Anthony Arndt
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | English Teacher/Governor |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Introduction | I'm a wanderer. As time passes, the further a field the folks I know are. In descending order of precision: Pagan, Heathen, Asatru, Odinist. When I was living in Minnesota I was an organizer for Heathenry locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally where I could be. Now my wife and I are off in Moscow, Russia teaching English. My wife is something of a Celtic Reconstructionist Faery Mystic and artist along the lines of W. B. Yeats. She does Asatru things with me, I do faery, Druid, and CM things with her. It's a happy balance. I am militantly opposed to any form of theocracy which is why the cowardly supporters of the American Taliban, a.k.a. the Republican party, can kiss my ass. True, not all Republicans support the Religious Reich but the "moderates" publicly support them even when they disagree with the Anti-American, Anti-Liberty GOP Leadership. I tend towards Libertarianism but I'm too cynical for that so I usually end up sliding more towards a Nordic style of democratic socialsim. I don't see how providing better education, better health care, and better social services for less money is a bad thing. |
| Interests | Nordic / Scandinavian / Germanic Studies: mythology, literature, archeology, history, etc. The history of New Religious Movements, especially in relation to the revival of indigenous religious traditions. Visual Arts: painting, wood and stone carving, metal casting. Living History Re-enactment: Viking period Western Nordic costuming, crafts, combat Martial Arts: Western and Eastern. I would love to study Pankration but there aren't many schools in this area. Computer Gaming: Combat Flight Sims (Privateer, X-Wing, Team Apache), 1st/3rd Person Thinkers (Thief, Hitman, etc), Anarchy Online, many of the Lucas Arts Star Wars games. |
| Favorite Movies | The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars IV-VI, 13th Warrior, Merlin (Hallmark), Highlander (there can be only one), Boondock Saints, Prophecy. Dog Soldiers, Dogma |
| Favorite Music | Hagalaz' Runedance, Hedningarna, Garmarna, Sequentia, Manowar, older Metallica, A Perfect Circle, Rob Zombie, Five Ounces, Kidneythieves, Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Black Label Society, Rammstein, Laibach, Godsmack, Medieval Baebes, other folk, metal, medieval, and Nordic music |
| Favorite Books | The Poetic Edda (Bellows or Chisholm translations), Snorris Edda (Faulkes Translation), the Icelandic Family Sagas, Beowulf (Heaney translation), Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion by Tolkien, American Gods by Neil Gaiman; The Discworld Series by Terry Pratchet, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk |