My holidays were filled with betrail.

I wish I had a hangover to nurse.

That's never good, brother.

It will pass, and I will be stronger for it.

I have a sort of viking styled pic if you'd like to post it

the submissions name is Viking assassin.

I'll nurse my hangover with you in mind.

maybe we have a anoynimous submission for help or advise and have a selected member be a the gothi of that?

I like that, yes. Except I don't think we can make things anonymous. We could select a member, and they deal with it, but keep quiet about it except to the person. Or people can send them to the Asafur account, and I'll forward it anonymously to the gothi.

Yes.

i'm actually planning to do some pictures with my interpretations of runic meanings, i'll make sure to link them here as they are completed ^^ also, i slept through the new year X3 (forgot what day it was) also, i think holiday meanings/origins would be a nice touch for this community, as well as information on all of the mythological gods/esses/heroes/etc. also, i'd really like to see a furry interpretation of the traditional bersarks/ulfsarks, at least for me that was a large part of my becoming "furry" i'll spam my other ideas later X3

Ooh, that's nice. I've always thought on that. I'm an Ulfhedinn, myself. (Odenistic Cult of Wolf berserkers) But I doubt furry representations would need animal pelts. Interesting though. I wonder what the others think.

i meant a gathering and interpretation of all the available information on traditional norse "fursuiters" and how they affect/impact the furry culture... perhaps i have another project? personally, for me the two (being a furry and being a norse pagan) are intrinistically entwined, as the two concepts grew at the same time.

I'd love to see us all gravitating towards more of a community setting, rather than just using it as another label. After all, it almost seems to be contradictory to the whole point of being apart of a community based religion if the members can't come together! If you can't count on your kinsman, who can you count on?

I also think that serving as a base of basic information would be very helpful. Having overviews of different aspects of Asatru, profiles of the deities, and making other such information available in a simple, easy to understand, and friendly manner in one place would be both convenient for those interested in learning more and as a resource for the community. Wooh! That was a really long run-on sentence! But I'd be more than happy to offer my services, shall there be any need of them. I do have a formidable collection of books about mythology and nordic culture (this isn't all of them, not even) and I spend, only gods know how much time studying. The religion with homework indeed!

As to the question posed at the end of the journal, I think it depends 100% on the individual you're talking to. There are as many ways to practice any religion as there are people who practice it! I've known MANY rather close minded Wiccans who believe that they are the only ones who have it right, and everyone else is just a perversion of their core values. And I've known others who were willing to consider nearly anything you told them and would have polite and interesting discourse on multiple theories of the divine. It's all a matter of who you're talking about. Though, honestly, I've never met another real Asaturar face to face, which shames me greatly. I personally tend to lean a bit more towards the traditionalism, as that was one of the things that originally enamored me so with the concept of Asatru, going back to the roots of our ancestors. But I don't consider myself to be the only 'right' one. So... I'm an open-minded traditionalist? I'd certainly like to see the article if you still have the link!

Well Xemmy_Friehd there is absolutely right, don't have to add anything to this.
But it would be nice to share our different stages of knowledge, our point of view on this relegion and our different interpretations with each other.
Maybe it helps other people finding their own path to live the old way.

despite being registered as ásatrúar in my country (it's an official religion here), my beliefs are completely eclectic. I'm 100% open-minded and don't believe in or follow any "rules" when it comes to my beliefs. :3

as for the community, i'm just happy to see it active. ^^ I have been slowly working on an alternative storyline for my lead character, and it has influences from ásatrú... here's a pic in case you want to fav it: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4554341/

and here's a just-for-fun picture of the character again, as skadi. :) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4285698/

"I lean toward the Wicca open mindedness on practicing/ideas/personal beliefs, etc as I think that is the way our ancestors would have had it."

I think that is part of any genuine spirituality, that you do what works for you, and that the larger tradition is a backbone for your on creativity. And it always has been the case that traditions, overtime, adopt new elements as they come in contact with other cultures. And there are now a lot of cultures that we come in contact with. If a tradition doesn't change to suit the time and the experiences of the people of the time, it isn't very useful anymore, spiritually.