What are the Gods?

[@carocat5109]

Sees something in corner of the eye: "Oh damn, have to touch magic beard for protection and calming"

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

You have found my secret power

[@user-ui3em2ev1j]

As I had this accident when I was skiing and the ambulance came they gave me morfin and all that, I was gone for half a minute, my wife is a nurse she thought I died but haven't got an real answer to that from the hospital, never mind the thing is when I laid there on the ground unconscious I saw this old grey man with very long beard standing over me and just look at me, not saying anything just staring at me and I felt like he meant that I should come back. When I came back I said to everyone near me what I've had seen. It was very strong then but even more strong now when I think of it.... Odin is everything

[@kongoliver7024]

Wow!!! thats crazy hope you are well now. Btw i have also 3 storys of me meeting odin. The first one is when me and my mom made a cake late at night and while i was with my mom i heard *hi oliver how are you*? And i said *i am okay* i turn around there is now one there. My secound story is when i was in bed and my mom had her romm on the other side of the wall, we used to knock on the wall to eatch other but one day i knocked on the wall and someone responded even doe my mom was in the living rom. My third story is when i was 1 year old and i said *Whos that behind you* i said. She turned around and nobody was there.

[@j1sc211]

I love your story, thank you for sharing!

[@stoneghost2936]

They are definitely real , but besides that , they are also guides.

[@cgualandi30]

Being an eclectic pagan, I started my journey off with rootwork and conjure (some people call it hoodoo). This, along with my norse pagan, celtic pagan. Etc knowledge helped me understand that gods are great spirits that existed before we did and did such wonderful things that many people still celebrate them and pray to them, much like the catholic church with saints. Same with ancestors. This is how I understand it all much more clearly.

[@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast]

That is probably the best way ive heard it described. Thanks for this!!!

[@dutchpagans]

Man,i enjoy you asking these questions! Whenever I try to think what the gods are I get the feeling they are too big for me to comprehend. It's Like I only see a part of them, the part that I can see or supposed to see. Its like they say: Just use what we give you, that's difficult enough for a mere mortal as me. But thinking about this some more, it sounds like they don't want us to peak behind the curtain. Meaning there is something behind the curtain. Almost got the feeling you were pissing some entity off with asking these questions.... Like you were opening things you weren't supposed to open. Very interesting video :-)

[@creeker230]

I feel, the closer we get to fall/winter the closer we are getting with the gods. Great video Jacob! Good talking points and ideas.

[@meredithematthews5937]

I really enjoyed when you spoke about Thor being a great role model! It was refreshing to hear a man say that ⚡️

[@lbbutant]

I seen Odin in a mountain when I was going to vote! That was yesterday. I felt so blessed from him. Hail Odin!

[@stephanieanne2352]

I too believe that Odin appeared to me. I haven't really shared the experience but would like to. How did he appear to you?

[@j1sc211]

I love your thoughts and honesty about this path, and the delightful snippets of your own journey! I am sitting here in Australia watching, smiling and laughing with you! Skal!

[@RafaelRodrigues-jq4kl]

Although I'm brazilian, I feel very connected with nature, magic, and norse culture/religion. In my first weeks of study of magic I dreamt with Odin rescuing me from deep waters, then moments later he fed me with my own eye. Another day I was in my backyard, smoking my pipe, watching the clouds forming for a storm, then I closed my eyes, concentrated, the moment I opened them, a huge lightning striked the floor about 200 meters away. I felt in my gut that these two situations (the dream and the lightning) were callings from Odin

[@alphakenni839]

I love this video. I'm going to have to watch it again. I felt the need to pause the video and share: while watching this video I became distracted. My mind wandered away from the monitor and audio, only to be snapped back by a voice I could clearly hear behind me. Odin spoke to me, told me of what he wants from me during this year. It was somewhat vague, but I feel like I will know what to do when it is time. He asked me a question, then gave his advice to my answer. Before he parted he left me with a warning, but it was positive in it's nature. It's just after 3:30am for me, and I was having difficulty sleeping tonight. Now I feel peace in my body and mind.

[@Justsomevideogamenerd]

I have been taking a break from asatru the last couple years. I went to take my car in for an oil change and saw a guy there with the vaulknut and Thor’s hammer tattoo there and we shot the shot alittle. Got back home and could feel the presence of the gods. I put on some pandora music and band of heathens came on. I believe it was the gods calling me home. I felt all this energy. Great video

[@kimmyk3640]

Great video!! Thank you for sharing this.

[@robertetter9713]

To me, they are powerful ancient Spirits.

[@HappyAbra]

Sunday - Sun Monday - Moon Tuesday - Tyr's Day - Mars Wednesday - Woden's Day - Mercury Thursday - Thor's Day - Jupiter Friday - Freya's Day - Venus Saturday - Saturn - Not sure which god...

[@shanemartin6133]

I would like to say I love your videos. I believe you are a great teacher and leader in this belief. All I am trying to seek is knowledge. And I am getting a lot of knowledge through your videos and I appreciate it. I really hope that God's guide me to actually meet you in person and sit and talk. Plz keep up on what you are doing. It's needed. Skal

[@freeyourmindaabb8781]

Im offering to the goods every time Im on my hikes with my mosquito bites here in Telemark, Norway. Skål.

[@EggNog1]

You have a heavy presence around you. I think the spirits are trying to connect with you for some reason. But if I was certain about anything it’s the fact that you are supposed to be doing this. You are doing the right thing. This is why you were meant for. You are our shepherd and us your sheep. Guide us down the path of Norse. The path of Odin. Thank you Jacob. HAIL ODIN!!! I too made an offering to Thor yesterday and the skies opened.

[@TheTruthseekerman]

This is very helpful

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

I love those not-so-subtle, subtle little thing things that happen to us as pagans(and even people of other faiths). Whether it be a thunderstorm leading me to an incredible place where Thor first revealed himself to me, or a beer foaming up in my face as I went to offer it to Thor(thanks, Loki lol) or a haunting and intense presence making me well aware that I need to stop putting off doing something important and just DO IT, the gods definitely give us signs. Even if the gods may just be energies or presences that we have personified with our depictions of them, they are most certainly there.

[@safety3rdforge245]

It’s funny you talk about you seeing his eye when deep in thought or meditation. The other night I was having a really hard time with some personal and relationship things and was just trying to think through things and not really trying to connect with the gods but I guess in my minds eye I saw a raven’s eye and it turned into a man’s eye and I instantly felt better and like I could get through this. Skal! New to the channel and new to the way.

[@miniespeon158]

That's beautiful

[@pammypaul1215]

Definitely guides beautiful blessings in this now moment.

[@MrGar]

Remember, Samhain is the thinning of the veil between us and the spiritual realm. 🧙‍♂️

[@jacksmith9676]

I personally believe they are real, physical beings. I've had a few experiences after giving offerings that really stand out, when giving to Odin, I've seen a hooded figure walking between the gaps of trees, when giving to Heimdall I've had a windy day become calm, as if he's focusing on what I'm saying (Which sounds more meta-physical but it's a persons presence that I feel). But the one that stands out the most for me was an offering that I gave to Freya recently. I kept catching glimpses of something out the corner of my eye in my house, that left me with a warm feeling in my chest which I just felt was her calling to me. So I made my way to beautiful spot in a valley to thank her for showing me her love, as I get up to leave, I shout her name one more time, and a falcon passes right over my head and circles back around before flying off. I like to believe that she paid me a visit. I was listening to a podcast of yours with My Norse Pagan Journey who made a point of saying that being in Europe, he felt closer connected to the gods, part of me wonders that being in England and being closer to the ancestral origins, do they find it easier to "manifest" for a lack of a better word.

[@dannygardiner1823]

I've only ever been privileged enough to see Odin in 'physical' form once.

[@christinah128]

Please keep up with these! You are speaking to so many people and their truth :) thank you

[@orionmak3379]

This was a very interesting video, I felt like I was there and talking to you about our gods. 😁

[@derekcoleman999]

Very powerful video I'm new on the path thank you for the work

[@archerhawke5161]

Doctor who also has a planet with a consciousness. Good episode. 😊 “fear me, I’ve killed hundreds of time lords” -consciousness “fear me, I’ve killed all of them”-Doctor who. Love that line...

[@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast]

I have never felt more whole since i found my ancestors and our gods. It has truly made me a better person. And also has healed me, and guides me daily to be a better person, a better father, and a healer. I love this. And yet its so misunderstood, and were callednevil, demon and satan worshippers........Yet, i am so much better and happier than when i was a christian. I dont like evil, and neither did our ancestors. We live noble, and be the best we can. Its a beautiful thing.

[@Danielbergersen7836]

Great video Jacob, Skòl💀🍻🐺

[@corytucker6668]

I remember once walking out of work really late at night at the museum in Cincinnati. I was parked near the train tracks there and everything was quite except for the call of ravens in a tree. The tree was packed with ravens everywhere, it was a chorus of raven calls. It was almost surreal, I have never seen such a gathering of ravens before except that night. The only thing close was being at the grand canyon and seeing them all over the place. That night I felt closer to the Allfather than ever before.

[@lbbutant]

Thank you, I really enjoyed your video. Skall!

[@OldNorsePaganism]

Great chat. I do think you have some valid points here but I'd love to discuss in more detail some of your theories.

[@maceutke]

I feel connected to the gods because your videos, they just ooen my eyes when i have nlt spoken for a while.

[@NorseRyan]

The gods and goddesses are always with us, we feel and see them clear, I feel Thor with me whenever there's a thunderstorm, the beard gives you protection

[@SirThomasJames]

When the hall is completed I will travel all the way to America to feast there and drink around the fire. Until the hall!

[@trevorwhite9209]

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[@karamlevi]

In a process of self hypnosis healing on my addiction to food issues coming straight from hard core child hood... in a deep trance I felt immense fear... and I called out for a God’s help and protection... Mjolner appeared inside my self at the key point of highest fear and I knew I was well and protected. Since then I have worn the Mjolner and thought of Thor often. I am grateful and I hope my experience with Thor helps the folk. Skål

[@benruddle4740]

If i felt something was watching me i wouldve freaked out

[@warninja1989]

I really enjoy listening to people that are like minded, and u take the words from my thoughts brother. I agree that the God's don't feel like simply elements. Also I see Odin in my mind's eye and I've never seen a depiction of him that matches the one in my mind's eye 👁️. How can that be if Odin was simply an element.

[@UnchartedAtlas]

That storm was awesome. I also like your crazy theories about the gods being other worldly entities. I think along those lines too. And maybe it's no coincidence you mention Jupiter having storms on that planet since in Roman/Greek paganism, Jupiter is the god of Thunder and storms... It begs to wonder how much the Romans knew about the planets, and by extension the Germanic peoples and Norse peoples...

[@kev1734]

Another awesome video. Something that rattles my mind as well. I believe that they are a form of conscious energy that underlies everything. I like to think that Yggdrasill and it's roots are 'weaved' through all forms of life and death. A great topic and one that everyone should have a good think about now and again :)

[@julianfrede3934]

A very good dialogue, or monologue? I totally can relate, I TrueType wandered with Odin last evening, he was there... the one eyed wanderer

[@isaacmynott2858]

i think the gods are physical entities, but their divinity is too complex and magical for us to understand, since they can traverse through our thoughts, yet can touch our physical world. very interesting points jacob, great vid!

[@dannygardiner1823]

They are definitely real beings I had the honor of physically seeing Odin once a few years ago

[@stephanieanne2352]

Danny, I truly believe that Odin also showed himself to me, too, but I feel as if I can't talk about it. Would you please share your experience and I will share mine.

[@hastytkd5768]

It's fun and exciting, depending on the time and all, but sometimes when something sorta supernatural happens I'm like "ahahah okay funny prank but I'm hiding inside now".

[@danielbaier3717]

My views are a mix of polytheism and pantheism. I believe that there is one entity that is the center of life and energy and this is the entity that most call God for lack of a better term. I think this entity is far too vast and complex to understand so it breaks itself down to several different aspects that are the gods. Being broken down into smaller bits lets us embrace and understand it better. This entity appears to different people in different ways according to what they need and what they resonate with. That explains why there's so many similarities between the gods of different pantheons, but they're still different. The gods are all aspect of the same being, but they're still different from each other

[@TheSafarilad]

To me, the gods are the personification of nature. There is a lot of guidance and wisdom in nature. It is easier for me to connect with a “being” in that way.

[@carocat5109]

Dude that hum. I hear that when my guides are comunicating with me or checking in... I think bc I dont speak hum, but its not a tinitus thats for sure

[@CarlErikSimonsen]

My hypothesis about the Vanir is that they were one of the indo-european tribes, and later became mythesized as gods. I kinda find this interesting, since the Tihua De Danann (hope I wrote that right) tribe in celtic mythology is hypothesized to be the same thing, and both were tied to the elves/fae in their respective mythologies.

[@peterlewerin4213]

An immortal people who were the first "stable" (not chaotic like the jötnar) beings, but still full of the power from creation. They live in small tribes/extended families, taking up residence in domains like Sky or Earth, picking up roles (aspects like Death, Thunder, etc). Their power, their domain, and their aspects make them Gods.

[@darthtyranus378]

how do you think the gods feel about modern clothes, firearms, electricity or just modern technology in general?

[@jsl1181]

As I reconnect with my ancestry I find myself being drawn to Norse paganism. I’m on the fence but I also have this idea that our ancestors were smarter than historians give them credit for. It makes me think that I might be on the right track but I find that a lot of history is blown up and exaggerated, that could also be true with religion as well. As a person that does do dmt and mushrooms I do see how our ancestors would have found these energies and communed with them and created their faith. Much love guys and gals ❤️

[@missymae8333]

Interesting take on Vanir. I was just having a pretty deep discussion with my husband last night about Promethean desires of men to reach godhood

[@thesleepystrawberry3620]

I really love the concept of Gods being ephemeral beings made out of galaxies or cosmic forces. I think that is a really beautifully powerful image. Especially of a sentient galaxy taking time out of its journey to illuminate our own journey and share some knowledge. This makes me think of what would happen if cosmic horror entities were a friendly and good force in the world.

[@DaliwolfBacon]

I am wondering if the Old Norse gods were interdimensional beings. I have many thoughts on this subject. Very interesting conversation!

[@KhaosOblivion]

I had a dream where I was riding a bus down a road on the side of a bus and I seen a Rune Monument, and as I ride through further I seen the Statue of Odin the Allfather of the Gods. I told my friend about it and he thought it meant it means that I'm going down the path of Odin. Any thoughts?

[@vintermane_2728]

I think of the gods as more of.... spirits almost??? Idk how to explain exactly how I feel. I don’t think they’re literal beings walking the earth, but more can take the features of anything and present to you when needed/worthy/etc. Which is why you can connect to them in different ways and part of why it’s so important to be connected with the natural world.

[@danielbeaupre1786]

A great video brother, and one that resonates with me. I definitely see the Gods as existent beings, but what really is a being? I love your ability to shape your thoughts on this similar to myself.

[@Robert-gc9gc]

I get the feeling that the Gods are something. I don’t call it religion because that’s too restrictive. More spirituality guiding me.

[@zigzagidyzay5993]

How do you feel about Ragnarok?

[@leopoldjenkins]

I have always been drawn to the idea that the Vanir were the gods or beings associated with nature and the wild, while the Aesir were the beings or gods associated with civilisation, towns, hierarchy etc

[@Aethuviel]

I have been a very materialistic atheist through my teens and early-mid twenties, but a number of different things (experiences as we go through life, it is very rarely "one thing" that changes us) have changed my perspective somewhat. I always believed in ghosts and reincarnation to some extent - because there is so much that can't be explained any other way. Since I can't be convinced ghosts or spirits of the dead don't exist, that opens the question of other types of spirits. In our very Abrahamic-focused world, the idea of a capital-G "God" is an all-powerful, all-seeing, all-good (we can ask questions about that one, but it is what their mythology says) deity that created everything, is the beginning and end of everything, et cetera et cetera. That is very different from polytheistic faiths, obviously. This might sound silly, but I really got my mind stretched and challenged in new ways by getting into the Elder Scrolls lore (for those who don't know, I guess you know the name Skyrim). They have a really interesting and solid mythology, which is of course inspired and based off of a kaleidoscope of real-world religions/pantheons/mythologies. Maybe the gods like Odin, Thor and Frey were real people who lived long ago (or some of them being composites of several people, as happens deeper into history), who were considered heroes and "turned into gods", symbolically, after death. Or maybe they were real people, born and lived and died, and *literally* turned to gods after death (more about that in a moment). Maybe they are great spirits who may or may not have walked the Earth in human form (that is a bit too much for me), or were given a human look and personality by us, to make them more familiar and easy to understand. (Splitting into several comments for ease of reading)

[@Aethuviel]

This is also going to sound a little silly, but I am turning 30 and got sudden panic with how fast life is rolling by, so I started thinking more about a possible afterlife (I know, hopefully I have 60+ years left). If the grave is all there is, I don't fear non-existence itself, but I feel an anxious urgency and fear of not having time, of everything ending (I think the common atheist "I was dead for billions of years before I was born without suffering from it, so why would it be any different after death?" is a fallacy), and not seeing my loved ones ever again. Also, I don't really believe in it. I've been a materialistic atheist for years as I said, but I never truly, 100% believed that we just disappear when we die. I think there is something to both ghosts (spirits of the dead) and reincarnation, like I said. Ghosts seem to be unhappy people stuck in "limbo", perhaps not realizing they're dead, trying to complete what they couldn't in life. Maybe some spirits were never people, or maybe all spirits have the potential of becoming living things (by choice or not, we can't know), reincarnating to "have another go". That each life is a test to learn new things - I think eastern belief systems have interesting takes on this (and it's not just eastern, it seems to be pretty global).

[@Aethuviel]

I keep hearing the same thing from people who died and came back. It is a state of pure bliss, that your whole lifetime seems so insignificant, like it was all a game. That their deceased kin is coming to get them. (But if we are kin even beyond the grave, are we connected kin even as spirits, not just due to birth on Earth? So many questions.) But the idea of reincarnation also scares me. I can't remember any previous lives I may have had, so if it exists, reincarnation still means your personality "dies", that this lifetime is just one of many. I don't really like that idea, but that does not mean it's not real. Because of how many religions there are, I don't necessarily believe in the specific afterlives, like Valhalla, but that they are more symbolic and how that particular culture interpreted the afterlife, like how the gods may be great spirits given human names and personhoods by us. Or maybe they do exist, if the gods exist as great spirits (whether they existed as people before, or not), and have their own realms, like Valhalla. TL;DR: I believe spirits are real, the gods are great spirits who may or may not have been real people who walked the Earth, the various afterlives may or may not exist or may be more symbolic, reincarnation may or may not exist or may be a choice, ghosts are unhappy spirits stuck between planes, life is a test.

[@tater4462]

Something cool and creepy happened to me i started making offerings for the first time it was almost night time i heard a howling in the woods close to me and i live in north Flordia idk if it was a Dog or Coyote or something else

[@tcdsxvtdxcfthhges]

Guy sit outside during storm and is amazed that there's lightning.

[@23boozer93]

When I offer drinks to the gods can I just pore it on the ground or do I drink it?

[@pirunnyrkki518]

I really love your videos because you definitely use applied practices. And i have thought this myself and have wondered and brought this up with my fellow heathen friend who just seems to assume theyre something without anything objective to go on . I am under the impression they are forces. Im glad im not the only one who wonders these things. And i sometimes think what if none if its real and then i conclude that i would still live the most honorable life regardless so it doesnt truly matter. Because remaining true to ones self is what matters. But i didnt join this journey without being called to it by something greater. Interesting and great video!especially when you refer them to as possible "space" gods. Interesting.

[@sethsmoak7540]

As watching this in in Florida as a storms coming closer all I can say hail Thor

[@kniter]

You talk about the Vanir and the Æsir being two different things, but Snorri is more or less the only one who distinguishes these as two seperate things. The Poetic Edda uses Vanir as an alliteration instead of Æsir. Saxo also talks about there only being Æsir and Jotnar, not Vanir, and Saxo predates a lot of stories from Snorri.

[@nathanmauk9387]

That's not an unreasonable supposition. I believe Rudolf Simek has made the same case that, prior to Snorri, 'Aesir' and 'Vanir' were synonyms alternated out of poetic necessity, not names of distinct tribes of gods. However, the traditional view is very strongly ingrained in both scholarship and religion. There's also the problem that many of the gods typically classified as Aesir seem to have reflexes in non-Germanic IE pantheons, the Vanir less so.

[@hiramcrespo734]

I wonder what you and other Asatruars think of Epicurean theology, which posits that the gods are physical, natural, evolved animals that live in the innumerable worlds

[@thehuntress8850]

With all of the alcohol offering's that you are giving to the gods, One would think that the Gods are all going to become raging alcoholics!!!!!! :-D

[@shanesorensen7878]

Do you believe the gods are always watching us or do you believe they only watch a certain amount of people at a certain time?

[@nathanmauk9387]

Traditionally, if Odin were to be identified with any planet, it would by Mercury, via the interpretatio romana. Unfortunately the Old Norse planet names seem to be lost, so we don't know whether they even named planets for gods, as the Romans and later Europeans did. You are not the first person I've seen identify Odin with Jupiter, though. I'm not sure whether this might be some novel gnosis, or just a sense derived from Roman precedent that the largest planet ought to be identified with the "king" of the gods.

[@redoak3069]

I have been feeling a strong force to connect with my ancestors true "religion"

[@RebelChum]

Just a thought ...do you think if you were connected to Egyptian gods, greek gods or even Jesus christ and meditated on them that you would feel that connection and even manifestation. Are they all real in a sense. Or are they all aspects or traits of a connecting force

[@yudobruuu1421]

what is the belief it cant be that simple? why not? The truth is so simple it gets overlooked a lot

[@codewordslinkydog]

People don't want to die cuz they subconsciously know life is a gift

[@gregoryarruda5198]

I see them as spirits and archetypes of nature.

[@SomeKrieger]

The gods are the gods. That’s what the gods are.

[@TheoSlaps]

Okey Mr tree

[@BigMacZach035]

Fair enough

[@jesusdmont02]

Mhm.. yes this floor is made of floor

[@exitenter2481]

aight so. i got some pieces of the puzzle for you. events phase in and out. the day phases in, then there is a moment whereby its not phased in. then it phases in again. a physicist in a discipline like cosmology may tell us the cause and reason for it. but he sees it from a material perspective. when we see rain phasing in. we don't mean it in the sense of water evaporating, of going in stages. rather we just mean it in the sense of rain returning. we can think of it that way as well. but it's not necessarily important to realize this piece. when a heart beat phases in. we don't look at it from a biological sense of our sinoatrial node surging an electrical signal that causes the muscles to constrict. we just say that our heart beats. similarly. every event returns. a world war, a man eating, a walk to the park and so on. when we say there is no God but God in Abraham ic religions. we are saying that there is only one being in charge of it all. in the sense of one stone hard denominator of what causes events to phase in. be them ourselves or the universe. or even a talk to God. a psychologist sees a dog's mouth drooling. and say that this event phases in whenever an individual with a white robe enters the room. whereby stimulating inherent biological responses from the dog. however it's not necessary to think this way. just notice that the event of the dog doing that repeated. the day will phase in again, the heart beat too, the rain too. there is always a new book phased in with religions. notice what repeats in your life. now for a trick: the first fime a random enough event happens. it comes back in a bigger magnitude.. which was bigger. world war 1 or two. it was world war two. the second phase-in of a random enough event is always done in a bigger magnitude. your car may get dented today but it'll crush tomorrow. also events are not mutually exclusive. if you circulate around a building everyday, 7 rounds a day. for a month. and 3 of these want to phase in at the same time. how would the universe have the capacity to to that. (like making you do three heart beats at once). it cannot. so then, how would it go about it? it will make one of your family/relatives do that with you. that you will turn around the building at once. and perhaps your relatives/family be unaware of it. the buddha said that there were other buddhas before him. Mohammad said that there were other prophets before him. Jesus was on about that as well. there is no event that is, except that it is to be again. as though the very event of a prophet phases in, manifests, incarnates in this universe. God sent an angel to guy A, then to guy B. but its the same event. why are we told not to worship idols. because when idol worship ia widespread. other events follow suit. phase in to it as well. as some events manifest like beads. one atop the other. if a bag of them drops on the table, you would see the first bead falling off to the ground. and those are idol worshipers. but the others follow suit. environmental issues start weighing on us as a result, volcanoes happen out of nowhere. wars become more frequent. and so on when the day phases in, it comes with the sun. when idol worship phases in (and it will. as it will become the majority again). it's sun will too. and all the stars go down (or in other language light pollution happens). and most wend up astray to truth. which is that there is a reoccurring system of events in this world. but that's just truth. what's the path? who's the guide. what else is true.

[@Mr.Handsnif]

Thor is loud one listen he telling you each one is worth the life were giving

[@vjeismann]

i said something similar in a comment some videos ago. one of the best things in paganism is that we do not have an orthodoxy. we do not have a bible or a pope neither. so i guess each one of us experience paganism in a different way. and that is awesome! personally, i think we have to take some care to not just substitute yahweh, jesus, mary for odin, thor and frigg, for example. of course one can say that the exactly opposite way was done by catholicism since there is a lot a paganism there eheheh but these anthropomorphized figures of the gods simply don't look very genuine to me. the very core of paganism is the ancestral cult and the animistic perspective of nature and human features. for example, thor is not the god of thunder, is the thunder through an animistic lens - power of will, courage, strengh, fertility, domination of chaos and so on. He speaks deeply inside and directly to our primitive feelings. this hierarchical structure with odin being the "allfather" does not feel very artificial (why not to say very christian-influenced too) to you all? the mythology has several layers of meaning but in the end of the day it is mainly a method of teaching about these forces, so these parenthood connections, for example, in most cases, do not have to be taken so literally. at least this is my opinion...

[@geirarnehelland7271]

Finally some wisdom, brother! First of all, the norse faith was more a lifestyle and a cultural architecture than a religion. While a religion affects and regulates all sides of life, the norse faith was not seen as political or a moral standard. The norse faith was NOT dualistic and not hierarcic, the æsir and vanir are not good all the time, and definetly has human properties like greed, anger and a lot of selfishness. The jotnir are not all bad either, they just come from a different origin. Odin himself is a descendant of jotnar. They were not seen upon as spritual gods, but part actual physical beings and part animistic myths, and their properties would reflect both social and cultural changes. But the æsir usually wouldn't bother with the strife of Midgard, men had to carve their own path independent of the æsir. There were spirits, like nature spirits, magic nature beings and ancestral spirits, and these were also sacrificed to and revered, and this is the spiritual side of the norse faith. The æsir and vanir (I prefer to use æsir to gods, because the norse gods does not have full godlike properties) was not regarded as spiritual guides or appearing as a part of a personal revelation, this is another idea from christianity. So I'd definetly say much of the paganism is more inspired by christianity than of the norse faith. So, if you want to be a norse pagan, carve your own path. Revere the gods, but do not worship them. Revere where you came from, but accept that others do the same. Heed men more than gods, and do what does good for others.

[@christopherrowley7506]

@@geirarnehelland7271 good points! Just a nitpick on word choice there. I would say you definitely Should ´worship´ the gods. ´Worship´ meaning acting out physical ritual, not idolizing them. Animism is all about the physical ritual. It is unimportant in that lens whether the gods are ´real beings´ (almost certainly not, we´re alone on this rock, most likely). But the worship of them is a good way to satisfy our species´ evlotionary spiritual itch, and to live a more fulfilling life, without being dogmatic about it. Again I agree with you and we should avoid using heathenry as revivalist christianity but with a norse veneer.

[@dhn112]

I think that believing the gods are just ideas or conscious cosmic entities as you put it, would be awfully dull, not to mention that it would change absolutely everything we know about them and their history. That would mean that the stories of the gods arent real, because how could nebulas fight eachother, or have a home that they live in (asgard or vanaheim in our case). This could also mean that there is no afterlife, which personally doesnt bother me but i know it does to other people. I really dont mean to gatekeep or to come off as rude but, i just dont see how people that dont believe the gods to be physical entities call themselves "pagans". After all, you're just an atheist that follows the teachings of a person that you don't believe exists.

[@nathanmauk9387]

I think you're a little confused here. You seem to be taking 'ideas' and 'conscious cosmic entities' as near-synonyms, when the intent was to draw a distinction between, on the one hand, the gods as human mental constructs ('ideas'), and, on the other, the gods as independently existing beings with consciousness and volition ('entities'). You are evidently a materialist, but depending on your metaphysical suppositions, it's certainly possible for the gods to be 'real' but not material, or even material but not locally embodied. Anyway, regardless of opinions on the nature of the gods, the vast majority of Pagans and Heathens understand the myths as figurative stories or a kind of wisdom-literature, not as accounts of literal history.

[@TerfBashingMFer8021]

My opinion is maybe they are the Annunaki wo chose to stay and have connections to us and help us settle in on Earth nurture and survival. Or they are higher dimensional beings. But they are real for sure.

[@herring7949]

I have a few questions for you, is there a way to contact you?

[@christopherrowley7506]

patreon is probably your best bet...

[@SebastianDreams]

What if the gods are the literal conscious energies of the natural world? And maybe the reason we have them is because our planet might be the only one with life. And if it isn't, what if a distant planet with life has their own gods of their own energies?

[@SarisChannel18]

Gods, I believe, are highly evolved individuals, who have been given office of God/daemon/angel, etc. They gain office by being worthy, and after transmuting the energies of the old age into the energies of the new age.

[@Aethuviel]

Frey king of Sweden? And he was king of Ljusalfheim? Well... I guess I'm an elf, then. :O

[@dillonfrancis2993]

The Google definition aside from Christian view: a superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity. If the Vanir at the time were humans before they became gods this might before Urðr, Verðandi and Skuld shaped destinies. So if the Vanir had power over their own fortune they could achieve limitless power which is maybe what got the Aesir interested and chose them to populate a new world. But because they kept getting stronger and more knowledgeable they tried to take on Aesir for more knowledge but Odin wasn't having it. I think about this a lot to be honest, I always wonder Freya's Hall is like since we know nothing except she gets first pick. Or I wonder what Helhiem is like, I wonder if Bragi is who I should drink with since I'm a poet and creative as well but apparently Odin is also the God of poetry as well, I love the Gods and this faith, for Odin I try to learn something new about this faith everyday. Skäl!

[@NegiTaiMetal011]

Do you think anyone can be a Neo-Pagan, even if they're from Southeast Asia or elsewhere?

[@SirDevonG]

Yes just have the warrior spirit of Thor and always seek the wisdom of Odin and you can be a one of us

[@NegiTaiMetal011]

@@SirDevonG Thing is about me: I live in a Catholic society but I want to stand out from them as I'm a nonconformist and I tend to question things, tend to want to go outside the box. I find Germanic Neopaganism to be interesting, yet I can learn from various beliefs as well. I also have my own ways on to live my life and I just have a lot of respect towards Neopaganism. But still, despite these, would I still be welcomed?

[@SirDevonG]

Shinku Kirito Ichika Yes I mean they’re are no real rules here as long as you respect the ways and practice it with a serious mindset then you’ll be all good. In all honesty my girlfriend is a Baptist but I still have love for my gods

[@Slapnuts9627]

Yes, Odin is the All-Father, that means all. From the icey stretches of Greenland, to the hot safaris of Africa, and the sandy slopes of Asia and vast forests of America.

[@missymae8333]

Also, you say 7 things went weird, 7 is I believe a very elfish number . . .

[@4everseekingwisdom690]

They're aspects of your mind

[@thunder4170]

I have a theory..... What if the god's adopted the identity's of the stories we created to connect with us more? or perhaps the god's reward us for our faith.... you prey to Thor and they reward you with lighting and thunder, you ask to see Odin so the god's send down a raven for you're faith. this could be said for every god in every religion, Since we wouldn't be able to comprehend the god's in they're true form, instead they become and show sign's of the god's we are familiar with. So in a way, Our stories and faith have created what the god's are now.

[@thunder4170]

@@thegreypilgrim2849 thank you! What is your theory?

[@torstenscott7571]

Our human perceptions of the Gods would appear limited in their capabilities. The Gods appear to us or express themselves in a myriad of ways that can be missed, misunderstood, or suppressed ( as I did as a Christian youth ). This frustrates many modern pagans who are looking for easily explained and rationalized deities. Many pagans arrogantly argue over "sources" as if the limited historical, linguistic, and archaeological records are the sum total of our Gods. In fact, some measure their status as a pagan as to how well they "know" the old sources. While the existing sources are wonderful for guidance and a window into our ancestral ways; they cannot replace our connection to the Gods in the here and now. For those of us that have experienced the Gods directly, their power and existence is irrefutable. What we have are modern relationships with the Gods, and our Gods ( unlike others ) aren't just a story in a big book.

[@RichardBRiddick-n7x]

Odin’s apprentice?

[@johnflores9039]

Hello guys. I'm new to the channel and I'm trying to join discord. If someone could help me out?

[@bhbh-rm5tu]

All peoples have their gods. They are not inventions, but real spiritual beings who take over the leadership of the people. Odin, together with other spirits, led the Germanic peoples. Such guidance is limited in time and other spirit beings then take over the further guidance. Therefore it is questionable whether Odin can still be reached. He has taken on another job. Odin = Wotan taught in the mysteries of the Germanic peoples and was incarnated as Buddha. In Asia the W is a B: Wotan-Wodha-Bodha-Buddha. The big difference between Odin and Buddha here can be confusing. It must be noted, however, that the task of leading the Germanic peoples was completely different from that in Asia.

[@yudobruuu1421]

This is like observing a videogame of a christian tryna break out the church basement under the influence of religious bs. Escapethetrap.jpg

[@brandonemmons4937]

If you don’t know of him already, I think you could learn a great deal from Arith Härger. He is a man I trust 100% he has helped me understand and grow.