds while you're going through your medical scenario. Joel, absolutely go there and see how
00:52:44.900easy it is. If you don't like it, you can make a new one. It's free and it just takes minutes.
00:52:50.360But if you get that and you get it signed, then you have something. I'm really glad that my wife
00:52:54.740and I did that last night. I'm talking about getting the will made on the free will link
00:53:02.040that I posted. If you guys see that, please find that and please go there. I think it's a really
00:53:06.200important thing. And there's a number of people that we've lost that would have been much better
00:53:10.960served if they had known about this and done that.
00:53:32.040Sorry, guys, just reading up on the comments on the side.
00:53:52.220well i'm glad george i'm glad the letter the letter was meaningful
00:54:02.640i meant everything in it i think very highly of you and i'm glad that letter helped you um
00:54:08.660does uh anybody else have anything they want to make sure we cover tonight
00:54:19.180um thank you guys for joining uh joining me here i look forward to these every single month this
00:54:28.580is one of my favorite things to do in the month i really like getting to talk to you guys in this
00:54:33.920way and youtube has been a really good platform for that not an expert on it but i'm gonna learn
00:54:39.380on these youtube things every time that that we move forward so we can do them a little bit better
00:54:43.380and hopefully more folks will join us.
00:54:46.860But I love getting all your questions.