If the People of the North ceased to exist, Asatru would likewise no longer exist. Its spirit is inherent in us as a people. Ours is an ancestral religion, one passed down to us from our forebears from ancient times and thus tailored to our unique makeup. The preservation of the Peoples of the North (typified by the Scandinavian/Germanic and Celtic peoples), and the furtherance of their continued evolution:

This is clearly stated in the second point of the Asatru Folk Assembly’s Declaration of Purpose: While overtly denouncing racism McNallen argues for many key elements of racialist, white nationalist and separatist ideology. Part 4: Stella Natura and What Can be Doneįrom the beginning McNallen would employ a concept, well understood to anyone with an education in political science, infamously described by BNP leader Nick Griffin years later as, “ apple pie words” in crafting his organization’s messaging. Just as it is worth knowing about William Pierce and The Turner Diaries, it is worth taking a second look at Alain de Benoist and his influence today.Part 1: Metagenetics and the South Africa Connection So much for the correspondent for Vice News merely being a libertarian. Michael Moynihan, the book's editor, calls this 'the definitive version of a seminal intellectual and spiritual inquiry, masterfully executed by a leading French thinker' (n.p.). McNallen, popular writers among alt-right readers. This most recent English translation of On Being a Pagan, first published in French in 1981, is from Arcana Europa Media, a small publisher featuring works by Stephen Edred Flowers and Stephen A.

Founder of the Nouvelle Droit in the late 1960s-an extreme right-wing movement in France with parallels to neofascist movements throughout Europe at that time-De Benoist has influenced white nationalists in Europe and in the United States, including Richard Spencer and Greg Johnson, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Rather, paganism is altogether more rational, tolerant, and liberative than any type of monotheism.ĭe Benoist's ideology reflects the paganism embraced by some members of the alt-right. He rejects the notion that paganism is a 'nature religion' (179), seeing that as a Christian slander. When the author does discuss paganism, he turns either to its classical manifestations in antiquity and late antiquity or its expression in Scandinavian and Germanic ideas of family and lineage. Relying heavily on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, Alain de Benoist spends more time deconstructing Judaism and Christianity than presenting a coherent defense of paganism.

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