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Principles of the Irminenschaft

What IS a "principle" and why are they important to Irminen? According to the Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language a principle is a fundamental truth, law, doctrine, or motivating force upon which others are based. Principles are overwhelming obvious ideas that are often accepted as a matter of faith. A principle is also considered an essential element or constituent of a process. Thus, principles of a process are key characteristics that separate the process from other approaches.
Evolution: Always in motion, a process of development
Ancestry: One's family history cannot be over-emphasized
Preservation: To keep alive, maintain, set apart
Rita: Patterns, cycles, rhythm of cosmic & primordial law
Dynamism: Great energy, force, vigor or power
Furtherance: Promotion, advancement, pressing forward
Virtue: Moral excellence, admirable quality, uprightness
Carroll E.H. Reimer