"Wotansvolk.be"is an ethnic, spiritual and cultural organization that is commited to remaining free of all political manifestations, therefore we refuse to ban any of our ancient spiritual symbols simply because some of them have been used by political groups, both past and present, as to do so would in itself be a political act. We will not ever use them in any offensive way, but neither will we be ashamed to use the sacred symbols of our people. Much to the dismay of our detractors, we who are revitalizing our folk ways after such a maligned period of historical miseducation, we have continued to struggle to "rehabilitate" and maintain the true, honest use of our ancestral symbology. Some symbols have only been misconstrued over the last sixty years when they were used with the most vigor. It is a disgrace that some modern day individuals and groups continue the misinformation campaign against our symbolism and equating it with maliscious purposes. It is a matter of time, until those folk will wake up to its much more encompassing passions and how it should affect internal change and external pride rather than external change and internal pride.
Our symbols have existed for many millenia free from any conatations of fear and racial hatred. Unfortunately, there presently exists multiple groups of people and government sponsored organizations who believe it is their job to save the world from racists. For these groups to survive they must continually find more racists to justify their own existence. In the past few years these groups have focused on our ancient ancestral religion; Asatru. Some of these groups have gone out of their way to bring dishonor to our people and our religion. To further their goals these organizations lie to law enforcement officials, they lie to the media, and they lie to many of the people that they represent. These lies have been proven to be false time and time again. The Anti-Defamation League’s decision to list the Thors Hammer, Valknot, and certain runic symbols as Neo-Nazi or generic racist symbols is an insult to our people. It offends everyone who is Asatru. Our sacred symbols represent that which is best in each and every one of us and what our people are, they are our strength, and our protection which empowers our us as a people to have the willingness to stand, no matter what the odds are because in the end we will overcome ALL detriments placed before us. Listing any of our sacred symbols in this manner is absolutely unacceptable, trying to list it, as heathen symbols co-opted by racists is an attempt by The Anti-Defamation League to discriminate against Heathens since Christian, Moslem, and Jewish holy symbols are all used by their own racists ( such as the Christian KKK, the Jewish Kach Movement, and the Muslim Nation of Islam, among many other groups) but are not included on their lists.
Asatru is not a religion based upon fear or hate, and we have an in-defiable right to use ALL of our ancient sacred symbols without being associated with fear and racial prejudice. These are OUR symbols, and only we will dictate how they will be displayed and how they are going to be used. We will also live with those consequences and take that responsibility. We are a diverse people; we exist in all walks of life. We honour the laws in the lands where we exist and we honour a person right to believe in whatever religion they choose. We honour our the Germanic Gods and Goddesses as our ancient kin, (the gods of the various Germanic Tribes) and live our lives by the Nine Noble Virtues. We look to peacefully live our lives by our own morals and build our religion for our future generations.