Racial Consciousness

From Elsie Christensen’s periodical “The Odinist” (1984)

A race is a group which is set apart from other groups by spiritual and physical characteristics genetically determined and available only within this group.

Race, thus, a natural fact, a biological given. A ‘standard man’ simply doesn’t exist. And never did. The concept ‘homo sapiens’ is merely a contrivance. Distinct racial differences can be clearly observed in the Anthropoids of the Middle Pleistocene age. Prof Carlton Coon has stated that the transition from early to modern man occurred at different times among the Europeans, Asiatics and Negroes. And fully independently from each other. During the last Ice Age, five racial groups, all with distinct racial characteristics, settled in Europe, although these differences were not as marked as those which exist today between Europeans and Negroes, Asiatics and Australoids. A unified human race will never be created because even miscegenation results in new races that are as equally distinct from each other as the old races.

Race is, over a period of time, constant. It extends far into the past. Race has a much longer history than nations or countries. We have discovered that 35,000 years ago a Cro-Magnon type man inhabited Europe. The bone and skull structures of these people are quite similar to the Germanic skulls seen in Roman ruins or those which, like the Tollund-man, were unearthed in tarpits and which are identical to those seen among Germanic peoples of today. This race is thousands of years old. We inherited their racial characteristics from our ancestors through our parents and we will pass them on to our children and future generations.

Individuals will die; Race has the potential for immortality. It doesn’t have to die – and will not – if the members of the race guard themselves against racial mixing. Keeping the race pure should be, must be, more important than climbing a social ladder in the name of material success. Race can only be destroyed when its members allow themselves to intermarry. The Old Greeks are a good example. Today not much more remains but a group of old statues. The Greek Culture will never again bloom as it once did. We could have a thousand year future ahead of us but definitely will not, if we let our Gothic domes be converted into Mosques, or if within our ruins Sicilian merchants hawk their wares to hordes of tourists gawking at the architectural wonders of an age gone by.

Race is the unchangeable stable fact in the life of a person. Everything else can change; race cannot. One can shortly after birth migrate with parents to a new land and learn a foreign tongue; one can be adopted by foreign parents and be raised within a totally different culture; one can be so disappointed with one’s nation that he/she opts for another; one can change political allegiances; one can change religion. Race alone can not be changed by anyone! — Race, unlike nationality, citizenship, political or religious views, is a stamped given that everyone carries throughout life.

The value of a race is thus absolute because it cannot be learned, taught or acquired. (This does not mean that other things such as language, political and religious views and so on are completely independent of Race. Quite to the contrary, one’s race will influence how one conducts oneself within these parameters.) Thus each race must maintain its own identity, must guard against mixing because otherwise it is subjected to radical genetic alterations which destroy the unique cultural and political expressions of its being.

Each racially conscious person possesses a feel for race — an attraction for people of his own kind and an aversion for those who are different — an understanding at a glance; the joy of finding like-minded people; seeing the beauty of one another in one another — this is a feel for race. This feeling is strongest among children; it is weakened as they grow older as a result of education and social pressure. The feel for race should never be neglected; it should, yes, must, be restored.

This restoration is a consciousness of race. It is a natural feeling at root, to be attracted to one’s own kind. This consciousness makes us aware of the achievements of our Folk in culture, scientific, political and military fields. Racial consciousness looks to explore the essence of folkdom and to contrast and differentiate itself from other folk groups.

A consciousness of race leads to a recognition of racial traits which again leads to the realization that each folk group has unique racial characteristics. The appreciation of this leads to a certain feeling of pride in one’s culture and biological heritage and is useful as a means to prevent miscegenation. Racial awareness awakens a sense of responsibility to one’s own Folk. The actions of all members of the Folk, including one’s own, must be measured against the yardstick of history and the outstanding members of the Folk; the aim is to make oneself worthy.

Race is thus a governing power which arouses people and nationalities to action in politics, the arts and within the community. Whatever a person says or does may be seen in his/her race and its behavioral patterns, expressions, indeed, its very character.

Race means on the one hand unity – unity of the you and I in feeling, in the manner of expression and in how we value and carry out our distinct behavioral mannerisms.

On the other hand, race also means particularity because the unity of a Folk puts it apart with respect to other Folk groups.

Because race has such an extraordinary significance it is justifiable to view it as the focal point of ideology. Race and the world’s natural laws (actually the word ‘law’ is misleading since it implies that someone ‘made’ the law! A better word would be natural necessities or simply natural descriptions) are themselves a unity. This consciousness places race above any other considerations such as religion, class or type of government. Many rational people within each folk group now realize that polluting the gene pool of each group means a loss of uniqueness that will be almost impossible to reverse.

Further, among all races, including our own, the demands for living rights are based on what has been scientifically and culturally achieved. To be sure, there will never be full agreement on the worth of a given thing; each people and each race will view its own culture and that of other peoples differently; the goals may not be the same. Indeed, representatives of other folk groups may find that it is all the same to them what at makes the world go round; they may look at civilization or journeys to the moon as highly unnecessary; each group has its own priorities.

Thus we, as a distinct Folk group, have our special value priorities; one such important value assessment is that of freedom, enjoyed by the Germanic peoples for long periods of time. Iceland has had from its beginnings a representative form of government. And wherever absolutism or dictatorship raised its ugly head among other Germanic states, it never lasted long. On the other hand, we find that among other races there was seldom any extensive political or social freedom; when there was, it was short-lived.

Without our example these races would still have no idea of self-determination. If our Folk goes under and our social management are lost, the whole world will be subjected to political tyranny or religious dictatorship. Racial chaos means political chaos, the destruction of democratic relationships and a fostering of dictatorships. People of a common folk group are likely to trust one another. When there is harmony between political leaders and the natural leaders of the Folk, it leads to a sense of responsibility between them – and ideas of overthrowing the government are never entertained. Homogeneous partners and their relatives are not burdened with mistrust; faithfulness can develop and flourish among them. A community naturally evolves as a bond between the individual and the group, between the individual and humanity.

Our basic requirement is, therefore, to recognize the importance of race within the lives of people so that a sense of a Folkish community is established. This community must not be a paper community, it must be experienced. Only through actual participation in the community can lasting, self-determined duties to Self and Folk be combined.

At first glance the question may be raised about binding the idea of personality onto the community. Personality, however, does not exist in a vacuum, it doesn’t develop by itself. Authentic personality is not possible in the ruling materialistic society. Personality exists within the community. Personality and Community are a symbiotic relationship. The popular but destructive cult of the individual is something we want to dismantle and replace with Folkish-oriented thought patterns and perceptions which do not place the individual at the center, but the Folk. The basic way in which people look at things should therefore be changed. This is not an easy task when one considers all the encrustments of centuries of false religions, philosophies and ideologies. But such problems do not scare us; our Folk is thousands of years old; it is potentially immortal; it is the foundation of our personality. It is the Eternal Value. … J.R.


From Elsie Christensen’s periodical “The Odinist” #83 1984 issue, via Ron McVan


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