Ingwe & Bootes

 

In this post I would like to make a deeper study into the link between Ingwe and Bootes, and to also create the link between the Krist Archetype, Ingwe and Bootes. A lot of this stuff has been covered before, but not put together in the way I have tried to do here. To follow this up I would like to make the link between Ingwe and Sheaf through some new ideas that came up fro  further study. 

"And I looked and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of Man, having on his head a Golden Crown, and in his hand a sharp Sickle."

Revelation 14:14

The 'Son of Man' here refers to Krist, but we know that Ingwe is the 'Son of Man(-nus') so the title refers to either one of these. The image here is of the Constellation of Bootes, which has a 'Golden Crown' which has actually 'toppled' from the head. Bootes holds a 'sharp sickle' in his left hand.

The figure of Bootes is here shown with a Spear (Right Hand) and a Sickle (Left Hand), with two Hunting Dogs which he holds on a leash. Just to his right is the 'Golden Crown' (Northern Crown - Corona Borealis). This image has many different variations as to how individuals have interpreted the star-positions. 

This version is different in that he holds a Shepherd's Crook in his right hand and a sickle in his left hand, and the dogs are not shown. There is an importance of both the Shepherd's Crook and the Sickle, as we shall see now. I have shown before how the Legend of Cuthman is the Legend of Ingwe, and in this legend Cuthman is said, as a child, to have tended his sheep - thus the Shepherd's Crook. Later in the legend Cuthman is said to have used a Plough, which is where the Sickle image comes in, since this is an image of harvesting the fields of crops - particularly Corn. 

The Plough or 'Great Bear' revolves around the Pole-Star in the shape of a Swastika; if we look at the image below of Cuthman pushing his invalid mother in a barrow eastwards we can see that the barrow has a shape similar to The Plough -

"Ing was first amongst the East Danes seen by men,

he later eastwards went over the waves, his Waen after-ran...'

Old English Rune Poem - Ing.

The Constellation of Bootes is known as 'The Herdsman' or 'The Ploughman', which covers both the Shepherd and the Ploughman together, as do the differing symbols used, as I have just shown. This fits exactly with the images of Cuthman as a Shepherd in his youth, and then as a Ploughman in later life. 

I will now turn to the link between Ingwe and Sheaf, which is not widely recognised, but which I do think can be made when we look closely into certain aspects of what little we know about both of these. 

Firstly, an English Nobelman named Ealdorman AEthelweard, around the year 990CE, spoke of Sceaf having landed 'on an island in the ocean which is called Scani'. Scani is on the southern tip of Sweden and was the ancient home of the Danes. 'Ing was first amongst the East Danes seen by men...' So says the Old English Rune Poem in a statement that I see as going some way to suggest Ingwe and Sceaf are one and the same person. 

As Ingwe-Frey (Ing the Lord) he is associated with the Corn and the Harvest, which is clearly a role of Sceaf since his head lay upon a 'Sheaf of Corn' in the oarless boat. In one of the woodcuts of Cuthman there are bales of straw (from the corn) in the background. In a later piece of information about a Divine Child in a boat, though not actually stated as being Sceaf, we find that he has a 'shield' (boat) on which is a Lighted Taper - Fire. He was the God that brought Fire to the Folk of Scani. Frey is definitely associated with Fire, even though this is not actually stated outright in the Norse Myths. Frey fights the Fire-Demon Beli and slays him, and at Ragnarok he fights against the Fire-Giant Surt. 

The Legend of Sceaf is also very similar to the Legend of Agni, the Vedic Fire-God and son of Mataricvan, who is akin to our Mundelfore (Waendal). Agni is sent down to the Bhriguians -Son of Bhrigu - by his father Mataricvan. He brings with him the Sacred Fire of the Gods - the Nyd-Fire or Fire-by-Friction. Sceaf has, on his boat (shield) a 'Lighted Taper', so we see the similarities here. Mundilfore is the 'Turner of the World Mill' and we can see Ingwe-Frey as being associated with the grinding-process of the Wheels of the Mill. Both are then associated with the Mill, which is also associated with the Sacred Fire created by friction. Ingwe is the Fire itself, produced by friction of two sticks or a similar process. The descendants of Bhrigu are also called by the title Bhargavans, a name which comes from bharge meaning 'to shine'. The name of the island where Sceaf landed is Scani or Scandi which means 'to shine', 'shining' or 'bright'. 

There is another 'coincidence' here, since Bhrigu and Manu were the first to use the Sacred Fire when Agni brought it down to Earth. Bhrigu and Manu have their equivalents in the Teutonic Berchter and Mannus, and the 'Son of Man(-nus)' is Ingwe, as we have shown before. The name Berchta means 'bright', 'clear' or 'light' and has its equivalent in the Old English beorht and Old Saxon berht. Manu is the one who appeared before a Great Flood to give warning and to help the people in such a time. He is also the one who brought the Divine Order of Caste to Man (in which he resembles Rig). (*)

(*) We are not actually told that Rig is Hama-Heimdall in the 'Lay of Rig', and this is only stated in a different text. At the very end of the 'Lay of Rig' we find a strange reference to 'Dan and Danp', names clearly related to the Danes. The Royal House of the Danes was Scyld who was the 'Son of Sheaf' (Scyld Scefing), part of a trio - Sheaf-Shield-Barley. Dan was supposedly where the title 'Danes' came from, and Scyld gave his name to their Ruling House. The name 'Rig' can be found as 'Rik' or 'Reik' and means 'King' or 'Ruler'. (A 'Reich' is a 'Kingdom'). It has never been explained as to why 'Dan and Danp' were used at the end of this lay. Wotan's Krieger (who used to be with Woden's Folk) suggested that Rig could be Woden, since it is Woden who teaches runes, and I see this as a valid argument in a sense, but there may be other explanations.

We have the runic-sequence Mann-Lagu-Ing which in the past I have related to Manu-Flood-Ingwe. Since Manu appears before the Flood, then Ingwe must appear after the Flood - if we take this sequence as valid. Indeed, since the Old English Rune-Poem clearly states that Ing 'went over the waves' we have a reference to what could actually mean a 'flood'. There is another point here, since to go 'eastwards' would mean that if Ing were here meant to have been with the East Danes in what became Angeln, then their travel to Britain could not be seen as going 'eastwards'. (Here there seems to be an ambiguity, since some say this sentence could mean 'back' rather than 'eastwards', but, of course, it could mean both.) 8,000 years ago a massive tsunami was triggered by a vast landslide in Scandinavia and sank the whole of the area of Doggerland, an area known as Atland to the Frisians, and At-al-land in Folkish Wodenism. Vast areas of North-West Europe which included parts of these islands were submerged in the waters of this disaster. This being so the Ingwe may have led the Ingefolk eastwards over the waters to escape the disaster. 

In one sense Manu and Ingwe are one and the same archetype, since we find the statement made of Krist -

'I am the Beginning and the End - the First and the Last.'

The old name for England is Albion which can mean either 'White Island'/'Shining Island' or 'Land of the Elves' ('Shining Ones'). Ingwe is the 'High Lord of the Elves' and Tolkien has him leading the Ingweawar out of their homeland which was about to sink under the waves. 'Albion' was said to have been a 'Giant' in legends from this area, and William Blake used him in his works. The word 'elf' stems from Old English (Low German) whilst 'alb' stems from High German. 

In the genealogy of the West Saxons it seems that Scef, Scyld and Beow are added to take this beyond Woden and to include the biblical 'Naoh', since Scef is said to have been 'born in Noah's Ark'. This, as is usually the case, is attributed to a Christian scribe, but another explanation could be that it has been added because Sceaf has something to do with 'Noah's Ark' and a Flood. Sceaf may first have come to Thule-Hyperborea at the end of the Golden Age, as I have already shown since he brings agriculture, weapons and the Sacred Fire to aid the Ingefolk as the Great Winter is about to set in. The later part of the sinking of At-al-land may have been around 4,000 years ago which seems to coincide with the Flood of Noah. Every 4,000 years, it is said, the Hale-Bopp Comet comes within sight of the Earth, a dating that coincides with 6,000BCE (Tsunami that sank At-al-land), 2000BCE (dating of the Flood of Noah), and 1997 which seems to herald yet another coming catastrophe. 

"After great misery for mankind an even greater approaches when the great cycle of the centuries is renewed. It will rain blood, milk, famine, war and disease. In the sky will be seen a fire, dragging a trail of sparks."

Nostradamus Century Two - 46.

We are told that King Aethelwulf (father of Alfred the Great) was of the line of Sceaf (Scefingas); this line was of the West Saxons, and became the Ruling House of the English. I have mentioned on occasions before how there is a problem in the West Saxon Royal Line, and that is with Cerdic and Cynric. Since Cerdic cannot be rendered as Old English it is deemed a 'scribal error' for Cedric; however there are two names - Ceredig and Cynrwrg - who appear in a Royal Line of the Welsh, in an area of Wales known to one have a Saxon presence. It has been suggested that Cerdic and Cynric were 'ealdormen' (they were not said to be 'kings' in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles) and thus vassals under the Romans. Hence, they were here before the later English invasions and perhaps joined forces with their closest  blood-kin against the Romano-Britons. Whatever the case the foremost leader of the English was Hengest, and his name can be rendered 'Geist of Ing' so he represents Ingwe as the 'Manu of the English'. The West Saxons adopted this title later, and were earlier known as the Gewisse -'The Wise Ones'. This suggests that they were more than just a 'tribe' but some sort of 'Esoteric Order' which no doubt held the Mysteries of Ingwe. 

The Folkish Wodenist Movement.

 

Woden's Folk was not the first to promote Folkish Wodenism here in England, but we were the first to try to create a Folkish Movement rather than a small localised group. From the very start I chose to call ourselves 'Folkish' in order to keep away the meek and weak who would be put off by the 'reputation' given to the word 'Folkish'. I would not say that this has worked fully, but in these times it has served us as well as we could expect. The problem, of course, lies in the constant barrage of propaganda designed to weaken our Folk and make them afraid to do anything that would get them into 'trouble'. This we at WF have witnessed as a proven fact, and even the 'toughest' groups are not always what they appear. We need not go into this at this time, but it should be kept in mind. 

It is all too easy to overlook the small 'victories' that we have had as a Folkish Movement, since these are not always obvious. I shall look at these as we go on, since they are part of the ideas set down here. The object of this is to show how we can learn from past movements, even if they are social or political, and adapt some of the tactics for our own use - on a much smaller scale, since we are a small movement. 

THE MOVEMENT -

1. The Folkish Movement - I chose to call this a 'Movement' even though we are very small, and that is to show that we are a serious group dedicated to a serious cause. Whereas many pagan and heathen groups are there to try to revive an ancient religion, our aim is to create a new Folkish Heathen Religion suited to our own era, and the unique Folk-Destiny that our Folk have. The basis of Folkish Wodenism lies in the revival of an ancient religion, but at an exoteric level, since this has to be tailored to suit the English Destiny and the Folk-Destiny, and that is the accelerated evolution of the Folk. This is where we differ greatly from many groups. 

2. Our Aims - Our aim must be first and foremost the fight for the freedom of our Folk, and the fight for the survival of our Folk - the White Race. We are an English Movement but we recognise the futility of trying to 'go it alone' - not only futile but suicidal! This is why our Folk-Religion is for the English Folk, but can be adapted to any Germanic Nation. 

3. The Purpose - The whole purpose of our work must be the accelerated evolution of the Aryan Race, or what is left of the once mighty Aryan Race. The key to this lies in the Aryan Gene, and this is knowledge that our enemies are fully aware of, hence their drive to destroy the White Race completely. 

4. The Flag of The Movement - This is a White Dragon upon a Red Background, the flash revived by the White Dragon Kindred in the 1980s. I created and ran the WDK back then, and when founding WF in 1998 this was taken up in a much larger way. Today it is a well-known English Flag, even sold as such by Amazon, and this is one of the small 'victories' achieved by WF since we started. (Strangely, it is those who oppose and try to 'expose' WF that have acknowledged the origins of the White Dragon Flag.) 

5. The Symbol of the Movement - We have as yet not really used a single symbol as such, though the use of the Wolf-Hook Rune (Rune of Resistance) and the Ing-Rune (Rune of the Blood) has been taken up. Again, more groups and individuals have taken up the use of the Ing-Rune, and the acceptance that Ingwe is a very important God who gave his name to the English and their land - England. This has been yet another small 'victory' for WF, though it will no doubt not be acknowledged as such. 

6. Folkish Slogans - One of the most important things for any movement is the use of slogans. Short and simple, easily remembered, slogans play on the mind, and are thus important as 'propaganda' tools. Some of the ones we have used have also been taken up by others -

The Strength of the Pack is the Wolf

The Strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

Wolves Amongst The Sheep!

Rise and Rise Again - Until Lambs Become Wolves!

When Freedom is Outlawed, only Outlaws will be Free!

Our Defiance is our Strength!

The key to using slogans is to keep them short and easily understandable, and to repeat them over and over again. This 'throws' the slogan into the subconscious mind, thus by-passing the conscious mind. Repetition is the key to remembering.

7. Self-Sacrifice - We have always stated the need for self-sacrifice for the whole, rather than self-interest or self-survival. Our work at survival training, prepping etc. should always be looked upon in this way, for the whole, the group, and the Folk. 

THE MEANS -

1. Expose the Enemy - It is of vital importance to expose the Dark Joten for what they are, and what they are doing, in particular the destruction of our Folk, which will lead to the destruction of life on Earth. In doing this the best tactic is not an open attack, but using a subtle 'hint' that will allow others to think that they themselves have worked it out. They must be exposed as the common enemy of our Folk. 

2. Rely upon the emotions rather than trying to use intellectual argument; this applies to the mass of people, not to the academic-intellectual level. It is the mass of people that we wish to get to, since they are the ones most disaffected at this time.

3. Keep the message brief and precise; it must be easily understood by the everyday person. 

4. Demonise the Enemy - attacking The System frequently will, by some, be seen as 'moaning and groaning' but this should be ignored, since this is nothing of the sort, so long as it is done with a balance. It is necessary to show The System for its evil purposes and aims, and it is necessary to continually undermine The System, since it can demoralise, just as they do to their opponents. Continual attacks are hardly 'negative', since they are offensive tactics. 

ESOTERIC WORK -

Just as important is the esoteric work we do, although this will hardly be recognised for what it is, nor fo the massive effect that it can have. I spoke of the White Dragon Flag promoted by WF, and I have had one individual contact me some time ago to say that he started to use the WD Flag even though he had no idea whatever what it meant. Some things work at an unconscious level, and this is the aim of our esoteric work. 

At an exoteric level we have created a set of Wodenic Rites known as The Wheel of the Year, because in a tribunal case recognising Wodenism as a religion here in England, the fact that the Odinist Fellowship had such a set of rites, greatly aided their case in this matter. But at an esoteric level a fixed, standard set of rites that are done by Activists and Supporters of a group, on the same day, will have a far greater effect than various individuals 'doing their own thing'. This should be clear from the Odin World Prayer Day started by Anders Nillson some years ago, since this is done on one particular day, at a certain time. We have done this through the Spirit of Revolt rites some years ago. In this case 'The Strength of the Wolf is the Pack'. 

We should take note and recognise this, since it is precisely how the Global Cabal work. But in their case they use the mass of people as their 'tools' to make such rituals effective. Through the media and online work they have a vast, powerful means to manipulate the minds of the masses. We can only work at a very small level, but nonetheless this can be effective if done right. 

The Folkish Wodenist Movement may be small, but we can have (and do have) a far more powerful effect than is obvious. Woden's Folk is known and respected world-wide, and we work with many others of like-mind towards the same aims and purpose. Our esoteric work also seeks to awaken the Folk through the Call of the Blood, and time and time again this has proven to be the case. 

The Elder Gods

In Voluspa (Prophecy of the Seeress) there is an interesting piece that is somewhat obscure but which seems to suggest that within Norse Mythology there did exist a pantheon of Elder Gods or Creator Gods. That is, if I understand this piece right, and the translation is right. One thing that does suggest this is that Woden and the Aesir-Gods are slain at Ragnarok, and regenerated through their sons, which means that they do not exist as Immortals through the Cycles of Time. They are subject to death and rebirth, just as Man is subject to the same. They have also to be regenerated by the Apples of Idunn, the Apples of Regeneration. 

Then the Regin went to the Doom-Stool (rokstola)

The Ginn Holy Gods (ginnheilog goth) held council

As to whether the Aesir should pay compensation,

Or whether all the gods should have a duty.

Voluspa 23.

This, of course, is about whether compensation should be paid by the Aesir-Gods for starting the war with the Vanir-Gods. The inference here in this piece is that the Elder-Gods sit in council over the Aesir and Vanir; this makes sense since the key word seems to be 'Doom-Stool'. What we think today when the word 'doom' appears is that of 'death', but this was never the original meaning of the word, which meant - 'justice' or 'judgement'. Now, clearly the Aesir and Vanir could not sit in judgement upon themselves, so here we do seem to have the hint of the Elder Gods who sit in judgement. In fact, this is actually borne out when we consider the term Ragnarok (Ragna-Rok) which means Doom of the Regin. Here we could take the term 'regin' as referring to the Aesir-Gods, but it could just as well refer to the Elder Gods setting their 'Doom' - Judgement - over the Aesir-Gods. Again, 'doom' is not just 'fate', it is a judgement and thus the Aryan Gods are judged for their past actions and Ragnarok happens because of this judgement. 

It is said that Gap var Ginnunga (Ginnungagap) existed, out of which creation came about. This is usually said to be the Gaping Void which was 'magically-charged'; it would seem easier to say that this 'Gaping Void' was conscious or that it became conscious. Ginn-Unga refers to the 'Offspring of Ginn', which tells us that 'Ginn' existed first, out of which grew 'Ginnung' (Be-Ginn-Ing). 

ginn - great/mighty/holy.

ginn - a jester, a juggler, a joker.

ginna - to dupe, to fool, also to intoxicate. 

In some sense the word ginn would seem to be somewhat akin to the ALU-ULA Runic Formula, the root *alu- also meaning some sort of 'magical force'. This seems to link to the name ILU-VATER who Tolkien saw as the 'Creator-God', also known as ERU - 'The One'. The Ginn-Holy-Gods would thus be the Elder Gods who existed before the Creation of the Universe. The Aesir & Vanir are our Racial Gods, the Gods of the Aryan Race. This set-up is also found in Egyptian Mythology where the Netr/Netera existed before the Creation, and they were the Elder Gods who gave birth to the Racial Gods of the ruling elite over Egypt. 

I mentioned before in a Telegram Post that in the spring of 1997 the force or power behind the mystical experience I had was the Cosmic Joker. It seems that Woden All-Father embodies this concept as a Trickster-God, and it was he, together with Will and Weoh, who slew the Primal Giant to create the Cosmos, so Woden-Will-Weoh existed before this Creation as the 'Sons of Bor' and 'Grandsons of Buri'. Woden-Hoenir-Lodur found the primal material for the creation of Man - Aryan Man. 

Ginn - Ginn-Unga Gap - Conflict of Fire & Ice - Ymir/Audhumla - From Ymir descend the Light-Joten (Armpit-Sweatborn) and Dark Joten (Feet), and from Audhumla (Cosmic Cow - Cosmic Mother) springs Buri. Ymir represents the Primal Sound (Aur-gal-mir), and when he is 'dismembered' this represents the Primal Sound YM (OM/AUM) of which The Creation of Matter is formed. 

Our English word 'Beginning' is the same as 'Ginn-Unga', the prefix 'be-' being an addition; even so the sense of 'To Be' remains here - 'I AM' or 'THAT WHICH IS'. The Knowable that springs out of the Unknowable; hence the idea of a 'Magically-charged Void', since this is truly unknowable and we can easily be 'fooled' by trying to delve into these realms.

There is also Voluspa 64 - 

'Adown cometh to the doom of the world

the great godhead which governs all...

He settles strife, sits in judgement

And lays down laws which shall last alway.'

There is another translation of the first two lines which may make this clearer to understand -

'Then cometh the Mighty One to the Doom of the Gods

The Strong One from Above who rules all...'

Of course, this whole piece is rejected by some academics and scholars because it has a 'Christian' tinge, it suggests that there is a 'Great Godhead' who stands above all. Tolkien seems not to have rejected such an idea, since with the sinking of Atalante (Numenor) it is Illuvater/Eru who intervenes to judge and destroy the lands which had been taken by the Dark Forces. There are hints that All-Father may be a title of this Godhead, also applied to Woden All-Father who works the Will of Allfather here in Middle-Earth. All-Father or Alu-God may also be used for this High God. 

The problem in touching upon his subject is the strange inclination to lump all monotheistic religions into one single category. Yet it is hardly logical to treat the Religion of Zarathustra - a Religion of Light and Order - the same as Judaeo-Christianity which upholds the worship of Shaddai-Jahu - the Shadow Lord. Since these Dark Powers never create, merely parody and copy, then it is quite possible that this was copied from Egypt and the Religion of Akhenaten, especially since Moses is an Egyptian name. 

"Darkness hidden by darkness in the beginning was this all, an ocean without mental consciousness...out of it The One was born by the greatness of Its energy. It first moved in it as desire which was the first seed of mind. The Masters of Wisdom found out in the non-existent that which builds in the existent...."

Rig Veda - Hymn of Creation X129. 

The Wyrd Sisters or Norns set down Orlaug and Wyrd, but they did not exist at the Beginning, since they were the Three Giant-Maidens who appeared in order to set down the Primal Laws and Fate - Destiny. 

The Saxon God Irmin or Ermin has the Irminsul as his symbol; his name is not unlike Eru used by Tolkien. One image of him from Germany shows this god with the 'Scales of Justice', and the Irminsul (at one level) could be seen in the same light, the twin 'arms' being the 'scales' or 'balance'. The Saxons called the Milky Way by the name Iring's Way and the name Iring can be rendered 'Son of Ir'. 

AR  ER  IR  OR  UR

There are other ways of spelling the name 'Irmin' - Earmin, Eormin, Eormun, Ermine, etc. This good is connected to the World Pillar and to the upholding of Cosmic Order. I have mentioned this here because so little is known of Irmin, but he is clearly a god of some importance. His association with 'judgement' and with 'justice' links to what has been said here. 

The Spiritual Centre of Woden's Folk.

 

I have said in the past that the area of the Long Man of Wilmington in East Sussex was a kind of 'Time-Clock' set to be awoken by the Hale-Bopp Comet in the Spring of 1997. At this time I had a profound Mystical Experience and Woden Initiation in which the Mysteries of HelgiH were revealed, and also an understanding of what I was to do came to light. Woden's Folk was founded one year later on April 23rd 1998. This came directly from this Mystical Experience, and the role of Woden as The Great Initiator was made clear - Woden is The April Fool in this role. The link with the Hale-Bopp Comet (Bab Komet) was clear, and just east of the Long Man figure is a comet-shaped Long Barrow called Hunter's Burgh, no doubt hinting of Herne the Hunter, an aspect of Woden. 

Just above the hill-figure is a phallic-shaped Long Barrow where 8 Ale Bottles were later buried in the form of a Swastika on August 10th 1999 to herald the Solar Eclipse and the Resurrection of Ingwe on August 11th 1999. These bottles were of Millennium Ale showing Old Father Time holding a blond-haired blue-eyed baby, a significant symbolism. The Long Man is orientated North, and the two staffs can be seen as the Gateway to Thule. 

This may not be the only importance of this area, which I am going to go into now, since this is an important theme to follow. S.F. Annett has suggested that the area centred around Windover Hill is the setting for an episode in the Petit Saint Graal which is a story about Peredur, son of Evrawc. Peredur is the Welsh version of Parsifal. To save time and space I am going to list these with bullets, each part of this story being in italics, with the 'answers' in the normal print -

• Peredur is on a Graal Quest when he comes across a castle with no inhabitants. Burlough Castle nearby is a low mound without any kind of masonry.
• In the hall he finds a chessboard on which the pieces are playing by themselves. Peredur takes sides and loses, throwing the chessboard out of the window into a river. The 'Chessboard Castle' is found in many Graal Sagas, and Burlough Castle fits this aspect too, since it is near the River Cuckmere and is said to be the 'last home of the fairies' in Sussex.
• A furious maiden enters the scene and rebukes Peredur, telling him that he can make amends by going to the nearby wood and beheading the White Hart that frequents it. There is a small wood-grove in which is Lullington Church, an unusual site for a church. This was built upon a Heathen Site and mound. Hunter's Burgh may also be seen as linked to the hunting of the White Hart. There is also a Hindover Hill overlooking the Cuckmere Valley.
• After beheading the White Hart a mysterious knight appears, seizes the head, and carries it off. The Long Man is said to have a Golden Knight buried above it. 
• As a punishment for his failure, Peredur is sent to a mound beneath which is carved the figure of a man. There he recites a spell and a huge black man springs out of the mound, prepared for battle. Peredur defeats him, and the black man disappears back into the mound. The hill-figure is obviously the Long Man, the mound above is the Windover Hill Long Barrow, and the 'Black Man' is a kind of Wild Man of the Woods figure. 

At the time of the Mystical Experience I had back in 1997 I was told that the Hale-Bopp Comet had been 'sent by Morgana'. This is interesting in that the Chessboard is often linked to Morgana in some of the Graal Legends. The details of this Graal Legend certainly seem to fit the area of the Long Man, and it has got to be of some importance that this has been set here. The author of the book The Wilmington Giant (Rodney Castelden) in which this is quoted, linked the 'Black Man' to 'Herne the Hunter.' The obvious here is that the Archetype of Herne the Hunter is clearly linked to this particular area, and arises anew in different eras, as suits the continuation of the Archetypal Myth and the role of the Archetype. The tale is woven into the Graal Mythos, and thus the Archetype is preserved in some form and passed on into the future. Morgana here is merely a Celtic form of Wyrd - one of the Three Sisters of Wyrd.

That is not to say that the whole purpose of this tale is to preserve the figure of an Archetype, since it clearly preserves the whole area's importance to something even more important - and hidden. Burlough Castle, the 'castle' with no walls, is clearly linked to the Elves rather than the Victorian idea of 'Fairies', though the term 'fairy', if linked to 'Fate', can be seen as having a hidden meaning. The true importance of the area around the Long Man came to light when the 'Time-Clock' awoke the archetype of Woden as the Great Initiator. 

Before I moved down to Polegate, some 2 miles east of the Long Man, I lived in Snowdonia, North Wales. My wife had a recurring dream that I was to move to the Long Man to do a special ritual - which did happen since 'synchronicity' intervened and I was offered voluntary redundancy, enough to make the move to the South of England. This was in 1993, the year in which I was given The Hooded Man Prophecy in Horam; we moved from Horam to Polegate just after this. 

In the nearby churchyard at Wilmington there is a 1,600 year old Yew Tree which figures as the Tree of the Helmetted Waeldal since Waendal is a by-name here of Woden, and the figure clearly once had a Horned Helmet.

Various bracteates, and a belt-buckle from Finglesham, Kent, show the figure of Woden with a Horned Helmet and Twin Spears, which the 'staffs' on the hill-figure would once have been. 

The Wilmington Yew-Tree

Clearly the Yew-Tree is here linked to Woden, but that does not imply that Iggdrasil is a 'Yew-Tree' in particular. Since Yggdrasil, at one level, is symbolic of the White Race, who descend from 'Ash and Embla', then at this level it is an Ash-Tree. The Old English Rune-Poem suggests the 'Ash-Tree' as used for building the Stapule (Irminsul), and under the AEsc-Rune this also suggests the 'Ancestors', thus linked to the Ash again. But here the Long Man, as an aspect of Woden, is linked to the Yew-Tree. We have also 'Wotan's Oak' mentioned in Germany, and Herne the Hunter is associated with the Oak-Tree. Woden has many aspects as All-Father. 

What does seem rather strange is the link here to Woden who is clearly the figure of the Long Man. Over in West Sussex we have the White Stone of Ing which is linked to Ingwe, and which brought to light his being a God of Fire and Light, something not recognised by many. It is strange that no connection has been made, since the clash of RAGNAROK shows like fighting like, and here Ingwe-Frea fights against Surt, the Fire-Giant. He is also seen to have fought and slain Beli, again associated with Fire. Whatever the case, we have Woden-Ingwe here linked to Sussex, one of the last places in England to give way to Judaeo-Christianity. 

The Legend of Cuthman is the Legend of Ingwe, as told in the Old English Rune-Poem, since he travels eastwards pushing his 'mother' in a barrow (wagon). Cuthman is here seen as Ingwe and Krist, which once again is strange in that it is also a connection that the Goths made, as Ulfilas shows. In the above 'Cuthman' carries the Main Beam of the church, the 'halo' (Glory of Light) can be seen around his head. Note the garters shaped as Ing-Runes. 

In the Beginning.......

 

There is, it seems, an Icelandic word ginn which refers to a 'Divine Principle', in the sense that this is unnamable and unknowable. In Iranian Lore this is AHU, a word meaning 'It Is'. There is a Sanskrit term 'TAT' which means 'that', which appears to be the same. Then we have the Old Testament 'I Am That I Am' which was transferred to the Demiurge but originally meant the 'Unknowable' - that which exists in the No-Thing-Ness. (*)

The word Ginn-Unga- Gap would not refer to the above, since 'unga' or 'inga' means 'offspring of' or 'son of'. The word 'Gap' means 'to yawn' or 'to gape', as well as 'chasm' or 'wide'. Ginn-Unga-Gap arises out of the Ginn (Unknowable), and from this arises the Twin Principle of Opposites - Ice and Fire. 

0 - 1 - 2 

The English word 'Beginning' has exactly the same meaning, since the prefix 'be' was not there originally, thus Ginn-ing which is Ginn-unga. The inference of the idea of 'gaping', 'chasm' or 'gap' is that of being 'wide' and we can see here a link between these ideas and the Ur-Rune. Again, in Iranian Lore we find the term uru meaning 'wide', and another idea that springs out of Ur is 'out of'. Ginn-unga-gap springs out of The Void. AHU (Iran) is the same as ASU which means 'spirit' or 'great spirit'. 

The following root-words apply to what has just be said -

IE Root *ghas- To yawn, to gape.

OE ginan, ginian, geoniam - To yawn.

ON gap - chasm.

ON gapa - to open the mouth. (**)

(*) There is a strange thing here in that in the spring of 1997 when I went through a profound mystical experience and Initiation at one stage I glimpsed into an unknown area, and it seemed that the ultimate rulership lay in a kind of Cosmic Joker. This figure seemed to be laughing, so maybe the ultimate reality is a joke played upon itself? I don't know. There is also an Icelandic word ginna which means 'to fool'. We have to also consider that when everything gets to the stage when mankind is unable to put right what has gone wrong, there is an appearance of a god-force, and this is linked to The Fool. We see this in the figure of Parsifal. 

(**) When looking at these ideas the 'Opening of the Mouth' comes into mind, and the swallowing of Woden by the Jaws of the Fenris Wolf. 

'The Joker' is a playing card that is not part of the card-sequence, and is used at any time of the game; it is thus the Card of Chance. It is this chance that can decide the outcome of the game. This is the Harlequin or Herla-Kin if we take the idea of Kris Kershaw. 

Ginn-unga-gap is thus the 'Magically-charged Void' that arises from the Unknowable - Ginn. We have the following root-words that relate to these ideas at this level -

IE Root *gheu- 

To pour, To pour a libation.

To yawn, to gape.

To call, to invoke.

From this root we get the following -

OE gama - 'jaw'.

Variant form *ghau- chaos (Greek).

OE god.

OE gydig, gidig - giddy ("possessed by a god').

Extended form *gheud- gut (intestine).

If we link these ideas together we get - Void-Chaos-Gaping Chasm-God. With these come the means to link with 'god' or 'the gods' - invoke, an offering - and then the result by going 'giddy' as the 'god' takes possession of the Initiate. All through my younger years I had 'giddy' spells which accompanied a vision of a very ancient book. After I started to study the esoteric these stopped. 

Ginn-unga-gap (0) out of which arises 'The One' - The All-Father, Ilu (Sumer-Babylon) Iluvater/Eru (Tolkien), and the ALU-Father who is HALU (Whole, The One), the All-Pervasive Force (Woden), (1). From 'The One' springs the Ice (North) and Fire (South), the polar-opposites, thus the conflict of opposites (2). 0 - 1 - 2. The Void is AFFA (1-6 : 6-1) AF showing the Unknowable, and FA being the Manifested One (All-Father). This was whispered to me in a meditation decades ago, accompanied by a strong 'humming' sound. 

In Gylfaginning we find that the highest and most ancient of the gods is All-Father, who has 12 names, and who lives throughout all ages. 

Ice and Fire - as these interact they produce a 'mist' (Ur) out of which arises Audhumla - the Cosmic Cow or Cosmic Mother - and Ymir (The Primal Giant). 

Audhumla is represented by the Feoh-Rune which shows the 'horns' of a cow, though the name Audhumla can mean 'hornless cow' ('humala'). The root audr can also mean 'fate' and 'desolate'/'desert', and these two may hint at another part of her role. She is certainly the loving Mother of the Gods, the nourisher, the nurturer, who gives her 'riches' (audr = 'riches'). The idea of 'desolate' may be a hint that the Cosmic Mother brings breaks the 'desolation' of the 'Yawning Gap'; and 'fate', well we'll look at this later, since it brings Wyrd into play now.

Now, we know that Audhumla appeared either before or after Ymir, since Ymir fed from her milk. Ymir is the Primal Giant whose name has said to mean 'Twin', and who is the Yima of Persia and Yama of India. Since we find the Rune of Ymir in the Yr-Rune, which itself is a variant of the Ur-Rune, then Audhumla is Feoh and Ymir is Ur, presumably in this order. 

Ymir is also named Aur-Gal-Mer or Or-Gal-Mer, a name meaning 'The Primal Sound', and this is YM ('oom'), the AUM/OM of the Hindus. The Yr-Rune shows an Ur-Rune within which is the Irminsul; it means 'Yew-Bow' which is important. The Yew-Bow and Arrow is symbolic here of the 'hum' produced by the bow-string and also the 'hum' sound of the arrow in flight. Again, we have clues as to this meaning sound and hence sound waves. We read in the Eddas - "no soil, no sea, no waves; earth was not, nor heaven..." 'No waves' is an unnecessary use here, since this is covered by 'no sea', so this suggests a hidden meaning of 'waves' as in 'vibrations'. YM is the vibration of Matter and the Physical Universe is created by 'dismembering' YM(ir); every part of the physical universe is made up of the YM-Sound. (We should note the word 'humla' or 'humula', and the link to 'humble'; the sound 'hummmmm' links to Ym and Om. 'Humble' also implies 'earth' and thus 'matter'.) 

I will call this the 'Vibration of Matter' which is perhaps nearer to its true sense, and makes it easier to understand what follows. "A son and a daughter are said to have been born together under the rhimthurse's arm; foot begat with foot the strange-headed son of the wise giant." (Vafthrudnersmal). Both a son and daughter are born from the armpit of Ymir (Sweat-Born), and these we shall call the High-Born Joten. One foot begat with the other a 'strange-headed son', and thus are born the Low-Born Joten. The High-Born Joten are a Noble Race, the Low-Born Joten are a most Ignoble Race, strange-headed and monstrous. The 'strange-headed son' is Thrudgelmir, who is saved from 'The Flood'. 

For 3 days Audhumla licks the salt-blocks and the head of Buri appeared, and then the body and legs of Buri followed. This is the first of the Gods, and he has a son For who marries Bestla (daughter of Bolthorn, thought to be Mimir), and from their union are begot Woden (Inspiration), Will (The Will) and Weoh (The Sacred). These are also Woden, Heonir and Lodur. Woden, Hoenir and Lodur then create the First Man (Ask) and First Woman (Embla) from two trees. This Man is created with a link between the Earth (Roots) and the Divine (Branches). 

The Ur-Rune itself suggests 'wilderness', since the Aurochs roamed the wild heaths of Europe. It is the collective 'our', and applies to the 'wide' (URU) and that which is 'primal' or 'first'. At some stage the Wyrd Sisters appeared as Three Giant-Maids, representing 'Time' (Past-Present-Future) and they laid down the Ur-Lag) Primal Laws or Primal Layers which are the 'Warp' of their weaving, the vertical threads that are unchangeable. Wyrd is represented by the horizontal threads which can be changed, and are 'constant change that forever remains the same'. Wyrd is forever 'Becoming', and subject to 'worth', i.e. one's past actions decide what is to come. Wyrd is the Weft or Woof. Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of the Eternal Recurrence comes into play here, since the material universe is not finite, so everything that happens does so again and again. Wyrd sets down the Ur-Lag, the Archetypal Myths, and these are played out again and again, but subject to changes due to the Cosmic Cycles. Ur-Lag is also connected to the Dutch word oorlog meaning 'war' or 'conflict', this being the Conflict of Opposites that is set down in the Primal Laws. Man and the Gods are subject to the Will of Wyrd. 

The Awakening!

 

I looked to the East, I looked to the West, I looked to the North, I looked to the South - Darkness! Nothing but Darkness! A wasteland, that is what they have made of our Earth - a wasteland! Black as a pit the darkness covers all, nothing but darkness! Life was barren, the land was barren, everything covered in the Darkness of Light. I stood silent, silent in a world of darkness, silent in a world in the throes of pain and decay, a world that is dying. Where are the sounds of life? Where is the Light of Day? Where is the Light of the Sun? Nothing........................

I stood silent...A mist arose in this darkness, neither as dark as night, nor as light as day...a mystical mist covering the land, blurring the image of decay and death...change! A veil seems to arise, and I am no longer in the world of darkness, but in a brighter world, standing before the mighty Gates of Valhalla. Slowly, the gates begin to open, slowly, slowly; at the head of an Army of Light, golden armour reflected by the Golden Sun, rode Woden on his Eight-Legged Steed. Spears glisten in the Sun, Swords glisten in the Sun, Shields held high, reflecting the Glorious Light of the Sun. All is Light! All is Light! 

Marching, marching out of Valhalla, the Great Army of Light, Woden riding at the head, Ragnar Lodbrok at his side - Gods and Divine Heroes side by side in this vast Army of Light. This world shone bright and the Darkness trembled, trembled in fear as the Gods and Heroes marched towards them. Giants, Monsters, Ogres, unformed Chaos, and the Dragons of Night. Swords against Shields, the Forces of Light marched, marched, marched; the Light blazed like a thousand suns, the Darkness trembled! 

The mist arose again, and I found myself back in the World of Darkness, back in the barren land ruled by Darkness and Chaos. Black as a pit, black as the Night, all life cowering before the Darkness, and yet there were 'solitaries', 'Lone Wolves' who feared not the darkness, who feared not the Forces of Evil, who stood tall and proud in a simple task - to do their duty! Honoured they the Gods! Honoured they the Goddesses! Honoured they the Forefathers! There seemed to me to be a glimmer of light in this Ocean of Darkness - HOPE. 

I see, I feel, I hear the Call of the Noble Wolf! I am not alone! There is Light in this Sea of Darkness, I know there is Light in this Sea of Darkness. I hear a sound, the sound of Silence; broken by the feint sound of buzzing, like a swarm of bees, buzzing, buzzing - humming, humming from the skies! The Darkness is broken by whirling Discs of Light, breaking through the barrier of the worlds, swarming like bees into the World of Darkness. S - W - A - R. 

S - W - A - R The Sun? The Sword? Pinpoints of Light, spring up hither and thither across the Dark World, pinpoints of Light. Like burning embers, fanned by the movement of air, pinpoints of Light in a Sea of Darkness. The Awakening! The Quickening! Arise - the Awakened Ones! A glimmer of Light, a glimmer of HOPE, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine....endless points of shimmering light as the Discs of Light pulsated sending out beams to the World of Darkness. The Awakened Ones - those solitaries in a world of darkness - gathered together to form the Army of Light. Black-Clad Warriors of Light, their weapons glinting in the Light of the Morning Star, the Light of Freya that had arisen to show the way through the Darkness of Night - HOPE is kindled!

Then the Darkness was broken from above by a Flaming Star, a Flaming Spear hurled across the heavens, blazing across the dark skies towards the Earth. The Spear of Woden! The Spear of Destiny! Or was it a Flaming Sword? Who knows? A Silent God stood waiting, grasped the Flaming Spear, or the Flaming Sword, and mounted his White Horse, grabbing his Dragon-Shield, and rode towards the Black-Clad Host, galloping past the host to take the lead in front of the Armies of Light. Wid-Ar the Silent had become Wid-Ar the Avenger! The Avenging God - the Bringer of Justice. The Golden Armour of Wid-Ar, Son of Woden, shone like a thousand suns - the Light of the Sun, the Light of the Son. 

A wild, rough army of monsters, ogres, misfits and miscreants stood before the, dancing up and down like wild orcs, screaming for blood, screaming for death and destruction. Thence the Army of Darkness faced the Army of Light, a terrifying mass of Chaos and Disorder....Terrifying weapons of mass-destruction were unleashed, Wid-Ar wielded the Flaming Sword, burning everything as it send flames of destruction in every direction. Everything burns! Everything burns!....

All is now the violet glow of the Black Sun, the Source of the Light, the Power of the Light, the Sun behind the Sun - the Black Sun. Pulsating with the Violet Light, the Source of the Power of the Gods. Silence reigned once more as my whole concentration becomes focussed on the Violet Light of the Black Sun. All was engulfed in the Light of the Black Sun. 

The rushing waters engulfed this world in flames, washing away the Fires of Surt, cleansing the world of the Evil Powers. This Earth was gone, no more, it had run its course. From the waters arose a New Earth, and a New Man, and the Golden Tablets where found in the green green grass of this green-land. This was a new world, and yet it seemed so familiar, so old, so ancient, as if the Cycle of the Ages had brought it to life again - to a New Life. Thus came to be the New Man, the Sun-Man, the God-Man - The Superman. 

This is not the end...it is merely a new beginning...someone, somewhere in the future will begin to tell the tale of the Seventh Race of Man - the Spiritual Man. 

The Aryan Krist Archetype

 

It was not until some 300 years after the so-called 'Death of Christ' that Judaeo-Christianity finally took a firmer grip on this new religion. Before this time there were many sects which were Christian (Judaic) or Kristian (Aryan), some of the latter being those who opposed the idea of Christianity where Christ is the son of the 'God' of the Old Testament. What seems the most important point to me is that the Aryan Archetype of Krist is what matters, not the historical account of an individual in the Middle-East. It is the Aryan Archetype that was taken and distorted, and this is of a Hanged God, which applied to such gods as Woden, Baeldaeg and Dionysus. 

Much of the work of the Armanen in Germany was based around the idea of an 'Aryan Krist', but I certainly do not go along with everything they said, though I do not actually reject some aspects since I have not studied these aspects enough to make a decision. Nor do I go along with everything that Miguel Serrano says, nor Aelfric Avery, though there are many aspects of their work that I do believe to be useful. My work in Woden's Folk ran parallel to this, and I only became aware of the work of Miguel Serrano in 2012 when Franz Berg sent me a copy of Manu - The Man to Come. He did so because the work of WF was becoming known and that it ran parallel, but was based around Northern Europe rather than South America. 

Indeed, one individual in the US implied that this work was a plagiary of that of Miguel Serrano, until I explained how it had been developed since the 1980s, and came to the same conclusions through a far different route. He did apologise, which I explained was not necessary since it was an easy thing to get wrong, since the routes are different but the conclusions so similar. But the route that I took on the 'Aryan Krist' did not come until later, even though this was an important part of the work of the Armanen. I will explain that now.

The point at which it became clear to me that the Aryan Krist was of importance, and was not through reading the works of others, nor via online knowledge, but through a sudden understanding of a piece found in the Norwegian Rune-Poem -

Hagall is coldest of corns,

Krist shaped

The former homelands.

Through further study it also became clear that our own English God - Ingwe - was associated with the concept of 'To Anoint', which is the root of the Greek word 'Krist'. This is just one of his aspects, but since I see Ingwe as the Vedic Agni, it is an important one. One of the Myths of Agni describes the 'Birth of Krist'. This is not even an 'alien' concept to the Hindus, since their Krishna is the Krist Archetype whose myth contains similar concepts, such as the Virgin Birth and the 'Slaying of the Innocents'. As even the Judaeo-Christians admitted, their 'Christ' was known hundreds of years before there was a historical figure, if there ever was one. 

Hail is the whitest of grains,

from heaven's height it whirls,

winds blow it, it becomes water after.

Old English Rune-Poem.

Hail turns to Water. Water is the 'messenger-carrier' that holds the 'memory', which it has been proven to do by scientists. Blood is the 'water' that pulses around the human body, and in this is carried the Blood-Memory. This itself is associated with Ingwe whose Ing-Rune is the Rune of the Blood - the Rune of the DNA Spiral. This is where Guido von List came to use the Hex-Crystal (Krist-All) as the basis for the Armanen Runes - this appeared to him whilst he took on the Wotan Archetype and recovered the Ancient Runes for the era prior to the coming of the Wotan Avatar. 

Some years ago I watched a YouTube video on a Christian Priest who had got to a point where he questioned his own faith. At this point of his life he took up the study of pagan and heathen religions, and after doing so he discovered that his own religion - Christianity - was firmly based upon these pagan religions. He did not give up his faith, but merely used his new knowledge to affirm it, and I assume that his teachings then took this paganism into account, hopefully helping others to see the roots of this distorted religion.

From the very start of Woden's Folk I emphasised that we were not created to revive any form of religion of the past, but to create a new Folk-Religion that was suited to the era in which we live. This era is the Age of Ing which is the transition-period between the Age of Pisces and Age of Aquarius, and was conceived in 1999, the last year of the old millennia. WF was created in order to prepare the way for The Coming Man and this requires a different approach than other pagan and heathen groups, most of whom do not recognise this concept, nor recognise the Wotan Archetype that came before to prepare the way at that time. 

It should be noted that the term "Krist' does not come into any of our rites nor into the work of the WF-C. This is the work of Esoteric Wodenism which is to study all aspects of the esoteric side in order to be able to create this new Folk-Religion here in England. In both my new book (which has gone to the publisher) and the latest Sword of Wayland (which has gone to the printer) I have gone into details of the changes that I have made, and explained in full detail how the work of Woden's Folk at an esoteric level is different from Northern Heathenism because it has to follow a different route. This is so because the world-age is changing and a transmutation is taking place at a very deep level - Woden-Krist (The Hanged God) is transmuting into Woden-Krist (The Warrior-God). It is through 'The Son' - Wid-Ar - that this transmutation takes place. 

"Further forward few can see now

than Woden fighting the Fenris Wolf."

Bringing into Esoteric Wodenism the concept of the Krist Archetype has been able to see things from a different perspective, and to be able to understand more of our Folkish Religion. I know that some are wary of even study of the 'alien' bible, but had I not studied this (after reading the work of David Lane Wodensson) then the Mysteries of the White Stone of Ing would not have been given to us, from which the nature of Ingwe as the 'God of Fire and Light' evolved. These things do not happen by 'chance', they come about at a given time, and they are given to us that we may fulfil our Divine Destiny. 

This also applies to The Hooded Man Mysteries which evolved out of work in the 1980s, inspired by the Robin of Sherwood TV series. We are today guided by Woden as The Hooded Man, and again, this is an Aryan Archetype that is working at the level of the Folk-Soul of our People. This is suggested by the figure of Aragorn in Lord of the Rings, who appears as 'Strider', complete with the Black Hood. This figure of 'The Hooded One' has appeared to a number of people over the past few years - this is how an archetype works. The HelgiH Mysteries, given to me in 1997, form the basis of the Last Avatar who will appear at the start of the Age of Aquarius. 

Those who have understood the concept of Valhalla-Shambhalla and Asgard-Asgathi which I have outlined on the WF Telegram channel will better understand what I am talking about when I speak of the Teacher of Righteousness Avatar and the Warrior-King-Priest Avatar and the piece in Beowulf where Hengest receives the Hun-Sword outlines this idea of the Warrior-King-Priest in the figure of Hengest as the 'Geist of Ing'. This formed part of Nikolai Tolstoy's book on Merlin, though he did not speak of the 'Avatar' aspect, but of the 'Wyrd of AEtla' as 'The Destroyer', since Hengest led the English Vikings here against the growing Religion of Evil (he did not say this either). The biblical 'Christ' appears as a Teacher of Righteousness at the start, whilst the 'Second Coming' is that of the Warrior-King-Priest. 'I am the Beginning and the End - the First and the Last' - a saying also placed by the Hindus upon Agni. 

Through the biblical Revelations we can also study the events of today, which shows an unfolding of the Archetypal Myth of the New Age. This is why I have drawn some conclusions from this, linking this to another work that I came across some years ago - the Book of Sajaha. The 'history' shown in the bible, including the Book of Revelation, is clearly derived from Babylon, where it was taken and distorted to suit the Global Agenda. the Book of Sajaha was found in Iraq (ancient Babylon) and taken to Germany, or so we are told. But, even if this is not a genuine ancient work it contains prophecies that could not have been known  prior to World War II, such as the mention of the ancient kingdoms of Iraq (Babylon), Persia (Iran) and Syria (Assyria) who were 'spent' and could not stand against the Dark Powers.  The 'pandemic' is clearly prophesied in this work, as 'wars, plagues and famines' appear in Revelation. The attempted genocide of our Folk is also prophesied, and a clear warning given to us to act to prevent this! 

The use of the Krist Archetype is certainly not distorting Folkish Wodenism, since it is a valuable part of understanding Folkish Wodenism at an esoteric level. At an exoteric level this is not important, since this level draws people into Northern Heathenism, but for the creation of the Folk-Religion needed to prepare the way for the Coming Avatar this is a vital part of our work. This is why I decided to change the role of WF and the WF-C, where the role of Woden's Folk will be mainly based upon the original purpose of creating WF back in 1998 - to create a Folk-Religion needed to prepare the way for the Coming Man. 

The use of the Krist Archetype is not necessary in the WF-C since this is an esoteric aspect, hence why no mention is made in rites and rituals. I have used the magazine, and my latest book, to try to explain this in simple terms, since it is important that everyone is open to studying this on their own initiative if they so wish. As I said, this forms the work of WF which is why I have tried to explain as best and simply as I can, since there are those within the WF-R who do have an interest in this esoteric side. This is why WF is now an Initiation Order, since this all 'speaks to the Blood-Memory' and this has to be done at varying 'degrees' to become fully understood. 

Aelfric Avery severely criticises 'Retro-Heathens', something I certainly do not go along with. There is a need for this side of Northern Heathenry to attract people back from the Abrahamic religions. But I created WF back in 1998 in order to create an Ur-religion of the English Folk, not to go back to the past, and this was because the new world-age requires a new Aryan Archetype that must replace that of 'Jesus Christ' as the 'Hanged God', hanging in dejection, humiliation and defeat - and, as Friedrich Nietzsche stated - promoting death rather than life. When some Germans stated 'Odin is Dead!' they were misinterpreted entirely, since what was being declared back in those times was that the figure of Woden as the 'Hanged God' was dead - this aspect of Woden, not the god Woden himself. The statement declared that a new Woden Archetype was needed, and this actually appeared on paintings and sketches in Germany during these years, which anyone can find if they look. This was a figure of a Warrior-King riding a White Horse. This is the Wid-Ar Archetype we use in WF.

As I said, the new book, and the latest magazine tries to address this, even before it seems to have come up. These need careful reading in order to get a clear idea of what I am saying. The stumbling-block we have with this is that the majority of Northern Heathens do not recognise the concept of an Aryan Avatar, nor do they recognise the appearance of the Wotan Avatar, hence why much of this cannot be understood, and is thus promoted as 'alien'. Tolkien tried to create a Germanic Mythology for the English, and in his works he does recognise the concept of an Avatar, as shown in the figure of Aragorn, and as shown in his version of the saga of Sigurd the Volsung. He also brings into play the legends of Thule-Hyperborea (Beleriand) and At-al-land (Numenor-Atalante). This is another thing I touch in the latest Sword of Wayland.