Toward the Light

Truth and Life groups

Group support

There is a global recovery underway in Aryan awareness of our history and culture. This includes our natural religion, spirituality, and love for nature. Consistent with this awakening, Truth and Life (T&L) groups offer like-minded truth-seekers an opportunity to meet in nature, treasure our Creator’s work, and raise our levels of awareness.

Meeting format

  • Silent experience. For 5 minutes we silently observe nature such as landscapes and seascapes, including the wild creatures. For maximal awe, sometimes (e.g. at solstices and equinoxes) we watch the sun rise in such a location. On other occasions, we gaze at the night skies, including celestial bodies in our solar system, and the Pleiades stars.
  • Silent ‘thank you’. We take a minute to silently thank our Creator. For example, we thank God for all that He has provided to sustain our life — the sun, water, air, plants, insects, birds, mammals, fish, all the people we’ve known and loved, and more.
  • Silent toast. We silently raise a glass of our preferred beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) as a sign of gratitude for all these things.
  • Educational presentation. If someone is prepared and willing, they give a brief (up to 5 minutes) talk on a topic of relevance to the group’s purpose. Depending on the group members’ interests and knowledge, topics might include aspects of nature (e.g. organic gardening, birds identified locally, celestial bodies visible in the night skies), our true culture (e.g. natural religion, music, literature), extraterrestrial beings (e.g. the Anunnaki, the ancient and modern structures on Mars, and evidence of ET beings on Earth), and real politics (e.g. aspects of Judaism, crimes committed by jews against non-jews, and reasons for jews’ expulsion from civilized societies on over 1,030 occasions across their history). Such educational activities might involve a short walk in nature with the help of a member who can identify the plants and wild creatures seen, listening to ancient natural religious music such as the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal / No. 6 (1,400 BCE), reading poetry / prose of natural religion, and artwork of natural religion.
  • Practical appreciation. We show our value of God’s creations in deeds, e.g. we remove human litter from natural habitats, put out food for wild birds, learn about local wildlife (what creatures share / shared our environment, why certain creatures are locally extinct, why certain surviving creatures are threatened by extinction), and help local wildlife charities (depending on a charity’s objectives, this might involve activities such as removing invasive alien plant species and reporting bird sightings). Such expressions of appreciation may or may not be part of a T&L group meeting.

Setting up and running a group

Group facilitator

Groups are not inherently therapeutic and can psychologically harm members if the facilitator is not sufficiently skilled. Effective group facilitators have (a) insight into group dynamics, (b) knowledge of how groups develop over time, and (c) therapeutic qualities (e.g. a non-judgmental and caring attitude toward all group members and the ability to keep anti-group elements on a tight rein). People who might be suited to facilitating T&L groups include teachers, trainers (e.g. group training at work), good parents, and others who are skilled in managing groups for a wide range of purposes, including sport and recreation.

If you think you might be a suitable group facilitator, consider giving it a go. An easy approach is to start by forming a group with a few friends.

Group composition

The effectiveness of a support group depends on the group composition. Groups are more cohesive and effective to the extent that the members share commonalities, such as those of race, age range (e.g. adolescents would participate in a group for adolescents) and psychological sophistication (e.g. communication skills). In general it is recommended that there is at least one other person in the group with whom a member can identify, e.g. similar age and outlook on life.

Group size

In order to give all group members enough speaking time within a meeting, about 10 people per group would be the maximum initial number. Dropouts will likely reduce the group size to a more practical number, e.g. 7 or 8 people.

Open vs closed groups

Depending on the group size after dropouts, after the group has become cohesive (this can take up to six or more meetings) the group could be opened to a certain number of new members provided that the group is in favour of accepting new members. Rather than risk upsetting the dynamics of an established group, it can be more appropriate to form additional groups with new-comers.

Open-ended groups

A well composed and facilitated support group that is meeting its members’ needs can continue indefinitely. That is the aim of T&L groups — to provide each other with ongoing support for as long as it is required.

Meeting duration and frequency

One hour per week is usually a good arrangement to start with. Once a group is established, and depending on group members’ preferences, this arrangement can be changed, e.g. a longer meeting of 1 1/2 hours every 2 weeks.

Free of charge

There is no fee for participating in a T&L group. There is also no financial exploitation of members, e.g. ‘fund-raising’, selling of products / services, or any other attempts to financially profit from the group. T&L groups are not money-making opportunities for anyone. Ideally people meet in nature within walking distance of their homes and avoid travel costs other than the wear and tear of their shoes.

Meeting place

Natural environments are inherently therapeutic and available free of charge. Depending on circumstances, the group meets somewhere in nature.

Combined meetings

Potentially, depending on group members’ preferences, occasionally multiple groups meet together in nature or a suitable indoor venue for events such as those of Aryan natural religion (e.g. Pledge of Faith, Wedding ceremony, Naming ceremony for new-born babies, Laying to Rest of the deceased in a burial or cremation, and celebration of seasonal events such as Yule), live performances of classical and Celtic music, and public talks. On occasions it might be appropriate to support groups who are already well advanced in our cultural revival, such as the global network of Odinist groups (more information in the post Odinism); and performers of authentic Celtic music (examples below) such as can be heard in the Celtic countries, not the awful plastic representations of so-called “Irish music” etc.


Unity is strength

Examples Celtic music

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