Hail and Merry Meet!
Today is May Day, the day that we honor the goddess Freya. During the ritual, I was thinking a lot of the nonsense that's been going on with shootings and racist believing that they are going to some grand place to be with Odin. We need to take back Odin from these people and to show that not everyone that honors the King of the Norse gods is racist and want to kill others that aren't like them.
Odin is the high one and the old Norse didn't have this concept of race, nor the belief that they were better than others because they happen to be white. White Nationalists believe that only those that are white can honor the Norse gods. However, in Wales, the Vikings that came and invaded were called 'Black Heathens.' Their presence was unwanted in the wider religious world. The people in Wales hated them and thus they called them by this name.
The Troth has black members that are heathen and they are accepted. Taking back Odin also means wearing your hammer and educating people about what your religion is all about. That's why I've taken the vow to take back Odin and to live my life as a good person and a good heathen.
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