I'm coming back to this because this is the first video I watched when I converted just over a year ago...is it a coincidence I found your guys' guidance on youtube (I think when you started); I THINK NOT, Hail the gods! My library is growing I'm at 10 physical copies, and a massive ebook library, thanks to many others, and getting a fire under my butt to start searching.
I am really happy I stumbled onto this channel. I love your transparency and honesty, also your outlook. I consider myself a lone wolf because I don't know anyone around me like that. I read and practice my own ritual and walk in nature that is the only church I refer to and I hope to find those books your referring to and watch your videos thats how I grow closer to the Gods. Thanks. Aaron
Well welcome here Aaron. Don't forget to follow the link in the description and get the free download. Let me know if there is anything particular that you would like to see.
Just purchased the two vol set off ebay. They look old 1889 I believe. I do plan on grabbing a couple off your Amazon as well, got the download, and sighed up in your vlog. Really appreciate you. Thanks.
@@aaronyoung2607 mine are just as old but I have a new set from amazon to protect the antiques. That way I can highlight and underline as needed. Same thing with my copies of Grimms, Teutonic Mythology.
I have followed the norse pantheon for almost 30 something years now and living in Florida. I have just always called myself. A heathen. I jokingly tell people I am a swamp Viking because of being born in Florida. And have lived here my whole life. My ancestry is in norway and germany, ireland in scotland. Someday I hope to find a kindred. There are none near me so I am still a solo practitioner but I do my lots end. My festivals and do my best to instruct my grandchildren. So that they understand a little bit more about it.
Another awesome video! Thank you very much for creating this content. The book list is EXACTLY what i needed. Really appreciate the work you put into these videos! Semper Fi
Thank you. 😊 the great thing about these books it that they reference the sagas and eddas where appropriate and you can chase the topic right down the rabbit hole. 🐇
Man thank you for this i needed new books to get and use in my practice and study I highly appreciate this keep up that amazing work you and everyone with you are doing
Enjoyed the video :) was expecting mention of hof ("church") and of the horgs, the heaps of stone on which libations and offerings are poured. I'm surprised that so much else of the tradition is being reconstructed, including seidhr, but not something so tangible, and useful, as the horg. Is this because horgs were used only for the Vanir?
A horgr is not only for the Vanir, in fact after the Aesir, Vanir war they were all considered Aesir for the purpose of ritual. We have a horgr in our Vé as does most anyone with a dedicated ritual area. We may go into more detail if we do a video on the Horgr, Stalli, Alter and Vé, as to how they are different and the similarities. The Hof is an entirely different discussion that probably doesn't belong In a video about the basics.
We belive in nature. All the experience and understanding of the difrent powers and energys that our ancenstors have observed and learned throughout the times. That is our beliefe. All the gods and tales of the gods are lessons and difrent energys symboliced from life and nature. It is the ways and knowlage of our people. This is what I understands of our faight as a Ásatroende from the westcoast of Sweden. Take care, and intresting video
And also about the blót. When life is though and we need help we give to the energys that we call gods of difrent names asociated to what god our energy that we need help from. We give so that we will have something in return from the earth.
Interesting. Although an atheist, I do enjoy learning about people and their religions. Honest question: do you believe in the actual deities as real beings or more as allegories to be interpreted to help people be better? Thanks.
I believe that they are supernatural forces and energies that interact with us and each other, they may take human form if necessary but do not naturally live in that shape.
FYI: if you print off that pamphlet using a printer's automatic two-sided printing settings the back page is upside down. It was at least for me. Thank you for the info though.
It depends on the setting, if you can adjust the setting have it flip the page on the other edge. I think it is setup to flip on the short edge, but I may be mistaken.
I have heard good things about it so I suppose it is as good as any. My favorite copy is in the back of the book " Germanic Heathenry" by James Hjuka Coulter for two reasons. 1. Hjuka is my blood brother so I am partial to his scholarly works, 2. It is the only translation that I am aware of, that was translated by someone who actually believes in it, not by a christian.
I was wondering if you had a source on the 9 realms of hel that you mentioned. I have never heard of it before and I am curious as to how much information is available on this topic. Thanks for the in depth and informative video.
Unfortunately there is very little (none) reliable information on the afterlife. The 9 realms are mentioned on page 130 of the encyclopedia of germanic folklore mythology and magic. It is a reliable work although I don't recall where I read it before that, perhaps Snorri. Anyway the real truth is that the afterlife is, and probably will always be, an unsolved mystery. I know that doesn't help much but I hope it gives you a good start.
@@northwoodskindred thank you, being that there is often so little to go by in terms of the historical and archeological record, I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks again.
Thank you for the information. So I am thinking about starting to practice Asatru and are there things that are considered sinful in Asatru? I am coming from the Christian background so I am not sure if there is a different term for something like sin.
There is no original sin, but breaching Frith and breaking oaths are very frowned on, although you will see it all the time. Don't fall in line with the people who say this is only for a certain race, ethnicity, or class of people. They obviously missed the point.
Hello. When looking for Teutonic Mythology I find it in separate volumes, in the video we see just one yellow copy that seems to have everything in it. Was that copy separate from the other volumes or is it just the one?
The copy I have is complete but I don't know where to get this exact one. I inherited this copy from a fallen kinsman, a long time ago. I did put a link to my Amazon bookstore in the description and I put in a copy in, but I don't know if it is the complete version. Hope that helps.
I guess I came in the backdoor to this path, my 25 year dive into Jung & Campbell led me to realize I was on a path(devout mormon) not my own. Shortly after that I read the tale of the binding of Fenrir.
I totally undrrstad that, I too am fascinated by the the mind sciences and that (Jung and Campbell) contradiction is a good introduction down the road to spiritually. Welcome here, after I get the basics out we will be getting deep in the weeds on some more esoteric topics.
I’d like to point out there are multiple saga references to prostrating before the Gods, and some form of prostration is found in every single religion (except Satanism). One prime example is in the Færeyinga Saga, where Earl Haarkon upon seeing the goddess in a temple he (a noble) threw himself at her feet and remained there for a while. To not have some form of prostration is historically in-accurate, and if those brought up in the tradition believed in its significance who are we to contradict it? That’s my opinion on it, to not do so sounds very low-church Protestant to me. Aside from that, really enjoying your videos, please do keep putting them out to help those new to all of this.
I choose not to prostrate, as do many others on this path. It has never been something that I (personally) am comfortable with. If a god appears before me and commands me to take a knee then I will probably do so. Historically, those people are all dead, and notoriously bad at keeping records, recording rules, or even following orders. I suspect that it was, at that time, a choice and people did as they wished for the most part. I would also suspect that those who were subservient to a ruler (king, Karl, Jarl) probably got used to it, and those who were "free range" and nomadic did not. But in the end we are just guessing. We have about 30 pieces to a 5k piece puzzle. Thanks for the comment and welcome here 😀
I would say that Thorson's rune books 96 and prior are decent. Before he turned pseudo Zoroastrian etc... Stephen Pollington and Meister Guido Von List for Runelore. Von List for the Armenian runes if they speak to you. I'd also add Ron Mcvan's works and Stephen McNallen's "Asatru, A Native European Spirituality". Your thoughts?
Thorsons rune books turn the runes into a discount tarot system and they were never used like that. I dont know much about VonList. Most of my rune study has been rooted in personal ordeal. McNuget and I dont get along and I have never read a book that he has authored.
@@northwoodskindred , I do as well. Today's times have grown in a way that many claim that this group or that group have appropriated "Their" symbols and ancestral ways. All while denying the basic fact that within the United States most who claim to be Asatru, Odinist, Wotanist would most likely have never heard of Asatru had it not been for the ancestral call through those like named Stephen McNallen, Valgard Murray, Edred Thorson, Else Christensen, Freya Aswyn. James Chisholm, Stubba, Osred, Heimgest. Ernesto Garcia, Good bad or indifferent, they are linked to our journeys. I do like what you are doing as far as teaching.
I noticed that you had a copy of the Aesirian Code of 9 on your wall. The first place that I know of that ever being published is in Else Christensen's the Odinist publication. If you know of any other origins of that, I'd surely be all ears. Thank you.
"The racists" are here because Hitler stole so many of our sacred symbols that the new breed uses them to identify, and thus adopts our way. Also because some of the older leaders of the folk started a prison program so now all the supremacists have their own religion in the clink and they take that with them when they get out. Fulla is Friggas hand maiden, I will cover all the gods and the former question in future videos. Welcome here.
@@Jerkwilkesbooth Don't like them, and the grand pubah and I have a mutual disrespect for each other, from way back in the day long before viking was cool.
@@northwoodskindred I feel that. I used to be a fan of his until he came out saying some...pretty on the nose things that we often hear from Identitarians and "race realists".
Thank you! Ive been looking for real education of our Norse roots for a long time. Ill look into those books. Bigfork Mt.
They are a really good foundation for lots of ritual, practice and daily life. Welcome here Big Forker. 😊
This is the first video I've seen from you. Thanks so much!
Your welcome, hope you find enough here to stick around for a while.
I'm coming back to this because this is the first video I watched when I converted just over a year ago...is it a coincidence I found your guys' guidance on youtube (I think when you started); I THINK NOT, Hail the gods!
My library is growing I'm at 10 physical copies, and a massive ebook library, thanks to many others, and getting a fire under my butt to start searching.
thanks from Russia bro, that was very helpful! May the gods keep you
Thank you, welcome here.
I am really happy I stumbled onto this channel. I love your transparency and honesty, also your outlook. I consider myself a lone wolf because I don't know anyone around me like that. I read and practice my own ritual and walk in nature that is the only church I refer to and I hope to find those books your referring to and watch your videos thats how I grow closer to the Gods. Thanks. Aaron
Well welcome here Aaron. Don't forget to follow the link in the description and get the free download. Let me know if there is anything particular that you would like to see.
Just purchased the two vol set off ebay. They look old 1889 I believe.
I do plan on grabbing a couple off your Amazon as well, got the download, and sighed up in your vlog. Really appreciate you. Thanks.
@@aaronyoung2607 mine are just as old but I have a new set from amazon to protect the antiques. That way I can highlight and underline as needed. Same thing with my copies of Grimms, Teutonic Mythology.
I have followed the norse pantheon for almost 30 something years now and living in Florida. I have just always called myself. A heathen. I jokingly tell people I am a swamp Viking because of being born in Florida. And have lived here my whole life. My ancestry is in norway and germany, ireland in scotland. Someday I hope to find a kindred. There are none near me so I am still a solo practitioner but I do my lots end. My festivals and do my best to instruct my grandchildren. So that they understand a little bit more about it.
Another awesome video! Thank you very much for creating this content. The book list is EXACTLY what i needed. Really appreciate the work you put into these videos! Semper Fi
Thank you. 😊 the great thing about these books it that they reference the sagas and eddas where appropriate and you can chase the topic right down the rabbit hole. 🐇
Man thank you for this i needed new books to get and use in my practice and study I highly appreciate this keep up that amazing work you and everyone with you are doing
Thank you for the great comment.
Thanks so much for the information
Thank you for your thoughtful content. I believe that this gives me a great foundation.
I hope so, we have a lot more in the works to build on that foundation. Thanks for watching.
Enjoyed the video :) was expecting mention of hof ("church") and of the horgs, the heaps of stone on which libations and offerings are poured. I'm surprised that so much else of the tradition is being reconstructed, including seidhr, but not something so tangible, and useful, as the horg. Is this because horgs were used only for the Vanir?
A horgr is not only for the Vanir, in fact after the Aesir, Vanir war they were all considered Aesir for the purpose of ritual. We have a horgr in our Vé as does most anyone with a dedicated ritual area. We may go into more detail if we do a video on the Horgr, Stalli, Alter and Vé, as to how they are different and the similarities. The Hof is an entirely different discussion that probably doesn't belong In a video about the basics.
We belive in nature. All the experience and understanding of the difrent powers and energys that our ancenstors have observed and learned throughout the times.
That is our beliefe.
All the gods and tales of the gods are lessons and difrent energys symboliced from life and nature.
It is the ways and knowlage of our people.
This is what I understands of our faight as a Ásatroende from the westcoast of Sweden.
Take care, and intresting video
And also about the blót.
When life is though and we need help we give to the energys that we call gods of difrent names asociated to what god our energy that we need help from.
We give so that we will have something in return from the earth.
Interesting. Although an atheist, I do enjoy learning about people and their religions. Honest question: do you believe in the actual deities as real beings or more as allegories to be interpreted to help people be better? Thanks.
I believe that they are supernatural forces and energies that interact with us and each other, they may take human form if necessary but do not naturally live in that shape.
FYI: if you print off that pamphlet using a printer's automatic two-sided printing settings the back page is upside down. It was at least for me. Thank you for the info though.
It depends on the setting, if you can adjust the setting have it flip the page on the other edge. I think it is setup to flip on the short edge, but I may be mistaken.
Before I buy the copy I'm looking at, is The Wanderer's Havamal a good copy yo have?
I have heard good things about it so I suppose it is as good as any. My favorite copy is in the back of the book " Germanic Heathenry" by James Hjuka Coulter for two reasons. 1. Hjuka is my blood brother so I am partial to his scholarly works, 2. It is the only translation that I am aware of, that was translated by someone who actually believes in it, not by a christian.
I was wondering if you had a source on the 9 realms of hel that you mentioned. I have never heard of it before and I am curious as to how much information is available on this topic. Thanks for the in depth and informative video.
Unfortunately there is very little (none) reliable information on the afterlife. The 9 realms are mentioned on page 130 of the encyclopedia of germanic folklore mythology and magic. It is a reliable work although I don't recall where I read it before that, perhaps Snorri. Anyway the real truth is that the afterlife is, and probably will always be, an unsolved mystery. I know that doesn't help much but I hope it gives you a good start.
@@northwoodskindred thank you, being that there is often so little to go by in terms of the historical and archeological record, I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks again.
@@torstenscott7571 I'll help wherever I can.
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Thank you for the information. So I am thinking about starting to practice Asatru and are there things that are considered sinful in Asatru? I am coming from the Christian background so I am not sure if there is a different term for something like sin.
There is no original sin, but breaching Frith and breaking oaths are very frowned on, although you will see it all the time. Don't fall in line with the people who say this is only for a certain race, ethnicity, or class of people. They obviously missed the point.
Nice video!
Thank you
Hello. When looking for Teutonic Mythology I find it in separate volumes, in the video we see just one yellow copy that seems to have everything in it. Was that copy separate from the other volumes or is it just the one?
The copy I have is complete but I don't know where to get this exact one. I inherited this copy from a fallen kinsman, a long time ago. I did put a link to my Amazon bookstore in the description and I put in a copy in, but I don't know if it is the complete version. Hope that helps.
I guess I came in the backdoor to this path, my 25 year dive into Jung & Campbell led me to realize I was on a path(devout mormon) not my own. Shortly after that I read the tale of the binding of Fenrir.
I totally undrrstad that, I too am fascinated by the the mind sciences and that (Jung and Campbell) contradiction is a good introduction down the road to spiritually. Welcome here, after I get the basics out we will be getting deep in the weeds on some more esoteric topics.
I’d like to point out there are multiple saga references to prostrating before the Gods, and some form of prostration is found in every single religion (except Satanism).
One prime example is in the Færeyinga Saga, where Earl Haarkon upon seeing the goddess in a temple he (a noble) threw himself at her feet and remained there for a while.
To not have some form of prostration is historically in-accurate, and if those brought up in the tradition believed in its significance who are we to contradict it? That’s my opinion on it, to not do so sounds very low-church Protestant to me.
Aside from that, really enjoying your videos, please do keep putting them out to help those new to all of this.
I choose not to prostrate, as do many others on this path. It has never been something that I (personally) am comfortable with. If a god appears before me and commands me to take a knee then I will probably do so.
Historically, those people are all dead, and notoriously bad at keeping records, recording rules, or even following orders.
I suspect that it was, at that time, a choice and people did as they wished for the most part. I would also suspect that those who were subservient to a ruler (king, Karl, Jarl) probably got used to it, and those who were "free range" and nomadic did not. But in the end we are just guessing. We have about 30 pieces to a 5k piece puzzle.
Thanks for the comment and welcome here 😀
I would say that Thorson's rune books 96 and prior are decent. Before he turned pseudo Zoroastrian etc... Stephen Pollington and Meister Guido Von List for Runelore. Von List for the Armenian runes if they speak to you.
I'd also add Ron Mcvan's works and Stephen McNallen's "Asatru, A Native European Spirituality".
Your thoughts?
Thorsons rune books turn the runes into a discount tarot system and they were never used like that. I dont know much about VonList. Most of my rune study has been rooted in personal ordeal. McNuget and I dont get along and I have never read a book that he has authored.
@@northwoodskindred thanks for the quick response.
@@j.a.4360 anytime man I really enjoy a nice debate without the usual drama.
@@northwoodskindred , I do as well.
Today's times have grown in a way that many claim that this group or that group have appropriated "Their" symbols and ancestral ways.
All while denying the basic fact that within the United States most who claim to be Asatru, Odinist, Wotanist would most likely have never heard of Asatru had it not been for the ancestral call through those like named Stephen McNallen, Valgard Murray, Edred Thorson, Else Christensen, Freya Aswyn. James Chisholm, Stubba, Osred, Heimgest.
Ernesto Garcia,
Good bad or indifferent, they are linked to our journeys.
I do like what you are doing as far as teaching.
I noticed that you had a copy of the Aesirian Code of 9 on your wall.
The first place that I know of that ever being published is in Else Christensen's the Odinist publication.
If you know of any other origins of that, I'd surely be all ears.
Thank you.
My favorite is Viktor Rydbergs teutonic mythology
The Viking age one... Who's the author? Something lugh?
@@ryanorionwotanson4568 the author is Paul B. DuChaillu
That is a great references
Can you answer the question why is there Nazi in heathens community also I would like to know who is the goddess fulla or in old high German volla
"The racists" are here because Hitler stole so many of our sacred symbols that the new breed uses them to identify, and thus adopts our way. Also because some of the older leaders of the folk started a prison program so now all the supremacists have their own religion in the clink and they take that with them when they get out.
Fulla is Friggas hand maiden, I will cover all the gods and the former question in future videos. Welcome here.
@@northwoodskindred What are your thoughts on the AFA?
@@Jerkwilkesbooth Don't like them, and the grand pubah and I have a mutual disrespect for each other, from way back in the day long before viking was cool.
@@northwoodskindred I feel that. I used to be a fan of his until he came out saying some...pretty on the nose things that we often hear from Identitarians and "race realists".