After the Rave.

People protesting at a town hall meeting holding signs saying Our voices matter and No to developer greed community first

you be the judge, read between the lines i find often the downplayed snippets are far more significant than they are made to be, what is mentioned as not an issue… really was an issue. From what I know the issues are far greater than portrayed. The residents of multiple municipalities are not pleased, the fact that the two hosts no showed at the meeting speaks volumes.

for the expense put in by DNR, vs attendance this was a major financial FLOP.

NAW is reviewing it’s noise bylaws to address this and other issues surrounding the festival (first hand knowledge) this is not speculative. This has become an election issue.

No Gift Binds me to Silence

Two bearded Viking men exchanging a carved wooden box in a hall with onlookers

A gift given in friendship carries honour. In the Hávamál, friendship is tied to reciprocity: friends gladden one another with gifts, and gift-givers’ friendships endure when things go well.1

But when the giver betrays the receiver, the giver breaks the gift-bond. The Hávamál also teaches that a person should be a friend to a friend, exchange gifts with one who is trusted, and treat the untrustworthy differently from the trusted friend.2

I return the obligation, end the exchange, and withdraw frith. In modern Heathen understanding, frith refers to the maintenance of peace and friendship within a social group, while gift-giving and hospitality are bounded by reciprocity.3

No gift binds me to silence in the face of betrayal.


Sources

  1. Hávamál, Larrington translation, stanzas on friendship and gift exchange.
  2. Hávamál, Bellows translation, stanzas 42–46.
  3. Asatru UK, “Wyrd & Ethics,” on frith, hospitality, gift-giving, and reciprocity.