Into this came Erik, determined to wield royal authority in the Norse model. Around him he attracted freebooters and warriors. Later they would die at Erik’s side, grateful for his gold. It was said that when you looked into Erik’s eyes, you felt fear. The portrait at York shows a tall, bearded, red-haired man. Reputedly even Egil Skalgrimson, a giant and independent Viking of the time felt fear of Erik.

The old Norse model of kingship is derived from Odinism. The first principle of this is to acquire wealth, whatever it takes. From the gold hoarded, the mercenaries and warriors are bought. In time, Erik fell on the battlefield. His wife lamented his entry to Valhalla.

History is full of kings following this principle. Columbian drug lords are protected by British special forces, trained mercenaries who kill and die for gold. The Vikings provided Varangian guards to Byzantine Emperors and Roman Emperors had praetorian guards, purely German, who were renowned for loyalty and ferocity.

To become a king, you need firstly: wealth. Then you need your warriors. A mafia godfather is a good comparison. But whereas a drug baron will call it a day having achieved control of organised crime, a Norse king goes to the extent of seeking the throne and the nation itself. Following the Odinic principle, nothing is more sacred than the will to power. Following the wealth and the mercenaries must come the elimination of enemies and rivals: assassination, murder, torture are all legitimate. There are no rules in the pursuit of power. Machiavelli suggested this in his book “The Prince”, but a Machiavellian prince would have lasted moments against a Norse sea-king like Erik. His philosophy, like a conquistador, is “follow me, and you will have more gold than you can carry! Flee, and you will be cut into such a pulp you can be painted onto walls!”. (Quote from “Aguirre, the Wrath of God”).

The Odinic principle of seeking kingship entails the elimination of all rivals, the annihilation of populations, the crushing of rebellion and enslavement and murder of opposing kinsmen. William the Conqueror applied this principle. On his invasion of England, he killed a fifth of the English population. In modern terms this would be around twelve million people. Their crops and houses burned. The survivors were offered amnesty and then slaughtered. In doing so, William established the Plantagenet line of kings. Their reputations were based on their physical prowess: six footers with blond hair, eager for battlefield glory. The last Plantagenet, Richard II, died at Bosworth. He took the secret of Odinic royal power to his grave as he charged into the melee, certain death and history - although the Sicilian mafia may have remembered it, as Sicily was a Norman colony and the mafia may have been a manifestation of this.

Our people have need of this principle of leadership once again. We must bring forth from amongst us a true leader emulating the universally acknowledged success with which a charismatic dictator in living memory used the power of his voice, his superhuman intellect, his purity and the gold of his financial backers to rise from nowhere to become leader of Germany.

When the Norse chose to conquer England, they chose the best mind, which so happened to be a chess player crippled with brittle bone disease, called Ivar the Boneless. He was carried aloft on a shield, ahead of his troops. His campaigns to conquer England and Britain eventually succeeded. The strategic island then became the seat of power for future world domination - put into practice from the Reign of Elizabeth I in the foundation of the British Empire.