Doing a little more research into the author I have made some interesting discoveries. According to the page “The Modern Middle Ages in NZ” Roel van Leeuwen went by the pseudonym Skali Vidfari (circa 1998), and was the Medfest Society secretary. With a name like Skali Vidfari it is tempting to speculate on the political orientation he may have held at this time. From Roel van Leeuwen’s thesis, footnote 66 quotes Spoonley, The Politics of Nostalgia, page 170 in saying “A developing convention among commentators and adherents describes neo-Nazi/Racist followers of the Norse gods as ‘Odinists’ while non-Racist followers of Norse neo-Paganism are often termed Asatrur.” Is/was Skali Vidfari an Odinist or Asatrur?
It would also appear that Roel van Leeuwen was involved in Satanism. In a posting to alt.magick on Oct 9 1998 he writes: “many moons ago when I was young, … myself and my lady conducted a similar ritual. Now some years later after a lot of crap I think she is a deceptive, manipulating, nasty, grasping, self centred bitch. But I still see her regulary and sometimes we even fuck but every time we meet I come away thinking she is a deceptive, manipulating, nasty, grasping, self centred bitch. … However, like all things magical there is perfectly rational and mundane explanations to this event. …this is not to say I would pay cold hard cash for a good hexbuster. TECHNICAL NOTE: we didn’t do anything fancy like carve sigils or runes but rather just made simple slit with a razor on the palm of our hands. hmmmmm, come to think of it prehaps I should have taken more notice of the glazed look of rapture on her face when she cut my palm with what I thought was altogether too much enthuasim…”
Additional evidence appears in the form of his chosen email address “mithras@wave.co.nz“. The Mythraic Mysteries are a militaristic mystery religion, that was divided into seven ranks. Compare this with the seven stages of the Order of Nine Angles tradition, the “Septenary System” which also contains seven divisions. Mithras was the theme of the song “Lord of Ages” by Michael Moynihan of the music group Blood Axis. Moynihan, along with his friend Boyd Rice have links to the Church of Satan and Right-wing political ideologies such as Fascism. Boyd Rice’s Abraxas Foundation promotes authoritarianism, totalitarianism, misanthropism, elitism, is antidemocratic.
Perhaps participation in Satanic Rituals and a possible involvement with Right-wing politics gave Roel van Leeuwen an insight into a Satanic/neo-Nazi synthesis? Maybe not, but it is tempting to speculate.
Tags: Mithras, neo-Nazism, Roel van Leeuwen, Satanism
