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Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Eldaring e.V.

The Eldaring was founded in 2000 C.E. as a German sister organization of The Troth (a USA based heathen organization). We are an indepent group, but cooperate closely and follow the same principles. We have since grown to a size of well over 170 members. The Eldaring has members mainly in Germany and Austria, but also a few in the US and other countries. Several local kindreds have been founded or are forming at the moment.

Eldaring e.V. - Logo

We follow the path of our Germanic ancenstors. We worship the Aesir, gods and goddesses of ancient Northern and Middle Europe. We reject any attempt to abuse our religion for political or racist agendas. We are a purely religious and non-political organization. To quote the preamble of our by-laws:

“The time has come once again to gather together those folk called to the land and the sky, who are awed by the majesty of the mountains and the deep beauty of the forest and the vastness of the sea. The time has come to sink deep the roots of those folk, noble and true, that our branches may again brush the heavens. This is the time of the Elder Troth, time for this faith and this way to rise again from the hearts of all men and women in and of the folk. Come together now to forge again the Hammer of the North, that steadfast Hammer which is our own Troth.

The ways of true men an women are many. The Eldaring promotes a multiplicity of approaches to the gods and goddesses, for the realities of these wights are many and have many true levels. We ask, then, that those who join us do so for religious and cultural reasons, and respect others who have done the same. The use of the Troth, its publications, or its activities as platforms for political or racial propaganda will not be tolerated.”

(This text was originally published in Idunna, member magazine of The Troth.)

The purpose and aims of the Eldaring are:

- To revive and practice the religion of our ancestors, to gather and propagate knowledge about the history, culture and religion of the ancient Germanic peoples.

- To educate our members, to further and provide the abilities needed to fullfill the religious needs of modern day heathens.

- To provide a platform of communication and cooperation between individuals and groups, based on religious ideas rather that political agendas.

- To coopererate on national and international levels with other tolerant, non-political groups that work for a peaceful revival and preservation of ethnic religions and folk traditions.

- To create and support public knowledge about and acceptance towards heathen / ethnic religions and to minimize prejudices based on the abuse of religion and culture by political extremists in past and present.

The Eldaring is also a member of the World Congress of Ethnig Religions (WCER) - www.wcer.org.
If you have any queries about the Eldaring, its members, principles or policies, feel free to contact us (see address below). We are very much looking forward to hearing from you.

For more information on the Eldaring, see our website at www.eldaring.de (in German).
The Eldaring is a partner organization of The Troth. We share the same basic ideas and cooperate closely. See their web pages at www.thetroth.org for information (in English).

May the gods and goddesses of our various traditions give us blessings and guidance!

Der Eldaring e.V.
Postfach 1944
D-24018 Kiel

http://www.eldaring.de
email: tim.peters@eldaring.de

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