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John Samuel

Hello. I am a practicing Heathen in Chicago, Illinois. I wrote a book on runes and a book on Proto-Germanic religion. I wrote a book on runes that explains how to write runes in different languages because the shape and translation of runes varied between languages. I became curious about Proto-Germanic in 2018 while working with Elder Futhark runes and learning about the languages the Elder Futhark was written in. I wanted to learn about Proto-Germanic religion because there were many allusions to it in Heathen books that I read but they never talked about it in depth. The reason I wrote a book on Proto-Germanic religion is that I could not find a book about it and I wanted a book that was based on academic sources so I decided to write the book that I wanted but could not find. What I wanted was a common language that linked all the various branches of Heathenry. I found that common language to be Proto-Germanic. I support Declaration 127.