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Siri Vincent Plouff

Some Resources I Want You To Have

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Troll Brev.

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Just a few resources on heathenry + the Far Right

Hello everyone -

I'm writing today because now that I'm back from Mystic South I'm preparing my talk on white supremacy in heathenry for the Salem Witch Festival. Which also means that I'm looking at a bunch of different resources that I want to pass along to you in case you are also doing some research in this area.

Some of these will be links directly to the resource, others will be more like a bibliography note.

(And before we get into it I have to remind y'all that registration for the Summer session of Queering the Runes closes on Tuesday, July 22! So register ASAP!)

I don't know how long this resource will be free, but I've been making my way through "Faith, folk and the Far Right: Racist and anti-racist Heathenry and occultism in Britain." This is a more academic text, but it does have a lot of good history - especially if you're in Britain, but if you're not it's still good information and context.

Did you know that you can access 100 articles a month on JSTOR with a free account? It's pretty great! Here are some papers you can find on JSTOR:
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"Before Hitler Came": Thule Society and Germanen Orden," Reginald H. Phelps The Journal of Modern History Vol. 35, No. 3 (Sep., 1963), pp. 245-261

"The Nazi Magicians' Controversy: Enlightenment, "Border Science," and Occultism in the Third Reich," Eric Kurlander Central European History, Vol. 48, No. 4 (DECEMBER 2015), pp. 498-522

​"CHAPTER 4 Contested Fields I: Race and Ethnicity" in Norse Revival: Transformations of Germanic Neopaganism, 2016, pp. 123-145 (23 pages)​

And if all of these resources sound interesting to you, you'll love coming to my talk at the Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival in August!

I love this festival, it's one that I look forward to every year, and I'm so glad they're back to being in person. Last year was my first year attending in person and I'm very excited to do so again. Everything is also available online. You can register for my talk here, or click the button below to learn more about the festival in general.

See you next week!

Siri Vincent Plouff

This Week's Top Three:

+ New Wet Leg album! I repeat New Wet Leg album!

+ Black Cherry Pie

+ Been working on my novel and it's making me so happy

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Coming Up:

If you're based in Minneapolis, you should know that I'm starting to do more pop-ups for Lore! My next one is on Sunday, August 3 at Oddmart

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Siri Vincent Plouff

writing brief letters on magic and storytelling

Siri Vincent Plouff (they/she) is the host of the Heathen's Journey Podcast and co-author of Lessons from the Empress: A tarot workbook for self-care and creative growth. They are trollkunning and practice völva stav in Minneapolis, MN.

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