Apparently Asatru following it's success there in the US is taking off in UK prisons- I would wonder though how much that involves serious Religosity and how much of it is similar to "Prison Salafism" and is primarily or even just about being in a confederation of gangs. It is very easy to dismiss these things as "live action roleplaying" aesthetic posing but a lot of these people take the stuff very seriously and they see Christianity as the core reason for basically nearly everything that they find wrong or upsetting in contemporary Europe (yes when Western Civilization around the 8 th century A.D. Christianity is while not the only force in it never the less very much a central formative one).
They would seek therefore to suppress Christianity which a lot of them see as having been invented by the Jews to at least bring down the Roman Empire if not destroy the pale skinned peoples as such- though again they would respect Rabbinic Judaism and Jews more than either Islam and Muslims or Christianity and Christians because they would see them as ethno-tribalist and having a might makes right view of inter-group relations.
Since the 2011 census, paganism has more than doubled in the UK. Here, Risteard McDonald outlines how elements of paganism are being uniquely wielded for far-right radicalisation in prisons, and what could be done about it. Germanic Contemporary Paganism (GCP), the academic term for Norse...
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i worked one day for pagans and i learned a great deal about them and i learned a great deal about catholicism as i was involved in the logistics of the day of 500 people or so and i also did the photography for them -gratis.
the wedding ceremony was performed by Dr Eimer Burke of 3 castles kilkenny and she is a registered druid and a priestess of ISIS and a thorough lady .
i took part in a ceremony which left its mark on me as i contrasted it with my own wedding and i was forced to attend a pre marriage course against my will .
the catholic ceremony involved the handing over of the next generation to the catholic church --this was in the form of an oath requested by my wife's uncle one of 4 priests in her family.
i remained silent and gave him to understand do not go there by my countenance --luckily for me he did not go there.
the pagan ceremony was generous and it allowed generosity and good wishes from each person of the 500 present to the couple .
a person was appointed for each point of the compass and in turn the couple received a very loud and commanding blessing from the north - south east and west .
Dr Howard Cambell (husband of Eimer) now deceased stood in the circle in the forest wedding and faced the oak tree and humbly asked for its blessing and then turned to what he referred to as THE ASH and requested its blessing on the couple .
i was blown away by a third of the gathering knowing the pagan hymns which i never heard before -- i was very impressed and the ceremony was wholesome unlike my own which was wholesome only in the joining of my wife and i in the manner of her choosing --
i felt cheated of my happiness as it involved a contract which i had no part of writing or consulted on the remainder of the ceremony had corporate intent written over it and i was shocked by the freedom and generosity of the pagan ritual.
i could easily see if the pagans were people of substance like Eimer Burke how attractive it would be to many.