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Goði Thorgrun Odden ᛉ 8/18/1946 - 7/10/2024 ᛦ Thorgrun was one of the very first members of the Asatru Folk Assembly. Since the beginning, he and his wife Katie have been side by side with the McNallens blazing the trail that we all follow today. Thorgrun has left a profound impact on all the lives he has touched and on our AFA which he spent so much of his life building. There is much more to tell of his contributions and his story in the coming months, but for now we honor his passing and cherish the memory of the time we shared. Hail Goði Thorgrun Odden!

LIFE IS A RITUAL Live it exactly like that. Nothing stops when you leave that sacred space. Everything you do has meaning. Every thought, word or action is contributing to the place that you find yourself, positively or negatively. And when it is all over how do you want it to close? What effect do you want your “Ritual” to have? What will you have left others to benefit from when your grand Rite of Life is over?

Carved a statue of Odin, based on an 11th Century original from Telemark.

Wotan Awake

A THOR'S HAMMER..IN THE JUNGLE? [email protected] - t.me/TheWotanNetwork - t.me/Stephen_A_McNallen - t.me/Wotan_Network_Activity Where's the strangest place you ever saw a Thor's hammer amulet around someone's neck? On a train ride? Disneyland? In the Vatican? Here's a story for you... Years ago, when I was freelancing for Soldier of Fortune magazine, I ended up in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). I was there for two reasons - to recover some personal effects of an American who had been killed by mortar fire, and to write an article for SOF about the war. Actually, I had a third reason; the good guys (Karen National Liberation Army) were, among other things, against the Chinese influence in the region...and I have a sort of personal vendetta against China. (I still do: that's a story for another time.) Unfortunately, it was the middle of the monsoon, and unlike the American Army the KNLA were only minimally active in inclement weather. I was sitting in HQ one soggy, muddy day, hoping to get on with my mission...when a man with a fancier-than-usual rifle staggered into the tent. And he sure as hell was not a local - definitely a White man, the only one I had seen since crossing the border. It turned out he was a German national who, on vacation from his job back in Deutschland, paid his own way to Myanmar and trained the KNLA soldiers in the art of sniping. A conversation was inevitable. After a couple of minutes the German said to me, "What's that piece of metal around your neck?" My Thor's hammer had, partially, slipped out between the buttons on my shirt. I pulled it into full view and explained what it was....At which point, the German reached into HIS shirt, and pulled his own Mjolnir into view. (Herr Doktor Jung might say it was another of those "meaningful coincidences"}... The world is indeed a magical and wondrous place....Hail those who fight for justice and freedom! The Spear - essentially, the "field manual" for Wotan Network - can be ordered from Lulu as an actual book or in PDF form, or you can order it directly from me at [email protected]. Signed copies of my earlier book, Asatru: A Native European Spirituality are also available along with other, smaller works; inquiries welcome.

Wotan Erwache from Tennessee Submit your activities to: [email protected]

Wotan Erwache from Sandusky, Ohio Submit your activities to: [email protected]

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Odin World Prayer Day from Montana