Interview with Stephen McNallen Part 1

[Sasuke7760878]

Just a quibble for me, but I think it should be better put, whenever a religion invades a another culture the religion loses some of it's context and translation error occurs.

[AesirSpell]

We need to stand up for our religious rites, and rights. I am so sick, literally physically sick of being called a racist just because I am white. I have never intentionally harmed another race, nor would I unless attacked. And boy, oh boy, I am getting really close to feeling attacked. Let us be.

[Sasuke7760878]

@AesirSpell It probably comes from the hesitation to discuss racism, when you ignore a problem it just grows, not all whites are racist it's true but the system still oppresses people and a lack of dialogue only worsens tensions.

As for religious freedom, I hope you achieve it, now one knows how it is to be an American Indian :)

[Tryfing94]

As much as that is said, what would you do if you were of mixed heritage and culture. I'm from Anatolia, i.e modern day Turkey, and I've got in me Slavic blood, Greek blood, and Central Asian blood from what I know. Which would I turn to? Hellenic paganism? Central Asian Shamanism/Tengriism? I've explored the bounds of Hellenic paganism and Norse paganism, but I'd just like to point the fact out. We've come to a point where people have begun to mix through globalization. What of the mongrels :D

[ErikTributsch]

Grüße aus Germanien!

Es freut mich das es doch noch welche gibt die sich mühe geben und sich für die alte Kultur und Mystic unseres Volkes interessieren :-)

Grüße und Hochachtung

Erik

[SeleigheSidhe]

This is a fascinating concept, but what happens if you are of mixed European and Native American blood?

[MrHerrIQ]

@SeleigheSidhe

Then you're in trouble and can't understand the both world as much as a Native European could understand Asatru and as an Native American could understand American religion. Sad state of affairs.

[dodgerzblue]

I'm glad to now be able explore and worship the Gods and Goddesses of my ancestral religion, but the land spirits where I live are different. And I will always feel very close to coyote, who gave me a dream of him when I was very young

[dodgerzblue]

I would disagree that you were wrong in a "big, big" way. You weren't born Northern Europe, and there are very strong spirits here in this land.When I was a very young boy in California I roamed the fields and orchards and developed a respect and love for the Native American religion. I knew that it spoke to me alot more than the church that my mom dragged me to each Sunday.