Why The Vikings Were Insanely Strong | Viking Berserkers

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Warriors were once an integral part of society; the best of them were highly looked up to and feared as these men couldn’t be killed easily and would be legends in the battlefield. But what if there was a state that could transcend the skill and might of the best warriors, that could ignite supernatural aggression, strength, stamina and according to legend allow you to fight on with fatal wounds? Well, that is known as the state of the Berserker of Beserkgang.

[@williamgunnarsson]

The Icelandic Vikings have always been known for their physical strength. Even today, more Icelanders have won the " World's Strongest Man " contest by ratio of population, than any other country.

[@rogerironhide4220]

Indeed 👍🏻 Scandinavians have ALWAYS been a tough breed 💯❤️🧬

[@miskorado8315]

Imagine living on a island my brain says = DNAAAAA

[@miskorado8315]

@@rogerironhide4220 when i look at sweden, cant handle refugee Problem😂

[@crossbearer6453]

@McGeezer Puffins that’s because they contested in mostly white contests

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

@Ray J they never needed to outrun cops 😂

[@Johnny3Batony]

Diet of meat, fish, dairy and eggs. Combined with drugs and alcohol. What can go wrong.

[@user-ul7pd7vf1l]

wow are we lucky that the Austrian artist with the funny moustache did not consume these horrible products

[@AntiCommunistMarine]

New diet just dropped

[@WarriorEsoteric]

Nothing

[@jerikcoone6957]

😆

[@kslolohoku2665]

Atkins

[@atmosrepair]

I think this phenomenon can happen without even actually consuming anything. There seems to be an energetic resonance and vibration of the deep forest and all the life that call it home. If you spend enough time there, you bath in the forest, you begin to absorb the natural survival energy of the forest. It heightens your senses, shows you the animals ways of camouflage, and life in a rather tough and steeply competitive environment. Brutal, rough, but yet very beautiful gently supporting, and miraculous of the life that dwell in the trees. There are bobcats, or lynx, a natural large predator cat, that lives there alongside of you, but you will likely never even see one of these animals. The levels of stealth and patience of predators is absolutely amazing.

[@dudepool7530]

What you are describing, is getting back in touch with your instincts, with extra woo woo descriptions. This is nowhere near the same as berserk. This is like comparing a bear protecting it's territory, with one thats gone rogue. Yes, both can be violent, but one of them doesn't need a reason, and won't stop until dead.

[@thomasprislacjr.4063]

If you dare to take the venom of a goddess....

[@yabancisings]

One can sense something deep down when learning about this. The warrior spirit lies dormant in all of us, men. And I am sure that nowadays this spirit is more needed than ever.

[@boogyman5038]

Yes these days since more "men" are more feminine than the woman.

[@dexterlecter7289]

Agreed. We have not had a great leader rise up in a while.

[@patrickirish8091]

Love him, hate him but when Napolean was exiled his soldiers cried because they could no longer fight for their emperor.

[@chocolatemilk4437]

Kill

[@inhocsignovinces1419]

NSDAP solders were struck with sorrow when their leader fell. The “victor’s history” is never the TRUE history.

[@tonicarr3113]

I find it so tragic that we have lost so many traditions and practices to time and conquest. Old Norse and druidic practices are fascinating and we are left to learn about them with so little resources.

[@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger]

Look into historical reconstructionist Germanic/Nordic Heathenry. There are academic types who are piecing things back together knowing we probably only have about 10% remaining or known of our ancient Northern European culture. There are Celtic groups doing the same thing. I am Germanic, Celtic, and Slavic, and am starting with Germanic since I am over half Germanic/Nordic (German/Norwegian). If you want me to recommend some channels on youtube, seek out Norse Magic and Beliefs, Robert Sass, Scott T. Shell, and Maria Kvilhaug's Lady of the Labyrinth.

[@porc1429]

Well that's alot of history

[@tonicarr3113]

@@porc1429 you're not wrong, obviously, but I am personally interested in these two chapters of history.

[@tonicarr3113]

@@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger Thank you! This is great.

[@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger]

@@tonicarr3113 You are very welcome. There are a lot of groups like Asatru who are just making stuff up to fill the voids, instead of actually reading the Eddas, Sagas, and lore to figure out what our ancestors believed and practiced. We call them Wiccatru because they are merging all sorts of new age Wicca with Christianity and calling it Norse Heathenry. They use the Wiccan Wheel of the Year, which was not known to our ancestors. They've created the Nine Noble Virtues which is basically a Heathen Ten Commandments. Again, the NNV would not have been known to our Heathen ancestors. So yeah, I seek out the more historically accurate Heathens who can reference the books to back up their teachings, and they usually will offer 5+ references for everything they discuss in the books, blogs, and videos. The other groups offer no references, which tells you something. A major red flag in my eyes. And it is up to us to do our own research and become our own fact checkers and stop being lazy. For many, Heathenry has become a fad or trend thanks to the Vikings show and Thor movies. I'd say 90%+ Heathens have probably never cracked open their Eddas and other books, if they even own them in the first place. It's like Christians who never read their Bible, which is a majority of them.

[@ShakeOneOfficial]

Vikings rowed boats physically fit they were like bodybuilders

[@MrREAPERsz]

Yeah it's not much to it. They ate alot of meat, fish and other protein. Then rowed boats 24/7, which made them so much stronger. Other Europeans were much skinnier in comparison.

[@Agapy8888]

What an amazing story. Thanks. I’ve heard of mothers and fathers getting superhuman strength to lift a car off their child. First time I’ve heard of berserker state from the Norsemen.

[@SSD_Penumbra]

Interestingly enough. The two aren't linked. Berserkers and other shamanistic warriors from history often induce the state by using substances. Hysterial Strength is just a human response. Basically, your brain floods your body with adrenalin and enables you to use your muscles to their full capacity for self-preservation or, famously, to save your children from danger.

[@pinchebruha405]

You know Mel Gibson and Leonardo deCaprio were about to launch the production of ‘Berserker’s, of course everyone dropped out of the project when Mel went on his drunken blabber mouth truth serum rants. I’m so bummed about that because Mel Gibson is an amazing director, guess he was a harbinger of cancel culture to come!

[@opm0016]

I saw an old lady lift a jeep to get this little kid out no one could do it n they were waiting n this old lady just reaches in n out comes this kid like easy, it was a trip cuz fools were just tryn n they were waiting for those jaws of life or whatever n this lady took the kid out easy fools were all sayn hun ?!?!?

[@wardygrub]

When my sister was about 10 and I was 7 we were terrified and trying to get out of a derelict factory (long story). We ran into a store room and realised we were trapped (someone was coming for us). My sister managed to smash a big lock and bolt from a door with her bare fists and we managed to escape. I’ll never forget the miraculous strength she managed to summon in the nick of time!

[@digitalcthulhu143]

@@wardygrub That's metal af

[@P1_M1ND]

This is so badass. Humanity must enter the state of the beserker during these times

[@crazybrotherfilms9165]

@CCP Tube I was gonna say 'there are bulletproof vests' but even they are not immune to every type of bullet. But what I think he meant was for all humanity to enter Berserkergang. In that state I think it's impossible to grab a gun and recognise it as and properly use it as a gun. I can imagine a frenzied Berserker with for example an AK-47 smashing his enemies like it's an axe or accidentally shoot himself in the head with a glock

[@theoutlawjeezywales6217]

@@crazybrotherfilms9165 they were already bad about killing their own allies in battle so a berserker that could actually use the gun would probably kill more of his own men than the enemy.

[@crazybrotherfilms9165]

@@theoutlawjeezywales6217 my point exactly

[@workerant7874]

One of the dumbest statements I've ever heard. Well done.

[@AldousHuxley7]

He forgot to mention...They ate magic mushrooms. Lots of them.

[@westnile21]

My girlfriend and I recently saw the movie “The Northman” and the protagonist in that movie Amleth (played by Alexander Skarsgård) his character was a Beserker warrior but he channeled the Wolf as opposed to the Bear. Such an interesting form of going to war.

[@markperkins9445]

Ulfhednar. Berserker were the bear men who's savage individual prowess was unmatched but the Ulfhednar wolfmen were a cunning elite band of warriors that fought with pack tactics.

[@westnile21]

@@markperkins9445 - Ahh I see. Well I saw a behind the scenes of the movie and the director said that they wanted the protagonist to be a mixture of both the wolf & the bear. The strength and fearlessness of the bear with the agility and cunning of the wolf.

[@heathercontois4501]

@@westnile21 I can see why he would do that since The Northman is the saga that Shakespeare based his play, Hamlet, on. I have to ask....did he go insane like Hamlet did?

[@savagenature1]

@@heathercontois4501 No, he doesn't go insane. Though there are a lot of mystical aspects to the story that are arguably only taking place in his mind.

[@heathercontois4501]

@@savagenature1 that sounds awesome.

[@jameswalsh2454]

Very interesting and well made , you are right about the majic mushrooms and other plants ...i tried it out myself in my younger days , the feeling of invincibility and dulled sense of pain is very real, also they never feared death...a powerful combination

[@Crafty_Spirit]

The flesh of the gods 🍄

[@thunderh0rse961]

I know this is a video about Berserkers which I am fascinated with but every time i hear of Harald Hardradas story, I am impressed. Someone who spent 15 years living in exile and leading the most elite units in the world, then goes on to become a king and conqueror. I don't think these types of men exist anymore.

[@cywarr]

I think the ancestors are infusing some of our modern men with the spirit of old. I pray it is so...

[@luane.j.frantzen7175]

They 100percent needs a show on him.

[@juancamaney3562]

They are called special forces

[@dudepool7530]

They're usually labeled as "toxicly masculine".

[@acenname]

@@luane.j.frantzen7175 Noooooo, then we could have to watch Harald Hardrada as an elderly lady of African descent. They should rather make a show on Cleopatra and call her Harald Hardrada.

[@selfinihalation]

Descendents of Funnelbeaker culture. Hard working farmers

[@ELKE-]

Great presentation video! Thank you for bring those warriors stories alive, with your impeccable narration. Loved as always! :)

[@ELKE-]

This was awesome! Just relisten the video. Incredible story! Thank you Ollie

[@casperclemmensen8152]

fantastic post mate, i really enjoy listening..bloody well done. Harald Hardraada and Magnus the Good were both infused by the Bersker-cult. Magnus the Good threw his armour in the battle of Lyrskov Hede in Denmark, and went forward gripping both hands on his battle axe named Hel, after the goddess of death in Norse mythology. Hardraada mentioned himself, that his most priced belonging were his Raven-banner "Landøda" (Ravisher of Land), so its clear that the christian viking-kings held on to a large portion of Forn Sidr, the old ways. Canute the great also fought under the heathen Ravenbanner and further back, Harald Bluetooth continued using Vølvas long after he converted Denmark to the cross. 100 years later after Bluetooths conversion, runestones dedicated to Thor were still being raised in Denmark. The Berskers and Forn Sidr did indeed vanish under the new religion, but their legacy continued long after:) keep up the good work:)

[@theoutlawjeezywales6217]

This made me think about Rollo. He converted to Christianity after settling in Normandy, but when he was dying of old age he had a bunch of gold given to build churches and at the same time had people sacrificed to the God's. He was trying to hedge his bets to the afterlife.

[@Strongboy1770]

Volva = the best part of a girl 🙂

[@traceyrossberg4640]

Fascinating video, thank you for posting.👍

[@monadamus42]

Great video. Thank you

[@TheCrimeReel]

Excellent video

[@Son-of-Tyr]

Some of us still know how to reach berserkrgang. It's intense and it's not pleasant. It's extremely physically and emotionally taxing before, during and after. To attain it naturally, one would usually have to be under extreme psychological or physical duress. To reach berserkrgang without being subjected to those conditions usually takes an extraordinary amount of trance-like focus and/or ingestion of psychotropic substances akin to Psilocybin, DMT, Datura, etc. In short, it's a process most people are not physically or mentally capable of or prepared to endure, for good reason. It's not what you think...

[@TheGhostOperative]

Datura is sulphur. How is ingesting sulfur suppose to help you achieve that?

[@Son-of-Tyr]

@@TheGhostOperative no, Datura Stramonium is a highly hallucinogenic substance.

[@beenett4544]

Henbane, Amanita Muscaria, psilocybin, and cannabis are the psychotropic substances that have been found in some burial mounds of women (witches, and the ones that instructed warriors and kings) and ingesting henbane produces the known side effects documented as behaviors of berserkers. Such as flush face/raised body temp, convulsions/chattering teeth, animalistic aggression, disassociation, dulled pain receptors, and ending with exhaustion. Amanita has a few of the side effects, and has been labeled as the main source of a berserker’s transformation, but it is the opposite substance to take when going into battle as it pacifies and individual bringing them to a euphoric state. Cool stuff. A Google scholar search through some thesis’s on the topic can be a fun investigation…or trying these substances yourself is fun! ;-)

[@fathertime9433]

You have obviously never been caught up in a soccer riot....

[@janelarson7065]

I've been in this altered state without the help of a drug. It's very strange and yes, unpleasant. Time slows down drastically--a second feels like 5 minutes. Beserkers would use this time-alteration to see their opponents' movements and blows in very slow motion so it was easy for them to beat an opponent, a Viking historian told me.

[@jamesjames1364]

Wow, this is amazing. Thank you!

[@sintare1504]

Awesome love this stuff!!!

[@ahmedelshafey7602]

Drinking fresh blood of a slaughtered bear (severely distressed), means that they drink their stress hormones as well, such as Adrenaline. This could be an explanation.

[@rubenmurillo8367]

This may be true but sound like a crazy movie ritual (I'm not saying it's false just pretty damn cool)

[@ahmedelshafey7602]

@Ray J thanks for the informative reply 😊

[@c.b.4916]

You guys forget these are saga stories. So much of it may be exaggerated. We don't know exactly what's accurate and what's exaggerated writing. Its somewhere in the middle most likely

[@wolfofodin5714]

Then all you'd have to do is find a fresh bear to kill every time you need to go to battle. Seems legit

[@ahmedelshafey7602]

@@wolfofodin5714 yeah, a mouse or something

[@jared1870]

I woke up specifically for this.

[@chaosdweller]

Lmao! ..... what?

[@optimistprime332]

Amazing video

[@scsarmiento9423]

Something similar happened to me in the year 2004, after living alone in the mountains for three months while travelling in Central America. When I went down to a city, on a public bus, I was attacked by gangsters (maras). They were three; they took my backpack and started kicking me trying to throw me out of the bus through the door. I remember to simply have felt a rage coming from my belly and I started climbing back the stairs like a mad man. One tried to push me down putting his hand on my neck and I bitted the arm with such an instinctive rage that the piece of flesh got stuck in my canine. I didn't feel any kick or punch; I reached my backpack and I shouted like a beast. The three stared at me in silence and backed down. I was breathing extremely heavy with a fire in my chest. I really wanted to enjoy killing one of them with my hands; when I suddenly caught eye of my belongings on the floor and I started taking consciousness of the situation. I took my backpack, and I simply got off the bus. After two, three hours came a kind of depressive mood, which contained a very strange miscellanea of feelings. I relate it more with a state of survival than a spiritual state; but certainly is a state of madness, rage and fury, directed just and only to destroy. No need to ingest any substance, is in the instinct.

[@edwardrichard2561]

Adrenaline. You also felt that depressive mood be cause of the “adrenaline dump”.

[@scsarmiento9423]

@@edwardrichard2561 Sure, it is a huge rush in such little time. Bloody hell, I felt I could tear them in two 🤣🤣

[@fkalwahhabi]

What an experience! I totally agree, survival instinct could be very powerful.

[@wabbit6653]

I hate those maras. You should've killed all 3 with your bare hands. Most of those mara are weak since they are malnourished

[@ipassingthrough]

Survival instincts my friend, you still have your's in check. It'll come in handy again one day, when you need to protect someone you love. Never be ashamed of it, your body is also your partner

[@WoziduranJahemter]

Only those who have a high spirit, a noble mission, divine purpose and are willing to sacrifice can enter the dangerous berserk.

[@atmosrepair]

Yeah it's a paradoxical position! You're smart, you're virtuous, but you're also willing to lay it all down for your family. Moving through whatever obstacles with reckless abandon.

[@WoziduranJahemter]

@@atmosrepair In most of the times, it depends on the actions presented and the choosed reactions maded.

[@lilpicklejar5059]

bra headin off to rape steal and kill off shrooms isnt a divine purpose

[@christianmatteussen7699]

@@lilpicklejar5059 Divine purpose to go to to hell as fast as possible

[@danny41110]

Its a mental state, similar to Shoalin Monks who can perform some incredible feats of strength

[@phoenixj1299]

Not similar. Shaolin Monks are in a far higher state of consciousness. You can't even comprehend it. They can probably one shot these Vikings.

[@Loscyc360]

@@phoenixj1299 A shaolin monk vs a berserker would end the same way as a kung fu-artist vs a pro MMA-fighter ie the kung fu-artist would be unconscious within a few seconds.

[@phoenixj1299]

@@Loscyc360 Wrong. What you consider as "kung fu practitioner" is not the same as Shaolin Monk. A Shaolin Monk recently entered the ring and demolished professional fighters. Modern Shaolin Monk one defeats a Berserker. And ancient Shaolin monks one shots Berserkers. Berserkers went extinct quickly because they are weak.

[@phoenixj1299]

@@Loscyc360 Also a street fighter with less experience demolishes an MMA athlete. Even a youtuber can whoop an MMA athlete without street experience.

[@mikefrost3509]

VERY GOOD WORK!

[@jetplane10]

Great video 🙂

[@lornalong6468]

Harald Hardrada had a 'king's guard' that were specifically Ulfhednar "wolfmen". There is much physical and sharmanic/religious ritual evidence around inducing a near death state to reach an altered state of consciousness or radically increased strength/endurance. These rituals were typically for a specific purpose - via extreme pain (right of passage into manhood or membership of the tribe, eg. as depicted in the movie 'A Man Called Horse'; Kung Fu monks practise extreme physical endurance to move past pain boundaries, etc.), poisons/strong alcohol often combined with physical exertion to the point of exhaustion (eg. the bushmen when they take on the nature of the Kudu antelope and dance till exhausted having imbibed something toxic to commune with higher spirits for knowledge/guidance), healing ceremonies of many tribes, speaking to the Oracle at Delphi required a long preparation including hallucinogenic drugs and near asphixiation from toxic gas in the chamber). Warrior practices throughout the world amongst indigenous peoples had a form of war dance & together with energy/strength inducing or pain reducing potions or smoke.

[@elimuwinn9279]

And the Comanche, Aztec, Picts, and several middle eastern and eastern european tribes had the similar customs and rituals as the Vikings. Likely due to Viking travels and conquests. I am a decendent of Hadrada.

[@raz6630]

They were fierce but most of their notoriety was from raiding un expecting places when it came to standing battles against trained Christain soldiers they lost 80% of the time, for example, the Anglo Saxons have an 8/10 win ratio with them in all the standing battles.

[@turnfrmsinorhell_jesus]

Best Mushroom(psychedelic) testimony ever- kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3PQonaQgrGde6c.

[@bunnybrown809]

Very good! The story of Odin hanging upside down on Yggdrasil ,always reminded me of the movie A Man Called Horse. Also wasn't there a cult dedicated to Mars ,very much like the Wolfmen? Im a Descendant of Rollo so I'm down with the Beserkers🐻

[@phoenixj1299]

They are absolutely nothing compared to ancient Indians, Mongols, Samurai and Shaolin monks. They are in "higher " state than these Vikings with added shrooms and other materials that alter their state of consciousness temporarily.

[@slyaspie4934]

Great little video, and after recently watching the Northman pretty good on timing as well lol

[@sethallen9420]

amazing explanation brother

[@jamiegregg9211]

cool vid Ollie enjoyed as a writer i've use Berserkers countless times loved the vid looking forward to your next vid

[@drewfuller6194]

Yes we do know how to bring about this state. We are just a bit short on melee battles. Some do know their spirit. No substances necessary. It's difficult to put to words exactly, but much meditation, and a drive to find something inside me, is how I found it. Rough physical combat has always been fun for me. I can tell you, there is a difference in fighting ability, between when you are angry fighting, and fighting along with your spirit. Endurance and pain tolerance go up incredibly, though afterwards, you pay for that boost. Your senses sharpen, along with your reflexes getting much quicker. Things sorta slow down a bit, while you, and your perception speed up. Feels amazing to be honest.

[@konstantinosdraziotis5264]

Fascinating! Can you elaborate if you have time?

[@berserkerboy9777]

An idea I have. •The initiates bring the pelt and heart of their patron animal to the shaman •Drinking a henbane mead/beer •listening to the drums and throat singing •once the intoxicants begin to have an affect the shamans would bestow the pelts on the wearers while bringing them pieces of the patron totem’s meat •after the initiates have been given the pelts and meat the dance begins while the shaman chants

[@AldousHuxley7]

They ate huge amounts of magic mushrooms before battle. Youre welcome.

[@chaosdweller]

Yer name? lol!

[@AldousHuxley7]

@ZogBot Lots. Im not making that up they did them to open portals to channel what they believed were the animal spirits into them.

[@AldousHuxley7]

@ZogBot Also drank the animals blood and the blood of their enemies and did rituals with rune stones and all sorts of stuff.

[@greenthumb4464]

​@@AldousHuxley7 some of us still carry on the traditions of our ancestors, tho drinking from skulls is frowned on a little now😉🤣🤣.. seriously tho, I see today many misunderstandings with the old culture and ways, I'm a proud so called pagan that follows traditional ways as closely as possible in today's world, different mushrooms for different rituals and rites, but I normally partake as regular as possible, and I am VERY healthy

[@superdennis8918]

Just found your channel and it's awesome! Gonna check out the rest of the video's.

[@chaosdweller]

Yeah it's pretty cool haha.

[@mijiyoon5575]

Beautiful art work in this one & loved the part about plants, mushrooms ...highly interesting that is 👍👍👍👍👍🍄🍄🍄🌿🌿🌿🌱🌱🌱 *THX Ollie*

[@bigdojima8434]

The main character in THE NORTHMAN was a berserker. I doubt king Harold still practiced as a berserker but I'm sure he understood their value and used their unique skills when needed.

[@galenbjorn443]

ulfhednar is the correct word for what Amleth was

[@NotPoliticalCorrect]

The Norwegean King Harald Hardrada WAS a Berserker ! (Or atleast the Saga's say he was !) He died at the battle at Stamford Bridge (1066) , when he tryed to claim the English throne !

[@theoutlawjeezywales6217]

@@NotPoliticalCorrect He was also a veteran of the Varangian Guard.

[@NotPoliticalCorrect]

@@theoutlawjeezywales6217 I KNOW ! ;)

[@theoutlawjeezywales6217]

@@NotPoliticalCorrect the dude was all kinds of badass. It kinda sucks he couldnt hold off on trying to take England. Even if he had won at Stamford Bridge the Normans were always going to come...

[@missourirebel9669]

The males in my fathers family and a few women too all are considered berserkers. We enter a trance like state in battle fight through injury and none ever beam beaten. We are of Germanic, Scottish heritage

[@phoenixj1299]

It's sad that your culture got wiped out by the west.

[@BillyTheKidOfficialYT]

Holy crap I wasn’t expecting this to be so informational lol I love it

[@stevetragg]

Love the Amon Amarth reference :p. Cool video

[@Jecerey]

This is why Khabib wrestled with a bear as a kid and became an undefeated UFC champion for years and never lost, he didn't go as far as the vikings did but he took on some of the animals spirit, we as humans still have not tapped into all our abilities to channel animal spirits. Channeling is the way of the Shaman.

[@Chadius_Thundercock]

Nope he just stayed undefeated by hand picking his opponents and being allowed to miss fights that he wouldn’t make weight

[@terryterhaar7495]

@@Chadius_Thundercock he did beat dustin, Justin and conor

[@chrisoz95]

@Fake Man spider he beat mj, Edson, rda, alaquinta, Justin, Dustin and Connor and we all know he would've beat Tony at the time lol

[@Jecerey]

@@Chadius_Thundercock Your comment is very ignorant.

[@KatieB33]

People talk about the strength they get lifting a car off a person, it sounds like they harnessed it. Instead of a short lived boost it continues on for hours. Or drugs? Drugs can cause a lot of rage.

[@ThursonJames]

If you watch combat sports at all, you’ll know that rage is actually counterproductive in fighting a trained opponent. Lack of fear, particularly fear of death, is an entirely different story. Especially if you truly believe that a warrior’s death in battle is the only way to reach The Otherworld… Rage and aggression aren’t the same thing at one: one takes you over and *uses you* as a tool, the other *is* a tool that can be deployed deliberately.

[@JackRabbit002]

Drugs help I've heard stuff of Lads in West Africa they'd just ignore being shot but when someone does who rejects things like that and just shrugs off a hit because of religious zeal it's scary!! Andreline.....Only force you need sometime!!

[@ThursonJames]

@@JackRabbit002 I’ve never heard any serious scholarly suggestions that the berserkers used PCP. How about the nonmagical arguments that I made?

[@heyant7753]

I always thought Vikings mostly berserkers were known for taking shrums (psychedelic drug) before they would into battle.

[@1stcivdiv81]

@@ThursonJames as a marine vet who did one combat deployment I’ll have to disagree slightly. Keeping your cool and suppressing your fear and rage helps when your trying to take an accurate shot, but sometimes rage is the only way to push your fear down far enough to actually function. Combat sports yeah but when your talking fighting to kill another man and avoid being kicked yourself you don’t have time to breathe and think through what’s happening. And when your friends get hurt rage is a natural response. The marine corps teaches tou to war cry. Not to be cute, but to flood the bloodstream with adrenaline to harness rage and quelch fear so you do what you have to do. But hey, what do I know. Maybe that’s just me 🤷‍♂️

[@stephenmeaney9531]

thank you/ I enjoyed this video.

[@chaosdweller]

Yes it was wonderful just like the others......

[@MSHNKTRL]

This is why I double-dry-scoop nitric oxide mix and don my Care Bear onesie before curling the squat rack.

[@NoelWesley]

I've been doing Security for 20 years, 10 of which was as a Nightclub Doorman in Central London. I've dealt with people with mental, drug and alcohol issues in violent situations countless times. Same with Sober people. People are perfectly capable working themselves up without substances as with substances. Adrenaline and other bio chemical survival mechanisms factor in too. It's a very deadly cocktail. I've been a Viking Reenactor since 2005 and the subject of Berserkers and Ulfhednir is something I take an interest in academically and through my own experiences. Also in the sagas are stories of older Berserkers who basically sound like the Town Drunk we are familiar with today. Another reason the practice was outlawed, aside from Religious, is because they were a nuisance to the rest of society. Just like modern day town drunks. Nowadays people romanticise history. Just look at the tv series. Having said that Animal Totemism goes a long way back into our past as shown in the video. Great look at the subject and raises a lot of questions that are always fun investigating.

[@MrBottlecapBill]

Yup. You hit it right on the head in my opinion. It's fun to think people were so mysterious and different in the past but they really weren't. Culturally yes....but still humans. Both the good and the bad.

[@NoelWesley]

@@MrBottlecapBill As a species we haven't changed much in a very long time. According to some estimates the earliest traces of 'modern anatomically correct' Homo Sapiens fossils go back between 250,000 and 300,000 years ago. Behaviourally we haven't changed much. Our societal structures and cultures have changed but very little in comparison.

[@johnfisher697]

@@NoelWesley Reading your comments and have to agree with you , battle madness, bloodlust, battle fury, are common conditions especially when our ancestors fought one on one at close quarters. The Romans called it Furore Germanicus(the German fury). No doubt this was more than likely caused by alcohol, self hypnotism, (easy to do)and perhaps the odd magic mushroom here and there. Some of the comments on here are just plain stupid and self gratifying.

[@skinnahxx]

Huh? where did you read about the Bersekers in the lore? They didn't show up in any kind of writing until long after the Viking age.

[@NoelWesley]

@@skinnahxx You are correct. Berserkers are mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas. Which were written "long after the Viking Age". I wrote 'mentioned' here because that is what they are in the Icelandic Saga, mentioned.

[@ysteinberg5084]

I have been through a few near death experiences where I was thrown into a different state of mind. I suddenly had full control of the environment as if everything slowed down, I was faster and stronger than I am, easily getting out of a situation where I normally should have died. After the incidents I was fatigued for a couple of days and my body ached all over. I believe it is possible to induce this state, but I haven't tried, since I normally have no use for it, living in a peaceful environment. Essentially an adrenaline infused emergency state..

[@Zack-lq9tb]

What challenged you so? Stay away from the savagery.

[@ysteinberg5084]

@@Zack-lq9tb I hope to stay away from savagery.. One of the incidents was when I fell from the top of a tree, the branch I was standing on broke. I managed to slow my backwards fall by catching branches on the way down. Doesn't sound like much, but it was quite an interesting feeling. Another incident was a big guy with a knife, he launched towards me, I leaned back to avoid the knife and kicked it out of his hand, leaving him confused and distracted. It was totally unprovoked.. Yet another time was when I was driving, it was icy, highway, then a car managed to find a small spot of dry asphalt and stopped brutally fast on the spot. The car in front of me slammed into it, I managed to handbrake my way around them and straighten the car to avoid the car coming fast in the right lane. Difficult to explain, but if I had done anything different, I would have crashed. In these moments, I felt calm and in total control of the situation. Later I felt totally exhausted. But I imagine that if you could put yourself in this state of mind before a sword battle.. it would be very difficult to take you out..

[@vitalikrol5021]

Good example of what the Perfect mindset does to someone!

[@gabrielplattes6253]

The pawns, of that famed chess set - they were depicted biting their shields. Well worth a look. Also, in one of the Icelandic sagas, there were two Swedish brothers that were taken on as guards. They warned the to-be employer, that it might not be a good idea. They were difficult to deal with, without being enraged. Both were said to be berserkers. It took quite a ploy to get rid of them, once life did indeed get difficult for the employer, as they had predicted... Locking them into a bath house, & setting it on fire. I guess they did not want to deal with them out in the open.

[@edwardbrady5843]

I am so glad that someone invented the car jack, so we don't have to berserk any more, I am so grateful to thor.

[@leslie4814]

MUSHROOMS!!! 🍄

[@axman1781]

This knowledge is not lost. It's just not required in this day and age.

[@QOSQualityofSpeed]

Cool video. I subscribed. I think it was them deciding that they were going to die at that moment and they were going to fight until they were killed and then they were absolutely hopped up on adrenaline. They work themselves into a frenzy of rage. I think this would work.

[@modofatak]

“Magic mushroom” implies a psilocybin species. The Vikings took amanitas. The experiences couldn’t be more different. Amanitas are almost more an intoxicant/delerient, while psilocybin mushrooms are more classically “psychedelic”.

[@raz6630]

They were fierce but most of their notoriety was from raiding un expecting places when it came to standing battles against trained Christain soldiers they lost 80% of the time, for example, the Anglo Saxons have an 8/10 win ratio with them in all the standing battles.

[@nickkraw1]

@@raz6630 Yeah I know these people are reading the ancient equivalent of a marvel movie or a tabloid magazine and thinking its historically tenable. I have taken psychedelic mushrooms before, I can tell you with some certainty, they would not make you a better physical fighter while under the influence, they would radically diminish fighting ability.

[@Hrafnhednar]

how do you know they took mushrooms? this is just a theory, more likely they took henbane, eitherway if they took to much they would not be able to figth at all

[@turnfrmsinorhell_jesus]

Best Mushroom(psychedelic) testimony ever__ kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3PQonaQgrGde6c.

[@beelzebootthecanadiandevil9600]

@@nickkraw1 Mike Tyson says he trains on mushrooms all the time

[@desertdan100]

I am Scandinavian American I guess. I am only the 3 rd generation born in America. My family came from Sweden or more precisely Gotland. My Ancestors were some of the last to convert to Christianity from Odinism. They despised the Catholics so deeply that they became protestants' when they finally converted. The legacy of my Clan carried on hidden away and underground. We were Odinsmen Elite Warriors ( Berserkers ) with many serving as mercenaries in foreign lands. It is also genetic carried down through the family. It is in both men and women. I and my daughter were affected by it but it skipped my Son. Some of my other relatives have the trait and some don't. It is both a blessing and a curse. Imagine having an internal switch that you almost can not control. It is a rage and altered state that comes over you and puts you on autopilot. The you that everyone knows goes away and an almost mechanical unfeeling thing takes over and reacts like a wild animal that you cannot reason with or control. It is mostly brought on in a few different ways. Involuntarily through Pain, defense from attack and protection of someone close to you. In those situations it is almost instant. It also can be brought on consciously through use of meditation, working yourself into a seething anger into an explosive rage state and zeroed in with laser focus and concentration on a target with an explosive release. It can be brought on by certain things that are consumed that alter your control and cause pain and confusion. Like strong drink that causes burning and pain. Foods that cause discomfort and pain. Actual self inflicted pain or pain inflicted by others or an outside force. It can be an instant trigger that you have been through or trained through many times. It can be as simple as a very hard open hand slap. One of my own worst involuntary triggers is the flash of a knife blade or someone pulling a knife or gun out on me. It takes a millisecond for me to go from calm everyday relax dude to arm breaking head stomping animal fury. It took me a long time to get it under control. Here is the truth of what really happens into modern times of those people who carry the genetics. There is a very rapid overload and dump of adrenaline into the system. A very few people have seen this happen to me and it was from the time I could walk. A tremor starts. It is an involuntary vibrating and twitching of the muscles. You begin shaking and to some it might look like fear but it is the exact opposite. Everything in your body speeds up and quickens. Your heart rate, breathing, perspiration and movements. Your eye movements start to dart or bounce back and forth. Your hairs on your body start to raise up and all at once everything goes hyper or magnified. All of your senses increase and hyper focus. You can feel air moving, pick up faint smells, hear everything around you and everything you are seeing seems to slightly slow down. Then just before the explosion there is a spooky weird calm and boom you are moving involuntarily and things are just happening. That is a controlled version. My danger is the uncontrolled version when I am attacked and just snap. Auto pilot takes over and things just happen. I am not responsible for what happens then because I am not in control and I totally black out. I don't remember anything and don't feel any pain until I come to and start to gain focus. Then whatever injuries I had start to hurt and the pain comes flooding in and all of my energy is gone. I basically just drop. In the Berserker state I am ten times stronger. I feel absolutely no pain during it and I don't even bleed that much. I can take huge damage and keep moving right through like nothing happened. Once I come out of it I am in bad shape. I was leaving a house once after going in and helping a drunk friend to the car. As I was half carrying him out through the front door someone broke a quart beer bottle over the back of my head. I went right down to my knees and instantly bounced back up again while still carrying a 180 lb man. It felt like someone had a rope tied under my arms and jerked me back up in the air. I spun around and someone hit me directly in the face on my cheek bone. I did not even flinch or move. The was the last thing I remember and other people had to fill me in later as to what happened. They said I had a blank look on my face and then a big smile . They said I grit my teeth and growled and yelled at the same time as I grabbed the first large dude by the front of his chest with one arm and tossed him out into the front yard. They said I ripped a large mail box off a post and crushed it flat between my hands and told the guy that was going to be his head. They said I snapped the post off at the ground and started swinging it like a baseball bat and anyone rushing me. By the time I got done there were 8 guys laying around the front yard and a car door that I had tore off of the car and beat a guy with. I literally don't remember any of it. I woke up on the couch at my friends house with my head pounding and a blood soaked towel and ice around it. My shirt was soaked with blood and my hands were tore up and bleeding. I did not know what was mine and what wasn't. I don't remember any of it happening and I was sober and had not been drinking at all. I was a designated driver going to pickup and give a drunk friend a ride home. I did not know anyone at that house. The only thing I remember is the beer bottle breaking over my head and me going straight down to my knees on the pavement on the front stoop or steps to the house and then nothing. I was a handful as a kid and had to learn to control my anger and rage and channel it. My parents were saints to have the patience to understand that I could not help it and I had triggers that needed to be avoided. They knew that it was something that just ran in the family. Berserkers were shunned by people even in their own families and many people feared them for their unpredictable nature. It isn't because they were mean and Evil but what could happen and the damage they could cause. I could not live with myself if I hurt a family member. So many of us tend to live as loners or keep out of Societies triggers and pitfalls. I haven't and don't go to bars and sporting events that draw large crowds of drunk stupid people. I want to stay out of prison. The most fitting quote is from a movie. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZCWiqNoft-bodU

[@MrBlue-dm5li]

Yep, us swedes were the last of the norse to be christianised. Asatro was still a thing well into the 13-14’th century.

[@sandranorris9587]

Absolutely interesting

[@sarahgirlisit]

Awesome!

[@wholefoodplantbasedmama5398]

Reminds me of the knight from Monty Pythons Holy Grail movie. “It’s just a flesh wound”

[@MomentsInTrading]

“Why the Vikings were insanely strong” - No deodorant

[@chaosdweller]

Hmmmmmmmm - Lmao!

[@MegaDavyk]

Rowing a big arse boat all round the North Sea 12 hrs a day would have to be one hell of a workout.

[@scottjames4470]

I believe he did and what you mentioned does add up thanx for another good vid

[@ashd-h4911]

they were the paratroopers of the Vikings, maximum damage, maximum casualties, shock and awe effect but minimal sustainability.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

That would be paratroopers before PC and standards were lowered for females. Fact

[@NotPoliticalCorrect]

The Úlfhéðnar was a Berserker class too .... and even a Deer Berserker or an Eagle Berserker excisted, they came in many animalistic "forms" ! ;) I have even read that after the so called Viking Era was over a NEW form of Berserkers appeared .... allthough they werent "animalistic" warriors they thought that they would get a "score" on Odins check list for every enemy they defeated and that would make em go into Berserk "mode" in battles ..... with no regard of their own life ! (Just like the Shaman warriors who came before em) This was recorded far into Christian times (When most of Scandinavia was seen as being Christian but wasnt)

[@ramonebronwasser6787]

When in history was that recorded

[@sandranorris9587]

Always interesting

[@captainamerica3531]

Spot on.

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

I've always been told by my parents "You don't know your own strength" and my dad told me he had to hammer down my 'anger outbursts' with his own anger when I was a kid, to show me he was boss in the house. He was the only one that seemed strong enough to stop me. But now that I'm 23, I've acknowledged anger as a force of nature - it can be used to defend that which you hold dear or push forward through adversity, or cause great destruction. The trick is to understand yourself.

[@henrikgustafsson6385]

Ofcourse. That's the fathers job. Push the boy into manhood, by letting the lad looser, than his Mother would. But confront him and leash him when he goes out of boundaries, because a mother can rarely not compete with a youmg man, niether in strength or see belong her feelings towards her now grown up "baby".

[@irish-thinker4429]

I'm 38 and I'm the same ,

[@irish-thinker4429]

When I was 13 I fought my father

[@dl5014]

What confuses me is, that the Samurai who where probably the most mentally strong well trained warriors in history, & also martial arts preaches that anger isnt good for a fighting (its a untrained archaic feul to fight). The Samurai said "Cut your enemy without emotion" & practice "No Mind" which is basically flow state...your anger can turn into fear or flight mode thats the problem. I believe the most dangerous fighters are ones with controlled calm aggression that can go into emotionless kill mode & actually think while doing it. Its a very advanced thing I believe, not many people can achieve it. But through meditation maybe. Blind rage/anger is useless because it burns out quickly i've seen.

[@mathewgurney2033]

@@dl5014 The clean precision of a calm mind is no more or less valuable than the potent outrage of furious passion, both have their place at the correct moment.

[@nerdelf3704]

I think they used a combination of muscaria, psilocybin, henbane, alcohol and probably other stuff I’m forgetting or is “unrediscovered”. With varying levels of the berserker rage based on what they consumed and how much and personal traits. I think belief has a huge part to play as well.

[@omstygomsty]

When I took psychedelic's for the first time I experienced myself in another reality as real as this one wielding an axe, wearing a wolf skin pelt over my head along with several other warrior men. We are creeping up on an enemy encampment in darkness. It was though we were hunting like a pack of wolves In the experience I could feel that we were all in a trance like state. I had an insane desire to kill anything that moved.

[@jacobfoerster6979]

Bog mertle

[@nerdelf3704]

Shrooms are getting bigger

[@oceanberserker]

You'd be correct. Various psychedelic substances would be used as part of an initiation ritual to send him into the gangr to commune with the wolf, bear, what have you, or even Odin himself. Afterwards, a berserker was expected to be able to enter this state at will seeing as dependency on the substances used in the ritual would be seen as a sign of weakness in both the ethical, for the time period, that is, and practical sense.

[@lsporter88]

I think you're most likely spot on. It was probably both. Great video.

[@403patriot3]

Pure genetic gifts. Insane strength and focus… Remind me which nations win the world’s strongest man contests again

[@PowerfulVikingMusic]

Don't know if someone is reading this, but if you are: You are amazing and beautiful! I believe in you! 💗

[@hhattingh]

Watched the one about the wolf warriors this morning, and how they were even more fierce than beserkers in my personal opinion and understanding, was that they probably fought in well organized 'packs' vs bears that are more solitary. It has been documented that in many instances they would even hurt or kill their own in their rage and chaos of war. Literally everything in front of them was fair game. Wolves, they are organized and very strategic. These were the men of yester year and to think today some men can't even figure out which bathroom to use.

[@17stunna76]

in the northman the main character is a hybrid of the two and he pulls it off very well. in my opinion 10/10 for a viking movie. two hours of pure testosterone

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

The reason you brought up is exactly why I admire wolves.

[@icebox_Intruder]

Ulfhedinn / ulfhednar.

[@catholicracialist776]

Catholic Church destroyed them all

[@emperornero2902]

@@17stunna76 I had to watch again just for the battle at the end. The movie is legit

[@cameron9wind33]

Meso and native Americans had skinwalkers or tlacatecotol "owl person". Hindu had tiger priests like Maya jaguar priest who could transform into a wer form or the animal itself at will.

[@chaosdweller]

Haha! cool!

[@manonthemountain7272]

Modern man must reunite with rage.

[@FutureCph]

Very good video. Supplementing fact: The term ‘to go beserk’ comes from old Norse meaning ‘To go bereft sack’ I.e. naked. Or rather being in a wild state where you possed by some force tear off all your clothes and attack. Which is why you on the Swedish cliffs can find stone carvings - so called petroglyphs - that date back before the viking age, where men leave the ship to charge on to the coast seemingly naked as they have the sword drawn and also all have a hard on. So obviously more aroused for battle than most would be when jumping off a ship to run to the coast. Which only supports your theory and facts presented on the substances consumed and the motive of berrera to make their livelihood by raping and pillaging. That’s why it is said that English girls are so ugly, while the Scandinavian girls so pretty: The beserkers brought the best of the female gene pool with them back to home.

[@RobinMarks1313]

I think it was a combination of all things. Mushrooms alone wouldn't cause the intense violence and lack of pain. Mushrooms heighten the senses. So, it was a combination of a small amount of mushrooms, henbane and alcohol. The mushrooms allow the shaman to think like the animal and transcend and transform mentally. Then, the henbane and alcohol would heighten aggression and dull the sense of pain. To further my theory, I looked up a scientific paper on the effects of henbane. So, I know I'm correct about the concoction. Henbane produces many effects, but not just restlessness. To quote, "Clinical manifestations of acute BH (henbane) poisoning are wide and include.... (it's a long list)..... delirium, aggressiveness, and combative behavior." National Library of Medicine. USA. Combative behaviour. Sounds just like going berserk. But, you wouldn't want the mixture to have too much of any one substance. Too much mushrooms and you have an incapable, passive person. Too much henbane and you'll make them sick with toxicity. Too much alcohol and you put the berserker to sleep. Mix it in the right proportions, and you get the perfect soldier. Right, the British army tried to give soldiers LSD. It's funny. But pure hallucinogens don't make an aggressive killer. But alcohol does. So, with the right mixture, you have a partial drunk, who is amped up on henbane causing more aggression, and then shape the mind with the mushroom. Oh, mushrooms help depression. John Hopkins Hospital is doing clinical research. They helped me. Check with your doctor first before taking anything. I am not a doctor.

[@flamenmartialis6839]

Some thoughts. The mushroom often assosiate with berserker Aminata muscaria has been proven to be false, if digested you become dull not state you wanna be in in a battle. The tradition of seidr is associsted with women no men would perform it, the mens form was galdr. It's even said in the sagas, Loki mocks Odin for learning seidr. About not feeling wounds, people have deen wounded but because of adrenaline rush they haven't feelt it.

[@mike8323]

I have done mushrooms at extreme high dosages it's mushrooms bro

[@lorrainesandham4323]

I thought visit was the Americans who used LSD on their troops in Vietnam

[@RobinMarks1313]

@@lorrainesandham4323 British Army on LSD. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJrUoaqhndaHiNU

[@marinakaiser7639]

Wow Ollie now i'm really curious. Thank you

[@ellejaycopeland8835]

These are some of my favorite warriors.

[@BatBreakr]

It wasn't drugs. It was a rare genetic trait. Each warrior had a personal ritual to enter the gangre, similar to each other but not identical. It would be possible to allow entering battle to trigger the state, but much more reliable to enter it before as that way there is no warm up needed during battle. The hot headed statement was literal, the body temperature would increase and skin would redden as their body temperature rises, heart rate increases and the blood flow generated would be similar to a modern car with a high performance mode. Fuel economy is crap and it's harder to control, but the vehicle is a whole other animal. The cost on the body is high, but when a sick weak man in the throws of some illness suddenly can throw several hundred pounds like they are nothing and is able to move fast enough to render enemy attacks useless if he chooses, the reasons to use this "Gift of Odin" would make it an extremely tempting option provided one has the genetic quirks that allow it to be in the options list. It does look magical. It's scary to observe, as the thinking part of the brain shuts off and it turns the user into a human approximation of a charging bear, enraged and devastating. The use of drugs or booze... that's those without the actual genetic ability to enter the state attempting to mimic it. Sure, they may be able to get close, but they won't last long against a Berserker. One at full health and equipped for combat.... don't get in the way. He will tear you apart, but unlike drugs or booze using pretenders, he won't be blacked out, he's enjoying this but isn't quite himself. He's more. He's so much more. It's potent enough those with no actual genetic predisposition tried to mimic the effects, that alone tells you its one hell of a thing!

[@asherfarrell1607]

Exactly! I have yet to see a comment that rivals this one's explanation.

[@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv]

[Citation Needed]

[@BatBreakr]

@@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv Citing books that explain it from the words of those who don't understand it (judging from the information available rarely covering more than a lesser, civilized understanding might know,) is pointless, so that explanation was in my own words an explanation of the way that works. You wish me to cite my own words? You do not research beyond the history written by the ignorant, or my words would not be necessary. Those who know, know. Those who do not, well they don't have to believe what I say if they wish not to. That affects me less than an arm hair with a bad attitude. Take what I said however you wish. I don't care or mind.

[@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv]

@@BatBreakr What I would like is a citation that there is, in fact, a gene associated with this trait. If you can't provide that, then don't make that claim.

[@BatBreakr]

@@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv Ah, that explains your comment. I was explaining it how it was explained to me many years ago. As you seek validation of my words you have not experienced or seen what I have talked about, so further discourse is waisted on you. No more troll baiting for me, go on say what you will. Your lack of experience in this is excusable, but poor manners simply are in bad taste.

[@noway905]

Believe and trust when I tell you that descendants of Norsemen have this in their DNA. Its passed genetically father to son. The only difficult things are acceptance and mastering it. As a child you know your different. As an adult, you fear no man.

[@UnoDoseMedia]

Not sure but that has been my lifestyle since the 80s

[@TheSWIT64]

My family comes from Viking descent and this is amazing I always feel really angry and people hate going against me

[@francoisbeland7188]

Maybe you are the child of the god of thunder.

[@sethdominickortiz]

I know someone whos done this when he was 12 he started mushroms with his dad and its considered a ritual mainly to focus the spirit or ones thought of course this catalyst can be used in many was so my friend has been doing this for some time now and has tried various psychedlics and Halluicinogens sometimes in combination for recreation and mostly for ritual medicinal use it does have its states another friend of mine said it could be used in Super soldier programs sorta like the mental acuity/emotional responsive part of a humans processing and also increase sense awareness / heightended sense anyway thats my friends input on this wild subject lol

[@dreddykrugernew]

Having done acid and shrooms from 12 ill say this, on my PC i have a download folder, in here goes everything and anything i download online, movies, music, pictures, pdf, whatever, that folder is a mess. Our brains are the same, we absorb information and we are trying to make sense of all that stuff while it remains a mess in our brain. After doing shrooms for me its in the comedown phase when the mind relaxes it goes into a different kind of focus so its kind of like that download folder finally gets all the crap in it put into their own folders elsewhere on my PC and my download folder is clean and free to focus on the tasks that are of upmost importance that i can do things about. The things that where taking up a lot of my brain energy/time is realised to be of no consequence and usually things that are out of my control, its like life is a burden of a thousand tasks on the brain that need doing and doing shrooms gets rid of all that crap and you can focus with unbelievable clarity on what exactly needs to be done and this feeling doesnt last just on the comedown it lasts for weeks and months after...

[@elkstereidolon3523]

You both type like fuckin robots!

[@Zack-lq9tb]

@@dreddykrugernew that is exactly what I want.

[@dreddykrugernew]

@@Zack-lq9tb if you live in the UK or northern Europe liberty caps will be sprouting in a month or so, however there are poisonous ones that look just like liberty caps so you have to be careful in what your picking. I learned off someone older when i was young about the good and the bad ones, they have different coloured gills underneath and the rim of them are different to liberty caps. It needs to be really old fields also, there are only a few places that i know where they grow and year on year there are different amounts from the different conditions some years they are out in huge numbers other years we barely get any. Every mushroom nearly has a fly maggot in it of them pesky little flies like fruit flies, you can boil the shrooms and make a coffee i advise doing no more than 50 in a pan to boil, or you can dry them but dry them in an outdoor space because once they start drying all the maggots hatch and pesky little flies are everywhere...

[@kinggeorgev6471]

I do think it was combination of rituals and hallucinogenic substances

[@86ajmn]

Never have I heard such an eloquent description of "they were high as a kite". Interesting lesson non the less, thank you!

[@Andrea-pm3dy]

Both, and Thank you.

[@artursbondars7789]

This tradition was know and documented even in medieval Livonia. There where even various trails conducted.

[@AldousHuxley7]

Magic mushrooms

[@tk422-7]

I believe taking on animal skins and spirits is an approximation to what the berserkers were seeing/feeling. I believe that opened them up to injury, because animals can be hurt. I believe if they totally enveloped themselves into what they are, no human could defeat them.

[@atmosrepair]

Yes, growth, strength, injury, decay, and death. These are all natural processes, which are hard truths that bring wisdom when understood this cycle.

[@atmosrepair]

Yeah it's a paradoxical position! You're smart, you're virtuous, but you're also willing to lay it all down for your family. Moving through whatever obstacles with reckless abandon.

[@christoffersvensson1239]

Have listend to your videos about vikings and beserker , like many Times per day, specielly this one, jomsviking, vagn, ragnar , björn, hardrada. Have 2 question for U Olli. 1. Who can know about the shamanic tecnuiqes behind the summening.. 2. Whos is ypur personal favorite??? And one more thing .. Have u heard about the gotihc vikings who travel and raiding in rome, where feard of Everyone.. at gotland its also a really old shipps carved at Stones from the bronze age. U give me much inspiration and doin a great job 🌹🙏

[@johndef001]

The simplest way to get a guy to go berserk is to show him a picture of his ex-wife and her divorce lawyer enjoying his money in a resort town. Occam's Razor - "If you have two competing ideas to explain the same phenomenon, you should prefer the simpler one."

[@XxXx-sc3xu]

Damn

[@emrekoseoglu1680]

Were Vikings insanely strong? I disagree the statment. The strength in organized and crowded battles, is often different than individual strength in weapon usage which provides individual strengths to warrior. As the number of soldiers joining the battle increases, so the definition of strength shifts from tactical level to the strategic level. A standard cohort with a strength that can fill a viking raiding ship, may not be ideal tactical division when it comes to a field battle which requires numbers that can only be provided by a radically different political system of alliances. 5000 vs 5000 is not something it can't handle. But it becomes more and more difficult to build and sustain the war effort for a battle 20.000 vs 20.000, and impossible when it turns to 40.000 vs 40.000. The difficulty is not only economical, but also often political and cultural, and even structural militarywise. Thus a viking war party that seems "insanely strong" in one situation may become as vulnerable as a group of sheeps, if this tactical situation changes due to all these factors mentioned above. Norse had a superiority in ships and seamanship (like Mongols had the horse and horsemanship) which allowed them to move and remove, concentrate and divide their forces in a way always bypassing strong enemy defenses, intercepting enemy troop movements, picking up time and place of engagements in their own favour. When the enemy could place strong garrisons in every naval invasion point and even a strong fleet to defend and chase their lightships, this effectively finished Viking superiority and stopped their efforts to continue their raids, because they could not outnumber the enemy in nowhere. Also considering how big an advantage their naval mobility provides on the battlefield, one must accept that they could not exploit it to the maximum effect, due to their lack of political organization, which actually is the failure of religional elite and their limited strategic/administrative skills. Thus the role of priest/druid class in Norse superiority was most probably counterproductive. They provided the necessary influence to militarize Norse clansmen and leaders to join and organize naval Viking raidings, but failed in increasing the organisation up to the point to build up a stabile and permanent political system over that military superiority, which later the Christianity would achieve.

[@sgtslippyfist6345]

When do you publish your book?

[@emrekoseoglu1680]

@@sgtslippyfist6345 It doesnt need a new book. This is mainstream history. Just avoid (or at least suspect) the revisionist statements which cant bring a better explanation than existing one :)

[@markhirstwood4190]

R-L48 and I1 haplogroups, selection, fresh sea air, hill walking, diet including fish/fish oil, many factors made the people from Denmark, Sweden and Norway so powerful. Coastal North Sea Germanic-Scandinavians.

[@dilly2000]

They were high on 🍄 dude.

[@mike_AD]

Litteral demon possession, giving unnatural strength. Mark 5:2-6 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, [3] Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: [4] Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. [5] And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. [6] But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

[@ericb6238]

Well Stated. That was their strength. The Joy of the Lord is our strength eternal! Salt and light , eyes on the Horizon for the Lion of Judah shall Roar. Strength to you

[@eyetrollin710]

I'll get over it the Catholic church has been persecuting pagans for 2,000 years we've come to a place where not everything that isn't across is demonic,, frankly if you look at the rights and practices of the Catholic church seems a little satanic to me red robes and drinking of one's blood swearing baby soles to a grand master before the human can even think and protest yeah definitely sounds satanic especially considering the god you claim is supposably benevolent and wants everyone to be free and choose their own way isn't Satan the one who's thirsty for Souls

[@rithikremendra9857]

Thanks to ur religion the world suffers

[@agumatthew9149]

Jesus is really underrated

[@benquoyeser4401]

I wish Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden was one nation with seven parts of Russia Murmansk, Karelia, Leningrad, Saint Petersburg, Novgorod, Tver and Pskov speaking Old Norse name Vikings. Not only that Denmark will be the size as Tunisia. Denmark will own a large island same size as the real life Denmark. All of Canada will be part of Vikings. Vikings area: 6,744,855 sq miles Languages: Native: Norse, English, Sami Languages, Native American Languages and Russian Migrate: Afrikaans, German, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai. Vikings GPD $180,000 Nominal $180,000 Currency: Vikings Banknotes 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 200 Work hours 5 with three day weekends School 5 hours with three day weekends Homework is non existent same with Star Testing like in America. Taxes will be very light like in the UAE

[@davidkoehler136]

But you forget all of the northern germans , and those from the baltic

[@benquoyeser4401]

Like what tribes? What did you think of my alternate history a fictional country called Vikings What other Northern German and Baltic tribes are there? They will be part of Vikings to wish this was real life not fantasy

[@benjaminmoline5176]

Generations lived all the way from post flood ice age (400 yrs) and had to be tough and adapted to such landscapes all the way up to Roman times. Germanic lands, Baltic area are all very unforgiving back then. They practiced wrestling and ate alot of meat and were a very close community. This created a tight knit and strong unit along with a physically resilient man, able to adapt to many conditions on the battlefield and during times of seige. And of course the ritual where they ate the bear meat and its adrenal gland giving them a massive high. Of course there also were the amanita muscaria mushrooms and henbane plants that gave them a high too.

[@michaelbartley9572]

When I was younger I would go berserk and feel no pain. I got the nickname skitzo and people would swear my eyes turned icy blue even though my eyes are brown. I once smacked a pipe wrench against my forehead about 6 times till blood started pouring. I grew up in a violent and traumatic environment. I don't think they took drugs. I think they went into the same state I would. I once beat a man into a coma and he had to have his eye sockets repaired. The only reason he wasn't beat to death was 2 of my buddies grabbed me off him and I snapped back to reality. Now my eldest son does the same thing I did. I come from a line of hot tampered fighters. We've fought in every major conflict going back to the revolution. I got older and put on medication to control my moods. Now I'm pretty chill. I think its just pure rage and being raised in an environment built on violence that does something to the brain. I've literally frothed at the mouth and had periods where I completely blacked out not remembering what had happened. By the way the guy I almost killed threatened to rape my kids and kill my family so I paid him a visit. They have poisoned our food and we are losing more testosterone with each generation. So this is why many don't understand pure rage. Go look up the studies done. 1 by David Harris and the frogs after exposing them to the chemicals they spray on our crops. Luckily I grew up on mostly food we grew and hunted.

[@justinw1765]

Rage/anger/stress are not good for testosterone. Studies on prisoners have shown that they have significantly lower testosterone levels than the general population, on average. Some of them are jacked only because they work out so much. Not high testosterone. Though, steroids can be smuggled into prison, but I doubt that would be the first choice of substances to be illicitly sought.

[@infinitejest441]

Skooma.

[@vikingvixen1776]

Sorry for blowing up your comments section, but you don't need drugs to reach Berserker state. My family has this in our veins. We flip our switch while fighting against an adversary.

[@squidknightx3459]

0:55 I appreciate an Amon Amarth album cover when I see one

[@rachdarastrix5251]

Next video suggestion. Why the Vikings could be strong again.