http://www.youtube.
Lots of runic imagery. This is Nord'nCommander
http://nordncommand
They sing in a mix of Russian, German and English and many of there
songs are actually runic incantations. Think of modern-day Black Metal
minimalist galdr. Good stuff and dead-on.
Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on
> Geology
>
> Washington, DC Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give
> an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature,
> due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite
> promising a prompt review of its approval for a book claiming the
> Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood rather than by geologic
> forces, more than three years later no review has ever been done and
> the book remains on sale at the park, according to documents released
> today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
>
> "In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our National
> Park Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology,"
> stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. "It is disconcerting that
> the official position of a national park as to the geologic age of
> the Grand Canyon is `no comment.'"
>
> In a letter released today, PEER urged the new Director of the
> National Park Service (NPS), Mary Bomar, to end the stalling tactics,
> remove the book from sale at the park and allow park interpretive
> rangers to honestly answer questions from the public about the
> geologic age of the Grand Canyon. PEER is also asking Director Bomar
> to approve a pamphlet, suppressed since 2002 by Bush appointees,
> providing guidance for rangers and other interpretive staff in making
> distinctions between science and religion when speaking to park
> visitors about geologic issues.
>
> In August 2003, Park Superintendent Joe Alston attempted to block the
> sale at park bookstores of Grand Canyon: A Different View by Tom
> Vail, a book claiming the Canyon developed on a biblical rather than
> an evolutionary time scale. NPS Headquarters, however, intervened and
> overruled Alston. To quiet the resulting furor, NPS Chief of
> Communications David Barna told reporters and members of Congress
> that there would be a high-level policy review of the issue.
>
> According to a recent NPS response to a Freedom of Information Act
> request filed by PEER, no such review was ever requested, let alone
> conducted or completed.
>
> Park officials have defended the decision to approve the sale of
> Grand Canyon: A Different View, claiming that park bookstores are
> like libraries, where the broadest range of views are displayed. In
> fact, however, both law and park policies make it clear that the park
> bookstores are more like schoolrooms rather than libraries. As such,
> materials are only to reflect the highest quality science and are
> supposed to closely support approved interpretive themes. Moreover,
> unlike a library the approval process is very selective. Records
> released to PEER show that during 2003, Grand Canyon officials
> rejected 22 books and other products for bookstore placement while
> approving only one new sale item — the creationist book.
>
> Ironically, in 2005, two years after the Grand Canyon creationist
> controversy erupted, NPS approved a new directive on "Interpretation
> and Education (Director's Order #6) which reinforces the posture that
> materials on the "history of the Earth must be based on the best
> scientific evidence available, as found in scholarly sources that
> have stood the test of scientific peer review and criticism [and]
> Interpretive and educational programs must refrain from appearing to
> endorse religious beliefs explaining natural processes."
>
> "As one park geologist said, this is equivalent of Yellowstone
> National Park selling a book entitled Geysers of Old Faithful:
> Nostrils of Satan," Ruch added, pointing to the fact that previous
> NPS leadership ignored strong protests from both its own scientists
> and leading geological societies against the agency approval of the
> creationist book. "We sincerely hope that the new Director of the
> Park Service now has the autonomy to do her job."
>
> http://www.peer.
> <http://www.peer.
>
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Man-made religious decorations are a common sight at this time of year, but the image on a tree in an Arlington man's front yard is natural and some neighbors have begun calling it a holy tree, according to a WJXT-TV report.
Neighbors near Daryl Brown's Arlington home said a tree in his yard bears the image of Jesus. The likeness has created a buzz in the neighborhood and has many residents at a loss for words.
"I see the face, eyes, and you can see the crown," said one neighbor.
Author: Nightsong and Ulf Asgardson
New book on the runes of the elder futhark. I have not read this one yet, but it looks interesting. Here's an exerpt from the author:
"I have never doubted that the runes of the futhark represent the twenty-four forces that mandate and maintain the universe. For the first fourteen years of my studies this knowledge frustrated me because other teachers only seemed to hint at the significance, but nobody really spelled it out for me. I, like Odin, have always hungered to know the truths about life, death, and magic, and I hungered for the runes to allow me access to those answers.
In 2003 I found myself in the deepest despair and depression of my life. I sat alone in a room and drew the twenty-four runes on a piece of paper. In tears I screamed at the runes,
“Prove to me there are mysteries hidden within you. Prove to me these last years have been more than lies and that all my studies have been for something. Prove to me your truth by revealing things others have missed. Prove it or I am done with you and the gods forever!!
Despite the childish, selfish, and desperate plea, somehow all of the illusions of my ego were silenced, and the Runes screamed at me their response. Energy flooded me, and I saw a vision before my eyes that connected me with a Higher Intelligence. Since that moment, I find that I can connect easily to this source and allow the voice of the runes to flow through me.
What follows is the story of the runes as told by the runes. I apologize that such truth and purity must pass through the filters and imperfections of myself. I do not claim what follows to be authentic tradition. However, I let what follows stand on the merits of its own truth. I believe that it will touch its readers on a soul level and that its logic and beauty are self-evident. What follows then is my gnosis- soon to belong to others- of the Runes and their deep Spiritual meanings. I too caught up the runes in madness. I took the intuition from that experience and forced it to conform back to the structure and meanings already established by our traditions. This has created I believe a most beautiful mead. May all who drink it be Inspired.
