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 A newcomers perspective May 11, 2008
For anyone interested in the religion of pre-christian northern Europe, this book along with volume one is a must have. I would recomend both volumes and the Poetic and Prose Eddas as a starting point to further learning. These four books have become, for me, the cornerstones of a very interesting journey.
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 A good start to a Book hoard Mar 26, 2008
This is an extremely well written and useful book for those who are just starting on the path of Asatru. I highly recommend this book. It has good information on the faith and an excellent lingustic guide and a top flight bibliography.
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What an incredible resource Feb 02, 2008
I waited for a long time for this book to come out in print again and the wait was definitely worth it. There's so much information in this book about Heathenism and it's very readable. For those on the Heathen Path or just very interested, this is a must have book.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
It's not just for nature lovers Nov 22, 2007
It seems like ages I've been waiting for the much-anticipated 2nd edition of Our Troth. Volumes one and two are formidable tomes, each approaching 600 pages. It took me a while to digest the first, spending much time cross referencing with other works in my library.
Imagine my surprise when turning the pages in the second volume's chapter one, I thought I had accidentally picked up an environmentalist's manual. While I fully grasp the holiness of our earth and our connection with nature, wonderfully articulated in the first few pages, I can't quite seem to align myself with the contention we MUST seek out the wild, and not merely perceive it, in order to truly understand the troth (page 6). And not just any wild - the wild of our ancestors: wood and lake and sea (pages 7 & 9).
Continuing further into chapter one, I was greeted by an essay needing to be accompanied by Der Fröhliche Wanderer playing in the back ground. It's an Asatru elder's account of his trek in a rugged mountainous region near Phoenix, AZ, which is where I happen to live. On page ten he points out the "noxious" and "foul" attributes of the "mechanical conditions" of the city's "existence." The elder needs to be reminded that our ancestors also existed amongst mechanical conditions of their own making and the detrimental consequences of fires used for heating, lighting, cooking and industry even in small villages are a matter of historical record.
Once you get past chapter one and presume modern city dwelling industrialists aren't excluded, the remaining 563 pages of wisdom and advice are indeed for all kin of the Northern god/desses. These two volumes were a long time in the making, a long time waited for, and now they're here; both are a rewarding treasure for the Tru folk. Though having read both, there's not a week that goes by I don't pick one up for reference or inspiration.
7 of 44 found the following review helpful:
 An evil books that promotes Greek boy-love as a Germanic Tradition Oct 28, 2007
Read 273 onward and some sections before. The Troth claims homosexual rape and Greek boy-love were part of the Asatru culture. How strange! Why do they need to lie? Pedophiles have been a huge problem in Neo-Pagan religions for years. They can move freely, because they know they will never be turned over to the police, small religions tend not to trust the police nor the press. The Pedophiles think that Christian "homophobia" is the only reason pedophiles are "oppressed". Pedophiles become Satanists, cross oover into Wiccan, then cross over into Nothern Heathenism. Now, the Troth has made Greek boy-love part of the Asatru religion. We will be flooded with these people.
I have been an Odinist since 1978. You can't have a public Asatru meeting without 5% or more of the people there being Pedophiles. Creeps who are looking for a religion to justify their sexual desires turn away from Christianity and look for other religions that are "sexually liberal".
Always beware of Neo-Pagan groups, leaders, or indivuduals who talk about Christianity being sexually oppressive and that Pagans and Heathens were "sexual liberals". These people are mock Heathens, who only become Heathen in order to justify their own perversion. The Northen Heathens were family centered. They were not "sexual liberals" at all.
Satanism and Wicca are full of "sexual liberals". And now that certain "Asatru" people are recruiting from Satanism and Wicca, we are being invaded by "sexual liberals".
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