Episode 3: Else Christensen and the Odinist Fellowship Part 2

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Heathen History Podcast! In the second of our two episode series on Else Christensen, we will dive into Else’s later life, including her arrest, imprisonment and her work after her release and deportment to Canada.

Sources:

“A Reply to a Reply: Letters to the Editor.” Liberty Bell, vol. 11, no. 11 (1984), pp. 42-52. (This was the source of the heated exchanges about what religion was best for white supremacists.)

Gardell, Mattias. Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2003.

McNallen, Stephen A. “Freedom for the Folkmother! Else Christensen Update.” The Runestone, no. 19 (Summer 1997), p. 12.

McNallen, Stephen A. “Freedom for the Folkmother—At Last!” The Runestone, no. 20 (Winter 1997), p. 17.

Odinist, The. Articles archive, America First Books. https://www.amfirstbooks.com/IntroPages/ToolBarTopics/Articles/Featured_Authors/Christensen,_Else/Christensen_index.html.

Odinist, The. Microfilm. American Religions Collection: Series 1: Nontraditional American Religions: Western Esotericism from Witchcraft to the New Age, 1st Edition. Part 1: Witchcraft, Paganism, and Magick. American Religions Collection, University of California at Santa Barbara. Primary Source Media, Gale/CENGAGE Learning, 2005.

Sannhet, Thor. “An Interview with Else Christensen.” Vor Trú, no. 49 (1993), pp. 5-30. (This also includes the text of articles in the Gainesville Sun about Else’s trial and conviction.)

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