Norse Gods and Paganism Fully Explained
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- 3 Concepts to understand what the Old Norse Religion was about in relation to other types of polytheism/pagan beliefs around the world.
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I am a black man from the US and can’t help but be fascinated by paganism. I get a lot of weird looks from some folks when they see I like this stuff but it’s just super cool. This is very helpful for understanding more about it. Thank you! I’m glad I found this channel
Most black people from the US have at least like 20% northwestern european dna so its your history too.
I encourage you to learn more… and as far as the African diaspora, sure many people were Muslim but the indigenous practices of west Africa are held in Santeria and voodoo which are massively misunderstood and demonized by wyt xians
same here man
You do you brother. Don’t listen to all the race baiting weirdos.
Nothing wrong with that (: study what you wanna study
My cultural anthropology prof always summed things up by saying "the gods/spirits are/were the representation of natural forces that do weird crap. Sometimes the ancestors wanted them to keep doing weird crap, and sometimes they might ask that energy to kindly piss off. The gods names are just representative of a concept or idea, and their myths are meant to explain it." He'd follow it up with a myth from the culture we were learning about at the time, and open it up for discussion.
Still trying to shake this image of Thor being specifically an angry ginger with a hammer who likes ale, Odin being specifically this old one-eyed wizard with a spear, a big hat, and two pet ravens and wolves, Freyr specifically being a dude with massive genitals lol, etc., but I’ve noticed certain Norse myths actually make a lot of sense in a metaphorical sense. Ragnarok, for example, is actually a realistic look at what the end of the world as we know it could actually be like. Obviously the world probably isn’t literally going to end with a bunch of gods and monsters and undead warriors fighting and killing each other but catastrophic climate change and natural disasters likely will happen, and war, strife, and suffering will follow. A literal fire giant isn’t going to literally burn up the world, but in a few billion years the sun actually will expand into a red giant and incinerate the Earth and the other inner planets in our solar system.
Thats honestly more of the chriatian interpretation of Ragnarok. It wasn't meant to be the "end of the world" but an essential part of the cycles of life, death and rebirth. Its reincarnation on a larger scale, the earth just like everything else goes through these cycles. You can compair it to some of the big changes the earth has gone through during times like the iceages , asteroid hits. The great die offs and extinction events like the dinosaurs which made room for the mammals that survived eventually becoming mammoths ,sabertooth cats + who dominated until they also died off and were eventually replaced my us and the creatures we share the earth with now.
This is why understanding reincarnation is essential to understanding these stories/myths and the beliefs behind them.
I think multiple astroids will "eat" the earth several times before the sun dies out. Just like it killed the dinosaurs but did not kill all life. And the cycles goes on as foretold. You could also say that a nuke, volcanic eruption or wildfires is quite similar too, and could be aspects of surtr, the fire gigant.
Life on earth will probably never die out, because there is lifeformes that enjoy living in very hard environments, even if the sun died out.
@@OrIoN1989 For sure, wasn't the Fimbulvintre starter as a result of a volcanic eruption? Then you have all the great flood stories coming from different people and cultures around the world. If you look into the oral history of the Australian aboriginals that go back something like 50,000. years you will find that they recorded many of these events that were previously unknown to science and as such were dismissed as just fanciful stories . Despite many of those same ppl who blew off the tribal history as made up were Christians who believed in far crazier things (gotta love that bias).
One day maybe earth will be populated by tardigrades, roaches, and twinkies..😂
@@whispersinthedark88 i love the newly eruption close to rekjavik/Keflavik at Island. I think the vikings / norse understood early that we are at the mercy of the fire, wind, Stone and ice gigants, and when these forces become too strong ragnarok will unfold. Wildfires in Canada. Floods in germany. These kinds of events are hard to predict. History never repeats itself, but man does.
I think the way I can see and understand Norse deitys is they are the energetic representation of a certain type of arch type of a certain energy and we created the way these gods look to help associate with what they have hold over
"If oxen and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art, as men do, horses would paint the forms of the gods like horses and oxen like oxen. Each would represent them with bodies according to the bodies of each. So the Ethiopians make the gods black and snub-nosed; the Thracians give them red hair and blue eyes."
Xenophanes(*580 BCE)
If you look up John Hagelin discussing the unified field theory of physics, and consciousness, he basically gives the modern scientific answer that justifies and vindicates animism.
I will check that out! Thank you.
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Can you link the video your talking about
Your considerations are always interesting, thank you.
Our old belief is a non-dogmatic experience religion. That is, there are no dogmas for what is right or wrong belief, thus the individual believer can define his own religious belief. In our old belief, how one behaves was far more important than what one believes in. There's only one, you can trust, and that's yourself. Earthly life is considered more important than what happens after death. The gods exist for us and not us for them. The only requirement the gods make on man is to show respect by sacrificing to them (blote) at certain times. When my mother was a little girl, it was common to slaughter at home on the farm. When the slaughter was over, Grandma took a bowl of blood and went to a large oak tree that stood on the farm. First, she sprayed blood on the tree trunk, and the rest of the blood was drained at the root. This was hush, hush, my mother said, but they had done it, as long as anyone could remember back in time.
Spread the truth, document it , PROVE IT , make it irrefutable. That You too will become DANGEROUS TO THOSE WHO ADMIRE US IN LIES AND ENSLAVE US IN SOCIALISM !!!!!!!!
But because they are lying, its possible to expose them.. This is thier obsolete deal. But by comparison..we have nothing to hide, we have no reason to lie. And we wouldn't want to...even if we could. Truth is a far superior weapon than deceit. Its a weapon which is denied to them. And in the end it will be the decisive weapon, that destroys them completely.
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Interesting. I slaughtered chickens and turkeys for the first time about a year ago and in doing so the blood had covered the trunk of a tree we did it at, running down and along it's roots. It became apparent to me, like the sensation of hair standing on end, a shiver perhaps, that I had just witnessed something of deep significance but no longer fully understood it. It was an unusual experience. But I believe I encountered a link to something deeper, beyond, spiritual for lack of a better word.
I've recently felt drawn towards Norse Paganism. My family moved to America from Denmark a few generations ago. I'm so glad I've found your videos to help guide me forward. And showing me there is far more than just the old myths we know. Thank you!
me too.... i find it interesting
Holy shit mine as well!!!!💕 so cool❤️🙌
This was great and should be required watching for those getting involved with heathenry. I get so tired of dealing with those who simply substitute Jesus with Odin, or the dead worldview of atheists who mock "the worship of comic book characters" as they put it. I often explain to rational and open minded people that the energies we call Gods don't fly around in human form, but that the human form ascribed to them is what makes them relatable and understood by humans. If they could manifest in a human form, this is how they would appear for example. The appeal of the old Germanic worldview is that it requires so much research, introspection, and truly deep thought. It's not the simplistic and barbaric worldview that has been promoted by abrahamic religions and the dead world scientific adherents ( who are often just as narrow minded and zealous as Christians). The life lessons, humor, curiosity about the world and universe around us and our relationships within it is what makes heathenry so much better.
Its unfortunate. Have to deprogram thousands of years of religious belief in people sometimes. But have to start somewhere :)
"( who are often just as narrow minded and zealous as Christians)" Well said! I have often noticed that atheists can sound as zealous in their "religion" as the Christians they rail about. I've even come across some Wiccans who rant as much towards Christians as the Christians do against the Pagans. It's as if you could just insert Christian, Pagan, or Atheist, into the appropriate parts of the rant and it's all the same lines.
@@WolfQuantum Yep this. I consider myself basically atheist but I keep my distance from those Atheist Communities because I despise that level of cynicism (like @Torsten Scott said above as well), and I've found that those groups can be just as narrow minded and sneering as the christian cult church I left.
this makes so much sense to me. I consider myself broadly atheist but I don't want to be part of any of the "Atheist Communities" I've come across because they often tend to be just as narrowminded and bigoted and condescending as the harmful christian group I left. Their thinking remains religious even if they claim not to believe in any gods.
@@Pixie3p14 I would consider looking further into animism as a possible bridge between how we routinely process our world objectively and what might constitute the spiritual. I find the artificial separation of mind and body, flesh and spirit, and other dichotomies as originally presented in the realm of ideas vs forms (Plato); to be present even in arguments by atheists. Really, atheists and abrahamists are two sides of the same coin when you think about it.
Having an Animistic viewpoint is the key 100%. Thanks for spreading the word brother, keep up the great work.
Man, I am glad I found this channel. Grew up an atheist. Started to explore Paganism recently after some research/discoveries about my family's ancestry. I have been getting fully engrossed in reading about it and watching videos and for the first time starting to feel a connection to some religion. But then I stumble on a channel with a guy in the woods, claiming he is seeing the Gods in human form in the woods around him, smiling and waving to something off-camera, where they are apparently talking to him. Then he starts yelling to Odin and its like...the fuck am I getting into? So nice to have a level-headed, logical explanation for what the gods truly are - really helps pull me back in. I live close to the ocean. I've always felt the power the sea has, the destruction it can cause but also I have seen the beauty of it, and benefitted from the food and work it provides. Even as an atheist I couldn't deny that "energy"/force. One that is the same where I live as it is thousands of miles away for people who practice other religions. Despite years of thinking gods were a foolish idea I can now totally understand and believe in that force being a god - and accept it is one that has been given a name and even depicted in human form in some stories. I visited the beach recently for the first time since starting to get into Paganism, and just sitting in the sand with eyes closed and listening to the wind and waves really made me have one of the first "spiritual" moments I have ever felt. It gave me a feeling of strength but also an understanding of not having full control. It made me think about how that applies to my life and how I could deal with something I had been struggling with recently - and I appreciated how it did that. And I am excited to read more about it and how it has been felt/interpreted in other ways in Norse history. THAT feeling, that connection to the gods, is one I can believe and practice. THAT is what I want out of religion. But the idea that the sea is Njord who actually some guy, and if I go to the beach he is like going to appear in human form next to me and give me some wisdom and pat me on the back or something really defeats the whole purpose of what gods should be and the power they hold, in my opinion. It honestly makes me question what some believers of Paganism are looking to get out of it. Do they really feel a connection to nature? Or do they care more about the idea of the Gods visiting them at night looking like Chris Hemsworth than they do about the actual forces in nature that they truly are? Which honestly is pretty insulting to the gods if you ask me. Anyway, rant over. I am excited to learn and watch more of your videos.
Thank you for sharing this! It helped me.
I’ve felt a similar feeling sitting by the ocean, with the sound of waves crashing in the background. To me these moments have felt like time slows down. It’s hard to describe.
You're a wonderful teacher brother!
Your outlook on spirituality is really refreshing and your content is highly educational. Keep up the good work, skål!
Thanks for summing this up for us slower thinkers! You always have very interesting shows and you make them more fun! Thank you for the time you take to put these together!
I give this offering to you!
Most informative rant I've heard in a while...lol. great video brother!
I am learning so much about the Gods from your channel. My forefathers were Pagans living in the Zagros mountains before they forcefully converted to the monotheistic faiths.
Choni hawrie my grandfather is from Halwa Sardesht and my father is also from Kurdistan I was born and raised in the USA Chicago. I'm truly honored to hear from you brother I hope to someday visit to the Zagros mountains our homeland is very dear to me. @@javier7782
The mordern Norse Paganism is mostly an agnostic belife system. "Odin" is in every thing, and connecting with Nature is connecting with "Odin"...man and nature live in symbiosis, and that energy is "Odin".
What you aren't describing already has a name called chi, vril, Kundalini, 'the spark of God fire' basically Energy. To be pagan and agnostic seems contradictory, where the sole purpose of paganism is to both understand and worship 'gods', more than an archetypal symbol
@@LDuke-pc7kq Non-doctrinal is the keyword, every mordern pagan are agnostic on one level or another. rituals combined with love, hope and our ability to think / cooperate, bring the Nordic peoples together on a metaphysical level, and "Odin" is the metaphysical concept that covers the spirit that binds the modern Nordic pagans together. "Odin" is in everything, and the universe + life is thus a kind of simulation. most Scandinavians who carry a Thor's hammer, they do it partly to honor our ancestors, partly to honor Odin and partly to show other like-minded people that they are not alone ....
Thank you! The last bit about animism is paramount! Nature is abundantly full of sentient beings and energy: animals, trees and even gems & minerals, or a stream.
When I wish to attend church and worship God...
Into nature I go 🌱🕯🤍
A great point, you'll never be steered wrong.
I've only recently discovered your page. I really respect you. You're clear & concise without being condescending, with a good bit of humour. I'm learning alot & hearing alot of my own beliefs too. Particularly about how tribal beliefs form & get watered down. Love love love it. Great soul & mind food.
Keep up the great explanations, dude. They're very interesting and informative.
Right on, brother. Very good explanation! I’m loving your channel!
Very well explained. Thank you man!!! Keep up the good work
When you mentioned people naming swords and ships and the like when talking about animism, something inside my head clicked. Ever since I was a child, I would name a lot of things, be it a stuffed animal or a toy car. As I got older, I started writing stories and drawing characters that appeared in these stories, who I also gave unique names, attributes and concepts they represent. Whenever I gave an object or an intangible concept that is a character in a story a name, I also subconsciously attributed something to them that is similar to the deities and spirits that live amongst us. Giving them names helped me connect to them in a different way than just going "oh this is a lego minifigure that I own."
So when I give something a name, I "animate" them into something more than just a clump of matter in a manner of speaking. Now that I have realised that this practise is quit similar to -if not a sort of form of- animism, something clicked in my head and unlocked a whole new perspective on the deities and spirits around me. Now, I won't go around and give a name to every little thing I see, but I will meditate on the idea behind this practise I've been doing since childhood and apply said idea to the world around me.
Thank you for the video and providing this new perspective, very nice 👍
We still do this with cars, trucks,, equipment, hammers, ect....
It's ingrained in our culture.
My buddy's mom is a liberal from California that grew up around motorcycle culture.
I will never forget when she said "men name their rides after women, because they love them, even though they can be a bit**". (iE, break down, or have problems). Lol
Again...those were her words, and not mine.
I do think that there is something to that.
Your rant is spot on, thanks for sharing
This is one of the best videos for all who need to understand the most basic concepts on Norse Paganism!! (Could you enable the subtitles on this? I need to share it with several friends that have no good hearing)
My man this is my favorite video of yours. You seem more relaxed and excited.
Thank you! I appreciate you sharing wisdom. Walking into my garden, just entering this space that provides food..the difference is tangible..connecting with this is powerful & full of vibrant energy.
Love this video my man! Wonderful perspectives and knowledge in there.
Great work. I appreciate You sharing a level-headedness in these so common air-heded topic.
I’ve had this conversation with many people that “all religions are the same, the details are just the accents of that culture”. As the son of an episcopal priest I have a very interesting view of religion.
The more I learn about the gods, the more they feel similar to the Valar from Tolkien's world. The Valar where simply "powers of the world", demi-gods that had chosen to leave their place outside of the world and go down to "Arda". The part that reminds me of them is that these gods had no native form of their own, they where more like energies or powers, they could choose to take on a physical form if they wished (would be similar to us putting on clothing).
Only exception to this was Melkor (later called Morgoth by the eldar), he became stuck in a certain physical form after have exerted much of his power to corrupt and destroy arda. In short, the gods are less physical entities and more like powers that control and influence the world.
That makes sense cuz Tolkien was inspired by the Norse mythology
Excellent explanation. I love the complex perspective about religion your channel is helping to spread.
Interestingly I'm native and danish and in native culture they basically believe in animism too.
The first christians that had the vision to come to the new world so that they may 'find God there' were correct... but they failed to see it would happen by abandoning their old beliefs and embarrassing new when they came. There are reasons some religions are in harmony with both man , animal and nature , and others not. Keep on your path 😉
I always enjoy your explanations.
GREAT TALK, That's what I always told my children. The Gods and Goddesses of so-called mythology are a way of explaining powers of nature and the universe. The American Indians knew these facts and to them even rocks have a spirit form. Christianity one Godism was adopted by civilization as a method of control.
Ive been having a semi crisis in belief the past few days and have found it hard to put into words what it was that I believed, This video is going to help me sleep tonight because you have helped me realise what it is that I feel a connection to and I thank you for that alot.
Thank you again for the enlightening and detailed teachings- I feel like I’m getting a College education in
Norse History! Someone in my family told me to find a copy Heimskringla also- our Norse branch
of family came to America in 1675 ( Williamsburg Va.) I’ve thouroughly done the US side- now it’s time for me
to work on the Norway &
Denmark side- all of your clips are so informative & helpful- keep up your fabulous work my brother!
Olaf-Philadelphia ☺️
i have been trying for a long time, years, to figure out what i want to do in regards to my beliefs and you have explained this perfectly. thank you💜
So many good points, I'm so glad that I stumbled upon your channel, I wish it happened sooner, but I believe all things happen at the right time in life. Best regards, fellow man.
This is the best explanation of what gods are all about that I've ever heard, and I've heard a lot of them.
I absolutely agree. When I think of the Gods,I do not think of a “person” but an energy in nature. I thought I was the only one after watching other videos from other pagans.
Yes! I've believed this since childhood and I'm happy to hear it explained so clearly.
great video as always!
Amazing energy you have. I learn so much from you, thank you for bringing my mind and spirit home. 😘
I totally agree with your take on the gods. i’m always flabbergasted when people treat pagan gods like real, humanlike people. that being said, I recently took a meditation journey to thor to talk about a certain rune and he looked very much like you 😂
My ancestors the Celts felt the same way they made their way into Greece and it’s was reported that they were shocked to see that the elemental gods of nature could be reduced to human form given your explanation this makes much more sense to me.
Just discovered your channel. I see that I have so much to learn!!
This is a great video, but I have a major contention with the idea that the Hellenic pagans lost the true meaning of the myths and were literally worshipping the gods as superhumans. Perhaps the common folk did, but the Neoplatonic pagan philosophers and priests such as Emperor Julian, Sallust, Celsus, Proclus, and etc wrote works saying that the Gods were nonhuman divinities as recently as the late roman period. Sallust for example writes this in his book on The Gods and the World which I recommend every pagan read and Celsus as well states this in his polemic against christianity debunking Saint Paul's lecture that he gave where Paul said that pagans were literally worshipping the idols. The reason pagans built the idols is not to say that the gods are literally the super humans depicted but to depict them in a way we can understand that captures the spirit of those particular Gods so they can better connect with that spirit during sacrifices and ritual. Perhaps you were just saying that the commoners lost the meaning which is debatable and theres no real way to prove that, but if you are saying the priests and philosophers did then that isnt true this is well documented in their own words.
Very cool. Did not know some of that. Will give those a read. It depends on the time too right? And from what I have read, it seems like the greek philosophers at the time were quite split? Like half leaning pagan and the rest moving to pure atheism? After the greek dark age at least? But im not super familiar with that history.
@@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 Oh yea for sure, there was significant debate between the Greek and roman philosophers on this but the prevailing philosophy among classical philosophy at the time was Neoplatonic Paganism which held that the Gods were nonhuman divinities and I really think you would find a lot of value in it. Its the philosophy Emperor Julian the last pagan emperor subscribed to and is one of the most advanced pagan theological systems. Thomas Taylor's translations of the classics at Prometheus Trust would be a good place to start in looking into it. These are all books written by pagans in pagan times and the ones I mentioned earlier were written when they were competing with Christians.
@@nerowatson9331 Awesome. Read some about this but looking forward to get in a bit deeper. Thank you
Love your channel! Enjoyed this video a lot. Respect from slavic pagan. Sława!
Thank you for your content. It’s really interesting and informative. 🙏🏻
Tusen takk, venn! You are actually the one who saved paganism for me a long while ago! A couple years back I was going to drop it all and then I found you!
I would love to see a video about the story of Beowulf!
Love ur channel dude. u have taught me so much 🤝
One of the best explanations of religion in general, and Norse paganism, I've ever heard. Done in such a concise and straightforward manner. Excellent!
Beautifully refreshing.thx.
You are amazing. Thank you for spreading your knowledge. :)
What an amazing perspective. I have been looking for a nature-based spirituality for a long time and paganism seems to be what I was looking for. Thank you for the insight.
I spend most of my time in the woods hunting and foraging...... this is the exact reason why I've always felt such a deep connection to the gods of old, being of German descent that puts me here but I feel they all hold great importance ❤🤙 love and respect always
Where you hail from man you live in the US
I’ve started doing a lot of research about my ancestors and I’ve learned a lot of my ancestors where from Denmark and Germanic areas and I would like to thank you for explaining more and opening my eye to this religions and beliefs makes alot more sense then most other religions
Glad I found your Chanel
Very good video! 👍 Thank you!
I love this! Thank you. :)
This video is everything I have been looking for. I've struggled to explain my own thoughts in the face of the people who scream about gods to my face, and this video is literally magical. This makes me feel so much less lost, and it is nice to hear that my ideas aren't completely crazy (as some public spaces I've joined have hinted at). THANK YOU for making videos!!
Your hair tie covered in ripped off hair sent a shiver down my back 😅
Good rant! Thanks! 😃
I really enjoyed this video. For a long time, I strayed away from religion because one Devine god didn’t make sense to me. I have always had an affinity for Norse Mythology and recently found out I’m of Scandinavian descent, so I started doing some research. This video hits the nail on the head on what makes sense to me, strengthening my beliefs. Thank you for helping guide me on my journey!
I think that the importance of portraying the gods in a way that reflects the people and cultures that worship them, is the preservation of a people's identity - be it through their genetic, cultural or artistic attributes. Sure, Thor and Zeus are both representation of nature's might, yet they are also the essence of life of the Germanic people as Germanic people, and of the Greeks as Hellenic. You might say that caging the ideal of a god in a human form is flattening, maybe even childish - yet there is a very deep connnection between the shape of a God to a certain land, and to it's native people.
I lived with the Lakota for many years, and they have always believed everything to have energy and life force, to be respected and part of the sacred circle. In Oglala Lakota belief Thor would be equivalent to Wakinyan, who is part of the Thunderbeings. Gods are not seen as human figures, even today, this is true. Lakota have always seen the gods as energy, with no form. Gods are the rocks (Inyan), Sun (Wi), Sky (Skan), and Maka (Earth). Even, Wakan Tanka (the great mystery) has no beginning and no end. It is the life force that the whole universe, plant, human, animals, minerals, and ether, is made of.
Yes, yes, yes. Great video and great explanation
This is so amazing to hear about our ansestors
I agree with this mostly. Only exception I'd take is that I see idols as not a loss of spirituality per se (though it might have lead to that as an unintended consequence) but just humans being humans, and like the myths the idols were there for us. The myths are there for human understanding, the idols for human visualisation. Idols also can have some spiritual utility within an animist framework, at least according to the work of Rune Rasmussen of Nordic Animism.
Very true! As long as the original meaning is kept along with the idols :)
Really good video!
you explained this very well to me and I agree ty
Great explanation bro
You're brilliant my friend. I've been coming to a lot of these conclusions on my own as well.
Thank you. Well said.
Great talk about origins of myth and religion/ I so enjoy your honest perspective- keeping it real, ha!!
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As usual you are on point.
Love this channel. Love that intro. ha
As a so called Hindu,I feel our ancestors appreciated the Nature and our own existence.In present scenario forget about religion or culture rationally We should appreciate Nature as with it we won't be here alive as It provide us all food, Clothes and shelter.
You are doing great job brother.I was gathering info about "Odin" that's the way I got here and I am glad ❤
I like you and your perspective.
I feel so lucky to have heard the call of Wodanaz
I am from the Netherlands (Noord Holland) and when I was a little child a lot of children where afraid of heavy storm whit Donner and lightning. Than we where told that it where the clouts how where bumping to together. Later when we learnt at school about the viking gods (it was a catholic school the '50th ) and Donar or Thor was fighting against the Ice Giants with his Hammer to return the Summer. later we moved to a small Fischer town near the IJselmeer (what is now a polder), near the harbor. Some winters it was so cold that they drive with cars over the ice. But than on the end of the winter, by wind from the north, the ice was breaking and moving towards the harbor and that was suds a loud terrible sound from the Ice Giants and i hear it in my bed with my pillow over my head. That was the moment that i understood why people where making story's about unexplained things in nature to comfort other people. From that moment i realist that the christian story's about Saints where the same and with 12 year i told my parents that i would no longer go to the church anymore. Now i am 76 and learnt a lot from you, thanks.
People need to realize that we are trying to understand the infinite with finite minds. We paint this with the things in our own histories and social/cultural finite understanding. It has always struck me that the gods, especially the Greek pantheon, in a lot of stories embody very human characteristics and issues. With all the jealousies, egos, and lusting, they end up sounding more like unenlightened. even spoiled humans than deities. What I have also found across paths is that the more enlightened consider deities to be avatars that embody certain characteristics or traits. We focus on those deities when we want to enhance, or bring those traits into ourselves. For example, you would focus on, or do rituals to Kwan Yen, the goddess of compassion, if you wanted to become more compassionate.
I liked the point you made about the gods being energetic and not human-like. I have found that the mystery side of spirituality has a lot in common with quantum physics. Dr. Bohm actually made the statement that mysticism and quantum physics is the same thing in a different language. Decades ago I was a deacon in a fundamentalist Christian Church. After additional decades of spiritual study of a mixture of various religions and spiritual paths, combined with my own meditations and experiences have coined the term for what I am. I just tell people I am a Quantum Metaphysicist, but it doesn't pay much so I have to do other things. Look under the hood of most spiritual paths in the world and you will find a thread of truth and similarity that runs through all of them. I appreciate the series and the approach.
Really great video! Your takes help me research more in depth and get a better understanding and perspective on things. I had honestly never heard of animism before your channel (I knew of the concept, but not that it had a name), it is never mentioned anywhere else when researching paganism - at least not for me. But i guess I didn't dig deep enough xD
I have no argument about anything you said concerning idols and feel that animism is the answer to many problems in the modern world, however, it is entirely possible that idols and the myths created around the gods were used trying to memorialize the gods that actually walked among the people. The idols and legends always look to the past. This fits with all religions. Very similar stories from separated cultures and tribes. Odin for instance, as the wanderer, may be seen in other tribes on different continents. I dont have the capacity to believe or not believe in the Annunaki theory but it is intriguing. For what ever reason the gods (or or maybe Annunaki) leave and the belief system grows. Sometimes for the better, many times for the worse. Just something to ponder. Thanks for this video.
Yes. Definitely have records of the gods as real people. There are a few explanations for this. Done a few videos on that and more coming soon
Congratulations on your channel. The historical accuracy of your arguments is solid. The German philologist and philosopher Friedrich Ast , wrote in his book " Geschichte der Philosophie" in 1825, in Landshut, Bavaria in Germany that Odin or Wodan, Wotan was a god that came from the East and actually overtook the role of God All Father from a local Norse Deity called Alfadur. Any comment on that? Keep up the good work, tak.
I'm glad i can I listen to this and just feel so chill and happy! a specially when I can learn more about my culture.
What I love about our mythology or religion if you wanna call it that, our gods aren't like god in Christianity for example, yes the norse gods are kinda on a higher level but we can find comfort in them and relate to them like they were humans! Plus stories that are told with whatever norse god always teaches you something or just makes you laugh, which makes me upset that younger generations don't get to listen to them or even know this existed.
I never learnt about any of the vikings growing up and I know that yes math ect is more important but come on, I live in Norway! Anyways that's enough ranting congrats to whoever read all this 👉👈
Wait they didn't teach you about Vikings in the historical context ? Or do you mean the mythology and sagas? Or both?
@@whispersinthedark88 both which is very disappointing, they only mentioned Odin, freya and baldr when we were leaning about witch crafts or something and that just triggers me! We didn't even talk about that little mention either-
@@sigynfoxy69 wtf they tried to basically attach the Norse gods to witches, and with no explanation..That is really messed up.
I went to a private Waldorf school in the US back in the 80's where I had an elderly German woman as a teacher. She started telling us stories from Norse Mythology in kindergarten along with other European folklore. As we got into grade school we learned more when we covered different types of religion, and she taught it as being equally as valid as christianity or any other religious beliefs. Now that Im thinking about it I don't know if other teachers did the same since they were allowed to cover what they wanted for the most part. Its possible that she taught us what she knew and felt to be important, which came from the stories that she learned when she was young back in Germany during the 1930's -1940's .
But beyond just that the whole school had celebrations every year , to name a few we had May day when we would dance around the maypole weaving the ribbons, Santa Lucia come winter and then came Saint Nicholas with his nasty little buddy Knecht Ruprecht who gave the bad kids real chunks of chole...lol ,those made for some great memories.
I knew that other kids in the US didn't have the same experiences that I did , but I never even considered that kids in Scandinavia and Germany wouldn't be taught these things in some shape or form.
That's honestly quite sad to hear, yet it reminds me how fortunate I was to hear those stories and have those experiences as a kid. It seems that most schools in western countries need a big makeover so that they teach kids about their own roots, cultures,and folklore along with real life skills.
@@whispersinthedark88 that's a very interesting to hear! Bless that teacher honestly!! I'm glad she told you and those other kids these stories.
And Ikr its very sad that's how it is today, I'm glad to be one out of many (many being you for sure!) To know about these stories and just share them you know. ^_^
At least once a week I take the time to go tell my boys a bedtime story about the God's. They seem to really enjoy that. Also while we're camping or building a fire in the backyard or when storms roll.
Hi ! N.m.b. I have your new ! Channel I like this 📹 I will put this in my library so Keep the videos coming your new ! No.1 fan !
I love, love, love your videos. Planned out or not 😅. Thank you so much. I think you are well spoken and very knowledgeable. And I'm so happy to find someone with such a wealth of information on paganism and Norse paganism, history, culture, etc etc. I have studied every path, theology, religion and pantheon you could imagine. I am currently trying to trace my ancestry as the Norse path resonates the most deeply with me. So thank you again 😊
Not related to the video, but I would love to see a video on the attack on Lindisfarne. What is true and what is mistold?
Thanks for that visual right out the gate😂😂😂😂 lol had me dying 😅😅
Being from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬, Brother; we as a people are quite in touch with Animism… Love your content.
I de agree, but still, I see a merit in creating idols like sorta focus points.
My son asked me about this, I just explained to him that the idol wasn't worshipped, but was comparable to the face on a cell phone of someone you intended to call.
Watch Arith Härger's latest video on talismans.
@@bjornekdahl721 I'm sure it's a good video, though I've avoided Arith Harger as he wears his politics on his sleeve, especially when commenting on American subjects he knows nothing about. I find it hard to take him too seriously, despite his sometimes good videos and material.
@@torstenscott7571 American subjects? I've never seen/heard him comment on anything American. You're sure you're not mixing it up? The only thing I've heard him say about modern times is that we have a hard time understanding animism in a society influenced by Abrahamism. Anywho, my comment was aimed at Demoncore above. So ignore it if you want. Otherwise I'd gladly give more information or recommend other videos and sites. All the best / Björn
Physical focus points are still used today. Like in meditations, some people chant. Or in natural labor women bring photos or other objects with them to focus on as they give birth, in order to manage pain and focus on breathing. In therapy, people are told to visualize their " happy place" and sometimes they have an item that represents their happy place ( a seashell if the happy place is the beach, a photo from a vacation etc) Idols are useful as tools to help one visualize the intangible. And, the very act of using a physical focal point *changes that object* as we now know. It's called the Observer Affect.
Im happy that the wonderfull sadhguru got mentiond
This makes so much sense. When I think of Thor I don't think of Chris Hemsworth or whatever his name is. I hear him when the thunder cracks and the storm clouds roll across the sky...
I am a Filipina ... fascinated with the Viking culture and stories and so on 😍😍😍
Probably the best use of 20 minutes anyone today (globally) could ever spend.
this is my favorite channel "we can't just go around believing things that make no sense"
Since I was young I've always been drawn to old Norse spirituality but the people Ive talked to who believe in this stuff always look at it through a Christian view of these gods being actual people and I just could never get behind that,I always felt like I didn't fit in with that. I believe that everything has energy, and the universe doesn't have a conscience like we do but it does respond to us, it does have energy and I like to harness that. Appreciate the way your explaining these things. Makes more sense.
I love Sadguru! Right on man, that's cool. We all have to have a way to relate to the Gods. We're you up late last night? This came through on my feed like at 4am, just now watching before kayaking this morning. Gods, coffee, lake... in that order 😆
Yes was a late one last night :)