The Northern Dawn:
A History of the Reawakening of the Germanic Spirit vol I
Great ideas are marked by their persistence over time. Many such ideas
are perennial aspects of Germanic culture that deep-culture which gave rise to
the English, Scandinavian as well as German nations. Such ideas have
continually remanifested themselves when called upon to renew and inspire the world to
which they belong.
The Northern Dawn is a history of the persistent reemergence of these
ideas despite continuous anti-cultural efforts to destroy them by adherents of
medieval and modernistic repression. These concepts include personal freedom and
responsibility, tribal solidarity, heroic virtues, and the search for the
mysterious both out in the world and within the human soul.
At this point in time no culture is perhaps more misunderstood than the
Germanic one. Yet this is the culture which lies at the very root of the
dominant "western" world today. Much of the disfunction in the modern world can be
traced to misunderstanding and misuse of the cultural root upon which it is
based. A new look at this foundation and the historical trials and tribulations
it has underdone will lead to a greater understanding of our world today.
Additionally, we trust that this understanding will lead to a new dimension in
cultural healing as the light of the northern dawn breaks once more to
illuminate our sleepy minds.
Covered in this volume are the basic authentic cultural values and defini
tions of essential theoretical terms, the history of Christianization of the
Germanic tribes, and the preservation of cultural features in the Middle Ages
throughout the Germanic world. As a consistent feature of the volumes in this
series, a full spectrum of cultural aspects are systematically treated: law and
politics, literature, religion and myth, language, as well as material
culture.
This volume of The Northern Dawn is the first in a projected three volume
series. These volumes will put into intellectual and historical perspective
the age-old struggle to reawaken perennial Germanic and Indo-European values.
xvi + 146 pp.
