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title: "Essential Asatru: Walking the Path of Norse Paganism Paperback – December 1, 2006"
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# Essential Asatru: Walking the Path of Norse Paganism Paperback – December 1, 2006

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## Customer Reviews

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    Beginning Norse pagan
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2022*

A must read for Norse pagans

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    Exactly what the offer promised
  

*by I***Z on Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2022*

The product had an affordable price, new, arrived in perfect condition, good packaging and right on time. Looking forward to buy more books from this seller.

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    Yet Another One...
  

*by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2006*

Yet another Asatru book that only covers the VERY basics, and yet another book on Asatru that is trying to liberalize the religion. What this book represents is about one step away from "Norse Wicca".As you may or may not know, the media, including book publishers tend to be very liberal. Asatru tends to be very conservative. If you want a liberal "new age" or neo-pagan religion there are plenty of them, Wicca being the main one as well as many new age books etc. The problem is few publishers are willing to publish books on the true nature of the Asatru religion, because it is a heritage based germanic religion which is politically incorrect, even though heritage based Asian religions or native american religions or of any other ethnic group is perfectly ok. If you want a good introduction into typical conservative Asatru moral beliefs take a look at Mark Puryears "The Nature of Asatru: and introduction to the ideals and philosophys of the indigenous religion of northern europe" though flawed in some ways (as I point out in my review) it is very close to what most practicing heathens believe. Also for a much more accurate introduction to Asatru, though of equal liberal bias try Galina Krasskovas exploring the heathen tradition. In other words, I wouldn't consider this book very authoritive because it is NOT presenting true Asatru. The book even admits in the opening that the book may present a "different way of looking at Asatru" and goes on to say that it was mainly written as intoroduction to the religion for Wiccan practicers or people with a relative who practices Asatru and wants to know what the religion is all about. I say it is not accurate because firstly the holy days are mostly wiccan with some germanic cultural elements (almost every day is listed as a holy day, because she simply lifted any day celebrated in german history as a holyday for everyone, and she gives very wiccanish ways of celebrating them rather than typical Asatru practice) and not commonly accepted Asatru holy days. Secondly the general presentation and philosophy is Wiccan with a few Asatru concepts grudgingly allowed.The book seems to also be written for a teenager or someone in their early twenties, in other words geared towards a younger audience. The book is also rather thin. Now to the good parts: Diana Paxson is a fiction writer primarily and the book is very well written. It is an enjoyable read overall, even though its not really presenting true Asatru, it does present some good information for those who want a feminized liberal version of Asatru. The first half of the book is almost completely a detailed acount of the history of Asatru starting with pre-history and what we know about the Proto indo-european practices. It is very detailed, well researched and accurate (though it doesn't list contrary views, there are many theories regarding pre-historical Europe). This alone could make the book worth reading to a serious Asatruar. It also gives some a decent recomended reading list and lists some great folk metal and folk bands (though for some reason omits Midnattsol?).Let me clarify what I mean by "liberal" or "conservative", I do not mean a political affiliation. Liberal= the self is most important. Each individual interprets the religion differently. People are mostly solitary practioners loosely connected into groups of people of various backgrounds. Women for some reason must be promoted to positions of leadership and multiculturalism is strongly promoted. Everything submissive and womanly is praised (yet by default someone is always in charge which makes me theorize at least that people who want to manipulate and control the masses promote religions that teach servitude, and weakness and unquestioning obedience, which the liberal movement seems to be trying to move Asatru back to the very things it was brought back to life to fight against (unquestioning obedience etc.) Womanly virtues are given a disproportianate amount of reverence and manly virtues (bravery, strength, physical prowess, "balls" etc.) is generally looked at as primitive and of the past.Conservative= the family, community, heritage etc. comes first. You put the communities needs above your own and selfishness is frowned upon. Tradition is consider very important (as opposed to liberal views of challenging tradition at every turn). Groups are usually hertiage/familial based and a strong emphasis is put on familial heritage and honoring the ancestors. Men and Women are seen as equals but in totally different ways, each complimenting each other. A man would not take the role of a women because he could not possibly adequately fulfill this role. A woman similiarly is not suited for manly activities. Though at times there are crossovers. Actually the women are sometimes considered more important as their wombs carry the very essense of the folk and it is considered a neccesity to have strong family values, and to have children and carry on the line, in this way women  are highly celebrated and revered and is one reason why they are not to take "manly" possitions, because the very survival of a family or folk is more important than whatever gain could be had by placing a woman in battle or politics.Of course there are other differences but those are the primary differences I am speaking of.Overall I felt a bit misled. Instead of "essential Asatru" it should read "a very basic and biased introduction to Asatru"

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