00:01:48.600We're still, you know, this is brand new. So we're doing a lot of planning on getting the getting everything ready for our dedication.
00:01:56.380We don't want to wait too long on that. Hopefully we can get that in the next couple of months here.
00:02:00.560And we'll let folks know as that gets a little bit closer.
00:02:05.440So that's the first one. That's a that's a huge one and just a tremendous blessing that we're also very, very excited about.
00:02:13.080um another one and uh this is something that we have wanted to see for for decades really but
00:02:27.720you know over the last you know six seven years it's been a a really big need and now we're able
00:02:35.340to finally start filling that need uh past couple of days matter of fact the first of this month
00:02:41.520saw us officially open our registration for the fall to be the first kindergarten class of the
00:02:49.800Alcetru Academy. The Alcetru Academy is a homeschool program geared to meet the standards
00:02:56.080of all 50 states, and we're doing some research into trying to meet some Canadian province
00:03:04.120standards. We didn't know if that would be an option or not, but we're looking into it.
00:03:07.920I know we've got kids of all ages that want to do their homeschooling. Right now, we only have the curriculum for kindergarten, but we're trying to fix that. Our commitment is that we're going to stay with these kindergartners and complete the next the next grades curriculum before they reach that point.
00:03:25.040so we'll be set and ready for them and we'll follow them through all the way to see them to
00:03:29.520success as graduating class of 2035. But we want to go faster than that and we hope that we can
00:03:39.120accomplish more than a year's worth of curriculum within that time. So hopefully as those other
00:03:44.320grades begin to open up we will definitely let you guys know but it is a start and it's amazing.
00:03:50.320huge thank you goes out to the dean of the us true academy go through robert stam he has done
00:03:56.800a fantastic job he is absolutely the man for the job we are thrilled thrilled with what he is doing
00:04:04.160it's a very very exciting time for us i'm looking it looks like we already had a
00:04:09.280question before before we even started tonight so um
00:04:15.440um humanipulation nation absolutely you can meet folks for you join we don't want it to be some
00:04:23.980kind of a hard sell we'd love to bring our folk home if uh i didn't catch on the side maybe you0.50
00:04:30.960answered since then on where you live and we could direct you to your nearest folk builder
00:04:34.860but we got people that would be very glad to meet you and explain to you what you're about answer or
00:04:40.340what we're about rather answer any questions and just get to know you a little bit before
00:04:45.440you decide you want to join. That's absolutely okay.
00:04:48.040sorry guys just catching up you guys had a lot to say so far and it's it's only been a couple of
00:05:13.000minutes. All right. So we've got questions here. Another thing to announce, and I'm really big on
00:05:26.060doing this. I think it's really important. Officially, as of yesterday, we are started on
00:05:33.820the quest for Frey's Hoff. Each one of these Hoffs that we get is a step and a much bigger
00:05:43.520goal and a much bigger mission that we're all a part of. So as soon as we accomplish one,
00:05:49.160I want to keep that momentum up, start moving for the next one, even if it's a little ways off.
00:05:55.080So we are starting to fundraise today. We are starting to try to meet some numbers that we
00:06:02.820need to make that happen. The first, first step is going to be paying off the remainder that we
00:06:07.320have loaned or that's been loaned to us for New York's Hoff. But we are, we're actively scouting
00:06:14.240and working on the plans for Fraze Hoff. You have a question on the side, where's Fraze Hoff going to
00:06:18.700be? I can't tell you exactly where it's going to be because we don't know for certain, but we are
00:06:24.100looking in the Eastern Pennsylvania, or I'm sorry, the Western Pennsylvania and the Eastern Ohio
00:06:31.220area to start with and we'll see what that does but that's our plan we're very excited about that
00:06:38.880we've got some amazing activity in that part of the country and yeah we're going to watch
00:06:43.780that grow and succeed and see how fast we can we can get there welcome looks like we got some new
00:06:56.840members over in the chat. That's fantastic. We'd love to see you guys here.
00:07:07.380We get this sometimes. Morris Taylor, is there a list of approved
00:07:12.560raiding materials for newbies to oust a true?0.98
00:07:20.820I think we have some similar lists that we could get you. I don't think we have a0.99
00:07:25.260just general approved lit or like a recommended reading list right now but i want to check on that
00:07:30.140we should it's important um any of our folk builders in gothar are going to have great
00:07:35.260recommendations for someone new to also true i always recommend the culture of the teutons
00:07:41.500house true a native european spirituality by steve mcnalen um there's a lot of good books
00:07:48.220out there depending on the topic that you want to want to know more about but hopefully and maybe
00:07:52.940somebody will link up on the side i know we have a couple of like prerequisite reading lists for
00:07:57.740our gothar program i think that may be a good place to start so some people could help me on
00:08:03.740the side and try to help see where we've got those listed if not that's something that i'll
00:08:07.740try to round up maybe for next month and have that ready
00:08:22.940Tony, I hope you guys do keep me busy the whole hour.
00:10:13.040Brandy asked if I could speak about King Ithanaric of the Goths,
00:10:17.540who is the hero that we're celebrating in June. And he's one of the recent ones that we've added.
00:10:27.480A lot of the emphasis in the old days, in the free assembly days, in the early days of the
00:10:33.960Asatru Folk Assembly, were on a very small segment of our ancestors who practiced Asatru,
00:10:42.960often being, I guess, in a way, martyred for their faith during the conversion period in Norway.
00:10:53.260But, and there's a few others like Radbot in Frisia and Hermann in Germany.
00:11:01.260But the Gothic tribes are very often, I don't know, I think they're very underrepresented for our early faith.
00:11:10.960King Athanaric was part of the great migrations of Gothic peoples when they encountered the Eastern Roman Empire, I guess, and into the far end of the Western Roman Empire there.
00:11:24.960And it was a time where folks were converting to Aryan Christianity to interact with the empire and whatever, and they're leaving their ancestral ways behind.
00:11:37.100And Athanaric took a firm stand down many of many of his own tribesmen that were turning their back on their gods.
00:11:47.600And he he rallied his people around the gods of our ancestors to hold on to that faith, even in a time of adversity.
00:11:57.420And he did so with a warrior spirit. And so we honor him and we celebrate him as a true hero of Ossetree that he was.
00:12:07.100storm chase mike you picked a good time to join great things are happening in the state of florida
00:12:21.860those guys in florida have had a great momentum now for quite some time
00:12:25.880it's just accelerated with this new hof and really amazing things are in store in the sunshine state
00:12:37.100Okay, so we've got a question that I think is comical on the side,
00:12:59.780but when's there going to be an AFA shirt for fat guys?
00:13:02.440For a long time, our sizing only went up to XXL.
00:14:08.920i think that looks at our lore in a bit too literal of a way i think that the events of
00:14:20.240our lore happen in what's sometime referred to as as mythic time or ritual time and I think those
00:14:30.240the chronology of that functions differently um I think the the events of our lore
00:14:40.040have a chronological correlation, but I think there's a constant cycle of
00:14:47.440becoming and being and passing away and becoming again. I think it speaks of a lot of cycles.
00:14:55.980One truth of our divinity is that our divinity are eternal. They live as long as our folk do,
00:15:01.020Certainly. No, I wouldn't consider our gods deceased, but the story of their twilight and their returning speaks to us in a very profound way about the cyclical nature of things and about about rebirth.
00:15:20.340But no, I think that our gods are living, living and existing gods.
00:15:24.680And I think there's there's evidence of that all around us.
00:15:27.420I think even when you see in the lore, when a god such as Balder is is killed and goes to Helheim, he's entertained and treated there in in great ceremony.
00:15:39.480And he's still existing and holding, you know, holding court there until he until he returns back to to Asgard.
00:15:49.420So I think that's something to keep in mind. I don't think it's nearly as as literal as all that.
00:15:53.960And but theories and whatever aside, our gods are are living and we're experiencing those blessings right now.
00:16:05.700okay uh folk builder cody rainard wants to ask about the importance of honor both within ourselves
00:16:23.700and as well as with other others within uh within our faith community within house of truth
00:16:31.060so what most of us think of as honor is very different than the conception that our ancestors
00:16:42.560had and the modern understanding of honor being being your personal
00:16:46.520your personal value through your personal code that you hold yourself to that's a very very
00:16:54.920important thing and i want to take nothing away from it but in the most archaic sense of the word
00:17:00.800And you still see it today when you hear about someone receiving an honor or someone being honored by a community.
00:17:08.160Honor was a value, not so much that you placed in yourself, but a value that your community placed in you.
00:17:16.040So much of Ausatru is a communal faith that is built around a society and a support system to where your reputation, your dignity, your honor was, you know, a fluid currency that affected your interactions with people around you.
00:17:36.580And that honor was was your your tribe, your people placing a value on you as as a man on your worth.
00:17:47.120And that had to do with all the things that we think of today with honor, like your ability to stand by your word, your character, your ability to to protect yourself, to protect your family, to protect your tribe, to stand up for what's right and what's good.
00:18:01.880but that's the thing I think is most important to bring up tonight is that honor isn't just
00:18:10.020your personal opinion of yourself in our situation honor is fundamentally your folks opinion of you
00:18:18.880and their value that they put in you know whether you are worthy or whether you're not worthy
00:18:23.540and that's that's an extremely important thing I think a lot of us overlook but it's very important
00:18:29.020keep in mind and i appreciate that point was really brought home when i read the culture
00:18:34.140of the teutons for the first time it really made a lot of that sink in for me
00:18:51.020Alistair asks if I have any insight on Dr. Crawford's translation. I don't think it's
00:19:03.560meant to be an exact word for word kind of translation of the have them all. It's very
00:19:09.480much meant to be conveying the meaning in a contemporary you know americana way and i don't
00:19:22.760the portions that i'm familiar with aren't aren't bad but i think
00:19:31.400i think it's an interesting one to look at after you've read other versions of the have them all
00:19:35.720but i would suggest some different versions before you look at dr crawford's version
00:19:40.040i think it paraphrases it in a way that may be easier for you to understand but i do think that
00:19:45.960you miss some of the nuance of the more more word for word translations
00:19:59.400um what are my thoughts on the buffalo shooting and are we headed towards another civil war in
00:20:04.600this country so i'll answer that question backwards i guess are we headed for another
00:20:14.680civil war in this country i don't know what i have seen and i think what we've all seen is
00:20:22.040a very very rapid polarization of traditionally minded people in this country and of
00:20:30.040extremely liberal minded people. And I think that the middle ground has largely eroded away. And I
00:20:39.920think that people have moved, I think this is true in the West in general, have moved to one
00:20:45.320really far side or the other. And there's not a lot of space in between. There's not a lot of
00:20:49.700commonality. And one thing that I think is, you know, I can't prognosticate on if and when some
00:20:56.460kind of a hot war will happen. But what I will say is the divide is really concerning for a lot
00:21:03.920of us, especially those of us, you know, I think the older that we are, the more we see the
00:21:08.760difference in the time we grew up in and the distance between people now. And something that
00:21:14.580I think is really challenging is things that many of us more traditional-minded folks,
00:21:24.060our facts are not the same facts that the extreme leftists have. And I found that even within my
00:21:33.760own family and dealing with my stepmother and some other things, they're things that they hold
00:21:39.760to be true and factual are the exact opposite of things that I believe with all my heart are true
00:21:45.120and factual. And when we can't even agree on the facts, it's very, very hard to coalesce on other
00:21:52.340things. And so I do think we're seeing a lot of separation and a lot of turmoil with that.
00:21:58.620I don't think there's any great impending civil war anytime soon. Quite frankly, I think that
00:22:04.720you don't have regions of the country that are drastically different. I mean, you do in some
00:22:10.000broad sweeps, but you find very liberal places being 55% liberal and 45% conservative or very
00:22:21.180conservative places being 55 conservative and 45 liberal and you find that mixture
00:22:28.140throughout all of society so i don't think it's nearly that clean um but i do think we all notice
00:22:34.380the the strife that we have and i think that's really unfortunate for for the united states and
00:22:41.100for the world in general right now unfortunately um no i think any i i think the the buffalo
00:22:48.220shooting is tragic and really unfortunate. I think it's unfortunate on a lot of levels.
00:22:52.940I think that, you know, senseless loss of life is always a really bad thing. And I think that
00:23:00.200I think that people being in a spot where they feel so marginalized and
00:23:12.400I don't know so ill treated that they resort to those kind of things is is also a very very sad
00:23:21.720state of affairs and it speaks to what I spoke to earlier but no I think the whole situation is very
00:23:26.080sad I don't prophesy any kind of you know active civil war in this country anytime soon what I
00:23:33.600think is unfortunately a time that we're going through with this increased polarization and I
00:23:39.340hope that we can come back to to some sensible things that make sense to Americans it's there's
00:23:47.260something to be said for the things that made sense to our fathers to our grandfathers to our
00:23:52.340great-grandfathers and going back to some things that our ancestors would recognize but I think
00:23:59.960there's value in that. Jilly Storm, you are certainly one of the people that was behind
00:24:10.460making your top happen. You helped us a lot behind the scenes. This woman helped us secure
00:24:18.200the lion's share of the fundraising we were able to get. Also donated very heavily out
00:24:24.260of our own pocket. We thank you and we really appreciate you.
00:24:29.960Patrick you can wear which any you can represent any AFA Hoff you would like and or many of them
00:24:40.640or whatever um unfortunately you could probably only wear one shirt at a time but no you're0.67
00:24:45.960encouraged to support all of the Hoffs and all of our gods that's one of the things in the AFA we
00:24:51.440are we are hard polytheists we love all of our gods and I don't think it takes away from any of
00:24:57.840them to worship any of their kinsmen, any of their fellow Iser.
00:25:27.840So, James, oh, okay. Many of you guys may have not seen this. Let me see if I can.
00:25:37.640Okay, one of the folk builders out there, if you could post up the
00:25:40.760Freyshoff logo in the chat in case people have not seen it. Those that haven't seen it,
00:25:47.560the crossed animal heads that we have on the gabling to represent our Hoffs for Freyshoff
00:25:53.220are going to be elks um james asks why elks and not boars i think that our gothar for that upcoming
00:26:03.220hoff district the ericsson's would be the perfect ones to answer the question but fundamentally um
00:26:10.740the stag is certainly a a symbol or an animal associated with fray i think boar are more
00:26:17.060commonly associated with Freyr. But when he when he trades in his sword and has to sacrifice his
00:26:24.380sword to win Gerda, he then has to has to go about fighting with the antler of a stag. And
00:26:32.900that's the weapon that he uses in his battle at Ragnarok. So the stag has become associated with
00:26:40.060fray and i think that over the years his association with you know the abundant forest
00:26:46.040has uh has certainly been part of frayer's cult so i think that's why we went with that the stag
00:26:53.020is in a what's called a hunter green it's really pretty logo i hope they can throw it up over there
00:26:58.160on the side that you guys can see it um if not we have it posted other places but uh yeah i think
00:27:04.680they came up with a really beautiful logo. King of cheese. Dr. Crawford is not friendly with
00:27:17.320Folkashausa, true, unfortunately. And that's, yeah, like I said, that's unfortunate.
00:27:23.140the salutrian um where in florida is your top we're being a little bit closed lip about that
00:27:39.420while some while we get through the next i don't know week we can have two weeks here
00:27:45.640More information will come as we as we get going.
00:27:50.820But I you will know you'll find out it will wind up on Google Maps here.
00:27:55.880We're just waiting to to file certain things and get some stuff settled.
00:28:00.380But I do want to. You said, why did we choose that building?
00:28:07.780I wish that I had some great mystical, you know, some great mystical answer for you,
00:28:14.500that there were great signs and portents and whatever else. Unfortunately, no, a lot of our
00:28:21.260choices are economic choices. We did look long and hard. We found a number of buildings. We're
00:28:25.840very happy with the building that we got, and even happier with the piece of property that it sits on.
00:28:30.820I think we got a good deal on both, but the building really was an economic choice.
00:28:36.480Florida is an interesting state. It has an amazing amount of churches that we could get
00:28:41.020if we had eight million dollars to put on them they have these amazing huge church campuses
00:28:47.260there but all those things are a little bit outside of our price range right now
00:28:50.720so we looked for a number of churches that were within the ballpark of what we're shooting for
00:28:55.140this one met those and now we we had good fortune while pursuing it and this one we ended up with
00:29:02.320but it's both a geographical and a and an economic decision at the end of the day on
00:29:08.260this particular location um austin do we stem from several gods and so singular god based upon
00:29:27.340our faith uh i don't think based upon our faith i think based upon our reality um we believe very
00:29:35.200much that when you say we I wonder I wonder if that's a humanity question or us as as Aryan men
00:29:45.940and women of European descent I certainly believe that our people stem from our gods and yes from
00:29:53.300many of our gods it's an important thing about who we are as also true ours we are polytheists
00:30:01.000We believe in many gods that are involved in our divinity and that connect us to the divine.
00:30:10.140I think that it's, you know, I don't choose to define other, you know, other groups of people's faith or how they came about.
00:30:20.360But I would assume and I certainly respect indigenous gods of different cultures being the the progenitors of their people.
00:30:28.560And I hope that gets at what you were asking.
00:30:30.720Does paganism originate from evil satanic doctrine? Not at all. There's nothing inherently
00:30:36.280evil about people worshiping the gods of their ancestors for thousands of years.
00:30:43.820There's nothing satanic about a pantheon that does not include Satan. It's very presumptuous
00:30:51.860for middle eastern faiths to project their god and their devil on groups of people who've been
00:31:00.900practicing a faith completely independently for thousands of years before the other was thought up
00:31:08.580but no there's nothing satanic or uh or evil in authentic doctrines of pagan faiths
00:38:35.320i've got a question um jilly suspects that non-whites are actively being recruited into
00:38:47.160the u.s military and they're mostly anti-white and wouldn't be on the side of white folks what
00:38:53.560do you think i think there's a lot of things going on in the united states military that
00:38:59.960are contrary to things that we would like and that are not in support of our values,
00:39:06.900unfortunately. And that's really sad because we've got a lot of amazing folks that have
00:39:12.260put a lot of years and put a lot of their own safety at risk for their nation.
00:39:21.040And it's unfortunate that a lot of those values are rapidly changing in a very bad way.
00:39:26.220And I think that, you know, they are certainly trying to recruit people that don't share the values the rest of us have.0.98
00:39:33.920And I think that the people that they're trying to recruit are often non-white.0.75
00:39:40.720But I know that they're recruiting a lot of white people as well into the military.
00:39:45.200But I think what's perhaps more concerning is they're trying to recruit exclusively leftists and weed out folks with more traditional values.
00:39:55.580And I know that's hurting a lot of our people.
00:39:57.860And I've got friends that I'm very close to that are hurt by the push to make everyone share the same political values in the military.
00:40:08.700And I find that really, really unfortunate the way that's going down right now.
00:40:15.200unfortunately my wife is telling me that you guys can't can't post pictures over in the side
00:40:37.180that's okay um we'll post more about it you guys will see the phrase hoff logo more spots
00:40:43.300I want to look at something else that I had. There was a couple of questions that I had before this that I want to make sure I get to before I go back to the live questions.
00:40:54.520So one of our folk builders wanted me to ask, and I feel like it's a good question.
00:40:59.480If you're. And it's not just rhetorical, if you have a good reason, post it on the side and, you know, we'll think about it, maybe take it into consideration.
00:41:08.340But question is this. If you're listening to these and you enjoy them and you agree with you agree with our position, are you an AFA member?
00:41:18.300And if you're not an AFA member, why not? And yeah, that's a suggestion that you should go ahead and join up.
00:41:24.600But it's also a question. If there's something keeping you back, I'd be curious to know.
00:48:53.880is really tried to focus on carpooling.
00:48:56.180If you can find members in your area to carpool to the Hoth, that's going to really save everybody money.
00:49:01.600And it's going to give you kind of a cool opportunity to get to know some folks and spend some quality time with some members of your folk.
00:49:08.880So I can't recommend that enough where you can carpool.
00:49:12.760Even if you don't know people, reach out to your local folk builder.
00:49:15.800They'd be happy to get you in touch with somebody that may be convenient for you to carpool with.
00:49:21.560And it's a really good chance to get to know people and build relationships.
00:49:26.180Sorry, guys, I'm catching up on the side.
00:52:37.580Okay, Morris asks, in the Eddas, there are some heroes that do bad things.
00:52:59.580Is that a true belief that people are not good or evil, but mostly accountable?
00:53:07.580Um, I mean, I suppose that's one way of putting it. I don't, people are not perfect. Um, and I think that's something that does come through in our lore, like our, our heroes struggle and, you know, have to make oftentimes actions that are making the best of their circumstance or balancing conflicting obligations.
00:53:35.000I think. I would say it also true that we don't believe that, you know, people are 100 percent good or evil.
00:53:46.620We think that people ought to be guided by nobility and by their better selves and should strive towards that.
00:53:53.860I don't think we're under any illusion that everybody's going to be perfect all of the time.
00:53:57.780And there's situations that that call for actions that other situations wouldn't call for.
00:54:03.280But I think the idea of accountability that you mentioned is a fundamental to what we do.
00:54:08.680When you incur a debt, you need to pay the debt and make it right and move forward, as opposed to washing a slate clean, as you see in other faiths.
00:54:17.980No, you need to atone for the things you've done by making them right, by fixing and repairing what you've broken, by repairing relationships that you've broken if you wish to continue.
00:54:33.280Sorry, guys, my computer kind of jumped on my scroll in there.
00:56:10.640okay we've got the storm chase mike asks have a question that i've had to worry about being a new
00:56:29.160afa member i've been married for 22 years to a spanish lady with a 15 year old son
00:56:34.520Would that be a problem? She is still Christian. If she is a Spaniard, that would not be a problem.0.80
00:56:44.440Spaniards from Spain are absolutely our folk. If her son is also a Spaniard, that would not be a problem.
00:56:52.900Her still being a Christian might be a problem for you and your family.0.99
00:56:56.200I always think it works better when a family is united by their by their faith.0.93
00:57:02.320I think that's one of those fundamentals that.
00:57:07.000Puts a lot of strain on a relationship, if that's not resolved one way or another, I would love to see your wife choose to become also true.
00:57:14.300But no, I don't think any of those things that you mentioned the way you mentioned them would prevent your participation at all.
00:57:20.000And, you know, my wife may change her mind on some things when she comes around and meets meets our folk.
00:57:27.500And I think that, you know, one of the biggest things, even if someone is not currently also true, if they open up their heart to the gods just to see, I think they'd be very surprised and often are very surprised with the results.
00:57:40.000We've had a lot of people attend FA gatherings and spouses or family members who didn't start out as also true that have really embraced it and that's changed their life for the good.
00:57:56.200how do i get afa flags looking so crisp if you look at this one it's still got the folds in it
00:58:15.480from the bag the other one i've just had for a very long time a lot of people have different
00:58:20.180ideas though about putting them in the washing machine with you know a damp rag and seeing how
00:58:25.360that goes to get the creases out of them. There's a lot of tricks out there on the flags, but
00:58:31.440as you can see, I'm not necessarily a guy to ask about those tricks.
00:58:55.360But we see a lot of the tricks coming in on the side.
00:59:04.140I see people already have ideas on what you should do with those.