ARE YOU CULTURALLY APPROPRIATING YOUR PAGANISM?
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
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**Sharing a heartfelt sentiment here***
One last thought on topic and then I will see who will choose to watch it in the next video tomorrow.
I have clearly stated in this video how and when I feel cultural appropriation actually happens. So I have acknowledged that.
There is no real way to heal trauma in whatever area of life or history that has happened if not with the acknowledgement of the wounds caused and the willingness to move forward with hope and love. This is what our Sami community up here strives for....they fought and fight for their wounds with their magic, their drums, with devotion to the land, with keeping their traditions alive peacefully and harmoniously....not with anger...never an incline of anger as I said in my video "What the Sami people taught me about happiness***
Naive? Maybe but I've never seen hate having the power to change anything in this world.
There is very little I can do if somebody is bothered by me not getting angry at bad comments of people or nasty words towards me, I'm just not that kind of person...I don't feed myself and others hatred, I don't have it in me.
To Know who you are you need to forget who they told you to be ❤️
As a person of mixed origins (Italian/Swedish) who is in a relationship with a person from yet another culture I truly struggle coping with the whole concept of cultural appropriation in spirituality and life in general.
This video will take you on a wonderful journey through my deep feelings on this topic, if you watch till the end you will see that my sentiment is exactly the same as all the people who subscribed to this channel….utter magic I would say.
Blessings from Northern Norway
Freyia
Very well said. And respectfuly said. That's getting to be a lost art these days. Thank you, again, for sharing.
Overall I agree what you said. I do however think that cultural appropriation exists when we disrespect and disregard practices from a culture, or when don't give credit or reverence to the beautiful culture. However cultural APPRECIATION is beautiful, very real, and I believe connects us. I have always felt connected as an African American woman to both Gaelic Celtic culture as well as the Hoodoo practices of my more immediate ancestors. Growing up,, I always thought that because of my blackness that something was wrong with me for not resonating with African traditional religions; I was afraid people would think I was ashamed of my racial identity and make fun of me/tell me I was "trying to be white (yes people have said this to me, and it hurts so much 😔). But this video, as well as reassurance from some of my lovely friends, has helped me feel more whole and comfortable in my deep love and interest in Celtic traditions. Blessed be🌛🌝🌜
As a Keltoi, well come, and hopefully you find Joy in your endeavors.
Thank you for sharing. Blessed be.
This needs to be said more often. I used to get beat up for “being too white” (I’m not white, I’m mixed and am very brown) because I come from multiple cultures. One of them being from your corner of the world but you’d never know it. I’m tired of living in a country where my generation thinks that everything is cultural appropriation.. us mixed kids get it the worst. If people would just look past their selfish ideologies, this world would be a better place.
As mixed we’re either “too white” or “too dark”, nobody claims is from either side. It’s very isolating :(
Well said, I'm mixed 50/50 from andean/Peruvian and Scandinavian genetic lines and basically my experience is that we mixed kids are universally despised, shut out and robbed of our sense of belonging and groundedness. Hardened and strengthened through these experiences, we mixed ppl are bridge-people who are are in a way twice as rich in heritage and let no one tell you otherwise. Stay strong!💪🏽
THANK YOU for having the courage to say what so many feel and keep to themselves. I am originally from Appalachia where the traditions of Celtic, Norse, Germanic, Anglo-Saxon, African and Native American all melded together to create a beautiful tradition of Conjure/Folk Magick/Granny Magick that is unique to the Appalachian Mountains in the USA. A race of peoples called Melungeon sprang from the joining of Native/African/White peoples. The peoples and their traditions came together as a means of survival when this area was settled in the early 1700s. Maintaining these traditions are done to honor, not appropriate, the cultural origins of the magick and the unique Mountain cultures of Appalachia. I often get told that I'm "too white" to practice conjure even though I have practiced these traditions since I was a child, and were practiced by everyone in my family. Fear of being accused of appropriating a magickal or spiritual practice has made many hide their practice and driven us back in the shadows/broom closet. This breaks my heart because many of us have fought to practice our traditions openly without fear. Thank you for addressing this. After all, at the end of the day there is only one race...the human race...and we need to love and honor each other.
I'm Lakota from South Dakota. I agree with you. Sometimes the people who lived on the land and who are now part of the land definitely affect us. I live near Mississippian burial mounds and I'm from the Upper Plains. I still feel their energy although they dispersed and left this area hundreds of years ago. I feel like at this point in time with the problems with the climate that they're calling out to people to remember them. I don't believe in gatekeeping either. I am always annoyed about certain online people who say burning sage is a closed practice. Sage grows all over the world. Traditional Native ceremonies are done in our own languages, no English words can disturb that. Burning sage is a minor step to purify prior to ceremony and most of the time people use cedar or other herbs for purifying the sacred space. Spirit is not a closed practice. Respect and honor is more important to cultural practices and exploiting them is never okay. However even ceremonies are not closed but there is a probation period where people have to legitimately become involved in the community, language and become accepted by elders before they might be allowed to participate. Imo a lot of the online gatekeeping is from younger people who wouldn't be in charge of holding ceremonies anyway.
So glad to see you here. I follow you too!
@@gnostic268 well said. I ran into the Cultural appropriation accusation a couple of years ago by someone from my own Coven when I cast the Circle for the ritual using the quarter calls of my Tradition but in Chickasaw language( Chickasaw/German halfbreed). I was told to leave my Tribal tongue to members of my Tribe. She was 20 and thought she broke her jaw the way she reacted when I informed her and showed her my Federal ID showing I am Native.
@Justen Smith That would only be in a small area in the northeast and even the people we call Puritans aren't real Puritans.
Yes! I’m Brazilian and our culture is a mix of indigenous, African and white cultures. You can see the cultural and religious syncretism literally everywhere and it’s honestly my favourite thing about my own culture. Personally, I have ancestors from so many backgrounds, it’s almost impossible to count and I feel very proud of that and try to incorporate it into my practices (even if I didn’t have ancestors from everywhere and wasn’t Brazilian though, I still think it’s a beautiful thing and it makes me feel very close to humanity, as a whole)
In Modern day "cultural appropriation" is a spawn from racism and those who scream such none since are some of the most vile that have ever come. Freyia keep on spreading your love and kindness...
I am an South African, I'm purely stating this as I've grown up in so many cultures. Finding myself in the Norse gods is truly a gift according to me , thank you for everything you do.
May the God's bless you and keep you
Cultures have always been evolving and influencing each other. No culture was created in a vacuum. Great video.
Couldn't agree more with you, and I would like to take my chance here to say thank you for stopping by 🖤
Pretty much and vikings freed the Spanish Portuguese French and Russians from enslavement and converted them into the norse paganism. My native American ancestral stories used to talk about giants and other things that I hear so related to norse stories like the other worlds with beings my hopi people built houses on the edge of cliffs to hide from giants and I think it's no coincidence that they all share a same symbol of the oroboros eating it's own tail. My blood is native American, mexica and Scandinavian so I get to see how everything is connected. We all come from one
I am a country boy from the midwest and I honor the Norse Gods and my ancestors
I think what people often mean is cultural misappropriation for example a colonizer taking and tokenizing the oppressed culture and making a mockery of it. I agree cultural appreciation is necessary, but I think when a group like the first peoples of north america states that their practice is sacred and closed off to others because "the white man" or colonizers have stripped them of their land, mocked their people, and massacred them but white people want to wear sacred headdresses and take parts of their beliefs and claim that's because they love how "spiritual" indigenous people are then it is no longer appreciation but a misappropriation of something sacred. The exachange of cultures between people should be consensual,I and I think where many are coming from is that for so long these practices and core parts of their cultural identities ( clothing, hairstyles, beliefs,I etc.) were outlawed, mocked, punished, etc. and that historical trauma persists and the remnants and realities of that persecution exist. I think we should respect those cultures who have been wronged and allow them peace rather than demanding them to share with their oppressors what they were marginalized for for so long.
In these times of everyone separating themselves, in my opinion; out of fear they are 'losing something'- your kind words show that ultimately we are the same. We are human and it is wonderful to have diversity in our vast cultures! How boring and unproductive it would be to see, talk too and experience only people who like me. Thank you for who you are and what you do!
I am half Chinese (dad) and my mom - northwest European background/United Kingdom. I am from California USA and I honour both the Celtic and Norse gods! I also honour the ancestors. I also honour Quan Yin the bodhisattva of compassion. Thank you to you and Daniel for these incredible videos!
Where in Northwestern Europe?
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My mom’s background/ancestry is from the United Kingdom and parts of Scandinavia.
I am from a woman who stood up on 2 feet and walked upright in Africa. My people have travelled the world and I am now in the USA and I honor the Norse Gods and Goddesses. And the Welsh Goddess Cerridwen.
It can be argued that in the End we All began in Africa. Beyond that, we answer the Call of the God who we hear in our Hearts, if we are both True and Brave. So here I praise and hail that in you, my Sister. May you be ever the credit to and Beloved by those you Serve....
This is one thing I noticed, that liberal and conservative people use as a weapon. What they don't know is we are stronger together, and I think when we embrace a different culture we are at our strongest; because we see our flaws. Plus its really awesome your Italian, I think someone said you are, my grandmothers late husband Tony Carsinteno was Italian, I like domestic food.....BUT MAN! Trying homemade pasta changed my life forever.
I am an Appalachian Conjurer and Bruja and I honor the Norse Gods 🥰I see you Freya and although we may not raise our voices to the same ear 😘 our voice is one 🪠✨
"Norse" gods. Why do you differentiate between German, and Norse German deities? Seems kinda silly.
@@joebob914 what? I don't see her mentioning German at all.
Would it surprise you,at all, my Brother, that the Voice of One Witch, is full of the sound of Many Witches, both the Living, and the Bless'd Dead? I highly doubt you are unaware of this, but I'm not really saying this for you,not really.... I'm validating the unspoken feeling of many a Brother and Sister now reading this...
@Trinity M lol 😂 I will tell my grandma and my aunts, please make sure you make signs 🪧 and pamphlets so I can tell my kids they aren’t Spanish anymore and I can tell my cousins we aren’t gypsy anymore cause you said so.. gee thanks I love getting educated my all you smart people. 😂😅😂😂🤣🤣🤣🥲
I couldn’t agree more. While I’ve lived and grown up in America my whole life, my heritage comes from Norway and Paganism. I’ve always been interested in Norse paganism and the related magical practices. I find it extremely powerful that you’ve said these things, as our culture has been largely impacted by others over the centuries. Norse culture has been romanticized, changed, and forced to be something it isn’t in the past. Some of those things led to the loss of a lot of our history, and as a result a lot of us become very protective of our ways. However, like you said, I think it’s necessary that we spread our beliefs and practices so that our culture can live on. So that future generations don’t become so hostile against change. I wouldn’t be angry if someone who wasn’t Scandinavian decided to practice Norse paganism. But only if they gave proper respect to the culture and treated it with mindfulness.
I'm of slavic descent from Pennsylvania USA and honor the Norse and Greek gods!
This video brought me to tears!!! Watching so many people from all over the world say this. Very powerful!!!
Agreed ❤️
me to it brought me to tears
@@FreyiaTV Great idea and beautiful presentation on a very serious topic at this time. Much love to you and Daniel!!! 💜✌🏼🙏🏼
Totally!!! 😭😭😭💗
This moved me to tears, I really felt myself in such a big family as I never felt before, from all around the world, feeling the connection among us. Thank you Freyia and Daniel for all your work and for speaking about this topic, too many times misunderstood. Kisses from an Italian in Cambodia who honours the Norse Gods even from here!
Well, you are surrounded by Family my Child...im very glad you have the feeling that verifies what so many of our Kith and Kin hold in thier own Hearts. That as I proclaim, any who calls themselves Witch, or Serves a God of different mien...that is my Sister or Brother. And who am I should I not stand with my Brother and Sister? Even when set against Rope,Stone,Blade, or Flame. What, Father, Uncle, Brother, Son would I be,to not have my Life be then forfeit should I not enter that Circle we call now Family, without Perfect Love and Perfect Trust. It would be then better to rush upon my Sacred Knife, than to be so found wanting before my Gods. A vow I take up in repition,every Sowhain. And do not doubt,I am at all alone in this, as thought,or as vow. No Witch today is truely Alone, solitary perhaps, but we are never, ever alone....all one needs do is call out, and another shall Hear, and Abide....this is a Blessing for choosing to answer this Call, and trod the Path that is harder and less taken. Everything that test us, bears a reward for standing to its challenge. Here is your proof, my Child, Bless'd Be...
I really needed this. Thank you and many blessings to you and yours 💚💚💚
I am Italian and German and from Texas, USA. I come from a long line of Romani gypsy Strega and was raised to respect the Haitian Loa as I was raised in South Texas and Southern Louisiana. I am a Conjurer Kitchen witch and I honor the Norse gods and the Haitian Loa.
Such a beautiful video.
Thank you again 🖤
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Reincarnation puts us into all the world's cultures. Should it make a difference in what lifetime I am incorporating all those experiences? Pursue what resonates. Your interest in it may well be because you were part of that tradition in another incarnation.
Hush now, your telling all the secrets on us....im only being a nudge. Of course talk about this....they mostly consider us of Childlike and overimaginative belief. Just smile sweetly and nod, best to play to thier complete misapprehension. Works in our favor for the most part...
Possibly but Ive seen a problem with People appropriating other people's culture and claiming it's okay because they used to be that in the past life which. Sorry but the past life doesn't matter if you lack an understanding of a culter and then take from it. What matters is this life and what you do with it. I mean I could if been native American in a past life but I am not in this life therefore I will not appropriate there culter.
@@lunawolfheart336 I agree that a past life won't matter if you lack cultural understanding. THIS life's culture doesn't matter if you lack understanding of your own culture, as well. That's why I spoke of what resonates. For example, people will make compulsive purchases because something in them got triggered by something about the item they buy. They may have little to no understanding about how to use the item and get it home only to never use it properly. But a person who does their research, learns about an item and knows they need it for a specific use purchases it with understanding and it becomes useful in their life.
I feel like this needs to definitely be said more often. Thank you for sharing
Such an awesome video Freyia! Just one of your videos extinguishes thousands of negative peoples’ thoughts and words. Smashed them! 🔥🔥🔥love you
The word "culture" derives from a French term, which in turn derives from the Latin "colere," which means to tend to the earth and grow, or cultivation and nurture. "It shares its etymology with a number of other words related to actively fostering growth," - Thank you Freyia Norling. Thank you for introducing me to new music. Thank you for all the effort and hard work you invest into sharing with us all you do. Thank you for being a light in the dark of my life.
Is it any wonder then, I think of Culture as a flowering vine, on whose tendrils blossoms of expressions like Dance,Story, Song, and Artiface flower in beauty and perfume, meant to be appreciated in its fecundity and display of natural setting first, before brought into one's house after careful and gentle removal as to not hurt its originator...or perhaps Im just overly imaginative..
You have such a strange, hypnotic voice (strange by an Englishman’s standard), I love it
Hehehe...I'll take that as a compliment 🦌
@@FreyiaTV please do, haha
Blessings of the Gods to all of you that sent in videos to Freyia and Daniel!
Not gonna lie, seeing this video made me so happy!
In three days may we all celebrate Sigrblöt together!
Sköl my friends!
I am from Brooklyn, New York, US and I honor Norse and Germanic gods. Additionally, my practices are also partly influenced by Celtic culture.
If Odin could smile he would smile large!your all amazing beautiful people, and I’m happy to call you all fellow human beings ❤️
Praise be brother 💕
My Sister has made more Gods pleased this day, than just the All Father...but I'll wager she knows this....Im certain in fact, They have already made it Known....
I am from Georgia, USA and I honor the Norse and Sami Gods!!!
West Georgia here as well.
@@WolfTheRed middle ga
Southeast GA here
North Ga here. 🖤
Hail! Here from Georgia as well!
Colorado, US, and I love and honor the Norse and Celtic Gods. Thank you Freyia and Daniel, for saying this so well. Love and blessings to all of you. ❤️
I have lived in Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Texas, and California, and I honor the Norse and Sami Gods, and the Gods of all cultures who continue to speak and influence my life and my family. Love your work.
Wonderfully said! I was hindu before discovering and beginning the journey of my personal norse pagan practice! Lots of people accused me of appropriation while refusing to see how devoted I was to genuine understanding and showing reverence! Love and share your sentiments here! 🙏🏻
I am from Maine, USA and I honor the Norse and Sami Gods.
I’m also from Maine and I honor the Norse and Celtic Gods.
The best thing you can do is to research! Find out why that particular culture finds the elements you're interested in so important, and find out how to incorporate those elements properly, with the respect they deserve. The real issue comes from treating those elements as little more than a fashion statement, using them solely for their "cool factor", for superficial reasons.
I agree 💯
Love the video Freyia! I wonder if there is a power dynamic that is important to name. An individual can legit and authentically honor and learn from a different culture, that’s a beautiful thing. But when, for example, a mega corporation takes the images, symbols and traditions of a culture and reaps massive profit without asking or sharing, that’s clearly evil. Thanks for another wonderful video!
Beautiful video Freyia. Much love to everyone wherever you are in the world.
Lots of love to you 💕
I am a pagan who has adopted points of view from Indian, Slavic, Nordic, Gaelic, Asiatic, and Polynesian aspects. Thank you for so wonderfully saying what I have felt all my life.
With reverence and respect, I honor the Norse and Sami Gods. I am from Virginia, USA. This was so empowering, Freyia. Deepest gratitude…blessings to you. 👣🦌🪶 🐦⬛
Yes, a big yes! We are citizens of this world and we come to enjoy and learn and celebrate diversity.
and ain't it wonderful. I take so much joy embracing diversity.
I am from CT, USA and I honor the Norse Gods
Norwegian and English in America. As I study myths from around the world I find so much similar belief! I'm glad I have so much cultural mixing💖💖🗝🗝
thank you Freyia, although not Norvegian i have a deep connection with the Norse gods; thank you for your courage to speak on the subject, it brought tears to my eyes
I love this video, speaks volumes of truth! Thank you for this and for the opportunity to submit a video to be included
Thats very interesting, I never knew you were part italian. Im swedish-finnish c:
There is a bio in the about section of this channel 💞
I really agree with this. It does seems like an appreciation rather than taking away from the practice. It is most important what is in your heart
Thank you so very much for this, for speaking out about it. So very happy that you are on this planet, and for being the amazing soul and teacher that you are!
I believe that the sami nation would have had a deep animistic view of the world, where everything has an energy a spirit if you like, from a might Ash tree or rock or a stream everything has an energy. Honour the gods but also honour the spirits of place. Whatever they may be for you.
It is in us, in our very Being,as self-proclaimed Witches, to see the Spirits, both the Greator, and the Lessor, where ever They dwell. Whether it be in the World around us, or in the Hearts of others and ourselves.amd with this awareness, comes the Praise, amd the Thanks. We are to see Them at Work, wherever They Are.When all are Gifts to be seen and spoken of, this becomes something we have been made to then know, and do....if as I maintain, Humanity is the meeting place of the Sacred, and the Profane, the Spirit and the Flesh, it follows that the state of awarwness we describe is our true Home...and it will be the place we discover our Truth as a species, as Beings with Consciousness, and as the Spirits we also contain....
I think many get confused with the ancestral worship part. I am asked often how one can believe in the Nordic "religion" and the ancestral part, when their own origin and that of their ancestors are half a world away....I cannot answer that
This. Needed. To. Be. Said.
I am from Iraq , Baghdad and I honor and worship the norse gods and one day I'll travel to Norway or Iceland to be closer to my gods
Wow. Just found this video. Subscribed but I wanted to say how much I absolutely love everything you said during the video. I wish you much love and blessings. Thank you for your video
Welcome to the channel, Christine 🤍
Bravo!
As a multiethnic & multicultural Latina, thank you!
This needed to be said… 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I'm in happy tears! We are all from the same family! This is the most beautiful video & topic! We are all from the same race...the Human Race! 💖
I am in happy tears as well! 🤘🏽
Thank you Freyia, this is beautifully said. Much love from South Africa
Thank you ❤ this was amazing! Thank you for being the voice!
We love you Clay 💕
@@FreyiaTV I love you guys too❤
Hello Woman from Missouri, I'm from Missouri too!
Once again you spout wisdom. I am into kemeticism, but have been drawn on multiple occasions to the Gods and goddesses outside black culture, and welcome those who are not black. I see the beauty in all culture. At the end of the day we are all human. Blessed be
@@NwoDispatcher Wise words
Thank you for putting this video out there. I am Swedish/German/English descent and I honor the Nordic Gods. My children are mixed with African heritage originally brought over in 1600s and I have often been told I am not allowed to research their black heritage so I can teach them their heritage. That is frustrating and saddens me because we are all beautiful and unique and contribute to a healthy society.
Not even allowed to RESEARCH ?!!! How in the Nine Worlds does that make sense???
As a Puerto Rican from NYC, heading the guy from Puerto Rico also honor the Norse gods legit made me cry. It's just something I really needed to hear.
I'm from Traverse City, MI and I honor the Norse Gods - as well as the others whom reveal themselves to me. I walk in sacredness and beauty. I honor the Ancestors. Blessings.
Hi neighbor! I didn't realize there was any other practitioners near me. I'm over in Manton
@@kirklenheron128 heyyyy how awesome!!!
As individuals, we too all evolve as we rub shoulder to shoulder, taking on mannerisms, sayings, attitudes of those we mingle with. It is the very same for all of us, all cultures. This is a very important message Freyia. We will never overcome Racism until we stop feeding it. Thankyou for doing this video. 🇦🇺
thanks freya, for doing this we need more people to talk openly about this well done blessings always
Things like “cultural appropriation” are rooted in the idea of scarcity. It’s the idea that sharing something takes the power from it. Knowledge isn’t diluted by the use of it, it is strengthened. Reminds me of the idea of compassion and love being something to exchange. These things are felt when given, when shared. If one holds all of their compassion to themselves, waiting for someone else to show it first, the stagnation will be extremely unhealthy. At one point I used to be afraid that my championing the needs of others and attending to them would mean less were there to help my son who has chronic illness. I tried anyway and have learned that showing compassion to those in pain only teaches people what compassion is. It helps take a little of the weight they feel away and allows them more of a chance to practice it. Isolating a group of people, even if the intention is to help them, is still isolation and separation and breeding ground for shame.
To answer the title of the video...no. Because I researched both my ancestry and my literal DNA..Irish/Scot/Icelandic/Danish. In history peoples journeyed, mingled, learned gathered acquired lifestyles and mindsets and HONOURED different spiritualities. So whilst I'd never practice Native American shamanism...can't physically go there to be taught it...I will practice the ways of my own ancestors, updated to suit my times, because it's what I know. Respect is the key, very simply. We all live on the same planet.
PS Both Celts and Norse had the practice of "fosterting" where the children of families were sent often far away to be raised by other families, primarily for safety but it meant they also learned new ways, new mindsets and new ways of displaying spirtuality. When they returned, they brought those ways with them to enrich the community.
I am from Scotland and Ireland. I honour my ancestors and the Norse and Saami Gods.
While we live on the same planet, alas, we do not live in the same World. Not you and I, mind you, but we and say the Fo,lowers of the OneGod? Clearly, Worlds of a diffence to the exponential of said measurement... It is obvious to most Witches, that respect is the coin of the Realm of Spirits. With respect, you do not speak thoughtlessly, assume shallowly, research lightly, or claim superiority to speak for or of anything that is not yours to know intimately. A new to the Call Witch makes the mistakes people who Cultwrally Appropriate in the bad way but once. And from my own lengthening memory, I still feel Shame and the stink of being a sub Par Witch to this day. See we overall treasure the knowledge we even today must work and mine for in a way other do not, and so even asking ourselves if we are appropriating without honoring is a thing we do long before most even get around to realising its a posssiiblility they are straying into. Any self professed Witch who has not these values, should be gently corrected and kept at a distance, cuz sooner or later, its going to get interesting, and one rather be a witness than participant. If for not else its easier to throw the life preserver from the deck, then reach out the hand and get pulled down into the depths....trust me,,,,
I'm of middle eastern origin and i'm making my first steps in Norse paganism. I wanted to do so since I was a teenager but thought it was out of place and even disrespectful. I finally understand it is not the case, my intentions are pure and respectful.
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One thing I always bring out of your videos is the soothing calm of your voice!
Means a lot to me Sean 🥹🖤🙏 Thank you for stopping by 🖤
❤️❤️❤️❤️You’ve done it again. You’ve brought tears to my eyes with this video and the truth about cultural appropriation. The world needs to hear this message. Love to all and keep believing. 🧙♂️✨🦌
Thank you our dear Chuck ❤️
I'm from Canada, and I honor the Norse and Sami and the Woodland Native God's. Thank you Freyia and Daniel for these videos they really help.
Thank you Take Care !!!
I live in USA and I am Scandinavian I honor the Norse gods sköl !
I am from Delaware USA, and I honor the Norse God's! Blessings and thank you for your videos! 💙❤💙
Hail from a fellow first-stater! ❤️
Amazing video with so many good points!!
Please don't take this the wrong way, English obviously isn't your first language. What's your first language? Swedish? You have a very unique way of talking I've never heard before! Its a breath of fresh air.
Please consider doing some educational videos on Elder Futhark, Sami & Norse culture, holidays etc. I've had such a hard time finding resources here in Australia and online that go into such topics like Blots & old Norse traditions and holidays.
I'm 1/4 English/Scottish, 2/4 German and 1/4 Swedish & live in Australia, and am Pagan and am trying to learn about what kind of things my ancestors would believe and follow. We know that there were a lot of pagan practices in our family even going back a few decades we have photographs of some practices that were pagan in nature but we just dont have the words for what they were doing or celebrating.
Please do not be mistaken, but the overall thought on the differences in the Faith and the Craft in our Past as opposed to the modern sensibility, is we should be informed by the Past, but not bound to its Ways. Scince its widely known that the Resplendent Gardner, meant well, but his profession of an unbroken line of Wisdom as a source was in effort to nurture his new variant of the Old Ways, but untrue. The trope of Anchient hidden wisdom resurfacing he was symbolic of falls away to all claims. Upon due examination it becomes clear there are few if any Unbroken Lines, not touched by the Burning Times and the overconfidence in the Age of Reason or blurred by the passage of centuries. Besides, the Faith and the Craft today, are best served by being shaped to the needs of these Times. Not lost to an effort to recapture the Ages past. We are far stronger by being overall a case of reinterpretation in the ways the many Varients of the Faith and Craft seek to live within the context of today. To this end it is better we do not have an Authority claIming ultimate and simgular source unlike the Christians try to maintain with thier Book. Furthur we must remain skeptical to any who do claim such, for more often they believe a thing once told,but untrue....or seek Authority for thier own sake. As we should consider each thier own Priest or Priestess in need of no other, this is Anathema, even possible Blasphemy....in this, we are able to answer to what we require now, and Ancestors do love to be Honored, but they wither in Purpose and Power if we do not carry Them forward. But instead try to freeze Them in a foolish bid to capture some imagined preferable or perfect state in a Past we never will be able to apprehend in its incipient truth...
Italians/Lombards and Swedes are cousins. The Lombards came from Western Hungary and conquered the Italian peninsula near the time period other Germanic tribes were doing the same.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for speaking the words that wouldn't come to me. ❤️
I am from Quebec, Canada, and believe and honor the Norse Gods. Thank you for this video, with the concept of cultural appropriation, I feel that people disconnects from each others instead of getting closer. Your message comes in a good time.
i am from oklahoma USA and i honor my roots by honoring the both norse and celtic gods. Even though i am not fromm the region my roots still run deep within my veins. thank you for your videos!
Thank you...I can't thank you enough for this video. I stumbled upon your videos while looking up different Goddesses so I can learn more about them. If I was ever told that it's wrong to do so.. well that would make me very sad. It's not that I deny, hate, or even mildly dislike my own race or culture. It's that I see the beauty in so many different ones. I don't think I would be who I am today if I hadn't learned, not stolen, different ideas about these other cultures and how some of them honor their own people and the courage and discipline and so on. I am happy with the knowledge and strength that I have integrated into my own life. You have a new subscriber now Freyia. I want to share this video if you dont mind.
Thank you Sara ❤️ I would be honoured if you did. Immense gratitude for your amazing words here today ❤️
I am from the United States and I honor the Norse and Hindu Gods and Goddesses.
I absolutely love learning about different cultures. It is inspiring, it shifts perspectives and it always opens connection with the land. Wonderful video Freyia and Daniel! Respect is the magical word! PS: Had a giggle about the footage of the very attractive nationalist you found there....
I honor the Norse gods from america. My family can be traced all the way back to 500ad Germany. The same gods would have been worshipped just differently in some respects.
I am a proud Dane and I honor my forefathers - Hil Thor! Hil Odin!
Thank You SOOO MUCH for this!
I'm constantly having to DE~Program & protect my teenagers from what they're learning these days! THIS Perfectly expressed my side of the debate!
**And to everyone in the ending of this, y'all had Me teary~eyed it was SO BEAUTIFUL❣
I honor all gods. All are open to me. That is the beauty of paganism.
Aye and its Greatest Gift, and why it is more likely to survive and prosper even, when other Faiths remaining unnamed shall pass into the Shadows and become forever obscured. For that is what always comes to pass to anything that cannot evolve to meet and answer to the current day...let us just hope that this feeling of Equal Value never leaves our system of values we treasure....
This is so beautiful.
I’ve watched it before, but it popped up on my feed again. Thank you for making this video. All this toxicity around gatekeeping and closed practices made me question whether or not I should continue my spiritual journey… watching you speak on this again… feeling it resonate… well, it made me realize that we can’t ever walk away from our struggles. Nor can we allow someone else to tell us what we should or should not do. We grow through our challenges, learn from questioning within, and become centered in our selfhood by doing what works with deepest respect to the origins of our practices- whatever that looks like. Thank you for this powerful healing message.
Thanks for making this video! These are such important thoughts. We need to enrich each others culture with what good we found. Cultural exchange is so important.
You are absolutely correct 💯. I appreciate you. Beautifully said.🧙🏼♂️🌙
Thanks for your amazing vids.
We are all on the same planet, we should act as one people to protect and restore nature around us.
We need more nature in our gardens again , let plants and native flowers grow , plant trees in your garden and around you.
There should be a worldwide call for more nature where ever we can have it, the time has come. At this moment the nature is giving alarm signs every day. We should answer them , we need to return to nature or nature wil leave us.
I live in Michigan, USA. As a pagan, I worked with Egyptian deities in my beginning work in Hermeticism. Odin called to me and it was shortly after I found out about my Scandinavian heritage. Not a coincidence. The Gods will call who they choose, as we have lived many lives and had many Gods. I honor my ancestors, the Gods of my Norse ancestors, the Divine All Mind of my Hermetic practice, and I honor all those of humanity who see each other as we truly are; humans seeking connection with others and that which is Above. Peace and Light!
I had a similar experience, except with Freyja and Loki. I live in Australia and thought I had purely Scottish and English heritage due to my family records. I have such a small percentage of Norwegian DNA that I believe it could only have originated from the early viking raids on England. I found this out after my calling. I now honour the Norse Gods. They speak to me, whereas the Anglican God I was taught never did.
I loved this video❤ thank you!
I am from Texas (Mexican American) and I honor the Norse Gods.
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No words...only Love for this!
Love to you dear ❤️
Adaptation both biologically and culturally is not in many ways disrespectful. It is survival, thus to learn of knowledge of one culture and adapting that to your everyday living means life itself. It is appreciation of tradition, fluid, and finally also understanding the very fiber of humanity. So much I have learned in practices, traditions, and skills have helped me to live, thrive, and exist.
THANK YOU for sharing this on such a hot, touchy subject right now. I have always been naturally drawn to the practices and traditions of various cultures not necessarily my own. Not until recently did I believe anything about the exploration and implementation of these ways in my personal life was wrong, as they've only served to enhance my experience, until I began hearing the term "cultural appropriation". Any information or practice can be used in ways that honors it's teachers and the wisdom they've shared, with deep reverence. Or it can be picked apart and bastardized. I'll continue to choose the former, with great love and respect. We've all come here as a vast, colorful, unique Earth family with so much wisdom and truth meant to be shared with one another.
Much love fam!!
I love love love this video. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you Freyia!
Freyia this is one of the best witchcraft channels on CZcams. I truly enjoy your videos, and your perspective.
Beautiful! Thank you 🌈
I Am From South Africa and I Honor the Norse Gods and Sami traditions!
The issues surrounding cultural appropriation has to do with power structures and dynamics, especially regarding the colonizing and exploitation of one group of people by another. It depends on the context.
Thank you so much for showing the honor and respect that many from all over the world have for the Norse /Sami Gods and Goddesses. Racial barriers definitely do not work. Brightest Blessings Darkmoon Doll😉
Wonderful, just wonderful 🙌👏👏🙌
Beautiful soul, I watched this video & the strong people at the end. My heart swelled with joy. Tears of joy. We are here. We are one.
Thank you for this video. Nothing but love and respect for you and your channel.