Book review - Runes Finally Explained: The Germanic Book of the Dead by Marie Cachet (wife of Varg) (books)
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I recently finished this book on Germanic Paganism by Marie Cachet, the wife of black metal musician MyFAROG creator, and hardcore white supremacist Varg Vikernes. It was an interesting read. Most of the book is an analysis of runic poetry and symbolism from the ancient Germanic/Nordic tribes (including Anglos). As someone who's done a lot of noticing of the allegories and symbolism inserted into mass media, it was an interesting exploration of the allegories and symbolism present in our ancestors' ancient pre-christian belief systems.
One of the things that struck me about it was how different the symbolic allegories our ancestors used are from the symbolic allegories given to us today. Much of the allegorical symbolism, which appears not just in the runic poetry but also in old folk tales such as sleeping beauty, Jack and the beanstalk, tales about dwarves and gnomes, etc. revolved around pregnancy, childbirth, and the passing on of ancestral wisdom from elders to children. For example, a dwarf is a child's body with an adult's head, representing the wisdom of the elders being passed on to the next generation. The runic poems, a series of poems for each of the 24 runes of the elder futhark/ancient Germanic alphabet, are full of symbolic representations of the womb, the placenta, the process of birth, and the awakening of ancient/ancestral knowledge at the formative points of a child's life.
This provided an interesting contrast to the modern symbolism and allegories that I've noticed lately. Among the more common allegories in modern media are the chosen one (Star Wars, Dune, Matrix) and the golem (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Terminator). The golem myth comes from ancient jewish folklore about jews creating artificial men to do their bidding, and is used as an allegory for jews creating artificial socio-political movements such as feminism, neoconservatism, communism, and central banking to control the masses and animate us into doing their bidding. The chosen one myth obviously draws heavily from messianic judaism and the abrahamic faiths more generally (hence Anakin being born on a desert world, Paul Atreides finding his place as the chosen one on a desert world, the cross shaped energy that erupts from Neo at the end of the Matrix trilogy, etc.).
Where today's allegorical and symbolic subtext revolves almost entirely around jewish power, the allegorical and symbolic subtext of the folk tales of our ancestors revolved almost entirely around the cycle of reproduction, birth, and child rearing. Although there is some reproductive symbolism in the biblical tale of jesus (the tomb as the womb which gives birth to the resurrected man), it is heavily downplayed in comparison to the reproductive symbolism of our Pagan ancestors, and the modern chosen one myths based on messianic allegory also include only minimal birth/rebirth symbolism in comparison to the ancient tales.
Whether you take a purely psychological and non-spiritual view such as Jung's or the more spiritual view of the author who believed the ancient tales held the key to reincarnating/resurrecting the spirit of the ancestors, the fact that our ancestors told tales that were rooted in procreation and child rearing stands in stark contrast to today's tales about jewish control schemes. The allegorical myths that animated the subconscious minds of our ancestors were far healthier than the allegorical myths of today that reinforce the narrative of messianic judaism and jewish control schemes that can only be overthrown by a golem who is willing to die to end them. By understanding the hidden subtext of these stories, you can gain a better understanding of the psychological and spiritual impact they will have on your children and make better choices in what to expose your children to, giving them tales that will reinforce the importance of family and child rearing rather than tales about jewish saviors and jewish social control.
