Asatru Folk Assembly - Twelve Days of Yule Day 8 December 2008

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1 minute

Words per minute

60.527676

Word count

117

Sentence count

00:00:00.000 The Eighth Day of Yule We Light a Candle and Remember Individuality

00:00:14.000 Individuality balances yesterday's value of community.

00:00:20.000 The genius of the Northern European people has been to combine these two seemingly contradictory ideas

00:00:26.000 in a dynamic system that encourages cooperation for group goals,

00:00:31.120 but at the same time respects the uniqueness and the freedom of the individual.

00:00:36.740 A look at the sagas reveals men and women with strong, stubborn, irrepressible personalities

00:00:42.500 who, at the same time, were fiercely loyal to kin, friends, and leaders.

00:00:56.000 Let us honor our individuality.

00:01:05.500 This day I will pour a libation to Odin, the very epitome of the unique, individual,

00:01:12.040 evolving self.

00:01:15.040 I will assert my individuality today.

00:01:26.000 Thank you.

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