Is Asatru racist?

No. There is nothing within Asatru ritual or mythology which can be used to justify racism. The same goes for ancient heathenry.

That being said, there are some Asatruar who are racist and seek to use the religion for their own political agenda. Many of these people mask themselves as racialists or white separatists. How did Asatru revive?

Asatru and other reconstructed forms of paganism arose out of the occult revivals of the late 60's and early 70's. The roots of such a revival can be traced back to the Renaissance era in which the Christian church started to lose its power over the intellectual class. This class was creating the foundations of a scientific materialism which would eventual over throw the Church's dominion over society.

At the same time, they were becoming interested in the Classical pagan gods and religious ideas which they studied along with the Greek texts. The during the Romantic reaction to industrialism and early capitalism, interest in the old gods and myths ... more.

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