5. May 2026

We all live in a house McNallen built

It doesn't matter if you're AFA, Raven Folk United, Norrœna Society, or a small kindred. We're all living in the house Stephen McNallen built.

Without him, most of you would be in a Sunday pew listening to a preacher talk about a foreign god, or playing with tarot cards and butt plugs doing Wicca.

He gave us the guts to take our identity back.

He fought the courts, the prisons, and a system that wanted to call our heritage a cult. Every time you pour a horn at blót, you're walking a trail he created.

Yet today, a lot of people have conveniently forgotten the heavy lifting he did. Worse, some even slander his name. It is hypocritical to stand in the hall a man built, use the exact words and concepts he fought for, and then turn around and spit on his legacy. It is completely antithetical to everything loyalty and honor actually mean.

Stop posturing. It is time to Live this, to practice what you preach. Respect the elders in this path for the actual groundwork they laid, because without them, we wouldn't even have a path to walk today.

This is exactly why we brought Wotan Erwache back to life. Inspired by Wotan on the Peaks, we are expanding the scope of the concept while continuing the legacy and mission. We are done with the empty talk and the internet posturing. Wotan Erwache isn't a business or a PR stunt for any specific group.. It's a living ritual. It’s about taking real, tangible action. It’s about getting out into the wild, placing physical anchors in nature, and waking up that dormant ancestral energy that McNallen fought so hard to preserve.

It’s time to stop just talking about the Folk and start actually doing the work to awaken them. You won’t join anything or host anything then what’s your excuse to not participate in this massive effort?