"Here and there the
last cigar. A song comes timidly, soon stronger, my favorite song:

In the marching quarters on hard straw I stretch my tired feet, And send my love my greetings into the night.

I'm not the only one who did it, Annemarie, The whole company dreams of his sweetheart at night The whole eighth company.

We must fight bloody battles with the Russian pack. I can't tell you yet about a reunion day.

Perhaps I'll be with you soon, Annemarie, Perhaps we'll all be rounded up tomorrow!
(Perhaps tomorrow the whole company will bury me).
The whole company, the whole, whole company.

And if a bullet shoots me dead, And I can't go home, Don't cry your eyes red, Look for someone else!

Take a lad slim and fine, Annemarie, It doesn't have to be one from my company
From my dear eighth company.

The song fades away melancholically; it echoes in one: “Perhaps tomorrow they'll be rounding up the whole company.” I look for a place to stay. We all find accommodation with a Panje (polack) family. First a welcome and a gift in the form of rum, which we drink from a broken glass, smacking our lips and feeling good. Then a cigar to the Pan, who is very upset because our boys untiled something from his roof, claiming it was their bed. The cigar calmed him down."

-Hans Stegemann, b. March 28, 1893 in Wetzenow, died. September 20, 1916 near Swinjuchy, Volhynia

kriegsbriefe gefallener studenten 1918
(letters of fallen german ww1 soldiers)
the song itself is called "Im Feldquartier auf hartem Stein streck'..."
the letter does not continue the last verse which goes :

"And when I return home from the campaign, then we will have a wedding.
Soon scolds the whole house, from happy children's laughter.
But all of them have to be boys, Annemarie;
So we both make all alone,
A whole company."

here is a book about her (Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe's) letters and poems. it was possiblyprobably written by a jew (actually wikipedia says he was scottish but who knows) by the last name, and is of course not favorable of right-wing ideas, but it is good in that it has some of her poems and writings translated which i am not sure where to find otherwise. of course the little paragraphs i have just shared are christian but there is a wider body of meaning to be extracted from them so sue me.

the book talks much of the ideas that fahrenkrog and the other early germanic revivalists had.

illustrations by vadim kadzhaev and anders kvåle rue

shall love fall from view

Resurrection of the Hero.pdf

CONTROLLED PASSION 

This is a concept discussed by Nietzsche. As has been stated previously, he had an understanding of what would be considered wholeness. He knew to be the Total Man it required more than just “light.” All parts of the Self were necessary and there for a reason. He saw that half of this Self was denied by most. This other half or dark is the Dionysian aspect. The light side, Apollonian.  

Let's take a look at the Two Greek Gods in question here to have a little better picture. Apollo was the Sun God. He represented all that would be considered right (controlled). That would include logic as well as harmony, progress, clarity, and the principle of individuation. Dionysos on the other hand is the opposite (passion).  He represents disorder, intoxication, emotion, ecstasy and unity. The god of Wine. He broke social boundaries. Here we are starting to see the picture of Wotan. He is both of these in one and as we know not only our High God, but one to emulate.  

We can see this combination or joining of the two across many traditions, but for now we'll relate controlled passion back to our own myths, concepts, and even runes. It is very obvious to see in relation to the Mead theft, but instead we'll look at Siegfried. As we may know, he is able to cross the “wavering flames” to Brünnhilde because he has no fear. Perhaps no fear can be viewed as one who is not afraid of his Dionysian aspect as most men are. They try to hide or suppress this part of themselves rather than use it, to join with it, as Siegfried does. The Valkyrie in many ways fits well here when we think of “passion.” Death, chaos, transformation but also beauty and ecstasy. He becomes more whole like the Hagal Rune itself. 

On wholeness or the World Tree itself, we can think of Irminsul. In Runes, we have Ir, Man, and Sol. This is reminiscent of the name Irman as well. A great Hero also and he was quite complete. Nonetheless, when we think of the microcosm of the Tree (ourselves) we begin to see “controlled passion” here too.  Ir being representative of the feminine/Dyonisian and Man being that of the masculine/Apollonian.  Light and Dark joined to make a third being Sol. Once this takes place within, victory goes with him everywhere as the Rune song states. To add, we can also associate the alchemical process with Irminsul, black, white, and red. They all fit with the Runes in question and all of what has been presented so far is initiation in and of itself.  

In summary, Nietzsche seemed to have an understanding just like other esoteric disciplines/traditions did on what led to a higher being. He understood that both were needed. To close, he also knew that this was not the end, just a new beginning. Just like Od and Menglad continue on together after their unification, so too does the Ubermensch. He or maybe better said “We” eternally becomes……..

A great time to be alive.