Animism: The Trickster Spirit

[@thirdeyetheorytv]

thank you so much!! i’ve been experiencing this trickster energy and your video educated me in a way that allowed me to become appreciative and respectful of this nature, rather than fearful and out of control of it. sending you so much love for spreading such knowledge 🙏🏼

[@DruidCircle]

This has to be one of the best explanations presented. Well organized and structured in a way that is easily absorbed.

[@spektr540hemi]

oRGANIZED? ...sTRUctured? Surely you jest!

[@eminentbishop1325]

@@spektr540hemi sUreLY YoU JEsT Get over yourself

[@spektr540hemi]

@@eminentbishop1325 Now that would be a neat trick... To get over one's self. Summer salts perhaps? Flips? Of coarse the op's statement was correct. Do you not recognize sarcasm? Or, is it me that does not recognize your sarcasm? We may never know. Lighten up and luck be with you. My bet is you will need it.

[@eminentbishop1325]

@@spektr540hemi sarcasm to what purpose? Ridicule? Mockery? Thats what i saw. Im all about it when the target has reason to deserve it like now. Thats the thing my guy. Im a troll like you and I absolutely enjoy the opportunity to shove my opinion where no one else wants it because its enjoyable. Luck? Sure ill take your luck if you're offering it friend

[@eminentbishop1325]

@@spektr540hemi i like how you mocked someone and my response is to mock you but im the guy that needs to lighten up. If you didn't want attention baby you should've kept your opinions to yourself 😂

[@marcrhodes-taylor5347]

thank you arith that was a very clear explanation of the role of the trickster spirit. i learned a few more things than i knew before. i found it interesting that loki was regarded as a particularly important figure.

[@Solician5]

Hey Arith, thank you so much for your work. I'm a recent fan but have been going through a lot of your back log of videos! Really great stuff man

[@lagusuruz6932]

Everything he says is true. I have in recent years started a paganism faith and as im lisoning to what he says about loki being not a God but a spirit needed for change i remember story's from my childhood about a spider and his miss deeds called Anansi. Turns out Anansi is a African diety know for trickery. I found it interesting that loki and this also trickster both are represented by a spider.

[@gnostic268]

In Lakota stories (because different tribal nations have different tricksters and not all are the same) the spider is also known as a trickster called Iktomi.

[@debbiemarquis3231]

Does Lord Shiva fit also into this category.. Knowing that his function are similar..????

[@joshuaong3521]

Thank you for having a video about trickster gods. It speaks to my soul ❤🌀

[@ctrldelete1763]

The definition of delusion.

[@Jeep192]

Many thanks for this very informative video. I've found all the videos covering animism to be really good and I am grateful for your research and presentation, my "Wednesday Afternoon Lecture' thanks. I also love the phrases of "more than human" etc. So cool.

[@kiltedlover]

Very nice! Glad you took more time on this subject

[@DADOFWAR_76]

Thank you for your version of the tricksters.

[@sevenis9712]

I loved the clarification.

[@kylesousa2051]

I think a hangup many of us have is the idea that "god" is a title similar to species instead of a role

[@AnjaTeich]

This is wow. Because the word trickster spirit came to my mind a few days ago. Synchro. I am listening now with a cup of coffee. thank you

[@curtismiller8312]

Thanks you for sharing Injoyed lessening. 🙏✌

[@DruidCircle]

Thanks for sharing this Curtis.

[@joeyscott4299]

I enjoyed this video , as always . Thank you so very much !

[@UniversalistSon9]

The cosmic trickster has always interested me

[@kayvo5413]

Ripcurl Australia!😀 Ha! The last thing I expected to see on your video. I live in Australia... it's way too hot here for me.

[@ValkyriesCorner]

i absolutely love you

[@luminous3357]

Fascinating and informative. Love your content and presentation, especially the series on animism. This lecture brought to mind the global situation we currently find ourselves in with the lockdowns and severe limitations on liberty and drastic economic affects and social/political instability etc. Your talk made me wonder if the primary figures involved in the looming technocracy who are fostering this covid agenda might be functioning as trickster entities. Up til now I've viewed them as malevolent, but despite the suffering and constraints of the present moment there's a groundswell of fresh dedication to life and a new creative outpouring occurring amongst a certain portion of the population in a direct response to the threat. This reflects some of your assertions about the function of the trickster. There's also the issue of the transhumanist movement and the phenomenon of AI that's driving a lot of the policies that are being enacted. Might this be equated to the notion of the trickster making room for new forms of life as you mentioned? I'd be interested in your thoughts on this. Thanks for your excellent work!

[@lunisora]

Thank you very much, your videos are always informative and cover the topics very broadly and interesting.)

[@김희영-i6k]

Nice video. Actually this is insane. Only someone who is a trickster himself can have this deep insight ;) salute.

[@fugyomom]

Here in America Brother Raven brought us fire.

[@debbiemarquis3231]

Our trickster spirit in the Orishas is Elegba..he is the one you go to when when wants to enter in the spirit realm..

[@cat3019]

Thank you :) I love your videos so much, there is always a lot to learn!

[@keithbolland2231]

Thank you 👍

[@wesleysale1052]

A very good video. Loki and his poorer relation Coyotle are a puzzle to many but they seem to have a special place in "things".

[@theflashhobbyist]

The Persona video game series draws a ton from Animism and the idea of the trickster spirit. These concepts have a certain resonance that ring true. The ideas sound like a bell if that makes sense.

[@explorationartist]

In other words, to fit into a certain group or tribe would make it hard to break through boundaries because you would be confined to the boundaries of that particular group or tribe. You would have to fit in everywhere and nowhere at the same time in order to transcend boundaries and create something new. Like I said before, you are one of the few people who understand the Trickster spirit.

[@iankenney6602]

Thank you, and yes!

[@violenceislife1987]

There will always be thinhs in life that surprise you. Trickster spirits try to trip you up. Thanks for your explanation Arith! Good Morning.

[@Mulindinu]

Nice vid. Thx. Amusing how the model you lay out fits well with the stories of Renart, the fox of medieval French popular literature. He was both good and bad, often acting for no other reason but to shake the status quo or question authority.

[@ArithHärger]

I like your comment and observation. All my thumbnails are created by myself on Photoshop and all are planned, often with hidden meanings that match the subject of the video :)

[@sorayatorchic]

I would be very interested if you did a video about the Bucca.

[@KaylaSummerville66]

Thank you for your videos 📹 😊

[@ArithHärger]

My pleasure :D thank you for watching them!

[@inept_]

i didn't know they had ripcurl in other countries, greetings from australia and great video arith :D

[@ArithHärger]

Hello there! Greetings! Well, my parents gave me this when I was 15, and back then it was too large for me. Now at 32 I decided to try it lol. Now it fits :p

[@kimwelch4652]

Book reference time: The Trickster and the Paranormal by George P Hansen, ISBN 978-1401000820. The Trickster appears with paranormal activity and breaks down organizational structures.

[@patfrench8046]

I watched this video before. But today, it was more profound. As the world watches one country and people being destroyed by the commands of a single man.

[@MrEnaric]

So Loki is so much more than a 'mover of stories'. He always seemed to be so hard to fathom, thank for giving tricksters like him the attention and context they seldom get. Very curious about your class of 'other than human persons' you refer to as 'främmande' and 'oknyttfolk'. In the Netherlands we have benevolent and malevolent beings from the other side in folklore, but they feel so remote and difficult to understand. Maybe a 'Scandinavian' point of view on them can shed new light on the 'bûsehapperts, bőrries, witte wieven, nalopen' etc. from around here. But thank you for this video!

[@Jakob.Hamburg]

Ty for the video. It helps me.

[@morganacrows9974]

Eu amei. Falou tudo 🐍🐍🐍💜💜⚡️🤘🏻🔥🔥

[@anthonyhudson3158]

This cosmology seems to incorporate the idea that chaos and novelty are implicit in the underlying structures that order reality. Is this really how our ancestors viewed the trickster? Or have modern academics ascribed their function in a reworking of an ancient belief system. Fascinating video. Thanks

[@giacomorinaldi8803]

Hello Arith, are you going to make a video on muspelheim or the figure of Surtur specifically? Or have you already talked about it in other videos?

[@ArithHärger]

I will yes, about Surtr at least.

[@ohnoajellyfish]

I'm only 4 days late, but thank you for another lesson!

[@AG-ug3lb]

As you speak about nature's order and chaos, a poem by Dorothea Mackellar comes to my mind, in which she praises the beauty and the terror of nature in Australia. And as I keep watching, I notice your hoodie. Coincidence?

[@dj80hd38]

Hi! Well done. Can you link to some of your sources?

[@ArithHärger]

Yes indeed, check my folder in this channel concerning Animism, check the lastest videos such as "Death in Animism" and such, bibliography at the end of those videos. Hope it is useful. Thank you!

[@I_scribbles]

Am I the only one who watched this and thought to themselves, can a trickster spirit incarnate? Because I think I am one. Hehe No seriously, I feel like you're explaining myself to myself on my behalf and prepared a video just for me, Mr. Harger. Superb. Or am I just in touch my innermost childlike being?

[@eminentbishop1325]

I think its a matter of your internal nature as to what aspects of the divine impact you. I get where you're coming from because I was like holy crap this makes too much sense lol

[@Lina-gd8xf]

I feel this.

[@coyotestylepro1150]

Danke 🧠4 Understanding😊

[@ericesper348]

Great video, I think you may be splitting hair a bit on what comprised a diety or my visualization of a what comprised a diety may be more broad than yours. I may be skewed by my view of my personal patron Manannan as well. Thought provoking be well my friend. Someday a comparison of Manannan, Loki, Bricriu and Gwydion might be worth exploring.

[@Ibraestopa]

Thank you! :*

[@DarkMoonDroid]

I appreciate this perspective. It's a helpful one... sorta. How do we know that the long view isn't one that we are imposing on these characters, as opposed to what they themselves had in mind or some even greater Mind was thinking of? If we impose our meaning onto them such that we are accommodating their presence and actions, how do we know that this won't lead down a slippery slope into our lives becoming sheer hell? - figuratively speaking. Will the next cycle require us to say, "No!" to their presence and actions again, so that we can regain the order that they have destroyed? There is such a thing as too much chaos, y'know.

[@joaquimteixeira8297]

They can't really label then or quantify so they just leave them out .

[@nancyc5922]

I've never considered tricksters evil, I believe the word would or will be used only with those perspectives of good and evil with no depth perseption other then what they are told, with no real knowledge of tricksters, again, other then what is told to them. Tricksters are wonderful teachers if ya ask me and not as bad as some are lead to believe, then again, that all depends on the person.

[@spektr540hemi]

Ah, Coyote, always a respected member of our pack.

[@Blording]

I have always been curious if the two (Loki and the Coyote from native American mythology), were one and the same.

[@spektr540hemi]

@@Blording I have wondered the same from time to time. Perhaps brothers... Brothers from different Mothers... I am sure the story, or stories, would be wonderful!

[@Blording]

@@spektr540hemi indeed, may our fates be intertwined with one another for the benefit of all. Good will to you and your kin and tribe.

[@spektr540hemi]

@@Blording Good will to you and yours as well. May we always meet and part in a good way.

[@SugarSnapDragon]

I was thinking Laurits from Netflix's show Ragnarok was kind of responsible for Isolde's death. But after watching this video I feel like it's very possible that his prank phone call actually saved Magnes' life.

[@peterrichards5969]

Answers and oft asked question of Christians: why do bad things happen to good people?

[@ArithHärger]

Perhaps that's not the right question, and the real question is: What defines goodness? If you ask a pagan or perhaps even an animist (such as myself), I can tell you that the concept of evil does not truly exists in an animistic and in an ancient pagan mentality. There is, however, an understanding that life itself can be tough, and being alive, and therefore being in the natural world, can be very dangerous at times, and nature can be cruel, but is that evil? is that good? Perhaps it's just a question of order and chaos and every living thing is caught in-between, regardless of character. Some are luckier then others. Within the human society there are people who make good and bad choices, and good and bad actions, it depends very much on one's character and morals. There are violent deaths, there are many atrocities, but the question isn't what is good or what is bad, but rather - what can we do to mitigate, our at the very least minimize, damage, harm and suffering? To a pagan, and also to an animist, it's not about seeking what defines goodness or evilness, but seeking ways to work for just resolutions and the end of conflict. Whether we like it or not, from the moment we are inserted in the cycle of life, we are all subjected to a variety of things. We all find joy and suffering. Why do bad things happen to good people? Well, goodness doesn't create a shield against anything. It doesn't not create an ultimate protection. Everyone is vulnerable. What can be done is to try to seek new ways to minimize the dangers of the world. When we live in this world we are aware of its dangers, especially the dangers of the human society and the dangers of the natural world, so we learn and put to practice that knowledge in order to avoid such dangers, to avoid paid, suffering and even death. The best we can do is to learn and try to help others, and just as I said earlier, to seek resolutions to end conflicts.

[@peterrichards5969]

@@ArithHärger Thank you for your reply Arith, and for your generosity with the knowledge and wisdom you share in your videos. I was raised a Catholic, became an atheist and eventually found a practical spirituality. I agree, goodness is no guarantee against natural disasters and dictators. But the dualism of good vs evil - its such a comforting, simple illusion. The work you suggest we all do requires effort, which isn't simple or comforting, but ultimately, right. And lest we forget, in the case of man-made atrocities, the people who committed them were human, like us, and we are all capable of doing terrible things if the circumstances are right.

[@SuperBjanka]

To me, it sounds like trickster spirits always are servants of the mother.

[@Blording]

I am not convinced that this is the case. Tricksters are more unbound by any spirit fetter than others.

[@SuperBjanka]

@@Blording The thing they do, are of service to mother nature. But this could of cause be a coincident

[@Blording]

@@SuperBjanka possible, but I am unsure that it is in the service of the self or of nature. It could be in certain situations, but I don't know if it is always the case.

[@eminentbishop1325]

@@Blording its both. They are embodiments of chaos or entropy. No one answer is going to encapsulate their motives because theyd change it the moment you figured em out

[@cyph3rfuge802]

Just wanted to make 111 to comment on this page.

[@paultodd7806]

Hi Arith. Not a criticism just a observation because you are enthusiastic about your subject and I know some of the subjects are quite complex in matter and meaning, but sometimes you repeat your subject. I am steadily working through your catalogue of videos as the more I watch, the more I appreciate your knowledge. I am very interested in the subject so I hope I haven’t offended you.

[@ArithHärger]

No worries, I get that a lot, hehe. Yes, I do repeat myself on purpose, especially certain key words and concepts so people may better interiorize them. The audience of this channel is from 8 to 80, and digital format has its downside when it comes to learning. When we hold a book, the entire process of touching it, go through the pages, watching the number of pages and all, will faciliate remembering the information in it. On digital format it will have a different impact upon the brain and the capacity to retain information lessens by a considerable percentage. So I make use of the voice by lowering or increasing the volume in certain words or phrases, also repetition, use of body language (especially hand gestures). This will help people's brains retaining a lot more information.

[@paultodd7806]

@@ArithHärger Great really enjoy the videos, I have just got to Eosta😉

[@hegefossum4002]

@@ArithHärger Thanks for using the teaching methods you do. I think it is very important for those of us who want things to stick in our heads and hearts. I hope you don't change that because of those who don't like the repetitions. I think there are many of us who appreciate it a lot.

[@colinp2238]

I am confused because you say that not all tricksters are evil but you never have a good word for Mr Thorstein?

[@ArithHärger]

You know Mr. T. is a howe-dweller. He may be a trickster by nature but not an actual trickster spirit. I have raised him from his abode and now I have to put up with him :p

[@whitewaves7788]

Have you considered having a bitchute channel? You have excellent content.

[@explorationartist]

You are one of the few people that understand the energy of the Trickster spirit. The ones who don't understand the Trickster spirit aren't supposed to. That would defeat the purpose of the Trickster spirit's life to be tricky. The Trickster spirit is to be invited and avoided at the same time. Many people do this to the trickster spirit and don't even realize that they are doing it. It somewhat scary. Imagine being in an place with many different people from different walks of life and all of those people are attracted to you. Because of this, you will fit in everywhere but nowhere at the same time. Because ultimately you will be expected to choose a group to be in. But when you are invited by every tribe, it's not that easy to pick a group because people see that you are everyone. Therefore people also see you as no one. People who don't understand this aren't supposed to. That would defeat the purpose of the Trickster spirit.

[@hi5m817]

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[@phyllisdicks9830]

No disrespect, but didn't you mean "transcend," rather than, "transgress?"

[@ArithHärger]

No, I meant "transgress". Transgress the plans of deities, transgress order, divine law, in the sense of -against the "rules". Not in a sense of evolution of that which transcends. Tricksters provoke new possibilities for others to exist, and new spaces and realities to include life that wasn't part of the divine plan, or part of the orderly idea of the divine. For that to happen the tricksters must transgress the original plans and will of the gods.

[@phyllisdicks9830]

@@ArithHärger Got it. Thank you. I think my head was in another place at the time.

[@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533]

Is that James Charles in the thumbnail?

[@ArithHärger]

No. It's a model friend of mine :) hehe

[@phoenixthundertarot3738]

you are rong lol I am Loki AKA Anubis AKA many many many names it seems it would make you a good adventure in contacting my name is Phoenix Thunder and your dope af bro! we also Heyoka! we the jesters control the kings we the merlin fractal energy embodied in me as the strongest rn or im just tricking but it may be of wise dome to contact us

[@phoenixthundertarot3738]

stuck by lighting my names all add to same add them up my birth dates same all names numbers equal to the one and only embodied ME hahahahahah I once was loki and played a trick so grand i hid my self from my self until... ehhhhhhh people think they are me but truly only one man embodies this in his every breathe

[@pegachey7728]

Yo the gods are the cosmic government and we gotta pay taxes

[@pegachey7728]

Spirit taxes.

[@MrBlazingup420]

Loki gave birth to a grey, eight-legged horse he called Sleipnir. It was the best horse among gods and men, so Loki gifted him to Odin "So Say Gift, Say your'er Loki" play these words backwards they say "Equuleus, Pegasus" the word for Loki is "Equal" saying he is equal to the gods.

[@user-rb1rd7ub9r]

I’m dealing with trickster spirits it started when I used a pendulum to reach out to my guides. I thought I was talking to them but about 5/8 months later I found out they were tricksters. One just says random things and the other uses my feet as a pendulum (They can read my mind and before I thought it was a doorkeeper) Obviously I am young and idk what to do he uses my body as a pendulum my feet for yes and no,can read my mind, and can move certain parts of me without touching me i reaaaallly need help i’m not a witch i can’t do spells none of that (i’m copying this on many videos it’s NOT spam)

[@user-rb1rd7ub9r]

on different socials as well!!

[@marrop2760]

join a dowsing group & a spiritual group...sounds like you have negative entities around & need to learn how to cross them over & do proper earth energy clearings..

[@letichialove1221]

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