00:00:00.000hello hope everybody out there is having a having a good evening and hope may is off to a good start
00:00:16.860for everyone thanks everybody it's neat to see everybody lined up in the chat room on the side
00:00:23.140I appreciate you guys, as always. To start off, I'd like to say huge congratulations and thanks to James and Sarah Alt for hosting a fantastic Elsie Fest just about a week ago.
00:00:44.500it was really really a special event if you guys didn't make it you should think about it next year
00:00:50.360it's an annual event that happens every year in Wisconsin around this time and it's set up to
00:00:56.420honor the folk mother and get folks together there and it was beautiful we had two baby namings
00:01:02.980I had the honor of performing a wedding it was a really nice event so uh and the alts run a really
00:01:10.580tight event. Everything worked out great. It was fantastic, and I'm looking forward to it again
00:01:15.220next year. Thank you so much, and thank you to all the members that helped with their hospitality
00:01:20.080on getting me there. I had to do some road tripping and crashing at a folk builder's
00:01:28.060house, and I appreciate all the hospitality and all the help getting there.
00:01:31.040um so i wanted to uh i guess start off by answering a couple of questions that i received
00:01:42.500in email for tonight's uh tonight's live and the first one um i was asked if i had any thoughts or
00:01:51.600what my feelings were about the pagan futures conference that uh thomas rousel of survive the
00:01:59.260jive is hosting in London, I believe, next month. Um, first, I got a chance to meet him
00:02:11.700one time. Seemed like a very nice guy. Very good guy. I've got got nothing against him.
00:02:18.360um I think he talks about some interesting things what
00:02:26.000so I guess the my thoughts on it are this it's being hosted by a
00:02:35.640youtube personality and guy who does um historical historical study into ancient uh
00:02:51.960ancient european paganism and it's got a co-host or a special guest that's a also a historian
00:03:00.360And I think, I got to say, I find it a little bit insulting. I think that there is some mindset there in those circles to treat European paganism in general and Alcituent specific as some sort of a historical research project and something that maybe one day we can have again at some point.
00:03:30.360And it blatantly ignores, you know, 50, almost 60 years of tradition of living, breathing
00:10:55.700yeah what went on is we had a gentleman over on the side that was0.88
00:11:11.060making ridiculous ridiculous comments and ridiculous questions about things that
00:11:17.400that aren't really the stuff for for noble and dignified people to have a conversation about0.98
00:11:24.660And that was handled by our moderators. I think Mandy handled that and I appreciate it.
00:11:47.740Sorry, guys, I'm reading a comment on the side. We've got kind of a lengthy question.
00:11:54.660So it's a complex question. We've got a question on the side. Do I think that things will get better and the persecution of Ausatru and of the AFA will end? And do I think the pendulum will swing back in a more healthy, traditional way?
00:12:12.540it's complex yeah a given given an infinite expanse of time yes i guarantee you the pendulum
00:12:22.320will swing back and i think the persecution will end at some point when that will be who knows
00:12:28.640but i'll say there's kind of two things going on there's a media agenda to push themes that
00:12:38.320are flashy and sexy in the moment. And they like to talk about racism all the time. That's
00:12:45.000their bread and butter in this day and age. And then there's our actual involvement and actual
00:12:50.240acceptance in the community. And I'll proudly say this, we've had great interactions with
00:12:55.340the community at all three of our Hoffs. We have amazing interactions with regular folks
00:13:00.860every single day. The world is not like the media likes to portray it. That said,
00:13:07.540when they have involvement with businesses and public perception, you know, they're going to
00:13:14.560create boogeymen wherever they find it advantageous to do so. But in the real world, the more we do
00:13:21.740things in reality, the more we interact with our neighbors, and the more we're involved in our
00:13:26.260communities, at least on a local and a day-to-day level, it's getting better all the time. And
00:13:33.060that's been a really, really special thing to see, like I said, in all three of the places that we
00:13:37.760have Hoffs. So it's getting better. And unfortunately, the visibility of it looking
00:13:45.580like folks coming after us is only going to increase as we increase in our success, in our
00:13:50.740scale, in our numbers, and as we have more Hoffs and do more things. But that goodwill that we
00:13:57.000build out there and the good reputation that we build is going to increase also. So I'm not
00:14:01.680worried about it. We are prepared to face whatever challenges are before us, as long as we are acting
00:14:08.120within the will of the gods for the good of our folk. And as noble people, I'm confident and
00:14:15.960excited about the future we have ahead of us. And like I said, we're doing great things. As of right
00:14:20.500now, we're sitting at the highest number the AFA has ever had as far as members. Contributions have
00:14:26.000never been higher. Interaction has never been higher. Participation and attendance has never
00:14:31.580been higher. We're doing great. We are very, very fortunate and very blessed. And I really
00:14:36.880appreciate it. I appreciate all you on side who've been part of that.
00:14:56.000Thank you, Mr. Tidwell. A fantastic gentleman that I met out at O-Star at Thorshof gave me this tie, and I'm excited to wear it. I think it's sharp, too.
00:15:26.000I apologize, guys. Again, I'm reading over here on the side. I want to make sure I'm not
00:15:39.720missing questions. Yes, Alistair, I absolutely remember talking to you. I hope you and Jessica
00:15:47.520have been able to have some conversation about the things you were volunteering on,
00:15:51.500and I appreciate you. I appreciate you being here.
00:15:56.000So another question I got asked over the email for today's broadcast is whether I consider Skadi as one of the Vanir gods or goddesses, rather.
00:16:13.880um and kind of what the question generally was when you deal with the gods and their different
00:16:23.520tribes how that all works out when there's marriages and things between those tribes
00:16:27.640and I think we we do ourself a disservice when we look at that too much in terms of
00:16:35.640of earthly existence, I think that the different gods of our folk all share a certain commonality.
00:16:46.340And I think that the families of the gods more reflect different parts of our reality and our
00:16:51.480soul than, you know, different tribes of peoples here in Midgard. I think I will say this on Skadi,
00:16:59.560I think that once we see a situation with the, and there's different kinds of giants, but the giants that are useful and beneficial and friendly towards mankind, also the Vanir, the ones that are useful and that our folks worship have been assimilated into the tribe of the Aesir.
00:17:25.160And you see Skabi listed amongst the Aesir, the goddesses of the Aesir.
00:17:33.640I think that she is one of the spirit beings in our cosmology that's merged with the Aesir to add her might to that tribe and to the orderly gods in our cosmos.
00:17:49.420So I, I, I see Scotty as an I see her and she's listed in the end as that way.
00:18:19.420i appreciate having such an active uh active chat over on the side so what questions do
00:18:38.220you guys have tonight um i think this is probably a good time to encourage everybody to come on out
00:18:46.700to our midsummer at Odin's Hof next month.
00:18:49.520That's kind of the flagship national event
00:19:44.320Alistair, when I get off of here, I'm going to have a conversation with Cliff, and we'll see
00:19:54.700where we're at. Yes, we would love your help. We'll try to get that figured out.
00:20:00.600I'll try to get to the bottom of that for you. I appreciate you volunteering your help.
00:20:09.100Heathen Man, I've heard a lot of good things from people who've gone and seen that movie.
00:20:12.920Again, I haven't seen it. I can't speak to it myself. I've seen a lot of pictures from it. And I, one thing that always perturbs me is the drab, everybody wearing black and roadkill on their shoulders depiction of the Viking era.
00:20:32.140There was a lot of bright colors. There were people that, you know, I went to a museum in Sweden with a lot of Viking era artifacts and there's all kind of nose hair clippers and combs and they were people who were very concerned about their appearance.
00:20:51.520There are people who had beautiful and amazing things and were really technologically advanced for their era and for the place that they were in the world.
00:21:02.200So I'm always hesitant when I see kind of Ooga Booga tribal barbarous depictions of the Viking Age, because I think it spreads a misunderstanding about that time period and about those people.
00:21:21.520I got a question about our trough I do not like that I certainly don't like the organization
00:21:39.780that that's from I would I would urge not reading that or being involved with anything
00:21:49.540that comes from the trough the ring of trough or any any people that spawn from there i think that's
00:21:56.660a it's always been a pretty misguided organization um and i think that a lot of the information in
00:22:06.820that book is is misguided but it's been a very long time since i've encountered it or read anything out
00:22:11.700of it um okay what would i say to someone who's generally agrees with the afa's purpose and goals
00:22:27.860but is more skeptical about the supernatural i think that's okay i think being skeptical
00:22:33.620is probably a healthy thing what i would say most is
00:22:41.700something to be said about opening yourself up um our our faith isn't one that demands
00:22:50.340a thousand percent acceptance and commitment to it from day one sight unseen that's not the nature
00:22:56.820of what we do your faith is built over time and it's built over what we call a gift cycle
00:23:02.580or an exchange of energies between us and the divine.
00:23:05.600What I would suggest, being skeptical is okay.
00:23:10.020Shutting a door and being resolved to not believe in the supernatural,
00:23:28.720to maybe even make an offering and reach out
00:23:31.780and just see what happens. I find that if you go in with an open mind or when new people come in
00:23:40.020with an open mind and want to check out and see what bloat's about, it may not happen the first
00:23:44.840time, may not happen the second time, but something awakens when they're there with their folk,
00:23:50.220when they're standing in ritual in a sincere way with other Alcetruar. And when that connection
00:23:58.500with the gods happens, it's very real. And there's no way for me to, I guess the analogy that's
00:24:06.500closest to me, and I don't know if this makes sense to everybody or whatever, but if you've
00:24:11.060ever been hunting, whenever you go out hunting, you're so excited and you want to see stuff and
00:24:15.120you're hunting in every stump or dark spot in the woods or slight movement of a branch
00:24:23.580is that animal you're hunting. You know, it's like that when you're moose hunting in Alaska,
00:24:27.900It's my experience. And every, every anything that you mind could possibly think is a moose, that must be one. Oh, no, it's not. No, that's it. No, it's not. But when you see what you're after and you actually see one and you're, you're blown away and you have, you know, how could you have been fooled by this other stuff? There it is.
00:24:45.840i've seen that with ritual too and it's one of the most special things i've been able to do
00:24:51.540as a gothi is sometimes to help facilitate that or to be there when i see in someone else's eyes
00:24:59.800when our gods and the divine becomes real to them when all of a sudden they're struck by the reality
00:25:06.040of what we're doing that's a really special thing so like i'd say i'd encourage i'd encourage folks
00:25:11.880to come in with an open mind and open heart and see what happens.
00:25:16.120I can't guarantee anything, but I think there's good odds
00:25:18.960that something really special will happen in that person's life.
00:25:35.380The inner guard and out guard, the inner and the outer yard.
00:25:41.880So I got a question on explaining that a little bit. And I guess the concept of that is where you draw the line on people who are inside your circle, who you have frith with, and people on the outside of your circle who you don't have that frith relationship with.
00:25:58.560And I think that you can define this depending on the situation more or less broadly. But there's people who are in your inner circle that you have a high degree of loyalty to, that you have commitments to, and that you have reciprocal relationships and understandings with.
00:26:18.880and to those people you owe a heightened level of openness, of honesty, of
00:26:27.260getting along and of treating well. And then there's people in the outer circle that you
00:26:34.660don't have those agreements with. You guys haven't had those exchanges. There's not that
00:26:40.620understanding of that reciprocity and there's not that situation. So those people you tend to be
00:26:46.340more closed and more cautious with. The people in your inner circle, it's a very high trust
00:26:51.540environment. The people in the outer yard, much less so. And I think that's the bare bones of
00:27:16.340um so alistair has a good question about uh focus house true in canada and what my thoughts are on
00:27:33.060it and erring on the side of caution when there's a government that's much more restrictive
00:27:38.900and much more liberal than our government here in the united states
00:27:46.340Um, I don't know the exact letter of all the laws in Canada. And I want you to stay on the right side of that. And, you know, be law abiding. But I encourage everybody to be sincere in their faith. And I think as much as is humanly possible, you should live your faith openly, and you should live your faith proudly.
00:28:10.220i'm not sure what rules were come to this in canada but as far as you can i don't think you
00:28:18.740should err on the side of caution i think you should err on the side of truth and the side of
00:28:22.640openness you should use your real name your real faith or your real face and be proud of your faith
00:28:29.060be proud of your beliefs and be proud of of where you stand i think the only way for any of this to
00:28:36.060get better is for people to show their face in daylight and stand behind the things they believe.
00:28:44.200I understand that's more difficult in governments where the rules are a little bit different.
00:28:51.120So I can't speak as an expert on that, not being a Canadian citizen. But as far as legally
00:28:58.480permissible, you should be open and proud of who you are and what you believe in. And that's the
00:29:04.180only way to make it better for your children and your children's children who follow along in this
00:29:34.180Um, Alistair, as far as where somebody should begin on rune study, um, and you said besides the obvious, which is, is, uh, Thorson's Futhark work, all roads lead to Edred Thorson.
00:29:54.040um they really do when it comes to runic study uh he is the source of that study
00:30:03.840for modern house to true i don't vouch for everything that man believes or everything
00:30:11.540about his lifestyle but his runic knowledge is extensive he's put in the time and he's devoted
00:30:18.100his entire adult life to a an unbiased understanding of the runes um i think his
00:30:23.940work is very good futhark is certainly a really good place to start but he's written several other
00:30:28.660books that i think are very good on it um runemite is a one of his that i think is particularly
00:30:35.700useful and the one that i like and i think is not talked about as much is alu also by edrid
00:30:44.260and i think that one is very very useful and it talks a lot more about practical application than
00:30:50.260some of his other books another one that's not by edrid but is by a rune guild member that i think
00:30:57.940is very simple and very good for younger people or people who are brand new to trying to study
00:31:04.260the runes and that's the runes workbook by leon wild um i really like that that was you know one
00:31:11.860of the ones i read earlier on and and i think it's very it's very accessible to people who are just
00:31:18.420starting out on learning about the runes so i always like to recommend that book
00:31:24.580i actually found that at the time in a barnes and noble so that one has sold fairly mainstream and
00:31:30.900has had some success that way so it should be hopefully easy to find but i think that one's
00:31:35.700always one i recommend to people who are new just starting out in their their runic studies
00:32:09.180For a long time, there was a lot of ossature that were, I don't know, that claimed to be solitary practitioners.
00:32:18.740And I think that, you know, there's occasions in your life where that may be the case.
00:32:23.140If you, you know, if you're stationed in some obscure place or your work or your life has you in, you know, some foreign, drastically foreign country to where none of your folklore are around, I think that that makes sense.
00:32:40.260If you're incarcerated in some way, I think solitary practice makes some sense.
00:32:46.240if you're homesteading out in the middle of nowhere, I mean, you make the best of your
00:32:51.400situation. But if you have the option, also true is, is meant to be a community faith that always
00:32:59.140has been the community was everything to our ancestors. Also true was born out of our folk
00:33:07.940relating to our gods as a community and as a family. And I think that's where you see the
00:33:14.200fullness of this faith is when practiced within a community. So if you can, if it's at all possible,
00:33:21.660I can't encourage you enough to get involved with local AFA members in your area and to practice
00:33:26.300also true as a community, as a folk. When you get together in ritual,
00:33:34.200you become, something magical happens. You become much more than the sum of your parts.
00:33:38.360You know, by the fact of you participating in ritual as a group, it magnifies the power of what you're doing in a way that you don't get individually.
00:33:53.260That said, anyone listening, if you agree with this, if you want to be involved and you want to reach out and be part of this, I would highly invite you to join the House True Folk Assembly.
00:34:08.360There's a join link at www.runestone.org.
00:34:14.760We'd love to have you be a part of this and help move into the future with us together and strong before our gods.
00:34:23.240So please consider that if you're listening and you like what we're doing.
00:34:35.160Got a lot of activity in the chat room today.
00:34:38.360uh who would the norse sky god be i think that the
00:34:45.720the easiest answer for that would be tear um the god of the bright sky um the sky father
00:34:56.300if you will i think tear would be the most easy example of that but i think that if you're looking
00:35:02.400at filling archetypical sky god roles within an Aryan context, I think that both Odin and Thor
00:35:13.200have roles of that, certainly with the storm, with the thunder, with the lightning, with the
00:35:21.360night sky. But I think when you think of the bright day sky, Tyr is the best example of the sky god
00:40:02.460uh z moon if you're looking for the flags of the different kindreds our contact page has been
00:40:18.060changed around because now we have uh our own web pages for each of our hoff districts we're
00:40:24.060getting so big and so uh so widespread that it just wasn't all fitting on that one page anymore
00:40:29.420it was becoming confusing so for the odenshoff district it's www.odenshoff.org
00:40:39.820for thorshoff district it's www.thorshoff.com and for baldershoff district it's www.baldershoff.org
00:40:54.060and the flags of the different kindreds are all listed there as well as the local contacts in
00:40:59.420those areas and those are really cool websites our folk builder jessica lambert put a lot of
00:41:04.380a lot of love into making those really beautiful for us and one of the coolest things on there
00:41:09.340is our event calendars they show all of the amazing activities that we've got going on
00:41:15.180all of the time in the outstreet folk assembly and it's really it's really neat and it shows you
00:41:19.660you know stuff that's local to you that you could possibly attend so please do check by
00:41:24.700any of those websites and check out the event calendars and come out to those events if you can
00:41:49.660sorry guys still looking over on the side we got a lot to lot to wade through over there
00:42:19.660About the Ulf Hednar, what, over on the side, we have a question about talking about the
00:42:33.320Ulf Hednar. What would you like to know about them? What would you like me to address in
00:42:38.920regards to the whole fit in our shameless i'm sorry that you think that um clearly we disagree
00:42:52.200wonder why you'd show up to to tell us that tonight
00:42:55.640um so we have a question will there be hops dedicated to the goddesses at some point there
00:43:12.020absolutely will and we have plans to do that um we have a very specific order that we're going in
00:43:18.920It was something that we committed to and are part of a cycle with a long time ago.
00:43:26.060And that was listing the gods and the goddesses in the order that they came up in the Gilfagening poem in the Edda.0.92
00:43:33.820As soon as we're done with the 12 Hoffs towards our 12 gods, we will begin with our goddesses.0.92
00:43:43.740And so there's a lot of those coming up, but we do have a little ways before those Hoffs happen.0.94
00:43:47.920but there absolutely will be Hoffs dedicated to our goddesses, and I look forward to that.
00:44:08.160I'm answering questions way back because we got so much going on on the side, working on it.
00:44:17.920ah i hope i'm understanding the question so uh would i feel a neat we need a living breathing
00:44:33.040actual school of thought the christian contrast was appropriate in regards to the pagan futures
00:44:38.240conference would you say we need both i'm not really sure i understand the question
00:44:44.720I think that there's plenty of room for philosophy and, you know, schools of thought as the richness of Ausitru develops, but I think practice and doing is always much more important than thinking about.
00:45:03.880I think thinking is really important. Planning is very important. But the best created plans that are never executed are very, very little value. The value comes in the doing and the achieving.
00:45:19.460um going out there and participating in also true is is infinitely more important than
00:45:27.620philosophizing about what could be while not being part of what is uh i think that that
00:45:35.460there's not even a comparison i think that assuming you do practice then absolutely
00:45:40.940there's tons of room to to think and to come up with schools of thought and really refine and
00:45:48.760develop the richness that our faith has to offer. We have a lot of folks doing that within the
00:45:53.980House of True Folk Assembly, but what comes first and foremost is building that relationship with
00:45:59.020the gods and participating in that active relationship with the gods. So often we get
00:46:06.560the analysis paralysis to where we're so busy thinking of what should happen or,
00:46:15.400you know, navel-gazing that we don't get up and get out and actually do. And now we're living in
00:46:21.580a time, especially inspired this time of year, where it's the time to do. It's the time to go
00:46:27.300out and be part of something and not sit in the basement and contemplate what could be,
00:46:34.920but go out and make what should be happen.
00:46:37.280Matthew, it is absolutely easy to join the AFA. We do do a little bit of background check as far
00:46:50.640as to make sure that our families are safe, but it's very easy to join the AFA. We want all of
00:46:57.320our folk who are safe and healthy for our families to be around to come home to Ausitru, to come home
00:47:05.280to the Astro Folk Assembly. If it's something you've been thinking about doing, you should give
00:47:08.900it a try. I would love to see that. If you're interested, you can apply at runestone.org.
00:47:24.920And Lion of Apollo, I just want to say again, I don't mean to downplay academics. It's very
00:47:29.520important i think that most all of us here are you know have a love of history have a love of
00:47:37.040archaeology a love of literature many of us a love of philosophy so i don't i don't downplay
00:47:44.160any of those things but all those things should equip us to live our life instead of prevent us
00:47:50.560from actively living our lives when the two work in harmony i think that's beautiful when the one
00:47:57.040detracts from the other especially when the the thinking stops the doing i think that's a that's a
00:48:05.840significant problem in our circles and i think that's one of the reasons i talk about it so much
00:48:10.240i don't ever want to downplay the amazing things about history i love history
00:48:14.720a day doesn't go by that i'm not listening to a historical podcast or reading a book about history
00:48:21.840or biography or both so please don't think that i'm downplaying any of that i'm not i promise
00:48:27.040james i think everybody likes snacks in their room i will again thank you for the amazing
00:48:46.520snack basket i had in my room at lc fest it was fantastic you even remembered that i love the
00:48:52.800the dried apricots. Thank you, James. It was delicious.
00:49:14.600Hey, Fawn, it's great to see you here. I hope you're doing good.
00:49:49.520Okay. Solutrian asks, some people debate if there's a political solution. Do you think the
00:49:56.700AFA offers a religious solution that is superior to what other activists slash political groups
00:50:02.980offer? Yes, or I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing. I think that politics and religion
00:50:11.080certainly have a relationship but your your religious values should inform your politics
00:50:19.480and not the other way around i think that
00:50:25.160hey aubrey i think that good politics come from good values and good people with good goals and i
00:50:32.840think that we're so many people are very frustrated with the world around them look this is my
00:50:41.480beautiful baby girl two years old got chocolate on her face because she had a kitkat and she's
00:50:46.520squirmy so i think this is a brief appearance this evening but i appreciate her coming and
00:50:50.840saying hi what i'm saying about the politics though is um we all have different things we
00:50:57.800want to see in the world and i would never encourage people not to be politically active
00:51:01.320go out there and make a change in the world where you can but i've known a lot of people that have
00:51:07.400been involved in all kind of politics all of their adult lives and haven't seen haven't seen their
00:51:14.600world really get better by it but everyone i know who's been involved in the afa for any amount of
00:51:20.440time has seen has seen the world get better has seen us build community for our folk has seen us
00:51:28.360build a place a safe haven for values that we share for healthy places to raise our families
00:51:36.280it's been overwhelmingly beautiful and i think that's the most accessible solution
00:51:42.920if there's ways to fix the big picture at some point that's fantastic but right now
00:51:48.280we have the opportunity within our afa family to continue to build something that is truly
00:51:53.800changing lives and it's beautiful and if you haven't been a part of it it's hard to it's hard
00:52:00.840to explain how serious or how big that is but i've watched this you know i've
00:52:09.720i've watched all of these things that i wanted to see happen in life and and they were distant
00:52:16.040dreams a lot with us having hoffs and having the amazing afa community we have and now i get to
00:52:22.200to watch my daughter grow up playing with other AFA kids at families like my own that
00:52:29.920were built through the Astru Folk Assembly. We're fixed it to play at Hoffs dedicated0.96
00:52:37.480to our gods within the AFA. And it's good that we have Gauthier Stamm on over on the
00:52:44.300side, but starting next month, we're going to launch our homeschool program so we can
00:52:50.180raise our children and help educate our children in a way that supports our worldview, our faith
00:52:56.540and our values and shelters them from some of the very toxic things that are out there in the world
00:53:02.060today. So I think that the religious solution offered by the AFA is the best place to go and
00:53:07.320the best place to start. And it doesn't stop or hamper any political solution. It's just good in
00:53:13.940and of itself. And if you've got the AFA, then you can go out from that place and pursue
00:53:20.180political things that you feel are beneficial and the right thing to do.
00:53:25.660But the AFA is your base and is your home for that.
00:53:30.260That's what our folk need. Our founder, Steve McDowell, always talked about how our folk
00:53:35.020suffer from a soul sickness. The AFA is the cure to that. And when we are whole again,
00:53:42.860And when we're supported by a faith community that supports our values, then we're in a much better place to do anything in the world, be a political activist or not.
00:54:12.860I don't mean to have so much dead air.
00:54:40.440I just got to got to have a way of keeping up with the chat, too.
00:54:43.480So stay with me and watch my odd facial expressions, I guess, while I'm looking on this.
00:54:53.900So a guy who was asking about the Northmen, we got one guy on the side, said it was not good.
00:54:58.420what is the order of the gods in that poem all right catalyst so this is the order that we're
00:55:15.380going to have our hofs in um 12 gods in that poem and it's a little bit confusing so you've
00:55:23.040got to read it very carefully in the gilfaggening though it lists the gods that are depending on
00:55:28.100your translation, worthy of worship or beneficial for mankind to worship. And those gods are in this0.95
00:55:50.020And that's the order that we're establishing our hafs in.
00:55:58.100And anybody who wants to check that out on their own, it's the poem called The Gilfaggining in the Etta.
00:56:05.100um alistar that's a good question um he has a has a question about addiction and uh
00:56:29.100and how that the Alcitru principle of victory can help folks overcome personal battles.
00:56:36.560We have a lot of people in the AFA, and I don't think it's us specifically,
00:56:40.840but I think it's the world that we live in that struggle with addiction.
00:56:45.140And Alcitru has helped a lot of people overcome that.
00:56:48.200Um, I think one thing, one thing that I believe about house of truth is that it's very empowering. If you're responsible, unlike some other creeds, if you're responsible for your actions, and if you, you bear the, the honor and the glory for achievement,
00:57:17.040but also the shame of failure, then you're in a position to fix that. If everything is within0.99
00:57:24.080your power to make a difference in, then you have a lot that you can do to make everything better.
00:57:32.160If it's your fault, then you can stop it and you can fix it. If it's somebody else's fault or some
00:57:37.760cruel twist of fate, there's very little you can do. But if it's your fault and your responsibility
00:57:43.400and you're the hero that can fix things in your own saga, then the world is at your fingertips.
00:57:51.840You're in a spot to make everything better. You can start today and make tomorrow better than
00:57:56.960yesterday. And I think that idea and the idea of stacking those victories and honoring our gods
00:58:04.760by placing victory upon the altar of our gods, that's huge. And I know that that's empowered a
00:58:14.060lot of people to take responsibility in their lives, in their families, and with addiction
00:58:19.740or anything else that they struggle with. We are the people that strive, that conquer,
00:58:27.640that succeed. Victory is inherent to our folk. And we are all in a position to be more and be
00:58:35.900better than we are. And I think that should encourage all of us to be a little bit better
01:08:54.300Goofy Rob Stamm over on the side here is the dean of our homeschool.
01:08:58.600We are committed to, at the very least, us, and I hope this makes sense the way I describe it, but having another grade level ready by the beginning of each new school year.
01:09:10.080We may go faster than that if we can, but at the minimum, the kindergarten class that starts this fall, we will follow them all the way through, and they can be within our homeschooling program all the way to be graduating class of 2035.
01:09:24.300um like i said it'd be nice to move faster than that but we don't want to rush it we want to make
01:09:30.040sure we do it right and kindergartners starting starting this fall will be able to go all the way
01:09:36.100through their their uh all the way through 12th grade with the house true folk assembly
01:09:41.220uh robert burgess um i'm glad that you think that uh he says with the cultural marxism everywhere
01:09:59.860a community like the afa is a seems like healthy place for his son and need to grow
01:10:04.260we are. I'm glad that you think we are, and I'm excited for you and your son to be a part of that
01:10:13.200and for us to grow together. We do our very best to provide the very best community that we can
01:10:20.740that honors our gods, honors our folk, and builds for the next generation.
01:10:34.260um this is the odenshoff flag uh each of our hoffs have their own flag this one says do
01:10:46.020right and fear none that is the uh i fear no one rather that is the odenshoff motto
01:10:52.900and i have it back there because i am in the odenshoff district if you look at the website
01:10:57.460that composes most of the western united states western portions of canada and it also composes