After months of making inroads with white nationalist organizations like Identity Europa and posting racially charged posts on social media, the Asatru Folk Assembly has now been officially banned for offensive behavior on Facebook. The AFA is one of the best known “folkish Heathen” groups in the U.S., which takes a racialized interpretation of Nordic paganism. This is based on an earlier Jungian notion that the archetypes that make up the Nordic gods, such as Odin or Thor, were set into the psyches of Northern European people exclusively. The founder of the original AFA, Stephen McNallen, uses these pseudo-scientific arguments on race to argue that Asatru, the modern revival of a magickal Heathenry, is the native spirituality of Northern European people and one that white should return to.
While the AFA often tries to present itself as “apolitical,” it has consistently sided with white nationalists. McNallen was known for being a core part of the Alt Right since 2008, appearing on the AlternativeRight.com podcast, Vanguard Radio, several times to speak with Richard Spencer. He has also attended the white nationalist conference the National Policy Institute and pals around with various racialist projects.
Most recently, the AFA hit new leadership has taken it in an even more explicitly racist and patriarchal direction. Below is a screenshot of a recent post of theirs, and because of it they were denounced by almost every Heathen organization in the country.
As they have continued to increase their racialist profile, including participating in the Alt Right rally at Berkeley, they have seen resistance form. They have now been banned from Facebook and will continue to see their profile shrink as few are willing to accept their white supremacist version of paganism.
Note: The vast majority of Heathens are anti-racist, and those who take the “folkish” perspective are a loud and racist minority in the religion.
Anti-Fascist News 
Reblogged this on MB3-org.com.
LikeLike
Nearly 200 Heathen organizations, from all over the world, have been actively opposing the AFA since September of last year. You can see the full list @ declaration127.com
LikeLiked by 1 person
Absolutely! We have been posting out the Declaration 127, they need to read what the Havamal really says!
LikeLike
Thank you for that last note.
LikeLike
these aren’t white nationalists. they are white supremacists. please create an accurate narrative.
LikeLiked by 1 person
How ironic that they take up the term, “folk,” which has tended to be used in English to indicate the everybody, the commoners, the us of us and them, where “them” meant the gentry and the nobility. They’ve simply replaced the old class supremacy with a modern racial one. Way to get holy, asshats.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Reblogged this on Heathenhearthgirl and commented:
I know that I talked about this yesterday, but I wanted to reblog this.
LikeLike
THANK YOU for that last note. I refuse to let assholes like this be the face of Asatru. (Also, how does a religion that includes Loki claim that gender is… UGH NEVERMIND.)
LikeLike
I never followed the AFA Facebook page, but I’ve read Stephen McNallen’s book, and watched some of his videos. In my opinion Stephen’s later videos do seem to present more of an agenda. However nothing I have seen in his videos so far come across as over the top racist.
Did someone out there copy/re-post some of the AFA last post before their banning, or is there a brief summary of what got them banned?
Thanks.
LikeLike
The Asatru Community, Huginn’s Heathens Hof and whatever other group subscribes to TAC’s Declaration 127 reported AFA on Mother’s Day. As I understand it the use of the word aryan was meant to mean noble. But while nobody was being harmed, and nothing illegal was going on a Matthew Barker reported them.
LikeLiked by 1 person