Asatru Folk Assembly - August 11, 2025


Then and Now #afa #asatru #asatrufolk #shorts


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Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

136.16

Word count

275

Sentence count

15


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In this episode, I chat with the founder of the Australian Apostolic Fostrum (AFA) in Australia about the differences between the AFA of 2025 and that of 2006. We talk about how AFA is different now than it was then and what it means to be a member of AFA today.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 You know, actually, I want to say that there are actually perhaps more young people these days that I'm seeing, which is really encouraging.
00:00:12.000 It's very, very encouraging.
00:00:16.340 You know, perhaps there are more people kind of moving from other traditions to Ausatru back then, you know,
00:00:24.420 But these days, there are a lot more young people that are finding something very life-affirming and powerful and also true that they can't find anywhere else.
00:00:35.260 And we can offer that for them, to men and women, to anybody, and we really hope that people come and find us.
00:00:44.360 How would you describe differences in the AFA of 2025 versus the AFA of 2006?
00:00:56.840 I would say that it is very much more organized these days.
00:01:03.640 It's very much, it's a lot bigger, too.
00:01:07.160 It's a lot bigger because we didn't have thoughts back then.
00:01:10.620 You know, we didn't have physical places where we went to go worship every month.
00:01:16.540 Like, it's absolutely amazing that we have that.
00:01:19.400 I think perhaps people, you know, take that for granted.
00:01:24.620 Maybe these days that we have Hoffs to go to every month or actually, you know, anytime.
00:01:30.020 If you're a member, you can go to a Hoffs anytime you want.
00:01:32.820 Like, that's absolutely amazing.
00:01:34.820 That is a, you know, a dream that we had for so long.
00:01:38.780 we were looking around at land and it just it hadn't happened yet but it has happened now
00:01:45.180 and it's just so amazing we're so blessed to have what we have and um that's a big thing
00:01:54.300 yeah i i remark on here sometimes you know these these kids today it's