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The Alfredian Mission 2025
We believe that Saint Alfred is on a mission from God to help the Anglo-Saxon people to survive and flourish and to provide good government for all who live in England.
As followers of Saint Alfred we seek to help him in his task in whatever way we are able.
Like Saint Alfred we share the Christian value that all persons are creatures of God and by default are deserving of being treated with dignity.
A new religious movement?
We believe that the greatest problem that the English face is the failure of their religion. For it is religion which instills the moral vision - the values and beliefs a person holds which shape how they behave. The English of today have lost all direction, any sense of what they should be doing as a people to attain the good life for themselves and be a good influence in the world. Thus we believe the the most important thing that Saint Alfred wishes us to do is to restore a good religion to our people.
In his life on earth Saint Alfred took radical steps to re-invigorate the religiosity of his subjects, drawing on the best practices from the wider European culture. Today we believe we also must take radical steps to restore the English to good religion in the best way we can.
English religion
We believe the Alfredian Mission requires us to work to foster good religion among the English. A good religion is one that orientates us to Reality and to the Good.
We don't think it is self-evident that there one specific religious teaching which is the right one for all English people. Some English may prefer to look to Anglican Christianity , others perhaps to Roman Catholic teachings or Orthodox spirituality. Others may look completely outside the Abramochristian tradition for inspiration.
Our position is that Alfredians need to be in some sense 'Christian' , even if not strictly Abramochristian in their beliefs. Other English people who are not Alfredians (and not seeking a position of governance over others) may experiment with more 'heathen' religions which are potentially more tribal in nature.
Or a secular movement?
However it is not an easy thing to create a new religious movement which can stand up to all the necessary requirements. It will be even more difficult at the current time to find a single religion that can unite all the English rather than divide them. So we believe we should also be involved in developing other more secular and potentially inclusive movements - for instance to develop English people's self-confidence and pride in their ethnic identity and to educate them in a richer understanding of their cultural heritage.
A Declaration
How should we understand the English predicament?
English Right
We believe the English have a right to exist as a national group for the same reasons that any national group has a right to exist. We have developed a culture, a way of thinking and living carried by our traditions and treasure trove of literature and remembered history. Our culture is a treasure for the human race, a library of wisdom which deserves to be carried forward, in living form, for the benefit of future generations.
English Pride
We believe the English have a rich cultural heritage and a legacy of having made an impact on the development of the modern world which few other nations can rival. It was perhaps the elites rather than the English people as a whole who pushed for the expansion of the British Empire, but at their best the English provided a better administration of the subjects of the Empire than other nations have managed. They also developed and spread modern ideas and technology which helped bring those countries into the modern age and have a greater chance of holding their own on the world stage.
English Responsibility
We believe that the English still have the potential capability to create a good life for themselves and be a good influence on others. Out of this potential though comes a responsibility - the responsibility to develop their potential into an active force for good. They have a responsibility firstly for themselves and their future selves and their descendants or potential descendants. They also have a responsibility to all who are affected by their actions whether immediately or in the future.
Of course the future of the planet is not the responsibility of the English alone, but the English have one of the world's strongest cultures and so at least potentially they could have an outsized influence on future developments. We should be taking up the challenges on offer with confidence and forthright activity.
English Guilt
The English have responsibilities which they are failing to carry out. Instead we seem to be submitting passively to bullying by hostile actors and wallowing impotently in pity for our reduced circumstances. We can blame others for our plight, but we must accept some blame ourselves that we have been so willing to put up with what has been going on, and so little enthused to try and do anything about it.
The English seem to have given up on the struggle for a better society and better government, even within England. They have allowed the government of their country to be taken over by minority interests, many of them unconcerned or actively hostile to the well-being of the English people or the the good functioning of the country as a whole. It is also charged, perhaps correctly, that England has become a home base for powerful criminal enterprises which are wreaking havoc elsewhere on the planet.
English Future
However once our past guilt is accepted, we should not let it paralyse us, but instead let it motivate us to do better in future. The first imperative must be to develop a movement to take back control of our national government, and one with the motivation and capability to use the levers of control to the genuine benefit of the population of the country.
Developing such a movement could be more difficult than many expect, it requires changes in our habitual ways of thinking and behaving and our opponents will try to trip us up at every stage. Nevertheless we must try.
As we state above we believe that ultimately any movement for good needs a religious foundation, for it is religion which is the most powerful cultural tool for changing people's beliefs and behaviour.
However this doesn't mean we shouldn't attempt to create and support movements of other kinds. This might include movements to strengthen English pride, sense of responsibility, community spirit or spirit of self-reliance. This might include more straightforward political movements - as indeed some are already engaged in.
Osred Alfredson - July/Aug 2025