Odinism In the Age of Man advocates a return to family centered tribalism, ancestral traditions, and the Gods and Goddesses of our people. Wyatt Kaldenberg's Odinism In the Age of Man argues that the modern world is corrupt and in rapid decline. He believes that the answers our popular culture offer are not answers at all, but part of the bigger problem. He feels contemporary political solutions cannot resolve the dilemma of the decaying West. According to Mr. Kaldenberg, Western civilization is in spiritual decay and the only workable response to our spiritually dead society is to reject the Age of Man and return to our own Gods and Goddesses. Kaldenberg shows that political movements such as liberalism, conservativism, socialism, capitalism, neo-Nazism, and fascism are materialistic world views that progressively lead the West down a road to doom. He claims the declining Age of Man is an open door to the coming Age of the Gods. Kaldenberg writes, "Being born in the Age of Man is our destiny. We were brought into this world for a reason. We must become men and women of our time. We must go forth and meet our destiny as men and women of a new horizon. Odinism must return our people to the Age of the Gods." As Christian churches decrease in attendance, young people are increasingly turning to polytheism for spiritual answers. Modern people are reverting to their native spiritual roots. Contemporary Heathenism is forming into a number of separate theological branches such as Asatru, Odinism, Theodism, Norse Wicca, and Wotanism. Wyatt Kaldenberg's book, Odinism In The Age Of Man, seeks to define a branch of the modern Heathen reawakening known as Odinism. The Odinic religion is rooted in Northern European ancestor worship. Odinism is sometimes called the Viking religion or Norse Paganism. It draws from the pre-Christian native beliefs of the Anglo-Saxon, Frankish, Germanic, and Nordic peoples. Odinism is a polytheistic religion. Odinism is a family centered faith. The chief Gods and Goddesses of the religion are Odin, Frigga, Thor, Frey, Freyja, Ostara, Heimdall, Tyr, Sunna, Eartha, and Ullr. This book contains the essays: About Odinism In The Age of Man The Declining Western Civilization Odinism in an Alien World Odinism Must Stand Separate From Everything Marxism, National Socialism, and Odinism Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Utopianism, American Mythology, and the Dictatorship of Money Odinism Must Take Our People Out Of the Age of Man

Wyatt Kaldenberg's Odinism: Inside The Belly Of the Beast is his second book on the political and social issues that face modern Odinism. Kaldenberg's Odinism in the Age of Man was his first book on the political and social issues that face modern Odinism. His two books, Perceived Heathenism & Odinic Prayer: A Book of Heathen Prayer and Direct Contact with Our Living Gods, and, Odinism: The Religion of Our Germanic Ancestors In the Modern World: Essays on the Heathen Revival and the Return of the Age of the Gods, deal with the religious side of Odinism.

CHAPTERS: Our religious heritage. What is Odinism? Ancestor worship. Our earliest ancestors. The Indo-Europeans. Three lost Indo-European tribes. The nation of Odin. Religion, mythology, gods. Odin. Pagan, heathen and cretin. Odinist evolution. Odinist cosmology. The Odinist soul. Pagan afterlife. Clash of values. Rise of intolerance. Heathen victims of Christianity. Aethelfrith. Destruction of the Saxons. Odinist vengeance. Fall of Scandinavia. Porgeir's terrible choice. Odinism on the Borders. Christian economic strategy. Odinism in Christian churches. Period of Dual Faith: Women. Period of Dual Faith: Chartres Cathedral. Folk customs: Yule. Anglo-Saxondom and cognitive dissonance. Proto-Odinists: Jefferson. Swinburne. Murray. Wagner. Australian paganism. Limits of proto-Odinism. Odinist pioneers: Rud Mills. Evelyn Price. Ann Lennon. Else Christensen. Alec Christensen. Limits of early modern Odinism. Odinist transvaluation of values. Toward tomorrow.

Wyatt Kaldenberg, author of Odinism: The Religion of Our Germanic Ancestors In the Modern World and Odinism In the Age of Man: The Dark Age Before the Return of Our Gods, has come out with a third book, Perceived Heathenism And Odinic Prayer: A Book of Heathen Prayer and Direct Contact with Our Living Gods.Mr. Kaldenberg writes, “Prayer is spiritual communication with Our Gods. The most crucial detail you can say in a prayer is: “Thank you!” We must thank the Gods for the gifts we have already received: both known and unknown. Look at the earth, the sun, and the moon. Look at the oceans, rivers, lakes, and forests. What wonderful gifts the Gods have already given us. They have given us gifts we will never know of in this lifetime. Don't beg the Gods to help you. Why should they help you even more? They have given you everything, and what have you done for them? Nothing. Thank them for what they have already given you, and if you are lucky and fulfill your Wyrd, perhaps they will do more for you.” In this book Kaldenberg deals with Perceived Heathenism, which the author tells us is the act of feeling and experiencing the Living Gods here and now in today's world. A Perceived Heathen uses prayer, blessings, chanting, shamanism, omens, dreams and other tools to make direct contact with our Gods today. A Perceived Heathen is different than a Reconstructionist Heathen, who believes they have to turn to the past to find our Gods.Wyatt Kaldenberg's Perceived Heathenism And Odinic Prayer, contains a theory of Heathen prayer, how not to speak to the Divine, runic chants, 24 runic prayers, sacred tree associations, prayers to the Norse Gods and Goddesses: Odin, Frigga, Thor, Heimdall, Eartha, as well as to Kin-Fetches and House-Wights, thoughts on the CIA's LSD experiments on American university students, the phony War On Drugs, Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, and the 1960s drug culture, Carlos Castaneda and The Teachings of Don Juan, Heathen prison ministry, why certain Heathens are drawn to specified Norse deities, Christian mysticism, and much more.Shamanism is an important part of the Odinist religion. The ancient Mani ceremonies of the Diegueño and Luiseño Indians of San Diego County, where young braves drank jimson weed tea, then were led on a vision quest in order to discover their animal spirits, are examined to show how these cultures have made direct contact to their own Gods and ancestral spirits. The chapter entitled, Drugs, Shamanism, and Experiments in Time Travel Through Genetic Memory Recall, discusses many topics that are fairly taboo in modern Heathenism. What place if any does the shamanic use of alcohol, LSD-25, psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline, marijuana, datura tea, red cap mushrooms, pain, and extreme sleep deprivation have in the Odinic religion.The Jungian idea of using genetic memory to recall our ancestral religion is explored. The difference between genetic memory, racial memory, and cultural memory are explained. The themes of genetic memory in Jack London's novels The Call of the Wild and Before Adam are revealed.Wyatt Kaldenberg tells us, “Shamanism is part of the Odinist religion. Odin was the great shaman. Nevertheless, many Odinists and Asatru people disapprove of shamanism. I don't know why. It's clearly part of the Odinic tradition. I am a Perceived Heathen. I believe you have to have direct contact with the Divine. Shamanism is about as direct as you can get.”

Odinism: The Religion of Our Germanic Ancestors In the Modern World by Wyatt Kaldenberg contains nine essays on the Heathen Revival and the Return of the Age of Gods. This book advocates polytheism, family centered traditions, ancestor worship, tribalism, and service to the living Teutonic Gods.Kaldenberg's Odinism: The Religion of Our Germanic Ancestors In the Modern World covers such topics as the role of women in the spread of tradition, culture, and technology in the ancient Northern European world, contemporary Heathen opinions, feelings, and attitudes towards Christians, Jews, Muslims, and other monotheists, how to prevent infighting within the Heathen community, the nature of our living Gods, the concept of separate realities, using Aelfin or elf-magic to connect with and bring forth the dead, how to write Odinic prayers, blessings, and rituals, how to devote oneself to our living Germanic Gods, and Odinic theology, philosophy, and moral principles. Since the Christian invasion of Europe, we have become strangers to our own heritage, culture, and values. Too few of us know anything about our native Gods, Folk customs, and ancestral traditions. We live in a culture that was founded on someone else's folklore, traditions, and history.The Heathen resurgence is prevalent in our modern world. As Christianity declines, young people are increasingly turning to polytheism for spiritual answers. From Iceland to South Africa, from Russia to Hawaii, people are returning to their native spiritual roots. Modern Heathenism is forming into a number of separate theological branches such as Asatru, Odinism, Theodism, Norse Wicca, and Wotanism. Odinism is a polytheistic religion. The Odinic faith, or the Viking religion, as Odinism is often called, is rooted in Northern European ancestor worship. Odinism is a family centered belief. It draws from the pre-Christian native beliefs of the Anglo-Saxon, Frankish, Germanic, Gothic, and Nordic peoples. Wyatt Kaldenberg's book, Odinism: The Religion of Our Germanic Ancestors In the Modern World, describes a branch of the contemporary Heathen rebirth known as Odinism. The chief Gods and Goddesses of Odinism are Odin, Frigga, Thor, Frey, Freyja, Ostara, Heimdall, Mani, Njord, Tyr, Sunna, Eartha, and Ullr.Of all the ancient Northern European religions, Germanic Heathenry has been the best preserved. The Icelandic sagas and eddas as well as many written accounts by Christians, Greco-Roman pagans, and others have left a record unmatched. In spite of this, Mr. Kaldenberg writes: "Studying and reading about Heathenism is essential. However, all your studies must take you to the next level. I am a strong believer in direct contact with the Gods. Even lost things can be re-discovered through direct communication with our Gods and ancestral spirits. By opening up direct relationships with our Gods, they will re-introduce themselves. The Divine talks to each and everyone of us every day. The problem is we never listen." Wyatt Kaldenberg's book, Odinism: The Religion of Our Germanic Ancestors In the Modern World, contains the essays: How Women Spread Knowledge Throughout the Ancient World How Do Polytheists Deal With Monotheists?Extreme Tolerance in the Heathen CommunityWhy Odin Is King Of Our GodsOdinism and Separate RealitiesGiordano Bruno, Son of OdinOdinist Prayers and BlottirThe 24 Points of the Heathen Folk RevivalThe 24 Oaths of the Heathen Folk Revival

The burning in Waco of the Branch Davidian compound and the Oklahoma City bombing have heightened fear of American extremist groups. Jeffrey Kaplan combines interviews, correspondence, and publications not hitherto accessible to examine the cultic milieu in which these religious movements exist. Kaplan discusses several radical belief systems, but concentrates on three of the more prominent groups. They include the Christian Identity, whose members believe they are the true Aryan descendants of Israeli biblical tribes; Odinism and the related Asatru movement, which attempts to reconstruct the practices of Norse-Germanic paganism; and B'bai Noah, the anti-Christian movement in favor of God's covenant with Noah. To explain the existence and durability of religious cults, he applies the philosophy of Colin Campbell. From Martin Marty, he employs the mapping theory to place the movements in the sphere of American spirituality. His work details how the groups interact, the internal organizational friction, and how the private anti-cult groups—the Anti-Defamation League, Klanwatch, and Cult Awareness Network—monitor the activity of the movements. He argues that right-wing violence is primarily an impulsive act carried out by part-time revolutionaries against convenient targets or against that which represents change in the status quo. Thought provoking in his analysis, Kaplan lays bare the issues for current debate—how sectarian organizations, far outside the mainstream of American religious life, pose a significant challenge to prevailing conceptions of the First Amendment. He questions the extent to which even the most antagonistic and despised groups can carry out fanatical actions and still benefit from such protection.