== Odin Brotherhood == 

 Why don't you buy the book of this Mirabello guy, to enjoy his fantasies in origin?  `'  

 The Odin Brotherhood is a secret society claiming to  practices an ancient Germanic "warrior religion" called Odinism. Members of the Brotherhood use the Eddaic Verses, also called the Poetic Edda, as a kind of scripture. The existence of the society was claimed in 1992 by Mark L. Mirabello. 

 Members claim their pagan order was established in 1421 to protect the ancient religion during the persecution of the "Burning Times", and they insist it has existed in unbroken lineage to the present.  In its current form, membership in the Odin Brotherhood is clandestine–as in the so-called Illuminati.  The objectives of the Odin Brotherhood are stated publically, as in the legendary Rosicrucians. 

 == Mirabello's alleged discovery of the Brotherhood== 
 The Odin Brotherhood's first expose into the general public came to light in 1992 with the publication of the book 'The Odin Brotherhood' by Mark L. Mirabello, who is the professor of European History at Shawnee State University. 

 First contact was made when Mirabello encountered a silver-haired gentleman in a bookshop in Leith in Scotland while conducting doctoral research in history at Scotland's University of Glasgow. 

 The gentleman, whom called himself Lodur's Friend (in honour of the enigmatic god of the Eddaic Verses), was of eastern European ethnicity and was holding, according to Mirabello, a peculiar cane adorned with the images of the serpent and the ass, the two animals that speak in the bible. Both were examining occult books. The gentleman  noticed that Mirabello was studying a book called the 'The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross' by Arthur Edward Waite. During this encounter the gentleman pointed out that "The rose symbolizes secrecy" while pointing to an engraving in Mirabello's book on the Rosy Cross. The gentleman went on to say that "Since we speak sub rosa or 'under the rose', our discussion must remain forever secret." Several months passed before Mirabello saw the old man again, which occurred at the Atlantis Bookshop , an occult emporium near the British Museum in London, England. "Blind loyalty is a virtue in a dog, but it is an offense in a human being" declared the stranger, when he noticed Mirabello studying an obscure essay on faith. 

 Mirabello has stated that since he was interested in the stranger's knowledge they became friends and that they began to meet for dinner, usually in Edinburgh or London, at which time the stranger introduced him to a "circle of fascinating individuals". This gathering of friends for a meal (which only dined at night, during the time of the new moon), referred to itself as a conventicle, was by invitation only, and those that 'feared' or 'hated' authority were excluded. Mirabello states that those that 'laughed at' authority were welcome. The meals always adjourned before dawn. 

 Some years after the publication of Mirabello's book, the anonymous and privately printed Teachings of the Odin Brotherhood began to circulate.  Copies of the latter are rare. 

 == See also == 
 *Asatru Folk Assembly 
 *Odinic Rite 
 *Odinist Fellowship 
 *Dragon Rouge 
 *Circle of Ostara 
 *Nazi mysticism 
 *Pagan Resurrection (Book) 

 == References == 
 *Mirabello, Mark. The Odin Brotherhood. 5th edition. Oxford, England, 2003. ISBN 1-869928-71-7 
 *Storyteller, Ragnar. Odin's Return.  Payson,Arizona, 1995.  
 *Teachings of the Odin Brotherhood. Portland, no date. 
 *Wodanson, Edred.  Asatru-The Hidden Fortress. Parksville, BC, Canada, 2005. 

 == External links == 
 *The Odin Brotherhood 
 *Another 'Odin Brotherhood' website (South America) 
 *Book review by Tyler Ferguson in Dagobert's Revenge 
 *A radio interview on the Odin Brotherhood from the formerly Odin Lives! Radio station (now Nine Worlds Radio) 
 * TinWiki article on the Odin Brotherhood