We often hear very negative talk about «herd mentality» and «followers», but let us have a sobre look at the realities in this context. First of all; are humans living in solitude (like say bears) or are we living in flocks (like say wolves)? The answer is clear; we do not live in solitude! We grow up and live our lives in flocks; with our families, friends and often surrounded by strangers too. Some of these flocks are tiny, others are huge, but they are still flocks no matter how you see things. The only ones who live in solitude do so only long after they have reached adulthood and most of them are outcasts, and/or extreme exceptions (like the Unabomber). The common, normal, healthy way of life for a human being is in a flock – like I said a large or a small flock, but still a flock.
It is not far fetched to believe that the lack of any tribal belonging today leads to what we call a «herd mentality». Men and women are all drawn this or that way, to some sort of flock. They seem to need the feeling of belonging somewhere other than just in the still (!) common family. This tribal identity-need I would claim is perfectly healthy and normal, because you cannot find a sexual partner and procreate within the family. Or so you shouldn’t anyway, and indeed this is something the non-Jewish (!) man understands instinctively. So we need to belong to at least two different flocks, although we might often seek the second flock only to strengthen and enlarge the first one; the family.
We are a type of animals, called humans, and just like other animals we have are programmed by our DNA telling us to procreate, but also to protect our DNA. When we see pictures of dead African or Asian children, piled up somewhere in Africa or Asia, we think «oh, that was horrible» (well, some of us do anyhow…), but if we see piles of blonde, blue-eyed and white children, European children, piled up in the same manner we react so much stronger – because no matter where they are from they biologically speaking are so much closer to us than any Africans or Asians are. This is called «racism», and is of course a perfectly natural and healthy instinct in all living beings. This gives us another reason to have a «herd mentality»; for the betterment of our own DNA. Even if you die childless fighting for your race, you will still ensure the survival of your own DNA, because the DNA you fight for is in fact to a very, very large degree your DNA. You are a part of the herd, but the herd is no less a part of you.
The other races in your same species is of coruse also to a lesser degree valuable to you. If they are under threat from a race from another species you will by nature side with the party closest to you genetically. This is purely egotistical, and purely natural, and of course purely healthy and logical as well. So, to a lesser degree than in relation to your race, you also have a «herd mentality» in relation to your species.
What I say here is nothing revolutionary or new, all of this is well known to many already, but it is of course very «illegal» to say this loud, and what I say here is also the reason why the Jews want so desperately to cover up the discovery of the true origin of the European species (!). Yes, not the European race, but the European species, because we are not descendants of Homo sapiens after all, but 99,7% Neanderthals – of the Homo neanderthelensis species. What this means is that we are not even of the same species as the Africans and Asians, although we too have some Homo sapiens DNA in us (on average 0,3%). So… when we all know that humans have a herd mentality, this is bad news to the Jews, who want to wipe out the Europeans through mixing us with the African and Asian races. Our species is not «humanity» as in «all humans on Earth», but our own European species. The other human species out there is even further away from us than we believed before. With this knowledge it is of course much more likely that Europeans will no longer really care so much about the races of that other species, that we will certainly no longer want to mix with them and that we perhaps even want to take steps to protect our species from being wiped out. So they do their best to explain away the discovery, spread false information in this context and generally speaking try to do what they have always done; lie.
Let us return to our herd then, and discuss this «herd mentality» a bit more. Without much risk of insulting or stepping on others, I will use myself as an example. I have always been hopelessly individualistic, to such a degree that it could be described as self-destructive. I have always gone my own ways, or indeed chosen not to walk on any paths at all, and rather just climb up the side of some cliff in the opposite direction or hack my way with a machete through the dense forest towards an impassable chasm ahead. In a sense I am proud of this, I certainly learnt many things others didn’t learn, but, as cross and annoying as I may be; even I want to belong to a herd. I too have a «herd mentality». Not just the «family, tribe, race and species mentality», but a genuine «I want to belong somewhere mentality» with a metaphysical origin. I am not talking about belonging to a religion or having this or that nationality, I already have that, but a need to feel safe in a crowd of people who are like me. Yes, a warband, a Männerbund, or even better an entire village made up of people like myself, willing to fight, kill and die for me as much as I am willing to fight, kill and die for them. A place where I can be able to relax when amongst others, because I really feel I can trust them. Yes; a flock. A herd.
The «herd mentality» is often named as an opposite to the «leader mentality», but no; leadership is an ability, perhaps a skill, but it is not the opposite of wanting to belong somewhere. Those who want to belong in a herd – and we all do – can perfectly well be excellent leaders and have a leader mentality as well. The idea about the herd mentality versus the leader mentality propagated by the media is really just a way to dupe people into thinking they should not want to belong anywhere. Now, cui bono? Who benefits from us having such a mentality? Who benefits from having us sit each on our own little hill refusing to cooperate with the others only because we are so afraid of being labeled «sheep» with a «herd mentality»? Who benefits from having Europeans not wanting to join Pagan warbands? Who benefits from having Europeans refuse to cooperate and accept the command of others? Who benefits from that? Does any army work well without leadership? Who is taking advantage of this whilst we refuse to cooperate?
I have a herd mentality, but I also have a leader mentality. This however, does not at all mean that I would not accept the leadership of someone else. It only means that I would be able to be a good leader under another leader, and that we would both do good for our common cause. It means that I would be able to execute orders from a leader in a good way.
Wolves are flock animals too. So are lions. They have a clear hierarchy, but unlike these predators – who fight amongst themselves for the role of Alpha male or Alpha female – we can find leaders through intelligent selection processes, and by doing so even the most extreme leader types amongst us will be able to accept and truly appreciate the leadership of the one selected. I want to say that one more time, just to make you remember it, but I trust you will remember it anyhow. Read this again if you think you wont.
I truly hope we will be able to build our Männerbund, or Männerbünde, soon, and by doing so not only stand better preparred to meet the hardship of the future, but also satisfy our own perfectly natural and healthy herd mentality, and make life better for us. I hail my future leader, and hope to find him soon. HailaR WôðanaR!
An old poster saying “Norwegians; Fight for Norway”!
Beautiful explanation on the more similarity between “herd mentality” and “leader mentality” than opposition, especially that the latter is an “ability” or “skill”, and We can each lead each other via inspiration and contributing something positive and beneficial.
I would also like to add that the kings, jarls, and “general leaders” of ancient Scandinavia (and I am sure of ALL ancient Pagan Europe in general) weren’t so self-righteous and up on their high horses (like Judeo-Christian kings…) so as to command everyone “below” them. Rather, they worked alongside their folk/kinsmen, right down to the peasants, and dug trenches, fortified their villages, helped hunt/grow/pick their own food, et cetera.
Heh, it sounds like You’ve grown a little more inspired and optimistic about creating Our own villages, eh, Varg?
…referencing a much earlier Thulean post when someone suggested this; You were iffy because of correlating (land) costs…goddamn Jews keeping their filthy hands in everywhere! Anyway…
Don’t let costs intervene Our nature and discourage Us. It is no use for anyone to fight their nature in wanting to be part of a ‘circle’, I will say, of most similar individuals – both racially and mentally. It is simply human nature as it is animals’ nature, and as We are a part of Mother Nature as We always have been and always will be, it is only natural We look out for own kind first. Indeed, this nature is embedded in Our DNA. Yes, a Männerbund is what We need!
For blood, honour and soil! I will stand, fight, kill, and die for You, Varg! …as I will for everyone on this blog (and elsewhere in the world) who shares in Our Enlightenment and ideals, in giving back Mother Europe to Europeans!
Hail Our Brethren! To Ourselves, as One!
‘…much earlier Thulean article*…’, rather.
Yes, we are social creatures and must not fight our nature. Excellent post. I also commend your critical analysis of yourself. I was thinking of raising this apparent anomaly of your personality being too individualistic for a ‘community mentality’, but feel you addressed this here quite beautifully.
Unfortunately I’m late in commenting on these latest articles
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This article is pure art in my opinion…you have expressed a very deep feeling…I could clearly hear your desperation (if you allow me this term) and your hope for the future, as if you were here by my side, talking face to face…I’m not ashamed to admit that I almost moved and I thank you for this…the second half of this article has really touched the strings of my heart…and I’m sure also those of many others here, because we have a lot more than what we imagine in common.
Varg, thank you! I owe you much. Eternally grateful. My leader, my follower, your leader, your follower. My Brother.
Thank you, brother.
This is one of the best. For sure.
Reblogged this on Theodore Lazare.
Hail to Männerbünde!
No metal music allowed on this blog. Not even if it’s a bloody “Ode to Varg”.
Burzum is a good help to quit listening to too much metal. When I feel for metal I simply choose “From The Depths Of Darkness” which is a CD that makes other metal widely obsolete.
(of course it’s not the best Burzum output, but the most metal one)
Damn. Not even Lejonet från Norden?
Bonjour Varg ,
No problem , but to be true, I added the link more for the images than for the music
Bonne journée
I wish people would live like Smurfs, in little villages and the only goverment is the Papa Smurf heh
That would be cool. Because we would have to kill just one guy (and his cat) and our task would be finished!
If I remember well, in the Smurf Village each Smurf experienced one day as the Leader, because Papa Smurf thought it’s important each Smurf dominate a little the leader mentality. Live like Smurfs would be cool, as well as live like hobbits.
Hobbit life would be awesome!
I always found it a bit peculiar that you would be more attracted to Sauron than to the people of Rohan, Varg. What did you find so Christian about the Rohirric?
In terms of the movies, the scene where Gandalf purges King Theoden of the evil influence of Saruman, and Theoden grips his sword again, may just be my favorite scene. Although, I wish he would have slain Wormtongue, as he intended to before Aragorn interfered.
Sauron with his eye could be Odin.
Sauron could be as smeared and lied about as much as Odin and his Pagans have been throguh history.
That was it.
When I think of Sauron I think more of Jews and the “eye of the illuminati” (As seen on every US dollar bill – coincidence? I don’t think so…)…He’s more more like the lying, deceiving Jews who bride and weaken once good races with riches and the illusion of power…
To me the Rohirrim and Dwarves are the most European…Just a shame the former are so grubby and the latter like gold a little too much…but so did Vikings probably, thanks to the hoards collected in monasteries…
I find the most admirable men the corrupted and fallen men who still show great strength and bravery despite their faults…Boromir springs to mind….I find even the somewhat corrupted Gondorians a lot more admirable than the aloof elves who just sit around in forest while their world is dragged into the abyss…
If you played the MERP game you actually have another even more Nordic race, I think it was Forodwaith or something, and they are (at least in the 1st edition) the most Nordic. I always pictured it like this; Rohirrim = Saxon. Dunlending = Pict/Scot/Irishman. Gondorian = French.
I have never liked the dwarves of Tolkien, but yes, they are very much based on Nordic themes.
Corsair = Spanish
Haradrim = Arabs
Easterlings = Huns or Turks
Dunadain = Franks
And Angmar = Norsemen?
Well, yes, but that was just one of many interpretation. I see the more common interpretation too, and enjoy that one as well.
Grima Wormtongue = a Jew for sure.
Isn’t Gollum also kinda like a jew? He homeless, ugly, liar, wants the ring more than anything (kinda like how jews want gold and power) and a thief.
He’s more like a disgraced, twisted, wretched European, the kind we see populating most of Europe today…he’s a victim of Jewish creations and corruption, just like all Europeans, even the loathsome Jew lackeys…
Hard to say is more of Jew out of Grima and Saruman…Saruman to me seems mroe of a Satanist than a Jew, drawn to the occult and the “forbidden knowledge” of the dark side, unaware that he is just doing the Jew’s bidding (as Gandalf warns him – “There can be only one lord of the ring, and he does not share power” – in the film at least…I need to finish the books)
Actually it does make sense, the bad side is the poisoned jewish side and the good side is the little pagan that he still has inside until in the end the bad side wins and he dies into the volcano because of his greed/addiction to the ring.
I think I do just like the superficial similarities with Norsemen, i.e. axes, runes and the brave, warlike attitude, as well as certain very honourable dwarves. Thorin in the hobbit is a very good example of this, being driven not at all by greed but by honour bravery and determination to reclaim his homeland and heritage…
Haradrim are primitive desert folk for sure…Carthaginians also perhaps…
Come to think of it the Hobbit is in many ways closer to the original myths…as good as Lord of the Rings is, it does focus on this very Christian battle between good and evil…The Hobbit also has Beorn of course, a VERY European figure…
I agree.
I just did a search for Beorn, to see who had been cast to play him in The Hobbit. Turns out it’s Mikael Persbrandt, whom I haven’t heard about before. In any case, I just noticed another annoying politically correct change at Wikipedia: Instead of having a field saying “Married to:”, it now has a field saying “Partner(s):”. Ack, the collapse of this depraved society cannot come quickly enough.
Agreed…it gets worse, recently when sending in an application form for work on the end bit regarding “equality”, I was asked if my sex is the same as it was at birth…ugh…
(That’s interesting about MERP, I feel I am missing out on these old RPGs you mention which are quite hard/expensive to get hold of now)
This to me is the best blog ever! I liked the others too but that is exactly my way of thinking.
Like you said before: to place yourself and your race above another is natural. racism is not foreign fear….
I am sure you know your writings
This is the right direction!!!
Thank you Sir!
Good defense of speciesism.
My wife and me, enjoy reading this blog everday. Being born into a northern norwegian family, I can honestly say this blog is like our dinner table at every meal. Which is comforting to our humble family. Though I will say, My family {which is one that helped kill the king of Norge in the sagas) did not support the nazis or even southern Norwegians at that (who my grandmother called Danes). But, they also didn’t care for my cousins that went into Oslo and learned (corrupt communist politics) about “our” old ways, and burned down our family farm, thinking we were not “up-to-date” with the times. What is your thoughts on Njord? Being that we have some stone pillars on the island for him. Though my patron deity is Odin, being that I strive for knowledge of Galdor and Seithr like him. One final question, My Gothi (who is German) follows Tyr and we get into a great many debates about who is the elder of the sky gods? Do you have any opinions of this? I say it is Odin, being that the Poetic and Prose Eddas claim so, He quotes mostly Germania by Tacitus. All which in my opinion are great resources.
Just a quick comment here; the Danes colonized Finmark in Northern Norway by sending their criminals to live their as punishment, so if anyone in Norway are Danes it would be the people in the extreme Northern Parts o Norway (the size of Belgium…).
The Danes to me seem to be the first to fall (out of the Scandinavian countries) to the christian empire, so most of their historical facts seem like they would be biased towards the church. But, one quick addition. Though I wouldn’t doubt the fact of the Danes doing this. My family was not one of them however, being that we got our islands in Tjotta from doing raids for the King of Norge. It was taught to me that to own land in Norge one had to do a raid for the chieftain or king to bring back gold or just service in general. I know that the more raids one family did the more land they possess. That being said, the only people my family and others knew towards Lofoten were Saami whom they had over for dinner and smoked pipes with. And, a small comment about criminals from the kings of denmark would be anti-christian I would imagine and people that didnt want to pay taxes to the “church.”
This is from wikipedia: Tjøtta is mentioned in Heimskringla many times; this was the home of Hårek, one of the leaders of the peasant army which killed Olav Haraldsson at the Battle of Stiklestad. There is archeological evidence of Iron Age agriculture in the area.
Germany was good friend of Finland in ww2, they helped us to defend from the Soviet Union, but one think i don’t like is that the nazis burned most of the lapland villages on the lapland war.
Thanks for this post… you summed up my feelings exactly. We’re a lot alike, after all ^_^
I was thinking about it a few years ago. Getting people together, because it is impossible to accomplish something “big” alone… But there are always some exceptions
Anyhow I still wonder about how to find the right people… Especially in my country. What could I do to get people together? I was thinking about publishing something on Facebook wich could circulate rather quickly, but I personaly don’t know anyone who could be interested in joining me… Does anyone have any good idears?
Thank You Mr. Vikernes for all your inspiring articles and works!!
Just like there is not neccessarily a contradiction between herd- and leader mentality there is certainly no contradiction between leading and serving one’s people. A servant obviously does not lead his people. But a leader can and in fact he should serve his people. This of course under the assumption that the people and the leader have a common interest for which they are happy to make personal sacrifices.
I think there should be a leader who leads his people but also a higher ideal which leads the leader and which everybody agrees upon in their heart and soul. If we agree that this higher ideal implies “herd mentality” then there cannot be a leader who serves his people with pure “leader mentality”.
However, I think that leader- and herd mentality need to be defined properly before drawing any conclusions. I will try and give you an idea of what my definitions are.
A herd is a large conglomerate of animals in which individual animals hide in order to improve their chances of survival. There is no leader in a herd, only followers. The movement of the herd in a certain direction happens mostly by chance. Members of the herd have a herd mentality.
Now this herd, consider for example a herd of sheep, can be lead by a shepherd. Why does he lead the herd? Does he have their well-being in mind? Yes, he does; but just so long, before he takes their wool, drinks their milk and slaughters them to eat their flesh. Now, does that shepherd have a leader mentality or a herd mentality?
He has neither! He has a tyrant mentality. He leads his herd in order to exploit them. He has their wellbeing in mind only because he wants to be able to constantly milk them and feed off them.
What this herd of sheep is in dire need of is a fellow sheep with TRUE leader mentality. Someone who is happy to serve his fellow sheep’s will to be free.
Do such potential leader sheep exist? Yes they do. But they are absolutely scattered in a large herd and do not communicate with each other. They just think and make plans in their minds.
And unfortunately there does not seem to be a common cause; no will to be free! Every now and then there is a sheep which speaks up. But no one will listen. Everyone just hides in the herd. And luckily, the other sheep think, those disturbers of the peace usually disappear rapidly overnight. Where did they go?
Most of them will have landed in the shepherd’s belly. But some of them, I force myself to believe might actually have escaped. These potential leader sheep will actually have found a large green plain to stay, elected a leader to serve their common cause and have lived happily ever after, if you catch my drift.
Let me make myself very clear – We are the sheep. Our shepherds are petty tyrants who milk and exploit us. Our fellow sheep do not realize this. And we need to unite and find amongst us a true leader, not a tyrant, with true leader mentality. Someone who serves not himself but his fellow comrades in their common cause. We need a pack mentality! Like a pack of wolves with hunger, not for sheep, but for the exploitative parasitic individuals called Je…, uuhmm sorry, sheperds.
Because we need to secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.
If you are from the US you might want to check out Harold Covington’s movement, the Northwest Front. They have a website, northwestfront.org, and a weekly podcast.
Even the most individualist out there are part of a herd, ironically they are the most herdlike of all because what they seek is unnatural so they must look to others to follow on the path of ‘individuality’. The way I see it we’re more like a pack than a herd. Communism promotes the herd, which is pretty much a large group of slaves(as in they get nothing for themselves by following along) afraid to speak out themselves. A pack is a group made up of individuals who stick together for the greater good. They don’t stick together only for comfort or security but because by working together they do more for themselves than they could alone.
A herd can only work with a leader of a separate faction(than it’s followers) for leaders are not docile sheep. A pack has many leaders who naturally fall into a chain of command based on skill. Leaders who are not at the top of course will listen to their superiors because they realize that is what is best for themselves and those under them. One man cannot lead a government alone, neither will a government be stable if it has competing interests. Without race and religion holding a group together it will eventually fall. It’s nature’s way.
On this subject, I’d suggest anyone here check out a blog a friend of mine has written: http://winterblade88.livejournal.com/3315.html
Also this ties in to why most of us Nationalists are ironically on our own. We know that being a part of a group is good, but we won’t be a part of one that is working against us. A wolf is prepared to stand on his own if need be, a sheep will just be waiting for the slaughter. It’s a matter of balance, one must not rely fully on the group nor think they can do everything on their own. A group is only as good as those within it and only works as long as it serves those within it.
I like this post.
There are racist compounds in the United States. I believe most of them are associated with prison gangs and meth smoking though. In a modern society a Männerbund would first need to be legitimized. Protected by LLC, start with economics, agriculture, industry. People in history banded together originally for economic benefits and protection, to prevent starvation. In a modern society it has to mean jobs and income. Nobody will start a Männerbund if it means going down a notch in socioeconomic terms. If it is a form of economic safety with the mentality of “we take care of our own” it is a natural thing for people to want to be a part of it.
There are Männerbund in South Africa, naturally, as a necessity. If it appears that a Männerbund is a way to go back to the way life was before “multiculturalism” was brought to Europe, Europeans will FLOCK to them.
I always strived to be an individual for the greater part of my life, and of course even now, but during my time in the army, I quickly found that there is no place for arrogant individualism when a “greater good” is to be fought for. It’s obvious! well for some anyway. I learned this not by any personal conflicts due to arrogance on my behalf; I was wise enough to be as humble as I could, but by other soldiers who just couldn’t bring themselves to cooperate. Some soldiers carried this on well into their careers as well, in roles and positions where this shit just doesn’t fly. I worked mostly in small teams of 4-6 other professionals, and most of the time these teams were outstanding. We’d mostly gone through the same training and been on the same operations prior to this example, and we had a great brotherhood. Our patrol commander and 2IC respected the opinions and accepted advice from all members of the group. Input from the whole team was essential to mission planning and it’s success. When new members were introduced to us, due to the inevitable rotations of manning, it put great strain on our cohesion because he would now have to be familiarized with the way OUR group did things. Of course we took it as an opportunity to learn new things from his experience as well! In the end everything would equalize again and we’d be back up to speed. However, If we couldn’t get it working with a new member, we had the luxury of dumping him. The common cause of this was actually their arrogant individualism; their inability to adapt fully to our “customs” and “traditions”. Another thing was they’d think they were to good to have to carry out a certain mundane task because they were too “senior” or “experienced”. Well they weren’t any of these things anymore, not once they joined a new team. They had to start from scratch, at the bottom of the pecking order, because now they were amongst guys who had bonded through many hardships and had established balance and fairness through a hard earned
respect for each other. “Respect is earned, not given”, as the saying goes. This goes for leaders as well, of course. Unfortunately, we couldn’t choose them when we decided they’d proven themselves incompetent, or when they’d try and draw clear lines between us and themselves, because he was our “commander” and too good to mingle with his subordinates. This was the kind of leader that pissed me off. These guys are the ones that “slipped through the cracks” of quality control and since they had some power now, they abused the shit out of it. Without them realizing it, they’d destroy the cohesion of a solid group of men in the blink of an eye, because they chose to be an inflexible individual who would not listen to his men when they’d tell him he was wrong or was going to get them killed because he couldn’t identify the best insertion point on a map or something even very basic.
It’s great to see you are not like this, Varg, and that you’ve identified the importance of this issue. For you to hear every opinion and respect the input of strangers on this public forum; to trust their judgement and advice for the play-test of your next project “MYFAROG” and actually make changes accordingly and to even make this post from inspiration given by a reader of another article, shows that you know more about being a humble leader than any officer with 20years+ training and experience that I know of. I’m not trying to blow smoke up your ass, but I want to say that you’ve sacrificed a lot of your time, energy and personal liberties to be able to reach so many Europeans with your extremely important message. Only a few men have done this throughout modern history, and I’m sure you’ll be remembered also.
Well that’s the end of my rant, I hope it wasn’t too hard on the brain to read. I’m not a man of many words and I certainly don’t write them down all that often, but I try my best.
Thank you very much, my friend. I appreciate it, and you are very kind to share your opinion. I would be happy to serve under you in such a unit, and if I may be a bit sentimental, I must say that is the only thing I really regret about my path in life; the fact that I have been excluded from any and all military service. My drummer from Uruk-Hai chose the military, and served in both FN and NATO operations for many years, and had a great military career in the Norwegian Special Forces (as a sniper). I envy him a lot, and you too, but I do understand that what I do now is better for our cause. This however has to me, a man who used to be a boy dreaming of a military career and nothing else, been a great sacrifice. It is worth it though. No sacrifice is too big for our Pagan Europe!
It was actually your struggle that inspired me to join the military in the first place, as soon as I was of age, 11 years ago. I hoped I could take something from there that would be of benefit if a chance arose to defend Europe in the distant future. And here’s hoping I did and it will. Your friend is of the same mindset, no doubt, and so are many others on here in their own ways. We would not be at this point of readiness if it wasn’t for your struggle however. And even if we were, there isn’t a better flag to unite under than yours. We appreciate that very much. Now if you’ll pardon the smoke again….
I am very happy to hear that. Don’t mind any smoke, or where it blows. We are above that.
Ah, but it is not my flag. I just shine some light on what is OUR flag. It is a very old and forgotten flag, and my mission is to show it to you and light its flame in your hearts! You are right though, if you think this is the only flag that will lead us to victory. It is.
…oh, and the Norwegian Army has plenty of good attitudes I have heard. Like in Afghanistan I hear they no longer say “For King and Fatherland”, but only “For Fatherland”, due to the treacherous and anti-Norwegian nature of “our” so-called “King”. The army is more nationalist and racist than what most politicians would appreciate.
That’s excellent news. We have many units that have WW2 German insignia implemented into their PT shirt designs, like the Totenkopf, Sig runes, the Signals arrow-bolt and Luftwaffe eagle carrying a mortar round rather than a Swastika etc. The significance is lost on most soldiers though, and it’s mostly as a joke to one up each other in the “shock factor” department. A shame really. I designed a shirt for us which had 2 ravens to represent our particular role, but failed due to lack of interest from the other lads. There were not too many people on the same wavelength as me at the time, unfortunately. I really wish I had the chance to work with the Norwegians, and the Dutch for that matter, but some things never come to pass. Who knows, maybe we will in the future, and for more noble reasons.
This may be personal so feel free to pass it up, but, how did you live according to this life in the pack of wolves in your 16 years of prison time? Did you live in a flock with the other prisoners and stick together, or did you live away in your cell in solitude? I know that the prison systems here in The States are nothing but detrimental to the societies they’re built in.
They are privately owned and the government gives money to the people who own the prison based on how many people they store. They don’t give prisoners medical care, they don’t feed prisoners correctly, and they let these murderers and rapists commit their crimes in a confined facility.
And you know what’s great about it all? The worst thing one of these prisoners fear is not getting killed, raped, or even getting a papercut that would get infected, they fear the guard would lock you away from these criminals in solitary confinement. And they go insane over this.
Which is very evident of human life style being in flocks since day 1; solitude is necessary to a certain extent, but it becomes fundamentally unnatural with excess.
I’m just curious, so if you don’t want to talk about this, don’t. If you will, please go ahead.
Norwegian prisons are very different. They are all run by the state. There are very few crimes committed in the prison system not related to the use or smugling of drugs. People do beat each other up, but are punished for it
Like you experienced yourself, as far as I know.
Well a prison I live near has 3 to 4 murders a week, so imagine that interior situation.
Thanks for the reply.
Well, we only have a total of 3.500 prisoners in all of Norway, in at least 50 different prisons, so that’s a completely different story from your 3.000.000+ inmates in prisons with up to 20.000 (more?) prisoners each. I guess the “multicultural” USA isn’t such a good place to live in after all… compared to the (still rather) homogenous Norway.
Lead by example and that is what our eminent host of this blog is doing.
Here’s a short 8 page “book” written by former Delta force commander ‘Dalton Fury’. It’s his 12 secrets of leadership. Written from a American perspective but I hope you’ll find something useful in it anyhow.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/109769548/DF-Dozen-Leadership-Secrets
In regards to the “herd mentality”, people seem to conflate the abandonment of thought and principle and the eagerness of so many to do whatever is popular, as opposed to finding a community (thulean perspective for example) or a group of friends with whom one can have a common view of the world and life.
Every thing we know and are is a result of interactions and choices. The goal should not be to stand in perpetual opposition to any thing and every thing, but to surround oneself with positive influences.
Far too many youth try to be individuals by rebelling. Not against their true enemies, not against vice and drugs but against whatever the media and entertainment industry tells them to.
Being an individual is not doing the opposite of what every one else does, but of cultivating your own mind and spirit. Of building and growing. And of doing what needs to be done.
Daring to do a task thought impossible, and becoming a hero.
Be an individual by performing at your highest level.
Any one can fail. But an individual can conquer.
Thanks for this inspiring and eloquent case for unity and leadership, and for breaking down the false dichotomy between the herd mentality and the leader mentality. Sadly, many people seem to think that you either have to dominate others, or be dominated by them, even when your interests can and should be aligned.
Although I always look forward to your posts on ancient European culture and mythology, I have to say that I’ve missed posts like this one, which reminds me of the ones you used to write at Burzum.org (more politically charged perhaps).
Most of all, I appreciate that you’ve given some insight into your vision for the future.
In any case, here’s a very relevant quote by one of the greatest leaders of them all (although with a reference to God):
“People ask: is there someone fit to be our leader? Our task is not to search for that person. Either God will give him to us or he will not come. Our task is to shape the sword that he will need when he comes. Our task it to provide the leader with a nation which is ready for him when he comes!”
That God can be a Pagan God!
I recognize that quote. He said many good things
Why do I have the impression that this article is an answer to my comments from the previews article about leaders,followers etc !?
Good comments, good questions, good ideas, deserve a response, don’t you think?
Well im glad I made an impression ! You know im an arrogant ,selficient bastard who really enjoys being with himself but I do care about this specific European herd you so strive for.
I did not mean to suggest you were arrogant or a selfish bastard. I hope you understood that! You just gave me the idea for an article. It is not written against you or anything yous said!
Ofcourse i know you didn’t mean to say im this or .How could you do that since we don’t even know eachother ?It was just me presenting some aspects of my personality ! Glad I was the inspiration of a fine helpful article as this
Okay, then the best possible meaning of your comment was the right one. Very good.
Thank you for inspiring me.
I can see what you mean about wanting to defend another race against another species, I THINK, though you confuse me a bit by differing between race and species when you seem to view them as the same…
I think I would support anyone against the Jews and blacks, the other races…they do have a third (or even fourth?) hominid as an ancestor but I feel we share a lot in common with many or our Mongolian/Eastern Asians, and I can’t help supporting them (in my mind of course) when they are threatened by Jews or those controlled by Jews…my strong sympathy for Japan as well as Germany in the second world war, despite the atrocious way in which Japan treated fellow Asians, is probably a good example of this….But of course, our large flock comes first, as always…
Yes. Europe first, then East Asia, then South-Asia and Central Asia, then America (Native), then Australia (they are at least innocent) and finally the dregs of this planet; Africans and Middle-Easterners.
Yes poor natives…I’d love to volunteer in America with them if I had the chance, for a few years maybe, to “do my bit”, though the reality is that they’re doomed all the same I guess…
I think it’s unfair to place all middle easterners at the bottom…Syria and Iran at least show some potential, if their current leaders stay in power anyway…and they seem less rotten and in a less miserable state than heavily communist Asia, i.e. North Korea and China…(I imagine even some Muslim states are better to live in than communist states)
Yes, Iran would be in the Central Asia club in this context.
Blacks indeed have a different ancestry from Eurasians (Europeans, Middle-Easterners, Central Asians, East Asians). They have zero Neanderthal blood, for example. But this is not really relevant in the long run – I would still dislike the presence of blacks, even if they shared a lot of ancestry with myself.
I don’t especially sympathize with East Asians, though. They’re superficially similar to us, due them being Americanized on the surface, but their true natures are fairly alien. You used WW2 as an example – in that war, the Japanese were the worst perpetrators of war crimes and the most repulsive sadists (they cannibalized European prisoners, for example). I personally sympathize more with the Germans in WW2 than with any other side…but when push comes to shove, I’d fprobably feel more sympathetic to the average Russian soldier in the Red Army than with the average Japanese.
Sorry but that’s complete crap. The claims of cannibalism are obviously just absurd propaganda projected by bigoted Allies who viewed the Japanese as sub-human. Many of their traditional values can be compared to ours (down to shared Neanderthal ancestry perhaps), they are not totally alien.
Furthermore, I have to say I have no sympathy for prisoners of war at all, Europeans had no business in Asia, they drove the Japanese to war in the first place, and because the soldiers in question weren’t good enough and allowed to be captured, they should have been prepared for the consequences. Though the Japanese took dying with “honour” to extremes, i.e. by throwing lives away in suicide missions or committing seppuku when defeat seemed imminent instead of dying fighting, I stand by their view that you should either win or die. Soldiers are trained to kill, they are supposed to win, and when they fail, they should take responsibility and accept anything coming their way.
I get extremely annoyed by ignorant westerners who always go on about this but completely ignore the much worse atrocities involving Asians, such as Unit 731 (the perpetrator of which was set free so the US Jews could keep his gruesome research data), the taking of Asian women as “comfort women”, and the generally horrific treatment of Chinese and South East Asians alike…But I guess this is pretty similar to the unacceptable to the way in which the Nazis treated the Slavs.
P.S> I do see what you’re getting at i.e. race. I could never feel any sense of union with blacks, now would I ever feel any need to defend any of them or come to their aid.
hrodbhert, I’m curious to know this: do you watch anime?
Not really, I used to quite a bit but on the rare occasion now it’s usually cyberpunk like ghost in the shell and Akira….Most of it’s awful, but some of it is really good…I would much rather watch a Studio Ghibli film than a Disney film any day…
Old Disney was good though.
What are your views on the Disney vs Grimm issue? A lot of people complain about how Disney bastardized the dark fairy tales and made them family friendly, but given their roots in mythology couldn’t you argue that this is actually closer to their original meaning than the Christian/Jew influences Grimm fairy tales? Is this why you like them so much?
Any films with songs in that aren’t the Wicker Man tend to irritate me, but I haven’t watched a lot of Disney in ages…Snow White is brilliant…
You are right. They were sadistic scum who practised their sadism not out of neccessity but as entertainment.
I don’t really see it that way, I think it’s more to do with them having some irrational, delusional idea of very exclusive superiority and homogeneity that is really no different from that of the nazis and how they viewed anyone who wasn’t “Aryan” (i.e. German)…Nationalism has potential to protect cultures, but it can also drive people insane, like it did with the Japanese nationalists and their bastardized interpretations of Bushido and other Samurai values…
Maybe reason for this cruelty is fear? They always were scared of outer world, living in their shell. I think given the chance they would like to go back to that shell.
They still are in that shell in many ways…they were literally isolated from the outside world for centuries…it’s good that they are exclusive, homgoenous and still very racist, they just have stupid attitudes towards fellow Asians…
Do you hear that sound? It is Wotan stirring up his kinsmen to take back what is rightfully theirs! I like the sound of this, Herr Vikernes.
I am glad you do, my brother.
I´m sure Varg would be a good leader. He just knows so much and since ancestralcult got established, I feel like more Europeans are joining this and will start to realise, with Varg as leader, what we have to do to get Europe back to our control.
One question Varg, not regarding that topic:
Are you going to write more about science in Ancient Scandinavia or Europe in the future? As someone much interested in physics I would really like more about that.
There is not so much more write about this. Perhaps a bit about the relationship between sunlight and growth, but even though it can be defined as science, it’s a bit obvious. If I think of soemthing I will write about it.
PS. I might be good for this, but perhaps not for everything…
Oh well, when theres nothing, you don´t need to. I just thought that this two articles were just two examples and there would be even more.
A true leader does not need to know about everything. As Confucius said, he must be perfect in virtue (i.e., to be a Self-conscious individual, with temperance and courage, dominating his own soul and acting with honor; preferably a “Shenren” –Spirit-Man-, that is, an Initiate, but that is too much to ask for…), but must also search people around himself (“ministers”) who know about particular subjects to take care about the different issues of the Empire.
Thus, the leader must be like the center of a wheel, that does not move, but by its immutability allows all movement. If the center of the wheel was worried about moving like the spokes, the whole wheel would fall apart and nothing would move. What you are doing with these posts, id est, provide spiritual and intellectual guidance, that can be applied to both the personal lives of us who read them, and to the way in which we get to see the world around us (politics, scientific, environmental and social issues, etc), is invaluable. I don’t call you chieftain for nothing. You are already a leader, by the thoughts you share through this articles and by your actions and example, even if you never become interested in “real” politics or something like that; you will inspire those who will do it if you decide not to do it yourself. And you can always decide to do it yourself if you want, as long as you remain a spiritual and intellectual leader as you already are.
“I’m sure Varg would be a good leader” – Without question he is a man of many talents. A true “Renaissance Man”.
Yes of course you are right, what for example Im used to call a “horde” are Christians, or people believing everything the media tells them, or white people dancing and singing negroes songs. If often many people say that is because as you said, we don’t have a good healthy horde to were we can belong(Our family, but is not enough),intelligent, loyal and of course with our European values.
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