Britain’s Last Pagan Ritual - DOCUMENTARY 🇬🇧

[@aadityapratap007]

Every time I observe the Indo-European pagan tradition, I am amazed at how the same concept has evolved differently in various regions over time. It is truly fascinating to witness the diverse interpretations and adaptations that have emerged within this rich cultural tapestry.

[@Esparthor]

Excellent. It is fantastic to see a community coming together and actually still having traditions.

[@Survivethejive]

Couldn't agree more!

[@clintonreisig]

I discern several interesting human tendencies. People appreciate their ancestors and want to perpetuate traditions to honor them. There is a sense of humor in doing so. A feeling of community and a legacy of many generations simply feels good. I believe that they enjoy the collective awareness of matters which empowered their ancestors. Lastly, Globalism is actually driving them closer, which naturally would include the exploration of heritage

[@Thomas-xd4cx]

@@clintonreisigwtf does globalism have to do with this

[@pygmy.]

@@Thomas-xd4cx Literally everything

[@Thomas-xd4cx]

@@pygmy. as someone growing up in the old world - it’s just that you feel a closer connection to your own as compared to neighbors/foreigners/etc. Globalism waters it down - you get clueless Americans who have no idea where tradition stems from pitch in random nonsense which has no place in the culture the tradition was founded by - confusing what the tradition is about. Just look at Christmas and the abomination of a festivity they made of it. It has nothing to do with the tradition and before long it will be “trend-over” and it will be gone. Globalism is literal poison to regional cultures and tradition.

[@arthurmake1947]

Folklore gang rise up!

[@sniedendepoes]

It’s rare to see genuine western culture nowadays. But God is it good for the soul. Wonderful landscape as well. Well done.

[@candylandi5351]

Let the tradition survive this time of crisis, it will be the base for the building of a better future for our wounded and tired but still alive Europe. I visited London once and I barely saw some British people, while look at those folk festivals... it's where real England is.

[@L333gok]

“Barely saw British people.” Y’know just because someone wasn’t born in Britain or doesn’t have a British passport or isn’t white, doesn’t mean they’re not British…? Britain has nothing to do with that stuff. Get lost with your racism and xenophobia

[@candylandi5351]

@@L333gok Continue with your delusions but the truth is another: they are not British or European in any way, they will never be and their descendants will never be.

[@ayublack9445]

I had no idea there were traditions like this in England, really cool. Very much enjoyed this video, thank you Tom!

[@Survivethejive]

Yes and there are many others. Please see the playlist of British folk traditions to learn more

[@Butchbuchsnan]

We have a VAST amount of these traditions all over the country.

[@Wotsitorlabart]

​​@@Butchbuchsnan None of them 'pagan'.

[@catastrofista]

Here in the Basque Country we also have the fat guy (Ziripot) and the horse guy (Zaldiko). They are prominent carnival characters.

[@candide311]

The festival seems to be thematically different from the ones discussed in this video though. I wish Tom would do a video on Basque traditions and mythology as it's so unique and would be interesting to learn about the extent to which it survived or was absorbed into later, Indo-European cultures. It's a shame it was eroded so much by the Inquisition and Catholicism.

[@tboy80z]

Please stand up against the WEF who is pushing the replacement on us.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

Iberian Celts, aka Phrygians aka Jews

[@sandfly60]

Yes, and I’ve seen illustrations of the Basque Obby Os and Teaser type figures. So very similar to the ones from Cornwall.

[@arathergrumpyturtle]

The ritual sacrifice and ressurection of the Earl of Rone reminded me very much of the folk character John Barleycorn and his eponymous folk song of which there are many renditions throughout the british isles. I've heard he has potential anglo-saxon origins. You should do a video about him!

[@twilightmoongames]

That was my first thought too, but this sounds more disturbing..

[@Wotsitorlabart]

​@@twilightmoongames The song John Barleycorn does not have Anglo-Saxon origins. It was written in the early 1600's and radically re-written in the 1700's. As the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs notes - it is simply a very clever allegory.

[@MrFredstt]

In an age where we are separated from our roots and traditional cultures I love your videos that seek to keep them alive and inform us. It's also so cool to see people still participating in many of our traditional rituals. Would love to someday travel to the mother land (Europe) and participate myself

[@denverrsouthers5531]

Your roots are Christianity, our ancestors saw the light of the Lord Jesus Christ over a thousand years ago, Britain was Christian before Germany was, Ango-Saxons returned to Germany to convert their brothers

[@murderfaery5715]

​@denverrsouthers5531 no they didn't. Charlemagne is the reason for Germany becoming Christian.

[@tboy80z]

​@@denverrsouthers5531 Not true. Pagan roots are much much older than Abrahamic ideas in religion.

[@denverrsouthers5531]

@@tboy80z I pity anyone who puts mythology above the love and sacrifice of Jesus

[@tboy80z]

@denverrsouthers5531 Mythology? Why do you call much more older and ancient religions that? Christianity could be seen as that too. 🤔

[@lindasolomon4235]

Keeping the old traditions alive, very important. Love to see it.

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

Thank you Tom. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by so many.

[@guts9964]

Very interesting tradition. It's so important to keep these alive. Thanks for your work on this as always!

[@MrRourk]

You gotta get out to the countryside away from the big McBox Cities

[@thomashartmann7317]

Hey Tom, Tommy Hartmann here! Just wanted to say thank you for your outstanding work and for keeping our traditions alive through your journalism!!!! I have deep roots here in New York where I live and my family has lived since they left Germany and England in the 1700s. I long for the day I get to lay mine own eyes on some of these traditions in England and Germany. Thank you for allowing me to experience without having to make the trip! Be well and keep surviving the jive, no matter how much they try to keep us quiet

[@drraoulmclaughlin7423]

My father's folk are from Tyrone 😮 . . . 😊Brilliant to see a strong community preserve their ancestral customs! I have been collecting all the ancient Greek and Roman accounts of North European sacrifice customs...

[@Esparthor]

A fascinating endeavor, no doubt!

[@Survivethejive]

I hope you will present them in a video?

[@Howlingmoon80]

It's kinda interesting that in Iran, 13 days after Norouz(Persian new year with some rituals similar to Easter in the west), young men and women tie knots in their Sabzeh(green sprouts grown in a dish) and single ones pray for a husband/wife and married couples for a child, then throw the Sabzeh into a river or a spring like some sort of offering. Kinda similar to the Slavic ritual you mentioned. Anyways, amazing documentary. Thank you Tom for showing us this beautiful event.

[@Howlingmoon80]

@@extemporaneous4545 Not necessarily. Practicing Muslims believe these rituals to be superstitious nonsense from pre-Islamic Iran so they refuse to do these thing entirely. Those who actually practice it(which are the majority of people) are not practicing Muslims. By the way the same could he said about Jesus worshipers in the West.

[@Howlingmoon80]

@@extemporaneous4545 I understand your point but this Christianity we see is not what it used to be. I wasn't as flexible as it is nowadays(which is too flexible and this unbounded flexibility is driving many people away). Yes you can't officially change your religion in Iran but that's a legal matter and it can't be said about Iranian culture necessarily. Many patriotic Iranians resent Islam because of the Muslim Invasion in 7th century. Islam isn't flexible but human spirit is.

[@Seofolwulf]

Combe Martin has got to be one of the most beautiful villages I’ve ever seen!

[@Survivethejive]

there are many more pretty villages nearby

[@Seofolwulf]

@@Survivethejive I am planning my first trip to England and Wales for next year, gods be praised!

[@Survivethejive]

@@Seofolwulf have a wonderful time

[@JimMaguireMusic]

Another consistent reminder of the importance of culture.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

Lmfao It's Greek and Phoenician in Origin

[@L333gok]

⁠​⁠@@Uncanny_Mountain Are you implying that Paganism originated from the Phoenicians…? Lol. How is it Greek in origin.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

@@L333gokbecause Phoenicians were Jews and Greeks started as a Phoenician Colony, ergo Thebes and Athens. This is known in Academia. Pagan is a non sequitur No true Scotsman fallacy

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

@@L333gok because guess who wrote your Pagan Byblos Baal Einstein

[@bobby_bretwalda]

I'm so happy to see what looks like pretty much a whole community striving to keep their tradition alive! A real white pill, thanks Tom! The closest thing to this in my parts that I'm aware of is St Wilfrid's Procession in Ripon which is still going strong today and is a great excuse for a summer piss-up! I used to love watching it as a kid.

[@WarriorFromV4LH4LL4]

Big fan of the shorter documentary. I can be daunting to sit down for an hour, but these shorter episodes are much easier to fit in with my busy schedule. Fantastic as always, Tom!

[@cecilialarsdotter2233]

Beautiful tradition and very encouraging to see so many young people participating.

[@philjameson292]

Love it, a great piece of English pagan anarchy. No wonder the authorities were worried about it in the 1800s

[@YorkyOne]

There's nothing pagan about it. The authorities were concerned about the drunken riotous behaviour.

[@greasybumpkin1661]

@@YorkyOne the church suppresses the carnal nature of man too much so that when he's given an excuse, he becomes rabid. No surprise that when people can engage with their primal side in healthy ways, violence goes down in such cultures.

[@rnrbishop]

I’m Minehead born and raised. Very interesting to get some background on these old traditions.

[@jakeburgess6101]

Excellent vid - Some heroic live coverage of the event ! Thank you Tom .

[@DanDavisHistory]

How wonderful. Thank you for documenting this custom, absolutely fascinating stuff.

[@kingelvis7035]

Thank you so much for the effort you put in these videos!

[@Survivethejive]

Glad you like them!

[@Bjornlovesjazz]

thank you for another banger Tom

[@Soliloquium2112]

I was raised in Minehead. Hobby Horse is very important to the town, they go round the town streets and bash drums at sunrise - i remember being woken up by it as a child on summer solstice. There are now several different Hobby Horses who claim to be the "authentic" one!

[@Wotsitorlabart]

Earliest reference to the Minehead hobby horse - 1830.

[@-Blackberry]

When I hear people trying to deny the existence of the English ethnicity and say we have no culture of our own I think of traditions like this.

[@mudra5114]

England needs such traditions becoming more popular.

[@MatthewDaoust]

I really enjoyed this one. Great work again as always. Cheers From Canada! Thank you for all you do. Your work is very admired and appreciated, Sir.

[@adamoneil5317]

Very awesome video. Perhaps among my favorite you have done. Makes me excited to backpack through Europe next year. While I am in England, I may just have to visit this village and witness this celebration for myself.

[@raystargazer7468]

And then he ends it while casually walking in the woods. xD Such authenticity. Valuable guy right here.

[@Survivethejive]

kind of you to say so

[@raystargazer7468]

Man, people have rich cultures we can't even imagine. Yet online all you see are the superficial stereotypes. And these are just a few villages. Imagine the amount of tradition that dies out every decade because people simply don't know.

[@kevinlawler3252]

I’ve been needing more STJ. I need to get buried in my cultural heritage again, I absolutely love it so much, so satisfying, it’s the closest I ever get to feeling at home. The politics and erosion of modern day existence is killing me inside. I have to step away and just get lost. Thanks Tom. Hope all is well, hope you and the wife are enjoying that new baby.

[@Survivethejive]

Yes we love both of our children, thank you

[@drakedorosh9332]

Osiris floating in his coffin to sprout a tree also comes to mind.

[@christinaOmNamahShivayo]

Amazing that people don’t know what pagan is… it’s their roots! Thank you for sharing the traditions that are part of the fabric of humanity

[@thegrymwolf6360]

I adore this! Thank you Tom for bringing this to our attention. We need to keep these traditions alive wherever they are still practiced. I shall certainly visit one day and see it in person.

[@opengnosis8555]

Wow!, everyone from that little town has a very charming personality. Just pleasant people!

[@baileywebb1]

What a marvelous lil video. Heartwarming to see folks still keeping the ancient traditions alive and having fun in the doing.

[@drakedorosh9332]

My maternal Grandfather was from Devon and he was related to William Frise whose wife was not allowed to be buried in the church yard because the Minister did not respect his marriage. The Minister said they were not married in the church. Bill Frise of old told the Minister that he had married her properly according to the common law. He paid a fair price for his bride determined at auction in the market, I think a shilling and a mule. He put a bridle loosely around her neck and was able to walk her all the way home without her running off. Then he carried her over the threshold. The problem for me is that his wife was not buried in the churchyard because it is likely holy ground that predates christianity. They were made outsiders in their own land. I'm glad so many other traditions survive. Divorce by auction has never been discussed by anyone in recent times as far as I know. I don't know if I can find that old book that tells the story of pagan devon and Bill and his wife.

[@Survivethejive]

What a fascinating custom. I have never heard of it

[@drakedorosh9332]

My memory has butchered the story a fair bit -Henry rather than Bill was quoted as saying; "Henry Frise maintained that Anne was his legitimate wife, for "he had not only bought her in the market, but had led her home, with the halter in his hand, and he'd take his Bible oath that he never took the halter off her till she had crossed his doorstep and he had shut the door."

[@solank7620]

@@drakedorosh9332Sorry, I am confused. Is this story a humorous tale about a man marrying an animal from an auction…? Are you saying there once was some tradition of putting halters on women?? My apologies, I don’t quite follow what is going on here…

[@drakedorosh9332]

@@solank7620 As far as the story. it comes from chapter on "wife-sales". Sometimes I think livestock was traded as payment for wives. My great aunt was sold for half a crown and made a loyal and patient wife. I'm not saying women were or are animals or should be slaves. I truly believe that marriage is an institution based in slavery and that the words "bridle" and "bride" are related to the wedding vow "to have and to hold". Women in the past were regarded as property. The past is filled with these surprising tales. I still feel warmly toward my ancestors who struggled with these things and I am grateful to live in the age of oil where cheap energy frees us from slavery.

[@slyapbg]

@@drakedorosh9332 How were they treated as property? Just because they were given in exchange for something else?

[@SunGraal]

Absolutely brilliant work Tom, thank you for all you do to keep these customs of our blessed folk alive.

[@tweedyoutdoors]

This was great! I sat watching this thinking I should quit my pointless job and spend my time touring the country going to events like this.

[@johancena2258]

This is awesome man, love the on the ground reporting!

[@jackbenny4458]

Great video! I really liked the add in of the Ukrainian/Slavic paganism. There is not many videos about their Paganism even though interesting practices survived. Hopak ritual dance and Vyshyvanka are examples that does not get much attention.

[@imagseer]

Thank you for creating this video. We must absolutely keep these traditions regardless of them being a pastiche. The roots are very deep in time and distance.

[@Cmc.1984.]

This channel has been instrumental in my switch to paganism. Thank you

[@serdobsky_]

Очень интересно смотреть ваши ролики. Особенно приятно видеть параллели с нашими праздниками. Только я немного не понял. Насколько я знаю Ярило это скорее наименование чучела (олицетворение зимы), которое сжигается зимой. А на праздник Ивана Купала празднуется торжество сил света, поскольку это самый длинный день в году. Я скорее всего просто не разбираюсь до конца в теме. Спасибо за познавательные ролики!

[@geoffbenoy2052]

Девон, Российская Область??? 😃

[@trent3235]

2:32 the earl of Tyrone is buried in Italy today, his name is Hugh O’Neill.

[@Survivethejive]

Right

[@liquidoxygen819]

Cheers, Mr. Rowsell. It's always crazy to find these traditions scattered across the Indo-European world and realize that they must descend from a common Neolithic - Bronze Age source. It seems like this custom would go right back at least to Corded Ware, then, given the Indian evidence. I am doing some research on Armenian folklore, so I'll look into if there are any seeming cognates tucked away in the attestations of their folk practice. My brother's girlfriend is Greek, so I can also inquire if her relatives know of anything surviving into the modern day. Won't hurt! If there are attestations from, especially more than one, Yamnaya-descended culture, that'd be great evidence it could go right back to Sredny Stog or Repin. Moreover, my Lithuanian uncle is coming to visit soon, so I will ask him if he happens to know of anything similar.

[@Survivethejive]

Phrygians were yamnaya descended probably

[@jacobhope6164]

Amazing job on this documentary! Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

[@Survivethejive]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeffebdy]

Slight aside but related, my cousin was in the original "Wickerman" (they used school children as extras) Towards the end, a young girl opens an upstairs window & speaks a line... Big up Janet! Another insightful & inspiring video

[@scottt.shellcontinentalger2464]

Amazing work, Tom. Thank you.

[@Clemeaux_]

So damn amazing. Thank you for sharing

[@JackSardonic]

When you do videos like this, one has to wonder how many active folk traditions we have on this island, going on the next town over. It really is a blessed plot!

[@bigscarysteve]

The one-volume edition of Frazer's _Golden Bough_ pictured in this video is an abridgement. The first edition was two volumes; the second, three; the third, twelve.

[@Survivethejive]

wew lad

[@echoven]

Great documentary as usual. I love to see all the examples of paganism alive and well in the modern day. One thing that really struck me in your Padstow may day video was how eager the young 20 something girls were to become pregnant as a result of the festival - The fertility ritual seemingly banishing modern reticence to have children.

[@Survivethejive]

They were the most wholesome group of cackling drunk girls I ever met

[@someblokecalleddave1]

Yeah I loved their enthusiasm and embracing of the whole thing - awesome that the youth got so involved and I didn't see any phones!

[@djprincegrandmasteryrjdalo2905]

I’m sorry, but what you said in the last sentence is really stupid there is no banishing of not having children there’s just so many faxes that I can’t even answer that within this paragraph and the fact that you’re just shoving all of this down to all the modern world doesn’t want you to have kids is fucking stupid…

[@ManCalledD]

Great content as usual! I love the traditions of our Island.

[@harrycallaghan22]

As usual, another truly fascinating film from Tom and always really well produced. Great stuff.

[@grayfiresoul]

Suberp minidoc! I would love a series on the localities and their versions of shared festivals, or their own unique festivals, all around England!

[@Survivethejive]

This is part of a series. Its British folk traditions playlist

[@KMR1776]

Thanks!

[@Survivethejive]

Appreciated

[@greenjack1959l]

Makes my hair stand on end. So atmospheric.

[@craigsurette3438]

Sir, I just also wanted to add, thankyou for what you do ! I am a pagan, and an aspiring academic interested in Pagan cultural survivals in Europe.Your videos are always super well researched and inspiring, and represent ACTUAL pagan traditions ,unlike so much of the fluffy Pomo Neopagan fluff that is out there, and I am hugely grateful for everything that you do. Never doubt that your work is having a good effect on people One of my friends, a Secular Humanist/ Atheist, who is interested in Welsh traditional culture and linguistic survival, saw a video of yours, where you are speaking at a Traditional Pagan conference. My otherwise Atheist friend was so moved by your words, he HAD to show me your video, and ask me a bunch of questions about this thing he always thought was silly. This turned into a long conversation about Perennialism and Traditionalism , and its place in the modern world, and why we Pagans still do this "weird superstitious stuff"today .All of this, because your speech showed him what it means to hold a torch against Modernity to preserve our Ancestral indigenous cultural traditions.

[@djprincegrandmasteryrjdalo2905]

I’m sorry, but I’m also secular and somewhat of a humanist, and if your friend fell for that again, I’m not gonna lie Tom did have some good points in his essay, but if he fell for all of that and thought that whole thing was gold, I’m sorry, but your friend is really stupid and fell for a trap…..

[@SaintPhinehas]

Liking the documentaries, very professional they could go on TV. though we have different religious beliefs im more interested in the culture and history aspects but I still find the folklore a bit interesting also.

[@greywanderer5935]

Magnificent work!

[@tomhickey711]

Thanks!

[@michaelpresley1337]

Great film man. Keep up the interesting videos.

[@OdysseyK]

This is so interesting, I always learn something new from your videos. Thanks for your work!

[@Survivethejive]

Thank you!

[@HermannderCherusker1970]

Beautiful work, brother!

[@your_belief_vs_everything]

I'm always excited to see a new vid!! This came just in time.

[@nullgravity2583]

Very crisp photography and editing!

[@landofthesilverpath5823]

Great episode!

[@EuanWhitehead]

Gald to see this is still a thing, i get frightened we are loosing our culture in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland so when I watch these videos it keeps it alive for me.

[@alasdairtaylor4441]

Love to see it last so long, Gives us hope

[@Survivethejive]

yes despite the hiatus

[@thebronzearchertba9442]

Thanks for making this mini documentary I am funnily enough from Combe Martin and my mother is the one near the donkey in the footage as she is one of the only people in the Village trusted with helping out with the Donkey each year. I also want to add that it was banned in Combe Martin due to the son of a local earl getting drunk and falling and breaking his neck it's one of the reasons that this got banned in the rest of the country and my grandmother was one of the people to get it restarted again in the 1970s. It is nice to see this now as I'm at uni so I missed it this year so it was nice to see footage of it from a different perspective.

[@Survivethejive]

well done to your granny!

[@olwens1368]

The Padstow 'Obby 'Osses have a resurrection scene/song- the 'oss sinks down and 'dies', (the music changes) and then the drumming restarts and it leaps up again.

[@Survivethejive]

See my video of it

[@augustoch.7341]

It must be due to Portuguese heritage because several of these traditions can also be seen during the June festivals here in Brazil in a sightly different form. From young women drowning effigies (normally of saints) in hope of finding a husband, straw-man sacrifices, couples jumping over or dancing around bonfires, processions accompanied by people in colorful bull costume (instead of a horse), etc. It varies somewhat from region to region but it's always the same motifs.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

Try Elysian mysteries of Mithras in Tyre Lebanon Aka Jerusalem

[@GMac2776]

Really interesting video, another thing to add to the bucket list.

[@stephan5673]

KZbin didn't notify me of this video, and I have the notifications switched on.

[@Survivethejive]

Yup. That's how it is

[@teutonicAnon]

Southerners have some very odd customs, ha. Excellent work Tom, thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@aesthetix3398]

British culture is so beautiful

[@RJVEK]

Tom- amazing- you should be making programs and presenting on the BBC. Wonderful.

[@devduttganguly7122]

Dussehra & Vijay Dashami are two different events & festivals. Just for your information. Apart from it, superb work & video. Excellent!!

[@sigurfeanaro3356]

Your research and interpretations are as always ever welcome! Polytheism and »Paganism« never really went away, I think; I believe that from the evidence and Atavism there is, we could rebuild everything and guarantee a future for our peoples and cultures! When I gather a little more money from my own work, I will surely support you, Thomas! Thank you!

[@burnzy3210]

More woodland jive walks!

[@shiftydog6969]

"There's no sacrifice" yet the Rone is shot, just as an act. it's a symbolic sacrifice. cetainly still a sacrifice I'd say.

[@geoffbenoy2052]

Been many times in Combe Martin to see the old Oss. Hope to go back ons dat 😊❤

[@49mrbassman]

And in Dymchurch they have their own festival known as The Day Of Syn...Based on the novels Dr Syn Alias the Scarecrow. By Russell Thorndike. The stories are centered around Dymchurch on the Kent Coast. Dr Syn was the Rector of the Parish Church but also led a dark counterlife as the infamous smuggler the Scarecrow. The next "Day of Syn" will take place in 2024 between Saturday the 24th and Monday 26th August.

[@kennedymontoya9962]

Awesome. Quality content. Not surprising coming from you! Ha!

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

I bloody love these videos.

[@TheSto400]

I've watched some wrestling videos recently for the first time in a while. It's made the algorithm go into overdrive and now every fourth or fifth video suggested to me is a wrestling video. Every time I glance at the thumbnail for this video I automatically register it as a wrestling video, probably exploring some classic hardcore match at a 90s PPV where the babyface got locked in some bizarre cage contraption by the heel he was feuding with who was a dude with some kind of tribal gimmick.

[@dharmawarrior111]

Fascinating.

[@jvk1770]

The earl looks like a character out of the Mighty Boosh

[@Survivethejive]

He didn't perform a song at the end

[@jvk1770]

@@Survivethejive True, but I can't imagine he'd have it in him after being shot half a dozen times and drowned in the Bristol Channel

[@harrietharlow9929]

I find it fascinating that so much of the Pagan past remains despite the best efforts of Christianity to eradicate it. Maybe because it evokes our very distant past. Just a theory but I believe humans have a deep memory that persists over lifetimes (racial memory?)and which surfaces from time to time which surfaces as festivals like this--at least if we let it. Hope that makes sense.

[@YorkyOne]

Except none of what you see in this video is 'pagan'.

[@Lhjkgf]

Great channel!! Great culture!!!

[@LS-xs7sg]

What do you make of Ronald Hutton’s claim that most of these folk traditions do not connect back to pagan times?

[@Survivethejive]

Hutton was debunking the false claims of Margaret Murray and was right to do so. However Hutton seems unaware of this and many other examples of enduring paganism.

[@LS-xs7sg]

@@Survivethejive Fair enough. I am a long time fan of your work by the way. And a proud owner of two of your tshirts. Are you aware of any books on how one might practice English paganism in a modern context? I am also interested in paganism as a civilisational alternative to monotheism. I think Alain de Benoit has a lot to offer and was wondering if you knew any other writers who had good polemics against Christian understandings of the world. I admit I am no theologian. Most of my discussions with Christians result in us talking past each other and them scoffing at the fact that I am essentially "feeling" my way instinctually rather than bringing "proofs" or prophecies. The best critiques I can muster against Christianity is that a) it is not serving our people (because it basically doesnt recognise them in a racial sense) & b) it is deeply backward morally speaking (i.e. honoring weakness as some sort of virtue. But in terms of the metaphysics it feels like there is very little to even discuss. I feel like truly getting to the bottom of the differences and similarities between Christianity & Paganism at a metaphysical, moral and cultural level could form the basis of a future syncretisation. Without religion the English people are essentially doomed.

[@Survivethejive]

@@LS-xs7sg the best polemics were by Celsus

[@LS-xs7sg]

@@Survivethejive haha the best ones usually are the old ones

[@djprincegrandmasteryrjdalo2905]

@@LS-xs7sg I don’t know if there’s anything more backwards thinking then your way of thinking, considering the fact that you said, the reason why Christian religion doesn’t work is because he needs to pander to particular races? A bit racist much?

[@catfury360]

Which Earl of Tyrone might this be ? Terrific docymrntary ! Thanks Tom.

[@midmiddleton163]

That looks like a hell of fun party.

[@charlieread2097]

Thank you for the work you put into these documentaries, illuminating these ancient rites. In the London suburbs it can be easy to imagine that the culture is pretty much dead already; thanks for proving otherwise. It flickers on and one day will set ablaze again.

[@Scottmiller1974ohio]

Would love to see a deep dive on muck olla and lair bhan...

[@KeytarArgonian]

A guy I used to work with would travel there every year! He doesn’t live even in the same county but he and his family went there so much for the event that they were invited to join in and have every year since I believe. He would March with his drum. He had the masked character tattoo’d on his calf. I won’t mention his name because he used to get teased for taking part but I always found it super interesting.

[@hedgiecc]

Superb video, thanks!