"The meaning of life is to live it" my heart swelled at that sentence. Very true words to live by, I will do my best. Well done on another amazing video!
And one stanza I think you should toss in as well is 76. A life with good reputation is ultimately the best thing you can have. If your descendants learn and love your story, you really succeeded in life.
That last point is very true. Another quote that I heard that can really drive it home is this "most people die in their early 20's, they just don't get buried for a while after". There is so much emphasis in this modern world on how someone should live, how much money one needs to make, etc. Sometimes it you need to just take a step back and enjoy what you have before you can't.
Very well said! OMG I can't stop Laughing! Love the spider stick! I guess for me, Living my life the best I can and accepting my fails and learn from them, Try to help when possible but protect myself also.
There’s a poem I really like by Jospeh Campbell that I was reminded of near the end of the video. “Suddenly your ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god your alive and it’s spectacular” yes, it does hurt. But at least you are here to feel it
Damn this is the reason why this spiritual path calls to me more than any other. The stanzas you quoted were the final confirmation I needed to know this is the right path for me, as that is exactly how I feel about how to go about life and the importance friendship. It feels so good I think I'll watch the video again 😂
I loved this video! There is so much more to "the Vikings" than people realise (myself even). As a Dane, I can say that a lot of these statements still are a part of our culture today - I just didn't know that they were a part of the Viking era as well. I think that I definitely need to read the Poetic Edda myself! Thank you for sharing your knowledge :)
Wisdom is something one has to earn and to strive for. Nobody bless you with the gift of wisdom. If you're always on the search for knowledge, you are following Odin. That's the real bliss.
Thank you for your channel. I have always been lost with religion and everything you talk about are things I’ve always done or “felt”. And watching and listening to you, I finally feel like I belong. My wife has been pushing me towards this religion for years and I never listened. I think she knew things about me that I didn’t. So thank you sir!
I’m basically new to this but I’m extremely drawn to it. Multiple things said in this video are how I’ve already decided to live my life. Love your content! Thank you…
Without a good life death is meaningless. We should live life as full as we can to leave our friends and family the best memories that we can. Amazing video as usual with a perfect message about our lives
life is all about balance. nature will always maintain equilibrium, and as followers of a religion centered around nature, we should also attempt to maintain some semblance of equilibrium within our own lives and practices. too much of anything is going to cause problems.
Thank you so much for this video, it helped me on my journey following Odin, being an Eagal Scout I've seen and had so many beautiful experiences camping and hiking. And now want to get chances to do those things more. The words live in moderation stuck with me and gave me a sense of reality, smoke less, drink less, live a healthy honest life. Thank you Jacob and thank you to all the people on Patron. Skald!
My spirit is on fire I do believe lord Odin and lord Thor are reubliding me into a better more balanced person I am going to everything In my will power to get sober and stay sober all hail the Norse gods
This was both really interesting and very helpful to my spiritual journey. Blessings be upon you friend, and I hope we can share a drink together one day
Norse Paganism is one branch of the larger tree of nature spirituality. More generally the purpose of life is to align with the powers of nature and the Divine. By observations of these powers one get the nature virtues first written in total by the Stoic philosophers: Growth (Living Life), Balance (Moderation), and Connection (Friendship). Also we live in a spiritual/social network so what goes around comes around (law of return or attraction).
Ah the Havamal, or as I keep petitioning to rename it: Common Sense Probably the closest thing we have to a written guidebook for how pagans should live
I have always been interested in norse history/culture. But it was in 2015 that I began practicing norse paganism. I broke up with my partner and I found myself alone in a difficult period of my life. I printed a poster of the Nine Noble virtues and I began reading the Havamal daily. I began to live by those principles I cant describe how much I learned and grew as a person. That is what put me on my feet again. Forever grateful for that to the Gods and my ancestors.
Oh this was SUCH a great video Jacob! It was incredibly uplifting for me. You are so right about living life, and organically maintaining friendships. I am sending you a big hug and saying THANK YOU! I really needed this today! 💟
If you ever go to the rockies come through Kansas and grab me 😅 id love to take you on some of my favorite trails and talk about the gods for other folk's knowledge
Great advice. Maybe the Havermal was the inspiration for the AA program? Much of it sounds like a combination of 12 steps, the peace prayer, personal responsibility, and the Golden Rule. But, what's with the being nice/generous to people you must be wary of?
I agree 100%, the best thing about living life is preserving life as a whole. We will teach generations to come about all of these topics mentioned. Therefore they will live life and hopefully continue the same chain. There’s another stanza that in a sense allows us to live on after death (can’t remember the number) but basically all of us will die one day but the reputation of a good person will live on (paraphrased lol)
So, as someone who is a soldier. If I die in battle, would I still go to Valhalla? Alot of us believe this to be true. Though this is the modern age, it's often questioned.
Great video Jacob. Hávamál is definitely one of the better parts to start, but I think the rest of the Edda stories have even more to say about it. I really like all the (sometimes, somewhat implicit) death-rebirth cycles. One of the very few things you are guaranteed in your life is everything constantly changing, and how well you live your life is directly related to how well you manage all these changes. Usually it requires only a minor adaptation, but sometimes it requires you to "die" and be reborn again. Just like Odin had to die before he could obtain the runes. Odin went from the oral tradition of story telling, to the written one. It required something to die, so the renewed part of him could take its place. I also think that, the reason Odin hung for 9 nights, is because women are pregnant for 9 months (i.e. 9 lunar cycles). So Odin could be reborn after 9 nights. Of course, night is strongly related to the moon, reason should be self-evident. I also think that this is the reason that the number 9 seems so important in Norse mythology.
When I got into Norse paganism and Asatru there weren't many videos out there. I had to make a page on Facebook for the Asatru religion cause they didn't even have one. It wad taken down after some arguments with Nazi friendly folks but I'm so glad these videos exist. Thank you for teaching others.
A lot of fellow Asatruar talk shit about you, but I would say to them to watch this video that you put out. Nowhere in this video did you talk about dying heroically in battle, or taken everything you can. You talked about many things that even so-called "woke" individuals fail to talk about. Hail To You
I don't drink any alcohol, hate the stuff, hate drugs, hate smoking. Although I don't mind Cigars. And Psychedelic mushrooms I don't consider drugs at all.
I wish I could show you a video today I have these giant spiders 🕷 around my house this video you did because about nine months ago but yeah I couldn’t even get my hose out because I didn’t wanna distract this giant spiderweb and I think it was at least an inch or more but to me that seem like a lot and then there was one right by my back door last night they’re all over the place right now on my property hopefully they’re gonna help my pumpkins grow by October 15 nice and big
I would love to join a pagan community but most around me misunderstand norse polytheism/animism, they are good people dont get me wrong but i feel wierd when they tell me their whole groups fylgja is the bear or their specific patron god is thor or assume helheim is the bad place. I have good friends but almost none are pagan but i accept that and their kinship alone is filling.
Well, you're still young...but what about ageing, suffering, being separated from the ones you love, diseace and death...? Wasn't another formula of creation possible ?
Why do you guys care so much about vikings? They were only a small group within a larger norse culture, within a larger germanic culture, within a larger indo-european sphere of influence. Germanic paganism existed for roughly three thousand years before christianization, and the viking era was less than 500 years of that. Why do you guys care so much about that tiny group of people within that specific area germanic culture within that specific time period? If you want to practice germanic or even more specifically norse paganism why do you act like vikings are the be-all end-all of your religious beliefs? That's like Tacitus writing about the Mannerbund of various tribes and acting like that's representative of the whole tribe lmao
Its because they are New Age types who thinks the vikings are cool and throw a coat of paint over Christianity or, more specifically, Wicca and call it "Norse Paganism." Why do you think Norse Paganism is the most popular branch of Paganism? Even Greek paganism is in the shadow of Asatru.
Pretty good vid even tho wisdom of Odin has a fair ppl that don’t like him. Even tho I don’t know him personally or at all. But he does the sources I can’t say shit about him
Sadly anytime someone with a different view point shared opinions in our modern era, they often get demonized and attacked for being different from the current “message”. I believe religion should be away from these constant changing messages and ideologies. Religion should be a sanctuary 🌳
You're right, it's not 42, that's just one part of a good life. The meaning of life is 138. EVERYTHING in moderation (especially moderation). HA HA !!!
What do we learn from this? The vikings (warriors, raiders) did not live a life according to their belief and walhall is probably not a paradise, but a curse.
I don’t see it that way. To live life for the sake of living it is important, as is a life of generosity and moderation. But that is not all that exists in life. I see it like this: no one can avoid death, it is the great equalizer. If you are to die in battle, it is better to die with honor, courage, and savagery than it is to live on your knees as your new masters break your spirit. The Goal of most of the Norse was most likely to die peacefully. Norse paganism is not dualistic, there is no reason of punishment for the wicked or the unbelievers, only rest for weary souls who lived a long, happy life. For the precious, chosen few, a different fate awaits them. They show the courage, battle prowess and strength required to fight in the end times, to fulfill the will of fate and be consumed by Ragnarok. This is not a curse, this is a blessing offered only to those worthy of it. It may not be what you asked for, or expected, but it is not by chance the Valkyries carry your body away from a bloody battle. For those who see Valhalla, they Do not weep at the loss of friends or family who died peacefully in their beds. Instead, they drink, laugh, reflect, and prepare for the final defense of EVERYTHING they hold dear. There is no greater honor than that
@@ianharrison5758 They drink and eat during the day, fight and die in the evening, just to repeat this every day. There are several stories in Germanic lore that see Walhall as a curse, long before it was romanticized as it is today...
Oh damn! Been a while since I checked out this channel. You’ve completed your transformation into the Uber soy boy beta male “heathen”. Thanks for the laugh.
My spirit is on fire I do believe lord Odin and lord Thor are reubliding me into a better more balanced person I am going to everything In my will power to get sober and stay sober all hail the Norse gods
"The meaning of life is to live it" my heart swelled at that sentence. Very true words to live by, I will do my best. Well done on another amazing video!
And one stanza I think you should toss in as well is 76. A life with good reputation is ultimately the best thing you can have. If your descendants learn and love your story, you really succeeded in life.
That last point is very true. Another quote that I heard that can really drive it home is this "most people die in their early 20's, they just don't get buried for a while after". There is so much emphasis in this modern world on how someone should live, how much money one needs to make, etc. Sometimes it you need to just take a step back and enjoy what you have before you can't.
I joinded this religon and finaly found myself because of you. Thank you
The meaning of life is to fill life with meaning. ❤
Beautiful said
"The meaning of life is to live it." ---> That's what religion should be !!! 💖💖💖
Very well said! OMG I can't stop Laughing! Love the spider stick! I guess for me, Living my life the best I can and accepting my fails and learn from them, Try to help when possible but protect myself also.
That made me tear up a lot. We are here to live.
There’s a poem I really like by Jospeh Campbell that I was reminded of near the end of the video. “Suddenly your ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god your alive and it’s spectacular” yes, it does hurt. But at least you are here to feel it
Damn this is the reason why this spiritual path calls to me more than any other. The stanzas you quoted were the final confirmation I needed to know this is the right path for me, as that is exactly how I feel about how to go about life and the importance friendship. It feels so good I think I'll watch the video again 😂
I loved this video! There is so much more to "the Vikings" than people realise (myself even). As a Dane, I can say that a lot of these statements still are a part of our culture today - I just didn't know that they were a part of the Viking era as well. I think that I definitely need to read the Poetic Edda myself! Thank you for sharing your knowledge :)
Very well said Jacob!
Your videos are well researched and informed. Odin has truly blessed you with wisdom.
Wisdom is something one has to earn and to strive for. Nobody bless you with the gift of wisdom. If you're always on the search for knowledge, you are following Odin. That's the real bliss.
Thank you for your channel. I have always been lost with religion and everything you talk about are things I’ve always done or “felt”. And watching and listening to you, I finally feel like I belong. My wife has been pushing me towards this religion for years and I never listened. I think she knew things about me that I didn’t. So thank you sir!
Excellent discussion.
I’m basically new to this but I’m extremely drawn to it. Multiple things said in this video are how I’ve already decided to live my life. Love your content! Thank you…
Beautiful said, this one I felt deep inside. Thanks Jacob for your dedication, and for sharing your views and knowledge.
Nice message at the end.
Its about living. Is to live it.
Without a good life death is meaningless. We should live life as full as we can to leave our friends and family the best memories that we can. Amazing video as usual with a perfect message about our lives
I really appreciate this video. I think you are a good thinker and it is good to hear your interpretations of the writings. Thank you.
Such a touchy subject to tackle but I thought this was done well and respectfully, as usual! Great content my friend!
Thank You For Sharing Jacob. 👍🤟👌 It was awesome to see the snake and the spiders. Hail Odin, Thor and Freya, Skòl💀🍻
I agree 🎉🎉 Skål 🥃
Probably the best video you have made yet. Thank you for your content.
life is all about balance. nature will always maintain equilibrium, and as followers of a religion centered around nature, we should also attempt to maintain some semblance of equilibrium within our own lives and practices. too much of anything is going to cause problems.
😆 All hailing the spidy stick!
I think most of us have one ☺️
This was such a great video. You are doing exactly what you spoke about here. ❤ The spider stick was a great accessory 👍🙂
That spider stick saved my life 🕷️
@@TheWisdomOfOdin 😂
I never thought the Edda is that beautiful and close to life. I think i missed that Part when i read it years ago, partially it seems. Thank you.
Love your videos. Thank you as always. Spider stick. Gotta get me one of those😂😂😂
Love this video, been wanting it for a long time 😂 thanks for doing it!
Thank you so much for this video, it helped me on my journey following Odin, being an Eagal Scout I've seen and had so many beautiful experiences camping and hiking. And now want to get chances to do those things more. The words live in moderation stuck with me and gave me a sense of reality, smoke less, drink less, live a healthy honest life. Thank you Jacob and thank you to all the people on Patron. Skald!
My spirit is on fire I do believe lord Odin and lord Thor are reubliding me into a better more balanced person I am going to everything In my will power to get sober and stay sober all hail the Norse gods
This was both really interesting and very helpful to my spiritual journey. Blessings be upon you friend, and I hope we can share a drink together one day
Norse Paganism is one branch of the larger tree of nature spirituality. More generally the purpose of life is to align with the powers of nature and the Divine. By observations of these powers one get the nature virtues first written in total by the Stoic philosophers: Growth (Living Life), Balance (Moderation), and Connection (Friendship). Also we live in a spiritual/social network so what goes around comes around (law of return or attraction).
I agree with you fully. We just need to live our lives and expirence what this all is as much as possible in a way that is good for each person
Ah the Havamal, or as I keep petitioning to rename it: Common Sense
Probably the closest thing we have to a written guidebook for how pagans should live
Thank You
Great video brother! Discussing the deeper context of the Havamal is essential.
Simple and to the point, I like it.
I love your videos. So well researched and informative!
I have always been interested in norse history/culture. But it was in 2015 that I began practicing norse paganism. I broke up with my partner and I found myself alone in a difficult period of my life. I printed a poster of the Nine Noble virtues and I began reading the Havamal daily. I began to live by those principles I cant describe how much I learned and grew as a person. That is what put me on my feet again. Forever grateful for that to the Gods and my ancestors.
Brother keep it up
Fantastic!!
Very very interesting!
The little butterfly added a flair to the "Life is about living" for free
Have a great Yule tide brother skal
Oh this was SUCH a great video Jacob! It was incredibly uplifting for me. You are so right about living life, and organically maintaining friendships. I am sending you a big hug and saying THANK YOU! I really needed this today! 💟
Boom! Caught the Hitch Hiker’s Guide reference 😂😂😂
"Might sound like a stupid answer" !? No! It's the PERFECT answer
I like this. I like being outside. The things in this vid make sense. I’ve always done this.
The meaning of life is to live it. Hearing that really makes me want to Persue my dreams.
I needed this, thank you 🌲🐍🕷
Thank you for all this information about whom I really can be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😀😀
I really want to read The Havamal!!!
I saw you at the heilung show last night, definitely didn’t expect to see you there 😂
Crazy show man! Did we talk briefly? I know I talked to a few people that recognized my hobbit hair
Very nice video and info! I found that book free on Audible 🎉 Skål & trevlig helg! 🎉
Absolutely 💯 yes
If you ever go to the rockies come through Kansas and grab me 😅 id love to take you on some of my favorite trails and talk about the gods for other folk's knowledge
Great advice. Maybe the Havermal was the inspiration for the AA program? Much of it sounds like a combination of 12 steps, the peace prayer, personal responsibility, and the Golden Rule. But, what's with the being nice/generous to people you must be wary of?
to conqour fear is honestly what I believe...
found this very smimple but so powerful
Pretty butterfly right at the main point 🤌
The meaning of life is to add meaning to life.
I agree 100%, the best thing about living life is preserving life as a whole. We will teach generations to come about all of these topics mentioned. Therefore they will live life and hopefully continue the same chain. There’s another stanza that in a sense allows us to live on after death (can’t remember the number) but basically all of us will die one day but the reputation of a good person will live on (paraphrased lol)
All this is really helping me find my way to being a noble and good heathen
No I agree. Our life is to be lived to the fullest everyday. SKOL!
To crush thine enemy, to see them run before thee, and to hear the lamentation of their women
So true
So, as someone who is a soldier. If I die in battle, would I still go to Valhalla? Alot of us believe this to be true. Though this is the modern age, it's often questioned.
What part of Kentucky? I also live here!
agreed 100%
Say hello to the spider stick 😆
I feel like I miss out a little on my worship because I don't drink.
Where is this location? the backdrop is beautiful.
This was filmed on Lily Mountain in Kentucky
@@TheWisdomOfOdin nice it’s beautiful. I like to look at land that look like western Whales. Long grassy hills.
Life is worth living 11:58 having been Christian for so long i can tell you there is so much disdain for life in that faith.
I'll sum it up for you pups: "Get busy living, or get busy dying."
Great video Jacob. Hávamál is definitely one of the better parts to start, but I think the rest of the Edda stories have even more to say about it.
I really like all the (sometimes, somewhat implicit) death-rebirth cycles. One of the very few things you are guaranteed in your life is everything constantly changing, and how well you live your life is directly related to how well you manage all these changes. Usually it requires only a minor adaptation, but sometimes it requires you to "die" and be reborn again. Just like Odin had to die before he could obtain the runes. Odin went from the oral tradition of story telling, to the written one. It required something to die, so the renewed part of him could take its place. I also think that, the reason Odin hung for 9 nights, is because women are pregnant for 9 months (i.e. 9 lunar cycles). So Odin could be reborn after 9 nights. Of course, night is strongly related to the moon, reason should be self-evident. I also think that this is the reason that the number 9 seems so important in Norse mythology.
When I got into Norse paganism and Asatru there weren't many videos out there. I had to make a page on Facebook for the Asatru religion cause they didn't even have one. It wad taken down after some arguments with Nazi friendly folks but I'm so glad these videos exist. Thank you for teaching others.
A mushroom trip gave me the same answer
Sounds like Loki is among you
A lot of fellow Asatruar talk shit about you, but I would say to them to watch this video that you put out. Nowhere in this video did you talk about dying heroically in battle, or taken everything you can. You talked about many things that even so-called "woke" individuals fail to talk about. Hail To You
Thank you that means a lot 🍻
@@TheWisdomOfOdin no problem just stating the facts.
I don't drink any alcohol, hate the stuff, hate drugs, hate smoking.
Although I don't mind Cigars.
And Psychedelic mushrooms I don't consider drugs at all.
I wish I could show you a video today I have these giant spiders 🕷 around my house this video you did because about nine months ago but yeah I couldn’t even get my hose out because I didn’t wanna distract this giant spiderweb and I think it was at least an inch or more but to me that seem like a lot and then there was one right by my back door last night they’re all over the place right now on my property hopefully they’re gonna help my pumpkins grow by October 15 nice and big
The purpose of life is living. It's almost too simple for humans to take in.
I would love to join a pagan community but most around me misunderstand norse polytheism/animism, they are good people dont get me wrong but i feel wierd when they tell me their whole groups fylgja is the bear or their specific patron god is thor or assume helheim is the bad place. I have good friends but almost none are pagan but i accept that and their kinship alone is filling.
The purpose of life is to live it. IMO
lol...spiders are awesome ;)
Well, you're still young...but what about ageing, suffering, being separated from the ones you love, diseace and death...? Wasn't another formula of creation possible ?
Why do you guys care so much about vikings? They were only a small group within a larger norse culture, within a larger germanic culture, within a larger indo-european sphere of influence. Germanic paganism existed for roughly three thousand years before christianization, and the viking era was less than 500 years of that. Why do you guys care so much about that tiny group of people within that specific area germanic culture within that specific time period? If you want to practice germanic or even more specifically norse paganism why do you act like vikings are the be-all end-all of your religious beliefs? That's like Tacitus writing about the Mannerbund of various tribes and acting like that's representative of the whole tribe lmao
Its because they are New Age types who thinks the vikings are cool and throw a coat of paint over Christianity or, more specifically, Wicca and call it "Norse Paganism." Why do you think Norse Paganism is the most popular branch of Paganism? Even Greek paganism is in the shadow of Asatru.
Pretty good vid even tho wisdom of Odin has a fair ppl that don’t like him. Even tho I don’t know him personally or at all. But he does the sources I can’t say shit about him
Sadly anytime someone with a different view point shared opinions in our modern era, they often get demonized and attacked for being different from the current “message”.
I believe religion should be away from these constant changing messages and ideologies. Religion should be a sanctuary 🌳
You're right, it's not 42, that's just one part of a good life. The meaning of life is 138.
EVERYTHING in moderation (especially moderation). HA HA !!!
And. . Now their Extinct! Go Figure. . . . . .
Something happen in Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Denmark that I don't know about lol
What do we learn from this?
The vikings (warriors, raiders) did not live a life according to their belief and walhall is probably not a paradise, but a curse.
I don’t see it that way. To live life for the sake of living it is important, as is a life of generosity and moderation. But that is not all that exists in life.
I see it like this: no one can avoid death, it is the great equalizer. If you are to die in battle, it is better to die with honor, courage, and savagery than it is to live on your knees as your new masters break your spirit.
The Goal of most of the Norse was most likely to die peacefully. Norse paganism is not dualistic, there is no reason of punishment for the wicked or the unbelievers, only rest for weary souls who lived a long, happy life.
For the precious, chosen few, a different fate awaits them. They show the courage, battle prowess and strength required to fight in the end times, to fulfill the will of fate and be consumed by Ragnarok. This is not a curse, this is a blessing offered only to those worthy of it. It may not be what you asked for, or expected, but it is not by chance the Valkyries carry your body away from a bloody battle. For those who see Valhalla, they Do not weep at the loss of friends or family who died peacefully in their beds.
Instead, they drink, laugh, reflect, and prepare for the final defense of EVERYTHING they hold dear. There is no greater honor than that
@@ianharrison5758 They drink and eat during the day, fight and die in the evening, just to repeat this every day.
There are several stories in Germanic lore that see Walhall as a curse, long before it was romanticized as it is today...
@@airo30 have you ever heard of the concept that something can be both a curse and blessing?
I think you’d be easier to watch and listen to is if you talk half as fast.
the hipster pagan
Damn straight, raise a glass of kombucha with me 🍻
Oh damn! Been a while since I checked out this channel. You’ve completed your transformation into the Uber soy boy beta male “heathen”.
Thanks for the laugh.
And you have become an internet troll, good job 👍
My spirit is on fire I do believe lord Odin and lord Thor are reubliding me into a better more balanced person I am going to everything In my will power to get sober and stay sober all hail the Norse gods