Words from the Allsherjargoði

With overwhelming pride, I announce that the Asatru Folk Assembly is 30 years old! It is truly astounding to see the progress we have made over the last 30 years. It is also immensely inspiring to see the amazing possibilities in the next 30! I was reminded recently by Witan Erickson that Ásatrú is a living religion and that is something very special in our world. We all know this, but I don't think we stop to realize the implications of it. Ásatrú is the story of us, as individuals, and us, as a people, and our relationship with the Æsir. This is an active, LIVING, relationship. We are currently building reputation in the halls of our ancestors AND in the halls of Ásgarðr. Our Gods are watching us and sharing with us in this amazing journey we are on. We have an exhilarating and profound task before us—to bring our Folk home and to build the religion of Ásatrú to its maximum glory. We do this through action. We do this through devotion. We do this together. This is the time when heroes rise, and legacy is made. Now is the age of Victory.

May the Æsir see into our hearts!

May they hear our words!

May they know our deeds!

May they find us worthy!

May we always make them proud!

Hail the Æsir!

Hail the Folk!

Hail the AFA!

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One amazing thing about the growth we have had over the years is how much we can accomplish when we work together. We have members with every different passion and every different skillset you can imagine. What's more, many passionate and skilled members want to help the AFA and don't know how. I want to work hard to get these amazing people mobilized!

• We need Folk with social media and digital marketing skills. We need folks who know about search engine optimization. We need folks who know how to work algorithms to get the AFA in front of as many eyes as possible. The biggest reason we are not bigger is that such a schooling number of our folk don't know about us!

• We need CAD/construction/engineering/architect folks to help us build a solid and real plan for our construction of Týrshof. The sooner we get a detailed plan, the better off we are.

• We need history/library/writers to help with the history projects that are a big priority for us.

• We need judges/lawyers/paralegal folks to build a staff for our Lawspeaker to make sure we get the very best from utilizing the system we are in.

• We need grant writers to....find and write grants.

We can do so much when we are working together! Anyone who wants to volunteer for the above activities or for anything else, please email me at mattflavel@runestone.org.

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• 12/21/24 - Frank Walter Nelson was named before his Gods and Folk.

Matt Flavel

Allsherjargoði, Asatru Folk Assembly

mattflavel@runestone.org