A self-proclaimed “tribe” of racist heathens is building a compound on a 122-acre property in Tellico Plains, eastern Tennessee. This group overlaps with Patriot Front (PF), a fascist organization with members nationwide, and the “Church of Aryanity,” a racist cult that refers to Adolf Hitler as “the Great One.” The leader of the Tennessee “tribe” is Brian Culpepper, who spent a decade in the white supremacist National Socialist Movement (NSM) and was its PR Director for several years.

In 2022, Patriot Front used the large property—mostly woodland but with cleared areas—to train its members for street demonstrations. Last year, PF members traveled to work construction on the property, including a large building intended as a combined martial arts dojo, heathen temple, and home for PF member, Ian Michael Elliott. As construction on the land progresses, the property will host increasingly large racist gatherings. At least equally dangerous, the “tribal land” will bring together far-right martial artists, aspiring street brawlers from fascist “Active Clubs,” and some of the most violent fringes of the neo-Nazi scene. It already provides a home for committed PF members. By documenting this compound and revealing its location, we hope to warn eastern Tennessee residents about the white supremacist threat in their midst.

https://atlantaantifa.org/2024/01/30/revealed-patriot-front-linked-aryan-tribal-land-in-eastern-tennessee/

#PatriotFront #NeoNazis #fascism #fcknzs #BrianCulpepper #ActiveClub #ThomasRousseau #TellicoPlains #Tennessee #ChurchOfAryanity #NSM #IanElliott #Odinism #WolvesOfVinland #SeanKaufmann #Rundo #KieranMorris

An Indiana judge has barred the use of Odinism as a defense in the trial of Richard Allen, who is accused of murdering two girls in 2017. The presentation of the Odinism defense last year prompted Heathen organizations to issue statements clarifying the practice of Heathenry.

https://wildhunt.org/2024/09/judge-bars-defense-from-using-odinist-theory-in-murder-trial.html

#truecrime #libbyandabby #delphimurders #Odinism #heathenry #paganism

It’s always a fraught moment when somebody recognizes my necklace, which I realize is strange – the point of wearing a Thor’s Hammer is to publicly identify oneself as a Heathen, after all – but I’m still caught off-guard every time it happens. I’m forced to make a swift evaluation of my surroundings and my social context. Who is this person? What assumptions are they making about me? What assumptions do they think I will make of them?

https://wildhunt.org/2024/08/the-odinist-at-the-splash-pad.html

#asatru #heathen #odinism #pagan

I have nothing against modern #paganism as such.

But those people who are _really_ into Odin creep me out. #Odinism

From the article:

A self-proclaimed “tribe” of racist heathens is building a compound on a 122-acre property in Tellico Plains, eastern Tennessee. This group overlaps with Patriot Front (PF), a fascist organization with members nationwide, and the “Church of Aryanity,” a racist cult that refers to Adolf Hitler as “the Great One.” The leader of the Tennessee “tribe” is Brian Culpepper, who spent a decade in the white supremacist National Socialist Movement (NSM) and was its PR Director for several years.

In 2022, Patriot Front used the large property—mostly woodland but with cleared areas—to train its members for street demonstrations. Last year, PF members traveled to work construction on the property, including a large building intended as a combined martial arts dojo, heathen temple, and home for PF member, Ian Michael Elliott. As construction on the land progresses, the property will host increasingly large racist gatherings. At least equally dangerous, the “tribal land” will bring together far-right martial artists, aspiring street brawlers from fascist “Active Clubs,” and some of the most violent fringes of the neo-Nazi scene. It already provides a home for committed PF members. By documenting this compound and revealing its location, we hope to warn eastern Tennessee residents about the white supremacist threat in their midst.

#Tennessee #PatriotFront #TellicoPlains #MonroeCounty #fcknzs #NationalSocialistMovement #NSM #UniteTheRight #heathen #odinism #IronFront #accelerationism #ChurchOfAryanity #NeoNazis

https://atlantaantifa.org/2024/01/30/revealed-patriot-front-linked-aryan-tribal-land-in-eastern-tennessee/

#Ásatru (sometimes called #Odinism, Wodenism, Wotanism, and Odalism) is an attempt to cobble together an actual religion from #Norse #mythology and pre-Christian Germanic religious practices. This is difficult to pull off, as the Norse myths, like other ancient texts, are incredibly spotty, contradictory, and prone to mistranslation (just ask Wagner), and were written down hundreds of years after the events recounted in them allegedly happened (insofar as they are even meant to be historical). However, the same can be said of the Bible, the Qur'an, and the Book of Mormon.

Ásatru dates back to 1972 when a group, including farmer and poet Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, decided to relaunch a pagan religion. In #Iceland, the first Ásatru temple is being built for worshipers to carry out their religious rituals, and it could be architecturally interesting if it is ever completed.

#RationalWiki
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Asatru

Pagan Neo-Völkisch groups included in Civil rights watchdog 2022 hate list ~ The Southern Poverty Law Center has released its annual Year in Hate & Extremism report that includes several groups in the broad umbrella of Paganism

https://wildhunt.org/2023/06/pagan-neo-volkisch-groups-included-in-civil-rights-watchdog-2022-hate-list.html

#splc #asatru #neovolkisch #odinism #pagan #heathen