Path: shell.portal.com!svc.portal.com!sdd.hp.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.algonet.se!eua.ericsson.se!erinews.ericsson.se!antares.lu.erisoft.se!usenet From: Anders.Saadio@sa.erisoft.se (Anders Saadio,EPL/4130,sa) Newsgroups: alt.magick,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.freemasonry,alt.pagan,talk.religion.misc,alt.religion.asatru Subject: Re: Asatru, Aesir cult (Was: Re: Freemasonry was once Thelemite?) Date: 30 Jul 1996 10:57:46 GMT Organization: Erisoft AB, Sweden Lines: 62 Message-ID: <4tkpra$ha2@antares.lu.erisoft.se> References: Reply-To: Anders.Saadio@sa.erisoft.se NNTP-Posting-Host: sws209.sa.erisoft.se Xref: shell.portal.com alt.magick:80273 alt.magick.tyagi:9879 alt.freemasonry:17365 alt.pagan:168232 talk.religion.misc:232576 alt.religion.asatru:5448 In article , cea20@cam.ac.uk (Carl Anderson) writes: >In article <4ti2q5$cgr@antares.lu.erisoft.se>, Anders.Saadio@sa.erisoft.se >> FYI, Swedish and Icelandic is rather close making it possible for us to >speak with >> one another without an interpreter. > Well, you are the first native Swede (or Icelander) I've heard to say >_that_. Most of other non-Icelandic Scandinavians I know speak _English_ >with Icelanders, given the differences between Icelandic and the mainland >languages (unless both they and the Icelander speak Danish ;) > Even my pretty bad Swedish is good enough for me to communicate with >speakers of some Norwegian dialects, but Icelandic? You have a point there. It is a lot easier to speak _English_ with each other but I still find it possible to understand Icelandic even though am I a Swede, not easy but possible. >> Is it possible that the wrong Icelandic words were used when the Aesir >cult was >> reinvented in the US? > Well, of course! You think the US educational system teaches people >Scandinavian languages? Just be glad they managed to _find_ a few of the >words, whether or not they use them according to rules of Scandinavian >grammar! >> What I'm saying is this, the current form of the Asatru has nearly >> nothing to do with the Aesir cult as it was performed about one thousand >years ago >> when it was forced away. > No one anywhere is now. No one knows enough about what it was like then. >However, some people are doing their best even if they don't speak a >word of of Icelandic (or Modern Swedish ;) Perhaps it would be best if >those people who know Scandinavian languages, or have studied heathen >Scandinavian culture at university could *help* those who have not had >such opportunities, rather than incurring flame wars ....? It was not my intention to start a fire. I've ended up with some 'friendly' mail in my mailbox due to my postings suggesting that since there are no 'real' knowledge about the old Aesir cult then I'm wrong and a nitwit, they used another word, and since I was wrong they were automayically right. That does not compute. There is a possibility that they have managed to get some of _it_ up and running but to say that all is as _it_ was before is just not correct. Some even suggested that it was acceptable to perform human sacrifice. I guess whom they were thinking of. I have nothing against the friendly Asatru of today and find the historical Aesir cult quite fascinating to read about as a part of my countrys history. What I do not like is the type of abomination of the 'Aesir cult' that some extreme individuals claim to perform. >Cheers, >Carl Cheers to you to Carl Anders PS. I hope the flaming stops, if not I will remove alt.freemasonry from my replies since I can not see what this has to do with freemasonry.