Sadly, yes. All of us in the Heathen community are all too aware of the presence of far-right people and their beliefs. There are certain organisations that are “Heathen” while also being white nationalist (like the AFA). Most people in the Heathen community, like myself, despise those people and actively try to fight against that by being vocal about inclusive beliefs. White nationalism, racism, nazism, and other hateful ideologies have zero historical basis in the religion.

I am someone who hates the taste of peanut butter, but I’ve never had crunchy before, and I am now curious so I choose crunchy.

One day I got curious about old Germanic gods and decided to research that subject. Further research led me to discovering reconstructionist Heathenry and I eventually decided that I just wanted to do that. I can’t quite remember everything about that but I suppose it just felt right. It sure is very annoying considering that a lot of what we have is guesswork due to the large lack of good sources on so many vital aspects of the religion, but despite that it gives me joy so I’ve continued with it.

I honour some gods of the old Germanic pantheon. The three biggest would be Thor, Odin, and Týr. Thor has the domain of thunder and rain and storms as well as protection and strength and of course war, Odin for wisdom and poetry and frenzy and war and a lot of other things. We know less of Týr despite archaeological evidence pointing to him having been a very central deity in antiquity, but victory and justice and war and bravery seem to be things associated with him.