Category: 9 Noble Virtues & Charges
About Industriousness
As OR members, we are expected to live our lives according to the Nine Noble Virtues. Of course, this is not an easy task and it’s even very difficult at times. But we all join the OR by our free will and it’s by our free will that we have accepted to work to promote the OR and Odinism. It’s by our free will that we accept to strive to live by the NNV. Nobody forces us; it’s our own choice. Among the NNV, there is one that I find very important if we want to see our Sacred Faith advance: INDUSTRIOUSNESS Continue reading
A brief synopsis of the nine noble virtues in the modern world
By Rory H. AOR
Courage
A small word I am sure that everyone would agree, and not a word that is heard too much these days. Whether that is because of the current trend for people to be mindless, state …
The 3 Secrets
By Reginhard OR
I heard it said once; “If you see a problem in the world, you be the change that solves the problem.” So what I would like to discuss is how do we stand up and be that solution. How can we work towards strengthening our folk. Continue reading
Hospitality as Solidarity
by Michael Boyd AOR
Hospitality is a virtue, one of our Noble Nine Virtues, that is rarely discussed or written about by Odinists due to its self-explanatory, popular meaning. I think we should explore this virtue deeper however, and discover its folkish rather than popular implications as concerns Odinism as a healthy religious movement and evolving theology. Continue reading
The Noble Nine
by Thorsigurd AOR.
Courage is my strength
To withstand wretched foes
To sail against the storm
And the will to insist
Honour is my will
To defend my dear folk
My moral in battle
And the drive to do Good…
The Nine Noble Virtues and Charges of the Odinic Rite
The 9 Noble Virtues
The moral code of the Odinic Rite was codified from The Hávamál and The Sigrdrífomál (poems from the Elder Edda) in the early 1970′s. Continue reading
