The place of myth is at the very root of thought and being. All races, without exception, establish some form of tribal mythology upon which strength, action, culture and identity are built. Myth forms the ethnic and spiritual pre-history of a society that speaks to us from a very ancient past. Mythology is one of the key elements of folk consciousness. Like the sun's light or the air we breath, myth reveals itself only indirectly, and each individual must make a personal effort to discover its presence at the basis of his own thinking. Myth suffuses our consciousness and, what is more, our subconsciousness; in short, it is a timeless truth, a truth which can often play a vital role in our lives. Myth applies to every sphere of personal life, for there are none exempt from the ethnic folk mythos, particularly at moments of decisive choice. Aside from our gods of divinity, the hero of legend is also an integral subject in mythology often viewed as a man in fury, possessed by his own tumultuous and burning energy. The heroes one most admires give forth myths spontaneously. For we know that without Achilles and without the Iliad, Alexander would not have undertaken the conquest of the East. And without the example of Alexander, many other great men of history would have fallen short of their untapped higher potential. In truth, man is unborn. It is through sacrifice that he is born and through the measure of his deeds in Midgard (earth) which will determine whether he is worthy material of legend and outstanding enough to feast with Wotan's Einherjar (warrior elite) in Valhalla.

With the aid of myth we resolve a thousand and one everyday problems and attain moral equilibrium. In turn there is no such thing as a forgotten mythology within a distinct race of people. It is possible to neglect practices and traditions, but there always remains the deep genetic memory, and these ancient imprints can always be recovered. Much like man, the earth, also, remembers everything and is witness to history in a way we cannot fully appreciate. Mythology serves as a valuable time capsule.....not full of things, but compact with esoteric wisdom, which in the guise of stories, keeps in tact our heritage of all that has lasting value. In hindsight, perhaps the gods of the pagan world become too easy going to some degree, willing to live and let live; so all went down by the act of giving over to the religion and customs of an alien adversary who was content with nothing short of total world domination and annihilation of the nature based ethnic spirits and ways of the heathen folk.

Through the long line of ancient Aryan pagan societies, nature has always played a vital role. To understand the timeless principles of Nature's law is to sharpen the vision of the mind and our being. We can not set limits on the versatility of nature; the limitations are in us. On every level our being is an intrinsic part of the agencies that vitalize the universe. The power of prayer is the power of thought and thought does possess tremendous power. However, prayer alone will not save the universe or even mans societies and civilizations anymore than it saved the Roman world after its conversion to Christianity which only further opened the door to a thousand years of mans most brutal torment and treachery against his fellow man. If we want to save our world, not merely our private souls, we might better try to keep and use our heads, honor our gods and respect nature and the earth that sustains our lives.

Aryans today in the western world have grown dangerously distant from nature. In the earliest times the deep affiliation with the natural world created an ecology of metaphor; all things were seen to be related. The natural world and its shifting patterns of change were no more than an extension of the process that created humans themselves. It was a time when our pagan forebears walked, ran, grew, loved and died as part of the whole symphony of life. All things were alive. There was no division of sacred and profane. All life was spiritual. Our indigenous mythologies with its tribal gods united man with nature and the universal laws to which we are eternally subject. Nature mirrored the people and the people mirrored nature, and the two participated in an existence where there was no sharp separation between them.

Natural, unconditioned intelligence spontaneously moves towards the truth in all men who use their reason. Nature in all her ways, bestows upon her creations the knowledge necessary for their survival. Aryan man in his long process of becoming, is largely aborting the self-preserving instincts and impulses, and thus has diminished his psychic bond with universal life and his racial roots. As he drifts further from this foundation, he will continue to blunder along, moving from one conceit to another, gravitating toward alien religions, miscegenation and materialistic pursuits which hasten his extinction. If gone unchecked, nature will ultimately correct this deviation from genetic instinct in its own way. A race that has no unifying cohesion in the concern of self preservation will surely go extinct. Nature has no mercy for weaklings! In this twelfth hour, which is already upon us, Aryan man must face the stark realization that only by adhering to nature's vital instinct to survive and preserve its own species will Aryankind ever have a hope to avoid their most certain extinction.

The imperative of the Aryan race, culture and destiny must again, as in ancient times, set its foundation in concordance with nature's law. Nature's law is Wotan's law! Our race consciousness should learn to know truth from error and deliberately free itself from the lures of matter in order to assume its rightful place in nature's creation of perfection. Likewise, this arcane wisdom should always manifest within the structure of our ethnic mythologies, traditions and religion. In order to realize the highest good, then it is necessary to have a knowledge of the meaning of the universe, to know the truth.

One of the most significant pagan traditions now prevalent in Europe and the U.S. is based upon the revival of the pre-Christian, Aryan religion of "Wotanism". Central to Wotanism is the Euro-ethnic sky-god pantheon of Asgard, known as the Aesir, as well as the more earth-based, agricultural and fertility-centric Vanir pantheon. Chief of all the Aryan high deities is the Teutonic Allfather Wotan, the immortal root and essence of Aryan being. These companionable gods and nature spirits, individually represent the personification of the majestic forces of both the physical and noncorporal worlds as revealed in the esoteric mysteries which have inspired and guided Aryankind through its long lasting greatness and glory over the ages.

"Wotan is the Teutonic datum of first importance, the truest expression and unsurpassed personification of a fundamental quality that is particularly characteristic of the Aryans".......... "The god of the Aryans is Wotan and not the Christian god"
..............Dr. Carl Gustav Jung

Through Wotanism the profound significance and purpose of the Aryan mythos and the mysteries of universal law are given. The esoteric myths at their origin were not modeled from a series of personal experiences of one individual or another, they were the original paradigmatic models established by higher spiritual adepts then are found in these present times. The ancient gods are eternal and live within us always, demanding only our awareness; and from that awareness it becomes possible to arrive at the point of our greatest strength and potential, the " God-self ", or what our Northern Aryan ancestors referred to as our "Haminga".

The family and folk are the two major pillars of Wotanist concern. By tradition our people were always strongly devoted to their clan, and today, our folk clan should be more important to us than ever. The study and practice of Wotanism is a life-long journey, a transmigration of courage, high wisdom, honor and determination, steeped in the unbroken pagan traditions of our ancestors. As we honor the gods of our folk, we form the nucleus around which a vital re-expression of our ancient wisdom and race cohesiveness can be realized. Without this cohesiveness, without a return to the source of our ethnic identity, and without an equally collective focus on our future as a people, our race stands no possible chance of survival. The need to cultivate Aryan unity is beyond self evident at this juncture in the current cycle of world history. The extinction of our race and culture is not an option! Remaining asleep while the world falls to pieces around us is not an option! Sticking your head in the sand from reality is no longer an option! In the words of the honorable Thomas Paine:
"The man that does not now feel for the honor of the best and noblest cause that ever a country engaged in, and exert himself accordingly, is no longer worthy of a peaceable residence among a people determined to be free."

Ron McVan