Tying a few threads together.. Maria Kvilhaug translates the name of Ymir as "sound," and the cutting of him into pieces to create the world is akin to taking a primeval sound and using it to create an orchestra of countless tunes. So that sound waves/ vibrations are the foundations of reality. Secondly, I studied Ninjutsu for a brief time, and the various levels of learning were based on elements - earth, air, wind, water and void. Each level/ element corresponded to a sound which was supposed to have a physiological effect on the body. All the commands I learned as a yellow belt had an o sound like "stop." Other levels had other vowel sounds and it was related to Hindu Mantras. “Mantras are not small things. Mantras have power. They are the mind vibration in relationship to the creation. The Science of Mantra is based on the knowledge that sound is a form of energy having power, structure, and a definite, predictable effect on the chakras and the human psyche.” - Yogi Bhajan (from an article about Mantras, not connected to Ninjutsu.) Anyway, this all seems to tie together in your discussion of runes as both sounds and elements of creation. This is also a big endorsement of the Animacy of Runes course as I'm really having quite a bit of mind blowing realizations going through it! 💜

Indigenous has many definitions… one aspect is an indigenous lifestyle- one that lives as one with nature, animistic and encourages all kinds of life to thrive - is the birthright of all humans. Another aspect is the political label of indigenous. No it should not be used by settlers or colonizers to refer to themselves… Having said that… It’s important to allow for cultures to share without one bullying or stealing… or segregating and isolating everyone from one another. There was an interview with you on a podcast that was very impactful for me… how you interpret ragnarök as a tale of what happens when interconnectedness is lost… seems like this can even be down to the family level, or within an individual.. not just a society wide sickness

When I took one of those tests, I confirmed that I'm mostly Northern European, but found out that my racist, Mexican-hating Spanish grandmother was actually self-hating and more indigenous American than Spanish. I think knowing your biological ancestry is a good thing, but misusing that to make yourself feel better than others is ignorant and egotistical. People are too disconnected from their ancestors nowadays.

funny! I just worked on Three Women, Three Roots, Three Times, One Tree Some Thoughts for Potential Gardeners by Terry Gunnell about norns

A rare sane viewpoint. Discovering your totemic "clan" is a far cry from the New Agey "find your spirit animal" type of naïve rubbish. IMO you'll encounter 'the one' in your dreams (probably already have from early childhood onwards - try to remember), if not in waking forced rituals performed indoors. Initially you'll likely detest the animal (which is symbolic of its more metaphysical 'primeval holder' to literally translate the Finnish concepts "emuu" or "kantahaltija" into English); it's a highly personal test of your character. At first this etiological animal probably feels "not very cool" i.e. it won't be a wolf, raven, bear or even elk - although it could be, who knows but you? It could be a more humble beast; yet each have their wisdom and healthy meaningful powers. Get over it, see the beauty and simply have an open mind/Self. Also research your ancestry as much as possible. Depending on where you're from geographically/ethnically, you could find hints ranging from total zero to lots of info. Sorry to blabber so, but the strongest key in this matter as in many others seems to be your Self. Find a way to connect and relate with your innermost mights; thereby shall you also tally your outer friends as numerous. 🍄

Thank you for the excellent video! BTW I can vouch that currently the habitat of various stork species extends at least as far North as Northern Savonia in Finland and Uppland in Sweden, so Denmark surely isn't the 'Ultima Thule' of these birds 😉 I presume that in my native Finland there are ca. 3000 nesting pairs of various stork species, so a somewhat "rara avis" (no pun intended) although not listed as endangered at present. We have a LOT of wetlands here. In Finnic myths/folk tradition, storks belong to the general idea/grouping of 'sacred water fowl' and are thus linked to creation myths (of e.g. the Diver which picks up mud from the bottom of the primeval sea and so dry land gets its origin) and by extension are seen as embodiments/epiphanies of the Creatrix Goddess often called by such monikers as 'Golden Maid', 'Sky Lady' etc.

We need more movements like this in North America! It’s like every time I learn a new piece of the Nordic story and animism it becomes more of a ”we need this as a world wide community!” People are waking up and I think the tools are all there to help the world. Seriously though, the world is just dark and sad without animism. The world is alive and full of beautiful other than human spirits!

Jeg har læst at den hvis stork kom med landbruget da den er tilpasset åbne landskaber. Tidligere da DK var mere dækket af skov havde vi den sorte stork som er en "skovfugl"

Great one, Rune. "Nu falmer skoven" will never be the same again 🙂

Thank you for this Rune! So important to bring attention to ways thr Indigenous call is expressing itself in dominant culture and the potential pitfals of perpetuating a colonial agenda (unconcsciously or not) by usurping and making something our own that is not. I wonder, as a Danish born national, when heeding the Indigenous call through your own Nordic roots and animisn, does that then become a process of re-indigenizing yourself to land you belong to, being Denmark? At one point is a person of any western majority group indigenous to their own country/land?

Wow you are really smart. I would ask said culture if I could make their knowledge public for safety sake. That's just being polite.

Jeg ser også det gamle testamente som en parellel til asatro. Jeg tilhører det gnostiske perspektiv og her har gud (i det gamle testamente) intet at gøre med den Gud Jesus taler om. Nærmest tvært imod. Elohim (oversat til guderne) er de gamle nordiske guder. De hedenske guder. De egyptiske guder. Jeg har fundet et underligt geometrisk mønster i de gamle danske runer, og jeg har fundet det ved at slå mit CPR nummer op i det gamle testamente. Det er ikke muligt, hvis de to (runerne og det gamle testamente) ikke har noget med hinanden at gøre.

I had my DNA tested and while only a slimmer compared to european genes I found out I'm part Native American. I now cherish my heritage, and I'm waiting for my parents to take the test so I can better located by ancestry

Gods tend to be just as messed up and just as virtuous as the cultures that worship them. Like those cultures are projecting their ideals, values, and issues into what they think the “Higher Power” is.

Som du kommer lidt ind på i denne video kan folkelige fortællinger - i modsætning til historie bøger eller akademiske artikler - være en kraftfuld kilde til at bevare det animistiske element i vores forhold til omgivelserne. Lad os give fortællingerne videre uden, at disneyfisere dem. Folketro er folkelige fortællinger. Utrolige historier om knæsætning, død og forbandelser, om vores huldra-kvinder, diser-piger, trolde og andre sære, usanselige væsener var engang en del af hverdagen. Jeg har skrevet en sjov og inspirerende roman, “en utrolig historie inspireret af helt utrolige danske folkesagn,” om en moderne mands færden bland nisserne, troldene og huldra-kvinderne i hans baghave på Vestsjælland, et område hvor traditioner står så stærke som istidslandskabet. Søg efter “Den Korsfæstede Nisse” på KZbin og se bogtraileren.

Speaking about trees, have you considered about making videos about the native trees and plants of Scandinavia from a Nordic Animist perspective? There seems to be a wealth of recent videos about ecological restoration projects in northern Europe from KZbin channels such as Leave Curious and Mossy Earth. It would be cool to learn about the ethnobotany about the Scots pine, birch, rowan, oak, Norway spruce and beech from a Nordic animist perspective. Been thinking a lot about how European tourists come here to Aotearoa New Zealand and marvel at what remnants we have of our Gondwananan rainforests and wondering whether that inspires them to have a closer sense of land connected-ness with their homelands via eco restoration projects and reviving + synthesizing animist knowledges. I do remember Machan Magan mentioning in your yarn with him about sacred oak groves in Ireland, which is awesome!

Somewhat semi-related, but you might be interested in Farya Faraji's relatiely recent video on Viking music. It deals with the broader theme that you have been discussing on your channel about the invention and mythologization of Viking-ness and Euro pagan-ness/heathenry by modernity. The point he makes about paganism and Christianity being innately syncretic mirrors Grundwig's philosophy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWLLgWeejrx4r7M

genuine question; does the phrase "white christ" refer to a type of bright splendor of his holy glory, or is this to be interpreted in the racial way?

Why reclaiming and recovering personal power is essential for engaging, or not, in any kind of relationship. Human or other.

Why did you cut your hair?

Ved ikke om du er bekendt med Uffe Jonas' "Solen ved Midnat - Grundtvigs Sang til Kosmos", men den er en fascinerende moppedreng.

Wow didn’t know this ❤

Do you recommend any books in English about this gentleman? If there are none that might be a great project for you to take on.

Fascinating, a reminder that we contain multitudes. It is a disservice to people to flatten people into images.

The mark of the beast The Bible says that people receive “the mark of the wild beast” because they follow it “with admiration,” to the point of worshipping it. (Revelation 13:​3, 4; 16:2) They do this by giving worshipful honor to their country, its symbols, or its military might. As The Encyclopedia of Religion states: “Nationalism has become a dominant form of religion in the modern world.” * According to the last book in the Bible, 666 is the number, or name, of the wild beast with seven heads and ten horns that comes out of the sea. (Revelation 13:​1, 17, 18) This beast is a symbol of the worldwide political system, which rules over “every tribe and people and tongue and nation.” (Revelation 13:7) The name 666 identifies the political system as a gross failure in God’s sight. How? *

This addresses exactly what I was struggling with this morning. Well done and thank you.

This presentation is Excellent and very informative! How can I learn more about this fascinating man?

Fascinating !!!!!

Great video. Kinda wish you followed best practices that a lot of other academics follow and liked a sources document. Especially when talking about controversial figures like Kold making it easier for people to do their own reading would be helpful.

What an interesting figure. I find figures of the 18th/19th/20th century neo-pagan intellectual sphere utterly fascinating throughout Europe, such figures pop up all over Europe around this time. Thank you for all you do ❤

You are truly an enlightened soul ❤️ It's good there are those like you who are providing a space for folks who need some good deconditioning lol

you are, to some degree, telling people the sun doesn’t in fact revolve around the earth. keep it up. but also, take care of yourself! and i don’t know how applicable it is, or will be, but do not forget to ask for help when you need it. you are starting a project big enough that you won’t yourself finish it. i think you likely know those things, but sometimes we need reminders from afar, i think.

This is also a famous indigenous symbol used on turtle island known as the medicine wheel. It’s really a fascinating subject and tons of knowledge flows from it through elders.

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This applies to the hard-core Neville goddard intertwined with ACIM teachings too.

Thank you.

All Gods are abusive. If you met one that said otherwise, it's because they are too cowardly to admit it. -Phobos

Thanks for this video. Of course, the seasons also were very important for our ancestors. The Sun and its conventional mytheme of "being dragged over the sky by animals or transported in a ship", is not natural or logical. There is NO WAY anybody can observe such a scenario and make such a mytheme. A wheel is a symbol of a "rotation around its center" and the ONLY possibility of observing this scenario in nature, is to study the Earth´s celestial axis an its motions. And THEN we get the natural explanation, namely the celestial center around which stars. star constellations, and the contours of the Milky Way are revolving. Then the natural mytheme is: A POLAR WHEEL seemingly pulled around by star constellations of Ursa Minor or Ursa Major. If speaking of a "ship", the crescent vaulting Milky Way figure very easily can be stylized and depicted as a ship "sailing" around this celestial Wheel. More illustrations here, search "native-science (dot) net/mythical.ship" Best Wishes

What is the name of the Danish nordic bronze age scholar and the name of the book you refer to in the begining of the video.thanks for your help

one thing, about the norse myths (and also the hellenistic and more) is that they are not meant to be taken literally, but are artistic... well poems or prose of the gods, they're meant to celebrate the gods through story telling, which then makes it more flavorful. and it was written down by christians 200 years after the last polytheist in scandinavia and iceland stopped worshipping the gods and nature. Which also might've played a role in why they seem weaker than the greek gods, and are sometimes humanized, as the monks ofc ccouldn't go against gOd

danish accent hurts as a dane :p

Of course you would say as you do due to the beliefs you have

Came from Esoterica, amazing video a great starter for me! Skol!! And greetings from Eastern Oregon!!

Lovely video ❤

Runes are just sigils. One and the same. Intention creates results .

Subjectivity = Pengwing...:) This vid is hilarious. And Short. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXPCZ42Aas6dd9ksi=_Pkjd4dTki1Ai1n_

why? when someone has power, they use it. most often in bad ways