Wotansvolk
| Founder | |
|---|---|
| David Lane, Ron McVan, Katja Lane | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| American Mountain States, Europe | |
| Scriptures | |
| Creed of Iron: Wotansvolk Wisdom, Temple of Wotan: Holy Book of the Aryan Tribes, Wotan's Holy Rites & Ritual: Book of Blotar, Deceived, Damned & Defiant -- The Revolutionary Writings of David Lane, Voice of our Forefathers, Kvasir's Trove, Might is Right, Way of the Druid, Mystery Religions and the Seven Seals, 88 Precepts, Pyramid Prophecy, Hermetic Bible, Revolution Through Number 14, Various writings by David Lane and Ron McVan via Fourteen Word Press and other Wotanist adepts |
Wotanism is a form of neo-völkisch paganism which was founded in the early 1990s by Ron McVan, Katja Lane and David Lane (1938–2007) while Lane was serving a 190-year prison sentence for his actions in connection with the white separatist revolutionary domestic terrorist organization group The Order, of which he was a member. Lane's 14 Word Press in St. Maries, Idaho, was merged with McVan's Temple of Wotan from whence sprung the modern practice of Wotanism whose adherents are called Wotansvolk.
Wotansvolk see their religion as being rooted in ancestral European paganism which was driven underground, calling it the true spiritual heritage of the "Euro-Tribes". Influenced by the essay titled Wotan by Carl Jung, the term Wotanism in modern times emphasizes white nationalism, white separatism and an ethnocentric, pan-European interpretation of modern Paganism. W.O.T.A.N. is used as an acronym for Will Of The Aryan Nation, by most Wotanists.
Unlike many Germanic neopagans within Heathenry, most Wotanists don't just revere the Nordic pantheon of Asatru but rather all the deities of European mythology, reject dualism, are initiates in the Hermetic wisdom school and see David Lane as a prophet "who was incarnated into this world to warn and save the White Aryan Race from near extinction" and view his sets of Fourteen Words as divine law. They see the 88 Precepts as scripture and see the Gods primarily in Jungian archetypal terms though Lane said one could be deist, pantheist or even atheistic and still be Wotansvolk. Some Wotanists consider the Havamal to be their holiest text while rites of practice and well as philosophy are outlined and expounded upon in Creed of Iron: Wotansvolk Wisdom, Temple of Wotan: Holy Book of the Aryan Tribes and Deceived, Damned and Defiant: The Revolutionary Writings of David Lane.
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