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Thanks Mogg, I've received your email on my 'official' email address and replied there; very interesting and positive. I've found Gardell's book very useful and cited it in a piece I'm writing about David Lane/Wotanism and the far right's search for myths for their vaguely-defined 'Northern' homeland for another anthology (themed around Myth, Nation and 'Celticism'). There's also some interesting stuff coming out of teh articles and follow-up posts at the 'Who Makes the Nazis' blog (http://www.whomakesthenazis.com/) which is interested in the fascist strands in neo-folk and industrial music cultures. Best wishes, Andrew On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:54 AM, mandrake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Samuel Wagar > > Political religion > > It's good to see that there are people on the list plugged into the issues > without overblowing it too much. > It is something I've raised before and the pagan movement is aware of the > issues and is engaging and where necessary has excluded neo-fascists - > and as is said, on facebook there have been a few posts from people not > wanting to have NR folk amongst their friends. > > Whilst I sympathise, I do also think there are some instances where one > might let someone in on spec in order to engage and hopefully change minds - > some are beyond that but others are just confused. I've been involved with > a new network called "The Companions of Seth" which specifically is > non heirarchical,not racist, not into petty power games ..creative, > adventurous open minded etc > previous Setian groups have been v ambiguous on these issues and COS does > seem to include some "survivors" - > its tricky because previous setians have some excellent work, especially > liturgy - and we have mutual respect - although we Companions have a > different way of seeing the mythos and want to > move the current away fromthe New Right to what we see as its more natural > home in the Liberatarian socialist domain. > > We are currently "clothing" our tradition and formulating a mission > statement. > I may be able to submit something to the proposed anthology as mentioned in > an earlier post by (?) > > Senebty > > Mogg Morgan > > wrote: > > > current neofascist attempts to infiltrate occult circles. > > They've always been here. At least in North America the Odinist movement > and Asatru is crawling with them. The first organizer of Northern Traditions > in N.A., Helen Christensen, is a fascist. She's now retired and living on > Vancouver Island, an elderly woman not active in the movement anymore. The > book "Gods of the Blood : the Pagan Revival and White Separatism" by Mattias > Gardell (Durham NC: Duke U Press,2003) is a very good history of the > movement. Gardell teaches at Stockholm University in Sweden. > > Did anyone else notice the similarities between Brievik's ideology and the > ideas of the Legion of the Archangel Michael / Iron Guard, the Roumanian > fascist group that Mircea Eliade was involved with in the 1930s and > sympathetic to throughout his life? Particularly the idea of martyrdom > through committing a detestable act - like Judas condemning oneself to Hell > for the sake of the "greater goal of liberation of Christendom"? > > Best, > > Sam Wagar > > >