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May she stand with us as we defend ourselves from the evils of tyrants and cowards.
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May Freyja's fury find those who oppose bodily autonomy.
May she stand with us as we defend ourselves from the evils of tyrants and cowards.
Forn Sidr of America stands in firm support of bodily autonomy, healthcare privacy, and abortion rights. We will continue to maintain a safe and supportive environment for all, Heathen or not, who need support during this tumultuous time.
Read our full statement on our blog.
Creating community goes beyond just getting a bunch of people together from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It's only when we have a sense of belonging that we feel connected to a community. Forn Sidr is a perspective that holds belonging and community central to our successes and failures. When the future is uncertain, it's our forged connections that give us a sense of stability. In Heathenry, those connections are often begun by passing the horn. Â
#Yule Blessings from Forn Sidr of America Whether it's Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or Happy Yule, waiting for Odin or making wishes to Santa Clause; we hope that blessings of the season find all who call themselves #Heathen. #AmericanFornSidr #FornSidr #Norse #norsepagan https://www.instagram.com/p/CX1dxyjLMT1/?utm_medium=tumblr
Yggdrasil Fest is a blend of traditional practices from our Danish lineage and Scandinavian-American May Day celebrations.
Get ready to light some May Day fires and celebrate the beginning of Summer!
Happy Yggdrasil Fest!
Hail Loki
Hail to the Sky-Treader Hail to the Bale-Workerâs blood brother Hail to the Friend of the Raven-God Bless and walk with us this day
what the fuck
i need to know more, go on
okay the source im using is this article if ur curious
first of all, explaining the psychological warfare part:
âThe Fools most extraordinary role, however, was their occasional use in war. It was a common sight when two armies were preparing for battle to see the jesters of the opposing leaders cavorting on foot or riding in front of the troops. These brave Fools would tell jokes and mock the enemy to raise their own armyâs spirits- or provoke the enemy into a premature attack. For Fools had a psychological role in warfare. The night before a battle, they even acted as early wartime entertainers, diverting the soldierâs minds with songs and stories.â
now thats funny enough on its own, but it gets better
âHowever, the Fools were not just battlefield buffoons. For quite often, the leaders of armies would use their jesters to convey messages to the opposing side. Fools were used to carry the terms of surrender â or to deliver the conditions for the release of hostages. This role was a dangerous one. For although traditionally, messengers were sacred and therefore not to be harmed, it was not unusual for disgruntled war leaders to literally âshoot the messengerâ â right back at their army.
Any Fool unfortunate enough to carry a message that displeased the recipient could find themselves loaded into a trebuchet or catapult and shot back into their army by way of reply. If they were lucky, the enemy would have killed the fool beforehand, with only their severed head acting as a reply. However, if a war leader was particularly truculent, it was the intact and living fool who made his way, airborne, back across the battlefield.â
WHAT THE FUCK SBDSHGD
I HAVE FOUND IT.
I HAVE FOUND MY DREAM JOB, LADS
BUT WAIT, THEREâS MORE!
Outside of battle and the usual entertainment for guests, the Fool was also a vehicle for speaking truth to power. In European courts, the entire state of a nation could turn on the whim of a king, so monarchs were often surrounded by flatterers and sycophants. People could literally be executed for disagreeing with the King (or Queen), and there were even consequences just for telling them something they didnât want to hear, no matter how true or necessary it was.
A Fool or Court Jester was given license to mock, lampoon, and contradict the nobility TO THEIR FACES using the veil of buffoonery and humor. No one took jesters too seriously, so they could act and speak with a certain amount of impunity. They would tell the hard truths no one else dared to utter by disguising them as a joke. This could be used to break tension, de-escalate a confrontation, and bring people back down to earth.Â
We see it in a number of classical depictions, a notable example of which is the jester Feste in Shakespeareâs Twelfth Night, a man described as âwise enough to play the fool.â Consider the following rapidfire exchange between Feste and Lady Olivia, after she gives him leave to prove that she is the foolish one of the two of them (because she is bored and in mourning and needs a lift).
FOOL: Good madonna, why mournest thou? OLIVIA: Good fool, for my brotherâs death. FOOL: I think his soul is in hell, madonna. OLIVIA: I know his soul is in heaven, fool. FOOL: The more fool, madonna, to mourn for your brotherâs soul being in heaven. Take away the fool, gentlemen!
Loki Fest brings pranks jokes, and more! Forn Sidr of America would like to wish everyone a fun (and safe!) Loki Fest! To read more about this holiday and how to celebrate check out our blog post!
We wanna hear from you!
Tell us how you celebrate the topsy turvy energy of our most complex and beloved trickster we'll share it!
Be sure to @FornSidrAmerica and tag your post #LokiFest!
Press Release: Announcing the name of our Social Action Initiative [âŠ]
On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day we are honored to announce the new name of our social action initiative and its mission. Please take a few moments to read our post honoring Dr. King and the associated announcement regarding the shape and direction of our action on inclusion and equity.
In regards to the attack on the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021:Â
Iâve been on hiatus from Tumblr while I focus on finishing college and managing a nonprofit, but I feel called to comment on this situation and how it affects me, my religious community, and other communities that Iâm a part of.Â
Last week many Americans woke up to a reality where alt-right extremists are able to carry out an agenda of terror to usurp the free and democratic norms of our culture. For people such as myself, this isnât new. As a queer Heathen, Iâve been contending with alt-right infiltration and recruitment in my communities for years. Such experiences prompted me to become a security studies major and to involve myself in community-led education on extremist methodologies for the last 4 years.
The violence carried out last Wed is the culmination of successfully coordinated efforts by the alt-right for far longer. While many of us have rolled our eyes and mocked the most radical actors as âNeoNazisâ, weâve been unwitting participants in minimizing the threat they posed until it was too late. They planned it this way. They played the long game with the goal of shifting cultural norms ever closer to promoting neofascist ideologies or, at the very least, inserting ideologies of cultural purism and exclusionism into communities that might inhibit their goals. Such efforts have included infiltrating religious communities, hobby communities, and co-opting cultural norms and language.
Itâs this last part that is particularly insidious and why decent well-meaning people have been ineffective thus far in inhibiting the alt-rightâs momentum. Weâve seen a lot of activism in the last few years of openly calling out racist rhetoric, refusing ânazisâ entry to our spaces, and making it part of our rally cries that we will not stand idle while they co-opt our communities, religions, and symbols. But while call-out language, exclusionary policies, and antagonizing the alt-right may be the most natural reactionary response -
Itâs also, unfortunately, the most divisive and fulfills the alt-rightâs following goals:
They keep themselves at the center of our activism which prevents us from prioritizing the people and identities they pose the greatest danger to (BIPOC, LGBTQA+, and people with disabilities).
They remain an elusive and abstract enemy that keeps us distrustful of our allies and in a reactionary state of shutting out anyone who might have begun to be sucked into their propaganda, which just helps drive their radicalization and recruitment.
They keep us focused on who and what we are against, instead of identifying our own values and identity. In this way they keep control of the narrative and prevent us unifying over anything other than our oppression, fear, and anger at them.
All of this prevents us from maintaining appropriate boundaries with racism and fascist values and replaces them with arbitrary ones. Instead of self-assessing they keep us focused on policing others. Instead of holding ourselves personally accountable for confronting our own racism, biases, and prejudices we become fixated on pointing out everyone elseâs.Â
While I donât claim to have the solution to alt-right influence, itâs clear that our approach will need to be as multilayered and intentional as theirs has been. The attack on the Capitol have made the world aware of the urgency now and new voices will enter this conversation. We canât keep promoting reactive action.
Whatever we do now, we need to start by addressing how to avoid these recurring obstacles and, most importantly, how we can prioritize BIPOC and other marginalized voices to guide the solutions.
Quinn
An open letter from our Chairperson in regards to ways forward following the Attack on the Capitol last week.
Witchcraft & Pagan News - In this week's Pagan Community Notes, Pastor at the DC Jericho March appears to call for the deaths of "witches", Heathen group challenges a foreign trademark application, Heathens react to the town of Murdock's decision over AFA facility, and more news | Canada, Europe, Latin America, News, Pagan Community Notes, Paganism, Politics, The Wild Hunt, TWH Features, U.S., Witchcraft, World
Check out the article featuring Forn Sidr of America and our legal challenge to Norskkâs trademark in The Wild Hunt!
đThe Challenge to the âForn Sidrâ Trademark Begins!
In just a week you helped us raise the $2500 of $3500 needed to file the initial challenge to the trademark application for âForn Sidr.â
For those just coming in- Fragassi-Bjornson, the owner of the non-religious company Norskk (and various affiliates), has filed to trademark âForn Sidrâ for commercial use in the US. His trademark will be approved unless we challenge it!
Fragassi-Bjornson has expressed his intent to use this trademark to target any Heathens that may use this term without his permission. Itâs unprecedented for a commercial entity to use a trademark to target a religious faith.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Our legal representation files our challenge with the USPTO
We wait for a response from Norskk to see if he will revoke his trademark claim.
Legal representatives for both parties will gather relevant documentation to attempt to demonstrate that they have priority for their mark and then submit it to the USPTO. (This unfortunately takes time and billable legal hours).
USPTO will determine based on the documentation whoâs trademark application has seniority under US trademark laws.
You can help us with this process! đȘ
We still need to meet our goal of $3500 for the legal fees to defend our legal claim to this identity!
HOW TO JOIN THE FIGHT
Share and tell people about our Legal Challenge!
Share our posts across social media platforms!
Check out and share the article covering our fight in The Wild Hunt
Contribute whatever you can to help us cover our legal fees to our fundraiser. Any amount helps!
Like, comment, and share your reactions to this insanity! No, really. Increased activity on this helps our cause and exposure!
Help the Heathen community defend their religious freedom!
Join the Heathen community in defending our religious terms from aggressive copyright and trademarking!
HEATHENS DONâT TAKE ADVERSITY LYING DOWN and weâre saying NO MORE!
We canât do it without you!
SUPPORT THE ACTION
Basically, an asshat is trying to trademark the term âForn Sidrâ so he can sue anyone who uses the term. This is like trying to trademark the term âChristianityâ. And if you think itâs a laughing matter (which honestly it should be, as it would be if he were trademarking Christianity or Islam), guess what, last year said asshat trademarked the term âHeathenâ in the U.S.
Yes, @nordic-celt. We want to make sure that although this whole story is bizarre and pretty funny, he very well *could* succeed in doing exactly what heâs trying to do under current US Trademark laws unless we can challenge his application.
Because Forn Sidr doesnât have the systemic protection of being a large colonizer monotheistic religion, the burden of protecting our rights lays on our community.
We are so appreciative of our communityâs support; whether itâs donating, sharing our posts, or just expressing solidarity with the Heathen community.
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Help the Heathen community defend their religious freedom!
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We canât do it without you!
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