Our ancestors had religious and social folkways that gave them a feeling of continuity and community while jealously preserving individual rights; we can and will reestablish this natural order among our Folk. Ásatrú encourages sound, traditional families while providing an extended family or tribe to support the basic family unit. We help each other materially, socially, and religiously while respecting the privacy of individuals and families. Society would work better if families and communities cared for each other, rather than relying on coercive, intrusive “help” from outside sources such as government.
It is absolutely paramount that we as a Folk get back to having a strong community dynamic for our people. We were never meant to be solitary beings, alone, and without family and Folk around us. One can survive on their own but at what cost? There are so many joys to be had when surrounded by your people in a community or tribe that values working together towards a common goal while maintaining the individual spirit and privacy. It is in this setting that we become more than we could ever become on our own. We have the support of those around us in all matters. We are that support for those around us that need us to lean on from time to time. It is far better to relay on your neighbor, your kin, or your tribe than to be a slave to the state, begging for handouts.
In the AFA, as our ancestors did and we hold one another up, we don't owe our survival to the cold, calculating overlords of society as we see around us today. We care for each other; we build our Folk up while we build ourselves and vice versa. We teach our children, we listen to our Elders, and we grow with our neighboring Folk in a traditional manner that would make our ancestors, and the Ásatrú take notice. Take notice, that we value our heritage, that we value our freedom to live and raise our children in a noble and honorable community. That is what the Asatru Folk Assembly can give you. You just have to want to live as a Noble Aryan man and woman.
Goði Nathan Erlandson
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