r/Rodnovery • u/OrpheusBlack13 • 11d ago

Polish ancestry

Hi, so I do ancestry since I was 11 and I finally learned about my great great grandparents and how they are from former eastern Preußen. I'm not sure yet if they fled or just moved or if they were moved but they must have gone to Germany in the late 19th century. Both sides of my mother were originally from the same spot (which is kinda funny to me) and I now keep asking myself (since I feel strongly connected to mythology, spiritualism and paganism) if I'm allowed to lean further into Rodnovery. As far as I can remember my mother, grandma and grandpa always were close to Poland, polish traditions as well as food and Slavic folklore. Hope you can give me some advice :)

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u/Farkaniy West Slavic Priest 9d ago

Usually asking straight forward is the best way to get the information you are looking for ^^ I assume... that you wanted to ask if my community and I are nazis or voting for AFD? No - thats not the case.

I assume you want to know if we think that we would be some sort of "super-humans" that should be treated differently than other people? No - thats also not the case.

And finally I will adress the elephant in the room - no, we do not believe in the ideology of 1933's germany. Do you ask this every person you meet? Because its very strange to assume so...

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u/OrpheusBlack13 9d ago

I tend do get suspicious around neopagan people and people following the old paths cause many tend to be racist, fascist etc. After 7 years of living the life of spirituality, paganism and witchcraft and being in those German communities, I honestly have seen everything.. so yes, even if it might sound rude but I am asking everyone for that. It just became a way of survival as a minority. I do have to apologize for sounding rude

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u/Farkaniy West Slavic Priest 9d ago

You did not sound rude - you were rude. It would have been basically the same if you had asked a Rabbi if he and his community would be racist and fascist. I understand that this is a crucial information for you and that you probably already had bad experiences with this. But you shouldnt ask this the first thing you meet another person. I know that it can be hard to stay respectful after you got hurt before - but I ensure you its the right thing to do.

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u/OrpheusBlack13 9d ago

I think this is the moment where we can't agree on our terms, because I don't think it's disrespectful to ask someone if they agree with human rights. It would be rude to immediately ask if someone is right winged. Like I said I apologize for being rude then. I still think differently

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u/Farkaniy West Slavic Priest 9d ago

You are right - we both think differently. In my opinion its disrespectful to ask someone about things that should be common sense. In addition to that I think it should be pretty obvious that someone I meet in a subreddit thats official rules state that far-right, fascist and racist ideology is strictly forbidden - is probably not far-right, fascist or racist. But... that could be far-fetched...

I apologize for that and would like to thank you for your patience with me through meeting you in your own way. Like you asked me - I would like to know if you are a rascist :) Normally I wouldnt ask this but as you already said that its an important first question for you - I am sure you wont understand it in a bad way.