I was a Christian for 16 years. But recently my dad fell deathly ill to the point of being rushed to the ER. I had been following paganism for some time, but I prayed to make a pact with The All Father. My undying faith in this life and the next. So that my father would come home safe. I know pacts are not made lightly with the gods, but with my dad's medical history I felt it necessary. And wouldn't ya know, he came home right as rain as if nothing ever happened. Now I hold true to my beliefs more now then ever. In honor of my father, and The All Father. Skaal.
My religious history, is similar. My Granpa fell ill, and i don't like the christian and the church, i was rise as christian and now is four years that I believe in the gods and in the All Father thanks also to various events that the norns probably already knew for some time. Skaal brother
I was raised Christian, I live in the south, and work at a mega Christian coffee shop. It's so hard for me to be able to express my beliefs, especially as the majority of those I know/work with are so against any other beliefs. I can't tell you enough how relieving it is to hear your words. I found your channel a few years ago and recently really got into listening to your videos and they've helped me so much in working on who I truly am. Thank you so much for making such a wonderful channel, it helps more than you may know. Especially as I'm a rather introverted being and I still haven't exactly found anyone with serious nordic beliefs such as myself here in my city. I study and practice independently, and your videos don't make me feel alone.
Am making the jump from Christianity to Paganism and your channel has given me so much insight and education. Thank you for letting me into your day ❣️
I grew up in a non religious household, went to various churches with friends in high school, converted to Mormonism at 19, and left that church about 5 years later. And now I am here! This was a really interesting video, thank you!
@@nikkimurray8938 Mormonism was made up by a known con artist. Everything that makes it Mormonism makes it blasphemy. Just read the Bible and don’t read any of the non cannon scripture until you understand the basics of scriptural cannon. Most Christians know very little about Christianity because they don’t read the Bible.
I’m a half Tanzanian guy living in North East, England, the pull I felt to Skadi randomly was just bizarre, I don’t know where it came from, Then I moved into a new home. Everything was good for a few days, then I randomly thought of the word Loki, opened a cupboard in the kitchen and there was just this massive spider sitting there, my first thought was “You tricky bastard”
Everyone just gonna ignore how freyja is literally the goddess of love? I'm an atheist but I'm pretty sure being one isn't about beating your chest and saying how you're super tough and only care about victory.
@@davidcavan637 Freya is a goddess only women worship, men worship the gods of war and women worship the gods of love and fertility, i admit I’m oversimplifying it but that’s the gist of it
I am a Christian and believe in being a Shepard as you said. This video is interesting to watch. Even as a Christian i find it interesting and enjoy listening to other people views on their religious beliefs
jesus loved the sumeritan woman but the church hated her, jesus todl the church they worship the god of this world , wonder what jesus woudl say to 99% of churches today.....
You know if they are finding really large humans in different places like America and I think Poland now. And Goliath. There isn’t much I would think that didn’t happen in long ago. That at first humans did not believe. The story of fallen angels . They were mighty and the ones that protected the tomb of Jesus were huge. So long ago there were massive reptiles that had to eat and poop to flourish the world and saber tooth tigers. Then after a while a few homosapiens were born and since there were more of them all the huge things left and were smaller just due to evolving into another Way to survive. Real story. Maybe in the 60’s when things were first wild a girl almost got raped and beat but something happened and the guys got scared off. She wakes up in a bad part of town where there are many who would try to do it to her again. She’s scared but she keeps walking and about a block down she has to pass by a guy that was looking to do what someone was about to do to her. And she started praying for help cause she couldn’t go thru it again and survive. And she keeps walking. She walks right past him and nothing happened. She goes to a police station tells them what happened and that she had walked by this guy. The cops didn’t believe her. So they get the guy to come in. They tell him the story about the girl. And he says I didn’t ever see a girl walk by me or she wouldn’t have been around to tell where I was. I only saw a that girl go by at this time but she was with two really really big guys. I couldn’t have got by them.
It takes a lot of love and respect to listen to something you may not 100% agree with and still be kind and calm afterwards. God bless you. ❤🫶 thanks for being kind to other religions.
Christians are losers who sell their land to rapist Muslim OCCUPANTS! Only strong pagan men are able to protect the land of their ancestors! P.S. Christians evolved into Marxists and therefore civilization weakened.
A subject I am all to familiar with. I was a devout "born again" Christian and involved with praise and worship ministry within the Assemblies of God for 30 years. My best advice is to take your time & heal from the religious trauma and the loss of deeply held faith. It can be extremely painful to have those roots yanked out. I spent years un-indoctrinating. I wasn't even able to begin looking in other areas for my spirituality for probably 6-7 years after coming to terms with my loss. I did eventually embrace the old ways and gods of our ancestors but I had lingering fears of hellfire for a time. Now, not at all. I've come across a sea of turmoil and can now safely say I know myself and what my beliefs are without any fears. Be easy with yourself and absorb info, be brave when Christian family try to pen you down. If they can be proud of their beliefs then so can you!
I think the more experiences you have walking a pagan path only affirm more and more you are on the right one. Like you said its taken me years too to remove that lingering fear of being "wrong" but it does go away in time!
@@theymockedjesusalso On the contrary, I had a very deep and real "born again" experience that was sorrowful, repentant and life-changing. I was a hurricane of faith & loved God with everything in me. How else could I have been involved in ministry so long. It was just as real a salvation experience as any other born again Christians', with true repentance and crying out for the Lord to forgive me and wash me of my life of sin and be the lord of my life. 30 years I spent in love with Jesus and leading others to salvation. So yeah, I was every bit as born again, radically saved, spirit-filled, follower of Christ that you are probably claiming to be. You can think whatever you want to if it comforts you. I've been there and also felt that need sometimes as well. It's not truth but if it comforts you and that's what you need to think, more power to you. However if mine wasn't real, I have some seriously bad news for you, yours is just as unreal. I'm fine with that, as well. Because in the end it is all emotion based, fear, guilt, and control.
@@TempleOvBlackLight however i believe you’ll need to take that up with the apostles and even Christ as its pointed out multiple times They’re are those whom will say they’re of Christ when in reality they never were. Really apart of Christ as by your words if you’ve really served in ministry 30years it must have taken a massive event for you too lose your faith. As I don’t accept the excuse of this extreme emotional event caused me to lose my faith stick that people normally talk about as you who else had extreme emotional events the prophets of the Old Testament and the disciple’s of Christ they were persecuted for merely believing they were thrown in jail beat flogged hanged killed and so much more and yet even though they may have had doubts they still persevered to the end and if all it took was Ether one emotional event to break you you were never going to make it in the church as Christ say we’re to expect what I had just mentioned what happen to the apostles but what they did to Christ himself now I’m sure you have your reasons however. I find it ridiculous to lose your faith over things that are temporary and everything is temporary You having a job is temporary have cars houses food water etc are temporary things even pain is though it doesn’t seem like it at first. So I’m stuck here asking why someone Would lose their faith over something so ridiculously small when Christ told us you’ll be hated you’ll be slandered you’ll be thrown in jail unjustly accused and then more than likely killed for merely believing on him. So again where you really born again Or is that what you’ve told yourself to make you feel better? As Lucifer claims to be an angel of light and yet we know he is a deceiver. So as you can see one hides under a false shield of good while the other is actually good so did you really believe at all or did you just say you believed as anyone can say they believe in something and never follow through with it and again I have to ask what was the things that lead up to your leaving? As I understand it you ether are of him totally or your against him Christ makes that very blunt point to everyone your ether with God or where never part of him to begin with and Christ in the New Testament Outlines this very well to show you who the genuine one are from the fakes the genuine one will go onto death for him and will take all that pain and suffering but will push through it all to the end or you can be the other guy who gives up on trying to be righteous and instead loses himself to the world around him that is all temporary all though fainting something Christ talks about And say that it takes faith not to faint in this world and to in general follow him I also have to ask what do you have right now do you live in a house apartment a car do you have clothes food in your stomach do you have water to drink if the answer is yes even if you have just a little of these thing your still much better off then most people who have none of those things
@@Followerofchrist221 I never mentioned anything about what caused my renunciation of Christ but it was not a simple, painless, nor a quick decision. It was something years in the making. Then after so much over years of time piled up it took one huge event that weakened my faith just enough to allow me to question those deeply rooted beliefs I held for so many years. That began another 5-6 years of a bareboned truth searching period trying to hold onto my faith but willing to question things that weren't adding up. Things I would have never questioned before. However, a real truth-seeker will come to a place that even their very strong beliefs are even questionable. If one never has a period like that, then I question whether they are even a real truth-seeker. Truth is truth no matter how much it sucks when it slaps you in the face. It can be painful & having your deeply rooted faith whither & rot and be yanked up is extremely painful. Cognitive dissonance wants to kick in but again a truth-seeker will follow the journey through the thorns, the agony, and not run back to the comfort of his beliefs. So yeah, I came through the process and am now fully un-indoctrinated or deprogrammed of the cult of Abrahamic religion, namely being an evangelical born again Christian. Men's holy books are just men putting God(s) in a small box of their own defining. There is nothing holy written in any texts whether it's the Torah, Peter, Paul or Mark. Nothing in the Quran, or the Vedics texts. It's all just men probably tripping on mushrooms and trying to relate their experiences to their tribes and those stories got passed down over long periods of time until we end up with Judaism, Christianity & Islam.
I think Christianity adopted a lot of Norse pagan holy days for instance Christmas is referred to as Yule time and ester the spring hare is associated to Easter in the eggs and all the stuff that kids go find as well as Halloween and the Christian holiday the very next day it's all blended into one thing but I think now people are starting to realize that there is actually more than one God.
Catholicism* adopted pagan beliefs. The Bible does actually slightly hint at other spirits, "gods" if you will, but we worship the King of Kings, the ultimate Creator.
I grew up as a pastors daughter and I’m now exploring pagan beliefs and embarking on my own spiritual path. I found this video fascinating! Thank you for sharing!
I grew up in a very religious family as seems that the more christianity is pushed on someone from a young age, the more likely they are to abandon that path as they grow older. My own path has been christian, to Wicca, to agnostic, to Celtic paganism, and finally to Norse paganism. The wonderful thing about paganism to me is the lack of "judgement" both as a person and in the light of how one lives one's life. I find most of the highly intolerant people that I know seem to be the most "Christian", where as most of the pagans and heathens I know tend more towards live and let live. Christianity teaches of their god's love, but gloss over the fact that if you don't "believe" in this one nameless being you get to spend an eternity in a lake of fire, but he is supposedly all loving... Break his rules? Burn. Don't believe in him? Burn. Pass, I will no longer worship a nameless God with no connection to my people other than the fact that some of my ancestors were conned into believing his priests.
Hello, Hannah! I think in time you might move away from this channel. I can recommend some new channels to follow when & if you become interested. Have a lovely day!
Agreed@@Thorin7.62. In my case it was because my beloved paternal grandpa passed away. I later learned that in various branches of Christianity and Judaism that there is the belief that interfaith couples won’t be reunited in death. As the daughter of an interfaith couple and the granddaughter of an interfaith couple (my dad’s dad and his beloved stepmom) I am glad I converted to Celtic Wicca.
I am currently Christian, but due to my traditional political ideology, I am also welcoming Germanic Paganism, and perhaps convert, thank you for your information.
There are a great many hands reaching out to pull you from the darkness and into the light.. I will pray to the Gods for you, that you may grasp them and join the ranks of your true people against this universalist blight, they need you now more than ever before.
I love and appreciate the format you do your videos in with history, facts, and opinion all being included. Like so many others, there's no one in my life that shares pagan beliefs or practices and it's really nice to hear a friendly voice involving paganism. Makes it where I don't feel so alone in the beliefs. Thank you.
I grew up Roman Catholic, and yes, a bunch of kneeling and standing up and doing precise things. I went with Celtic Paganism. My Parents switched to Eastern Catholic. When I went to some masses, they had a lot of incense and icons around. My sister stayed with Roman Catholic. Now I consider myself a Norse Pagan. It's been interesting when we get together for family gatherings.
I was raised in a strict Christian household and went to a strict Christian School but I've always had an interest in the Norse Pegan beliefs. I grew up in a state that had many Scandinavian descendants living there, so I was raised hearing the Norse stories and I always felt so connected with them and the culture (I especially liked the stories with Loki in it lol). There was even a point as a teenager where I was considering converting, but due to fear of the Christian community I lived in, I didn't. Recently I've been getting into it again and finally feel ready to go on my own spiritual path. Thank you for this video, it helped a lot :)
Just remeber Odin is a shaggy old guy who lost his eyes can't heal himself and died by getting mauled by wolf you stay the way you are already in right path you are saved by Lord Jesus
I would like to say thanks for this video cause I come form a Christian family and I have always struggled with my beliefs with Christianity and norse religion
Thank you for your share. I'm new to Norse paganism and was brought up by a Baptist minister grandfather. My uncle is also a Baptist minister. So you can see how hard it was for me growing up feeling like that wasn't the way for me. I'm so appreciative of your videos and experiences you share. Thank you again
@@TheWisdomOfOdin yes my gpa was a southern Baptist. It was hard growing up living in guilt,fear and shame because of the teachings. I'm glad I found my path and still finding it with help from you and others
so a American try to educate Americans Christian in Old Norse pagan Christianity is a fraud of Old Norse Pagan water down fraud to be exact Christians. claim they know so much about Christianity but it's funny how topic doesn't come up about Christian There's actually 6 chapters of the Bible not three. I'm not even Christian and I know that the other three chapters have been banned from being printed for over 100 years.
Fellow Kentuckian here, i am just starting my journey and starting to explore, I was raised Roman Catholic, and haven't been happy/practiced for the last 9 years, Ive always been drawn to Norse Paganism and am excited to start down this path
Your channel has been exceptionally helpful, i started my path if paganism a few days ago and have been able to learn so much from you. Thank you very much.
I was raised Christian…but at 16 I discovered Wicca. After 30 years of Wicca I feel a bit adrift. I literally keep feeling a pull to Freya. Something that’s never happened to me before. So I feel that in a lot of ways I’m starting over. Your videos have been such a huge help for me, and I can’t begin to express my gratitude. I’m taking it slow…as mighty oaks were once tiny acorns. I’m so used to keeping a grimoire…so I’m still keeping a journal of sorts. Thank you for doing what you do and for sharing so freely. 💕
WE are ALL connected and it goes much deeper then you think. Your statement that you were once a Wiccan but now being pulled in another direction…? Makes me feel so sad for you and many like you who are unaware…? Let me try and explain this to you, because it’s hard over a RUclips post. So many like you are completely unaware, and oblivious to the fact that our MAGIC, our POWER, and our CURIOSITY has already existed for million’s Because it is sewn🧵 🪡 deep within the FABRIC of our ANCIENT DNA 🧬 We have forgotten over millions of years that we were once one big landmass a supercontinent that connected us all together for millions of years. That your Wiccan Faith has roots in Ancient Australia, and to Egypt. Regardless of what you wanna call it, Norwegian, Ireland, Welsh Germanic roots? Or Druidism Celtic roots it ALL comes outta of ANCIENT AFRICA. Ancient Africa, India, Madagascar, Australia and Antarctica, Ancient Asia all of these locations have there Roots, and is practiced today. We are just completely unaware of it. the practices of using Nature to know thyself, knowing how to us nature to practice your craft, all comes from ancient Africa all the way to Ancient Pele, and all the way from the Aboriginal Australians from the outback, to the ancient pyramids All EMBODY you today right now, there ancient knowledge is in you already Everyone’s familiar with King Tut, and his mother was Nefertiti, she had many beautiful daughters. She married on of her daughters off to a Scottish King, that just an example of how through the many millions of years of human existence, we have passed down rhe knowledge of ancient wisdom, as old as the Volcano God Pele, this curiosity has existed in all of us for millions of years. Your a combined embodiment of your Wiccan beliefs, as well as Freya and Odin have been within you all along. That you’ve always had the power within you because this hunger of knowledge is deep rooted within your soul already. Embrace it all, and know that when your working and learning your craft, that he powers within you come from all over the world 🌎 The same knowledge our ancient ancestors carried within them when they crossed that last remaining land bridge millions of years ago. The knowledge and power of Nature, is already with in you, you just have to wake it up, that’s all 😉 No labels needed, you have embodied everything I’ve listed above already, if your a Wiccan then your also an embodiment of all that we’ve listed above already, you just gotta wake it up, and grow the seeds within us that our ancient ancestors planted within us millions of years ago. Blessed Be 🙏 We are all made of STAR DUST and connected to Mother Earth, to the Planets 🪐 and as one within Nature, are ALL CONNECTED.
@@kellyb1420 thank you? I think 🤔 I’m not sure if you feeling sad for me is an insult…I’m assuming not? Like you said, it’s hard to articulate meaning over a RUclips post. As a Wiccan I was very eclectic in my practice and my study. I’m fully aware of the interconnectedness between the pagan faiths and spiritual paths. I focused mainly on Celtic and Norse deities, because I felt a stronger connection to them. My feeling adrift and pulled towards Norse paganism in general has more to do with community. I’ve practiced as a solitary pagan nearly all my life. So the pull of Freya has more to do with being pulled towards community, as I had already been practicing and venerating Norse deities. As someone who is half Korean, trust me…I get that there’s an interconnectedness. I find that there’s a Korean deity for every Celtic and Norse deity. I’ve never doubted my power or where I stand with that power and the universe. I’d just rather not do it alone anymore and Freya has been pulling me towards community and shared beliefs rather than floating solo. It’s something I feel I need to do slowly, because it’s definitely unfamiliar territory. So I appreciate your comment, it was quite thoughtful and I appreciate that.
@@KneppwoodatHome ohhh no the exact opposite actually my friend, There’s so many who forget that before CHRISTIANITY, MUSLIMS, HINDUISM, we forget that we were once all connected, because we were once literally connected by the land. We were one big humongous land mass. That the knowledge of ancient Indigenous peoples all the way from Ancient China, Aboriginal Australia, to here where I am in America we were once all connected, Freya is within you already your just waking her up, that’s all. ☺️ Druidism, Paganism, and ancient African Voodoo is allllll connected, and it’s sewn deep within you already, that’s all I mean. You’ve had it all along and so have I…. That’s all I was trying to say…? 🙃 Which is hard to communicate all of this over a text message, it’s easier if I had the actual ancient maps that also included the later land mass bridges that existed after our great big continent started to break apart and section off, it would be easier if I could show you the actual maps and bridges to show you how we all came outta of Africa. And this inner knowledge that you seek has been within you all along…that’s all We are all truly brothers and sisters and are all connected through nature and the Universe. Good luck on your journey and awaking what’s already deep within you 🪐💫🙏☺️
@@kellyb1420 well, thank you 😊 and I agree that many have forgotten. I’ve forgotten how to practice with others. I was once part of a coven. And it was lovely…sort of. But thank you for your insight. Blessings
Hi Jacob. I recently found the path to Odin through a long-lost brother I didn't know I had. I grew up Christian and was baptized and confirmed but I lost my faith and my way after not being able to cope with my depression and the emotional abuse from my parents. I never felt a real connection with "God", but after finding the path to Odin all I can tell you that the Norse Gods are real! I moved way up near Canada from the cities and now work at a bait shop and was letting the Gods know that I will soon give them a proper offering and about 2 hours into my shift a little boy comes asking for a "handful of minnows" for his pet turtle, I gave him a scoop for free and his mother says, "say thanks Odin." Yeah, his name was Odin. And I felt their presence and I knew the Gods visited me at work, Thor stopped by the next day. Some random dude I've never seen before had runic tattoos and he complimented me on my Mjolnir I wear. Anyways I'm rambling on. I've learned much from you Jacob as well. Keep up with these wonderful videos and I look forward to supporting you anyway I can
I know this is meant for new pagans joining the faith from a monotheistic background, but I think I might show it to my parents because of how well you have objectively compared these very different faith systems and spelled out the basic principles of our faith in a way that’s easy to understand for anyone with a monotheistic background. Thanks for all you do!
@@TheWisdomOfOdin As A Christian I Love Norse Mythology But I Am Really Worried About Ukraine So I Would Like To Send Prayer To Odin But I Cant So Can You PLEASE Pray To Odin For Me?
I think this video would even be useful for people coming from a secular background as well. Since regardless of whether or not you were raised in a religious household, your preconceptions about religion as a whole are likely heavily influenced by the mainstream monotheistic religious institutions which are culturally ingrained into our society.
I'm 44 a wife mother grandmother and life long Christian. As of late I'm what you would call a deconstructing Christian bring drawn to the beliefs of my ancestors. I'm tired of the If your not Born again, if you don't believe in Jesus ONLY your going to Hell Nonsense. Even the Bible says he'll was for Satan not humans. I'm just tired of the dogma trauma and pain.
@Cress thank you for the kind words. I am not rejecting Jesus or the Bible in all. I believe it's been twisted and manipulated to control the masses. Used to even destroy our Norse/Germanic Ancestors ways by force not choice. I don't claim to know it all all I claim is thar I'm seeking first truth and then peace.
I was a Christian for my whole life untill yesterday and have chosen to be Norse Pagan. Your vids have helped me because I had the questions of "Bible" and "church" and how you follow Norse Pagan and I thank you for your help.
Wow going from Christian to Norse pagan literally overnight? Wow probably the fastest conversion ever. It took me at least 2 years to finally accept that I was an atheist.
@@metaldave08096 no, my apologies. I left out the 4 years ive spent researching a bunch of religions and beliefs and learning multiple cultures and when I came across Norse Paganism I just kept diving deeper and deeper and in the past year and half I have been digging into Norse Paganism and the night I made that comment was the night I finally accepted that I was no longer believing in my false god and I fully believe that Norse Paganism is where I belong. Sorry about the long comment
As a non Christian and a non (European) Pagan (Hindu), I wonder how exactly a person brings themselves to practice a revived ancient belief. Do you believe in Thor or Odin the way Hindus belive in Vishnu or Shiva? These modern (european) paganism is interestin coming from an follower of an Eastern religion.
Western Pagans tend to study European history and Hinduism to get a better understanding of how the ancients believed. Hinduism is the last remnant of any religion related to the Indo-European ones.
@@sponge5196 Hinduism is also a desendant of the Proto Dravidian religion. European pagans must make sure to distinguish between the the Indo European parts of Hinduism from the Non Indo parts. Unless they want to explore those areas.
@@AbhiN_1289 It’s complicated to describe, but yes I’d say there is some overlap with Hindus and how you worship, to some degree although we don’t have the same beliefs entirely. Any serious reconstructionist pagan studies early vedism, to “fill in the gaps” so to speak for things we don’t know, as it’s a piece of the greater indo-European puzzle. But as in how we come to believe in it, I think any true believer starts from a perspective that they want to have a more naturalistic spirituality, as opposed to exoteric, anti-human nature Christian spirituality. So we look to what our ancestors did before Christianity, and seek to emulate it, and pick the embers from the ashes and try to relight the flame.
I wish you luck in your endeavors and building your Norse Pagan Ministry. It's never an easy thing to do. no matter what your religious faith is. You do much good in the world And I believe that you are very sincere. I love how you go through a lot of meticulous effort to keep your facts strait, cite references. do research and show objective viewpoints. I love how uplifting your channel is. I have never seen you put other faiths down or get into a doctrinal pissing match with other religions. This is perhaps your most powerful tool in converting others. I live in Utah, the United States. I wish I could go and be back east where you exist and come to some of your gatherings. I wish that I lived in an area where I could meet up with other pagans. Just know that your channel has been very uplifting and has made a big difference in other peoples lives, including my own.
What's tragic is I actually do live near other Pagans in the US, but they tend to just be too busy and don't actually want to do anything. I have suggested numerous times that we just start with casual get-togethers and tried to set the bar low to make it easy. It's straight up brutal when all these fake religions and open con artists have their huge megachurches and real people interested in the truth can't seem to get anything at all, but we truly live in a tyrannical and corrupt age, facilitated at every level by both big corporations and governments, as well as other corrupt private interests motivated to control and enslave others. It seems the only thing holding the System together is being completely against honor and any kind of consistency whatsoever. I think there is hope as long as there are Pagan QTs though.
Thank you for this video! As someone who attended church four five nights a week in childhood, I was having a hard time wrapping my brain around Norse paganism. Turns out I've always aligned more with paganism. Christianity limited God too much to be able to call him all powerful. Thank you for the breakdown. Definitely subscribed
A weird video on RUclips caught my attention just a couple of years ago. It started with Maria Franz tapping those bones together. I had never seen the like. Fast forward, the Lifa concert by HEILUNG (German for healing) is my favorite go to in the medicine space. To others seeking…find that music that resonates and explore it in different states of mind. It will speak to you. The groups he mentioned, HEILUNG and Wardruna are a great place to start. My favorite aspect is that there is very little English lyrics so it keeps me out of my verbal logic circuits.
My therapist just said that to me since I still got a lot of learning and growing to do in my paganistic practice. What I liked the most about paganism is that there aren't a restricted or strict sets of rules. Because in Catholicism, their rules never sat well with me at all
Beautifully said. As someone who grew up with a healthy outlook in christianity. Unlearning and learning nordic cultures and studying and working with the ancestors is just fresh air. Thank you.
Excellent discussion on this topic! I think it will help clarify a number of challenges for Seekers. I'm an ex-Jehovah's Witness and when I began my Pagan journey I wasn't sure what I would find in Pagan practices. It's definitely looser and not so hyper focused on ideological conformity on every single point. The most refreshing part of my journey has been able to have deep spiritual conversations without going into them with a foregone conclusion. It's also a great comfort to have come to the understanding that the gods are never far away from us--neither are other spirits and our ancestors.
I agree, the spiritual conversations I have with people with varying forms of belief are one of the best parts. Because in the end we both walk away enriched, while not feeling like we are wrong to believe what we do.
I'm a Christian, but I like the idea of all religions and respect all religions so if anyone told me hey I am a nordic paganist (I don't know the correct term) id be chill with that I just wanted to get that out of my mind if any wants to comment on this post be my guest :)
It's a perfectly valid form of European Paganism. It's just that a lot of us English speakers in the west are either predominantly Viking, Celts, or VikingCelts.
Thank you so much for this video. I, like many others, was raised in a Baptist home. Turned to witchcraft in my late teens and I still don't really have a true direction or path. I recently discovered through a DNA test I am German, and have been interested in Norse/Germanic mythology as a way to connect to my roots. But I think the hardest thing for me to let go of is all of the first hand accounts of people who experienced heaven or saw Jesus. I've listened to testimonies and read books of people who have died and went to heaven, or died and went to hell. Stories of possessions or demonic entities. Did you experience any similar issues or complicated feelings before you converted?
I have exactly the same thoughts. Finally someone else said what I have been thinking. I too have seen and heard so many accounts of people who have had near death experiences and experienced Jesus, hell, or God as Christianity understands him. It's difficult to reconcile this. Especially when you really listen to these accounts... Many of them are far to detailed and earnest to be simply made up. Many times they speak about experiencing a reality that makes ours look like a hazy dream.. I have yet to hear or read any accounts of near death experiences with Pagan concepts of any kind. I have looked and will continue to look. The only explanation I have is that we see what we believe to be true, if raised in a Christian society we see a Christian God etc.
@tawnilamb3223 I died during a C section, and did not see either heven or hell a place with other spirits, calm, no feelings, emotions, and was sent back down to my body which I did not recognize, or my family. The spirit above me who I could not see explained everything. When I came to I was in SO MUCH PAIN! Personally I am not afraid of death, and I don't think any of that crap is real. ❤
Many people adopt other religions as a new coat of paint on the same old structure because they haven't truly left the initial mindset. If anything, modern Christianity is designed to deaden the mind and act as a replacement for spiritual thought, rather than being a source of it. I think even those who wish to remain Christians need to re-discover what that means. Deconstruct it, tear it apart, put it to the test, and then eventually you will find what you've lost.
As a Christian pastor in training, I have to say I agree with you. Practicing Christianity should definitely be about constant spiritual deconstruction and trials, not being complacent and self-satisfied.
For the Clergy section, I'd like to quote Germania by Tacitus, this sentence is talking about the kings (but hey gothis are political leaders as well) but I'm going to count it. "But even the power of the kings is not absolute or arbitrary. As for the leaders, it is their example rather than their authority that wins them special admiration- their energy, their distinction, or their presence in the front of the line." Germania 7 Historically, leadership had to prove itself among the Germanic people. So if you find a leader who has proven themselves to you, follow them (within reason, don't go culty). If not, don't follow anyone.
I find it easiest to just incorporate Norse religion (as far as nature and spirituality) to me being a Christian There's nothing really wrong with either but it never hurts to want to dive deeper into esoteric/ritual stuff
This is what I’m trying to do! I still believe in Christ and his teachings (I just don’t go to church for many reasons), and I’d like to connect in a more authentic way. I don’t believe God ever intended for us to shin nature. He is in nature. I feel like Christianity is so terrified of seeming “pagan” that as a religion we have rejected anything a “pagan” might do. Like idk, dancing naked under the moonlight in a grove of trees and chanting by a fire. That’s seen as extremely “pagan” and “wrong” by many Christians but to me it’s just another, genuine way to connect to God. Why shouldn’t Christian’s be able to dance naked under the moonlight on the solstice or whatever?? As long as we are using such a practice to worship our God, I think it’s beautiful. Apologies for the rant, I just haven’t come across many other Christian’s who are also open to ancient spiritual practices without completely converting lol
I’m struggled with Christianity. It never gave me happiness even as a kid, I was born into a very alternative open actually loving/accepting Christain household (except my dad being very conservative. My mom is super liberal. My mom presents to be right for my dad.). My aunt is a Christain witch, all of my mothers family members are super into spirituality and there being other Gods even though they’re Christain. They still had that christain mindset though, just modern and open. It made me feel comfortable being myself. I came out as a witch to my mom and she said “as long as you’re a Christain witch and when you look into the darkness, be sure to have smoke and draw a circle of protection.” I’ve accepted these terms for a few years yet more then ever I feel the knot of Christianity untying more and more everyday. I love the idea of religion still and seek a religion that allows me to feel happy. So far eclectic paganism, Wicca, and Norse I feel the most drawn towards. I plan to meditate, look for signs, and research into it all. Your channel has been a huge help for me! Thank you so much!!
Everything we know about Norse mythology, which is very little, was recorded and written by a Christian long after the Nordic lands had converted to Christianity.
I"m only 13 minutes into this video, and I'm so captivated. I just had to stop and say thank you. Thank you for this! I was raised a Southern Methodist, but always felt called to this path. Even as a child. Long story short, at 42 when I no parents or grandparents left to disappoint, I decided right then and there to start living for myself. Here at 45 I have not looked back once, and I have never been happier! Or healthier mentally, physically, or spiritually. My husband doesn't have the same beliefs, but he is 100% supportive. That goes a long way! Now I'm going to continue watching. You are explaining this in a way that I can understand, and that is not easy to do! So again, thanks. I'm a new subscriber for sure!
Hey, first I want to thank you for the topics and advice you share in these videos. I find them very helpful and interesting. I've found that I'm the first of many things in my family. The most interesting being that I'm the first person to be born blind, and (unfortunantly for me) the first pagan aka non-christan. That being said, things can get very weird and a little awkward at times. Trust me, I have received and will likely continue to receive some pretty gnarly comments about my religious choice. Setting that asside, my favorite pagan artists are Heilung and Wardruna because of the strong energy that I feel when listening. Usually, music is only heard and there's not much thought put into it. With Heilung and Wardruna however, you literally can feel it and its awesome! Also, I have a jient ball python named Odin and he's my buddy.
The biggest mistake I’ve ever made was becoming an atheist. I’ve completely sucked the mystic out of life and no matter how hard I try, I can’t get it back. I envy people who can sincerely have faith.
I think a nice place to start with bringing a mystical element back into the person's life is to acknowledge that magic and science are one in the same. Science is just the magic that we can explain, just because we know what's going on doesn't make it any less magical, as well as the inverse; just because we don't know what's going on that doesn't make it mythical and less real Xx
Thank you very much, Jacob for this video. It can be really helpful for everyone getting into this religion and for those in the path already to find a path to follow. Thank you once again. By the way, coming from a Catholic brackground, I do see a lot of similarities between the cult of Saints and that of pagan deities. I always find that transition fascinating.
This was an amazing video. Thank you for this. 🖤 I’m only 2 yrs into my path of paganism and I struggle to find answers to everything you touched on in this video. I appreciate this so much. Thank you!
Stories of the gods in the myths are sacred and divine. Sallust talks about this in his works "on the gods and the world". So you could definelty say at least the Poetic Edda is sacred and divinely inspired.
Can I ask you a question? And I mean this as an honest question. I have no intent of making fun you or your believes, there is just something that I do not get. You seem like a well-read gentleman who has clearly done his research. You have read the Edda’s, the Saga’s and seem to be aware most of our knowledge of what the Viking Age religions were have been lost to time. You also know how in Catholic saints took the place of Germanic gods. So, my question is: How can you seriously believe any of this? You know that there is no way that your interpretation of this religion can truly capture who people practiced Norse Paganism a thousand years ago. You are aware of the fact that the old, pre-christian religions, have been supplanted by Christianity. (which sort of implies that the pagan gods had no power or interest to stop themselves form being supplanted.) You also mention that you know that there is no actual religious texts about Norse Paganism that survive to this day. So, I think that I am just wondering what your actual relationship the Pagan gods is. How do you balance believing in these gods with the knowledge that the religion has been lost to time? What makes you feel that this is more than just a collection of myths whilst all you can base your religion on are, at the end of the day a collection of myths and exaggerated histories? How would you define “Believe” in these gods? Are you convinced that Odin is wandering the earth as a old man, preparing for Ragnarok and that if you die in the right way you will go to Valhalla? Or is it more of a personal code of ethics and values that you base on Norse history and mythology and call a religion ?
@John Smith I don’t think you seem to understand that I am not trying to criticize or call tWoO out or something. I am sincerely asking what his perspective on these things is. Edit: spelling mistake.
I think the answer to this is quite simple but by no means am I answering for Jacob I am just inferring from information gathered. The simple lack of textual support and evidence doesn't technically imply or force the conclusion that the Norse deities do not exist. We KNOW historically that for hundreds and even thousands of years that the Germanic and North Germanic people's followed these deities, we are vaguely aware of some of their practices and beliefs but obviously after approximately a thousand years of the old practices not being at the forefront, much has been lost to time. How much has been lost to time? Who can say. Perhaps neopaganism is actually much closer to the original practices of ancestral paganism than many believe, perhaps it's a far cry from the original practices. Ironically, many of these new practitioners come from Christianity, specifically Protestant Christianity. In my experience they seem to have complete disgust and disdain for their former faith and have simply found something else to cling to spiritually. Conveniently for them, since there is no one cut and dry way to practice their newfound faith, they can bend it to their interpretation and their personal views and beliefs on how the faith should or should not be reconstructed, it is extremely malleable. There are many different approaches to paganism, some of them take the literalist approach, some even hold to an atheistic worldview and simply view things in an archetypal fashion and some are perhaps in between. Obviously many come from backgrounds outside of Christianity or Monotheism and possibly once held generic animistic or new age views and felt the Norse Faith would be a better lens in which to apply their said beliefs, and view the world through. To reinforce your point, it certainly is not a religious practice for one who wants to be steeped in a tradition that they can easily historically navigate back in time through both written and oral traditions.
Thank you for video! There is a lot of hidden sad and horrific truth about Christianity that only few people learn. The main point is that it is a religion of death and black magic. Paganism, opposite - pagan gods are alive and real, you can communicate with them without prays and priests, and the most important - we are their children. Each of us has a God parent, we just need to find him or her.
This never was an issue for me. I just went with what I felt. Most people try to fight what they know when they’re younger, and try to justify their reasons. If one is attracted to the Christian belief, then great. Follow it! You can always expand your beliefs to incorporate things/parts. In reality, just don’t fight your essence and mentality.
While I began with Wicca in the 90's after breaking out of Pentecostalism, my explorations took me to several cultures, traditions, and paths as I sought access to the Divinity I could feel within. I just recently re-ordered my altar as I noticed I was still operating on Wiccan principles, even though I moved from it long ago. Wicca, since at least the 90's, has found its way into a lot of other traditions' modern interpretations. I find myself going more in the Animistic direction, just interacting with the consciousness of things more than their physical vehicles or their symbolic representations. Sometimes I light some sage and waft the smoke around, and other times I call to the Spirit of Sage to cleanse the space, and I find that they are 2 different ways of doing the same thing for example. Doing so led me to an interaction with Freya that I did not seek, but was positive. So, as I find that "all things have a conscious Spirit" and learn how to communicate, I also find that Gods are real and (in my experience) prefer to be spoken to like you would a friend. This is where (it seems) christianity still has sway on pagan thinking, as so many pagans do the "I said the prayer and made the offering so the Gods will like it and hopefully do what I ask in return" thing and little to nothing else. It's like we're talking AT the Gods instead of TO them, and I think that's a holdover of christian thinking. We need to be living our connection to Spirit and the Gods, as beings of equally Divine potential, not just quoting it by the fire a few times a year. With a real connection to Spirit, by knowing your own, you will hear what the next right step is. You will know the Gods, not by researching them in books, but by a direct relationship that nobody can tell you is incorrect. Teachers, traditions, and texts can point us in the direction of that connection, and can tell us some of what awaits when we do, but the connection is still our responsibility to build for ourselves. At least, that's some of what I've learned so far. Take or leave as you choose.
Christianism = Paganism!!! He's Not God!!! He's Prophet!!! Jesus never died on cross!!! He was taken unto Heavens by one mighty in power(God)!!! Christians fabricated traditions of Jesus dying for our sins makes no sense!!! Jesus was not God, nor did he claim to be God!!! During his lifetime, Jesus himself didn't call himself God and didn't consider himself God!!! At a later point, his followers began to assign attributes to him that were semi-divine like angel!!!
I cane to paganism in the year of 1997. Look at a few books on witchcraft celtic and norse really to be true it was a lot of books and it cost a lot of money but after all that i just followed my heart and loved all of the wot the gods have given you and just go with it and do it your own way and love it all it a wonderful way to live and go out there and go for it dont give up its a lot of work at times but in the end you will see it all bless it be ❤
I love cultures and myths. But as an atheist, I think when people dont know what the *F* they believe and worship, but want to believe and worship ANYWAY, they will find anything to believe and worship and will move around many religions and faiths. As I tell my Christian friends, its just an opinion, Im not telling anyone what to believe or not. Also its great to see some old religions coming back from Christian imperialism & colonialism and respecting modern laws. I hope in America Latina pagan Mayan and Aztec faith comes back, adapted to modern laws. Human sacrifices, not cool man 🤣 Better make a "New Pact" story just like Christian did to toss away the old testament laws. Good luck norse pagans, may your chosen deity bless you.
I include Christ as part of my pantheon but heavily deny the Orthodox Church and the atrocities committed throughout history in the name of “God”. I believe in one great creator, but seek counsel with the gods, the runes and my Norse ancestors. Since the creator can never be understood and is beyond human comprehension, the gods provide us humans with insight and guidance in order to help us grow spiritually, to reach our highest potential and to learn how to fully trust the great creator spirit, which is above all things material, above all religions and religious mindsets. I choose to seek wisdom from every corner of the planet from Ancient Hermetic teachings to the new era of Christianity and teachings/interpretations of the Bible (from a reasonable perspective). I hope to connect with more people soon, and I genuinely wish anyone reading this the best life that our great creator could ever offer you. Skål! 🍻
Thank you for this. I am somewhat Christian/norse pagan. I see a lot of things that have aspects of christianity and norse pagan stories that are the "same" or "similar"... hanging on tree/cross for example so many things have been just natural for me to pick up. I feel more confortable in my norse pagan beliefs and I have three of the books you mentioned. Prose edda, sagas of the icelanders and the hamaval. But yet to read them.
Thank you for making the video it came from being Catholic to practicing Norse Paganism nearly a year and this video helped out a little bit to understand certain things
After graduating from Catholicism in my 20s I eventually explored Wicca and Celtic paganism before finding Hellenic polytheism a religious framework that resonates very deeply for me. Your excellent video exploring the differences between Christianity and Norse Paganism offers some keen insights that people new to whatever practice or pantheon of Paganism may struggle with. The chapter on Christian vs. Pagan worldviews is insightful and clear. Thanks so much for posting these excellent video explorations.
I would much rather be called a Pagan than a Christian, Muslim, or Jew. In fact, I completely dislike the lies and complete dishonesty of the above mentioned religions completely. And to call the Bible or Quran a holy book is to take the dishonesty way too far.
Nothing like perpetual shekels for blood money, treachery behind closed doors, endless war profiteering on the whole world, and then putting a good spin on it with the MSM and other corpos. That's what desert religions have created.
I am catholic, and i really respect paganism, tho i cant be pagan because im argentinian, still, i really love norse paganism, and i really enjoyed this video and the respect in your words.
You can certainly find out about Argentinian Tribal religion, and there would be no problem with your practicing an Iberian Celtic Heathenry...since you certainly have Spanish blood.
Am sure my Spirit guide is around me, in re: Holy Bible per se, limited women's name were noted. My feelings, the Bible, were written by people with money during their time. It's like politics, with power. Paganism was well rooted before Christianity. Anybody that preaches about Jesus Christ were filthy rich that lives in lavish luxuries, has jet planes, yacth and lots of monies. Very sad. Thank you for widening my understanding in regards to Pagan. Best/ pearls-North
I've read a few books about Asatru, and I've watched videos about Norse paganism on RUclips and it's all very interesting. One thing I haven't seen anyone talk about though is why they believe in Norse paganism. I've seen a lot of information on the history of Norse paganism and some information on the gods and the basic ideas of how to practice Norse paganism, but no information on why people believe in it. I would be very interested in hearing more about that.
Ah, you mean like my video called Why Norse Paganism ;D ruclips.net/video/dP01Oi3BzDQ/видео.html or my other video Why Paganism? What do the Gods do for us? ;D ruclips.net/video/PCTcYBrUW_4/видео.html
As a Pagan wannabe, I kind of see the concept of hell was inspired by Tartarus from Greek Hellenistic beliefs and the concept of heaven is inspired by Asgard from Norse Viking beliefs. To tell you the truth, when I left Christianity I was just no longer sure if there was a one true god anymore, after an old friend from an evangelical church indoctrinated me of how I should see an all-powerful and perfect deity in monotheism that I did not like, which destroyed everything that I enjoyed about it. That was the reason why I gave up going to that place, now I am just searching for a community that still accepts the notion of polytheism, which is really hard to find, especially when your in California.
As a recovering Catholic and a budding Norse Pagan, I find your videos very helpful. Born with an insatiable curiosity, I have read on First Nation spiritual beliefs, Buddhism, Islam and Judaism, Greek and Roman beliefs, nothing has really resonated with me like Northern European paganism, Norse in particular. Thank you.
This video was very informative and highly enjoyable. I learned alot and have more tools in the box to help me on my journey in being Norse Pagan. I'll be sure to check out more of your content. Again, I appreciate what you are doing in helping guide former Christians such as myself to understanding Norse Paganism. May the gods keep you in favor and confidence.
I would say read Odinia and reject all dogma. Use your own mind, form your own judgements, follow your own path, defend and maintain your own people and honor. Basically be better than the churchians.
I call these other dieties devils evil angels counterfeit light. Interesting thank you. I'm still Christian Jesus Christ is KING OF GLORY. JESUS CHRIST BLESS YOU
I was a "born again" Christian and it never felt right to me! I even tried Catholicism and the rituals were to me much like Witchcraft ( a term we are never allowed to accept) I have just stumbled upon Paganism and it finally feels like I am home. I have always felt one with nature, the seasons, earth cycles etc. "craving in religion" is such a great term! Thank you for this video!
Love what you said about sacred trees. They are inherently special, doesn't have to be ordained specifically. I'm Irish/Scottish/North Sea German, so some mix of Norse/Celtic, so I tend to mix traditions, but there is definitely a tree outside my apartment I celebrate with whenever the time comes for Blos/Blot Thanks, Buddy
No they are not this has been debunked on numerous occasions and is simply something people have grasped onto and it has become an echo chamber. If someone has a source from academia that says otherwise please post it.
@@bencochran46 where did I say anything about Jesus Christ? I said to show me a scholarly source from academia that would prove Tasha Cooks statement. If they were pagan traditions brought into Christianity just provide a scholarly source from academia, not some blog post or tik tok specialist.
I deconstructed from christianity starting in November 2016...am embracing Norse paganism. I have had to endure a lot of judgment from old friends...who aren't friends anymore...
Lost my faith in christianity after the death of my grand Farther when I was around 8/9ish then later my aunt when I was around 11/12. Currently 17 and talking to a friend about celtic paganism and it's genuinely intruged me to look into it more as I all I am at the moment is an atheist who believes in spirits and ghosts.
I'm Pagan but believe Jesus is the only one who died and ressurected for us. Is that weird? I'm trying to figure out how to blend my pagan beliefs with Jesus ones. The thing is, I do respect everyone's faiths but to me I can't find of any deities who died and ressurected for us like Jesus did.
To @VivaCH7988 . I'm saying go read up on Moses. Exodus will do for starters, then look to the 10 commandments, the 1st one tells a story, which infers there are many, as did his statement of being a jealous God. YAHWEH, is the son of El, his youngest of 70 children. It was El who divied up the lands, & it was El (the father of mankind) who turned over his governorship (for lack of a better word) of Israel to Yahweh. One of Yahweh's brothers is named Ba'al, surely you've heard of him. And in the future, instead of being preached to, try reading. And not just the King James, or Catholic Bible, as they only contain a few of the books that should be within. Instead, try the copy that contains All of them & is some 8000 pages. After all, you do want to know the entire story right? BTW, El also named one of his sons El, so be sure you get the right one.
Spent 40 years as a Pentecostal holiness preacher's kid. Two years ago, I realized the transactional, rigid requirements for 'blessings' was killing my joy. Heathenry has changed my entire worldview.
I would like to advise having a look at the kuran... just see the kind of things it says, what it is like... for an understanding of why there is so much in the news shall we say...
On holy pagan books - I would say the Iliad and Odyssey are actually highly informative into the pagan worldview, no matter which European branch you adhere to, and should be considered a foundation into our ancestors’ weltanschauung.
Thanks for the video brother. I grew up Presbyterian but converted to Norse paganism about 2 months ago and needed help to learn. I mean i got books to help learn about the stories and the history of norse paganism and the nordic culture and history. But anyways this video has helped me understand more about my new religion.
So currently I’m trying to covert to Norse paganism and I’ve hit a wall so to speak, I’m not sure how to get started. I’ve seen people with altars, people who have “patron gods” and also people who just worship all the gods or just a few gods and I’m very confused I’m not sure how to pray to the gods or even where to start in this religion or faith but my friend Travis and his mom are hopefully going to be big helps because they are Norse pagan and I hope to learn from them as time goes on
I wanna remember, going to catholic church is free, and you can talk with a man who to be in his position him need to study theology and philosophy for 8 years, and he will always be open to answer your doubts, you only believe if you want.
I’m scared on which path to follow. That of The Redeemer or the All Father. I was raised in a catholic household and was shown the ways of Christ. But I fear that he has abandoned us. While I was thinking of Norse Paganism at school a crow landed directly on my table, the bird sat for several minutes unbothered until lunch ended, then it stared at me for a few seconds before flying off which I believe was a sign from Odin. But some prayers to god have favored me in the past. I don’t know who to follow..
I was a Christian for 16 years. But recently my dad fell deathly ill to the point of being rushed to the ER. I had been following paganism for some time, but I prayed to make a pact with The All Father. My undying faith in this life and the next. So that my father would come home safe. I know pacts are not made lightly with the gods, but with my dad's medical history I felt it necessary. And wouldn't ya know, he came home right as rain as if nothing ever happened. Now I hold true to my beliefs more now then ever. In honor of my father, and The All Father. Skaal.
I’m happy your father is well, you are a good son
My religious history, is similar. My Granpa fell ill, and i don't like the christian and the church, i was rise as christian and now is four years that I believe in the gods and in the All Father thanks also to various events that the norns probably already knew for some time. Skaal brother
You're good 🫡👍
That's quite impressive
Peace and many blessings to you and your family.
I was raised Christian, I live in the south, and work at a mega Christian coffee shop. It's so hard for me to be able to express my beliefs, especially as the majority of those I know/work with are so against any other beliefs. I can't tell you enough how relieving it is to hear your words. I found your channel a few years ago and recently really got into listening to your videos and they've helped me so much in working on who I truly am. Thank you so much for making such a wonderful channel, it helps more than you may know. Especially as I'm a rather introverted being and I still haven't exactly found anyone with serious nordic beliefs such as myself here in my city. I study and practice independently, and your videos don't make me feel alone.
Am making the jump from Christianity to Paganism and your channel has given me so much insight and education. Thank you for letting me into your day ❣️
I grew up in a non religious household, went to various churches with friends in high school, converted to Mormonism at 19, and left that church about 5 years later. And now I am here! This was a really interesting video, thank you!
Mormonish is not church. Went to ancient churchs. If possible to coptic orthodox churches.
@@greenpulseeducation5002 I am sorry, I don’t understand your comment
A I don't think so,but whatever 🙄
@@nikkimurray8938 What are you looking for in a religion?
@@nikkimurray8938 Mormonism was made up by a known con artist. Everything that makes it Mormonism makes it blasphemy. Just read the Bible and don’t read any of the non cannon scripture until you understand the basics of scriptural cannon. Most Christians know very little about Christianity because they don’t read the Bible.
As a Norwegian Pagan, I am so proud of you! thank you for spreading out love!
I’m a half Tanzanian guy living in North East, England, the pull I felt to Skadi randomly was just bizarre, I don’t know where it came from, Then I moved into a new home. Everything was good for a few days, then I randomly thought of the word Loki, opened a cupboard in the kitchen and there was just this massive spider sitting there, my first thought was “You tricky bastard”
What does love have to do with Norse paganism?
Yeah our religion is a religion of war and victory not love 😂
Everyone just gonna ignore how freyja is literally the goddess of love? I'm an atheist but I'm pretty sure being one isn't about beating your chest and saying how you're super tough and only care about victory.
@@davidcavan637 Freya is a goddess only women worship, men worship the gods of war and women worship the gods of love and fertility, i admit I’m oversimplifying it but that’s the gist of it
I am a Christian and believe in being a Shepard as you said. This video is interesting to watch. Even as a Christian i find it interesting and enjoy listening to other people views on their religious beliefs
jesus loved the sumeritan woman but the church hated her, jesus todl the church they worship the god of this world , wonder what jesus woudl say to 99% of churches today.....
You know if they are finding really large humans in different places like America and I think Poland now. And Goliath. There isn’t much I would think that didn’t happen in long ago. That at first humans did not believe.
The story of fallen angels . They were mighty and the ones that protected the tomb of Jesus were huge.
So long ago there were massive reptiles that had to eat and poop to flourish the world and saber tooth tigers. Then after a while a few homosapiens were born and since there were more of them all the huge things left and were smaller just due to evolving into another
Way to survive.
Real story.
Maybe in the 60’s when things were first wild a girl almost got raped and beat but something happened and the guys got scared off. She wakes up in a bad part of town where there are many who would try to do it to her again. She’s scared but she keeps walking and about a block down she has to pass by a guy that was looking to do what someone was about to do to her. And she started praying for help cause she couldn’t go thru it again and survive. And she keeps walking. She walks right past him and nothing happened. She goes to a police station tells them what happened and that she had walked by this guy. The cops didn’t believe her. So they get the guy to come in. They tell him the story about the girl. And he says I didn’t ever see a girl walk by me or she wouldn’t have been around to tell where I was.
I only saw a that girl go by at this time but she was with two really really big guys. I couldn’t have got by them.
It takes a lot of love and respect to listen to something you may not 100% agree with and still be kind and calm afterwards. God bless you. ❤🫶 thanks for being kind to other religions.
@@NightmareRex6the church doesn't hate the Samaritan woman and the church did not exist in the times of Jesus Christ. The church began at Pentecost
Christians are losers who sell their land to rapist Muslim OCCUPANTS! Only strong pagan men are able to protect the land of their ancestors!
P.S. Christians evolved into Marxists and therefore civilization weakened.
A subject I am all to familiar with. I was a devout "born again" Christian and involved with praise and worship ministry within the Assemblies of God for 30 years.
My best advice is to take your time & heal from the religious trauma and the loss of deeply held faith. It can be extremely painful to have those roots yanked out. I spent years un-indoctrinating. I wasn't even able to begin looking in other areas for my spirituality for probably 6-7 years after coming to terms with my loss. I did eventually embrace the old ways and gods of our ancestors but I had lingering fears of hellfire for a time. Now, not at all. I've come across a sea of turmoil and can now safely say I know myself and what my beliefs are without any fears. Be easy with yourself and absorb info, be brave when Christian family try to pen you down. If they can be proud of their beliefs then so can you!
I think the more experiences you have walking a pagan path only affirm more and more you are on the right one. Like you said its taken me years too to remove that lingering fear of being "wrong" but it does go away in time!
You weren't born again false conversion. Also hell is real wake up.
@@theymockedjesusalso On the contrary, I had a very deep and real "born again" experience that was sorrowful, repentant and life-changing. I was a hurricane of faith & loved God with everything in me. How else could I have been involved in ministry so long. It was just as real a salvation experience as any other born again Christians', with true repentance and crying out for the Lord to forgive me and wash me of my life of sin and be the lord of my life. 30 years I spent in love with Jesus and leading others to salvation. So yeah, I was every bit as born again, radically saved, spirit-filled, follower of Christ that you are probably claiming to be.
You can think whatever you want to if it comforts you. I've been there and also felt that need sometimes as well. It's not truth but if it comforts you and that's what you need to think, more power to you. However if mine wasn't real, I have some seriously bad news for you, yours is just as unreal. I'm fine with that, as well. Because in the end it is all emotion based, fear, guilt, and control.
@@TempleOvBlackLight however i believe you’ll need to take that up with the apostles and even Christ as its pointed out multiple times
They’re are those whom will say they’re of Christ when in reality they never were. Really apart of Christ as by your words if you’ve really served in ministry 30years it must have taken a massive event for you too lose your faith. As I don’t accept the excuse of this extreme emotional event caused me to lose my faith stick that people normally talk about as you who else had extreme emotional events the prophets of the Old Testament and the disciple’s of Christ they were persecuted for merely believing they were thrown in jail beat flogged hanged killed and so much more and yet even though they may have had doubts they still persevered to the end and if all it took was
Ether one emotional event to break you you were never going to make it in the church as Christ say we’re to expect what I had just mentioned what happen to the apostles but what they did to Christ himself now I’m sure you have your reasons however. I find it ridiculous to lose your faith over things that are temporary and everything is temporary
You having a job is temporary have cars houses food water etc are temporary things even pain is though it doesn’t seem like it at first. So I’m stuck here asking why someone
Would lose their faith over something so ridiculously small when Christ told us you’ll be hated you’ll be slandered you’ll be thrown in jail unjustly accused and then more than likely killed for merely believing on him. So again where you really born again
Or is that what you’ve told yourself to make you feel better? As Lucifer claims to be an angel of light and yet we know he is a deceiver. So as you can see one hides under a false shield of good while the other is actually good so did you really believe at all or did you just say you believed as anyone can say they believe in something and never follow through with it and again I have to ask what was the things that lead up to your leaving? As I understand it you ether are of him totally or your against him Christ makes that very blunt point to everyone your ether with God or where never part of him to begin with and Christ in the New Testament
Outlines this very well to show you who the genuine one are from the fakes the genuine one will go onto death for him and will take all that pain and suffering but will push through it all to the end or you can be the other guy who gives up on trying to be righteous and instead loses himself to the world around him that is all temporary all though fainting something Christ talks about
And say that it takes faith not to faint in this world and to in general follow him I also have to ask what do you have right now do you live in a house apartment a car do you have clothes food in your stomach do you have water to drink if the answer is yes even if you have just a little of these thing your still much better off then most people who have none of those things
@@Followerofchrist221 I never mentioned anything about what caused my renunciation of Christ but it was not a simple, painless, nor a quick decision. It was something years in the making. Then after so much over years of time piled up it took one huge event that weakened my faith just enough to allow me to question those deeply rooted beliefs I held for so many years.
That began another 5-6 years of a bareboned truth searching period trying to hold onto my faith but willing to question things that weren't adding up. Things I would have never questioned before. However, a real truth-seeker will come to a place that even their very strong beliefs are even questionable. If one never has a period like that, then I question whether they are even a real truth-seeker. Truth is truth no matter how much it sucks when it slaps you in the face. It can be painful & having your deeply rooted faith whither & rot and be yanked up is extremely painful. Cognitive dissonance wants to kick in but again a truth-seeker will follow the journey through the thorns, the agony, and not run back to the comfort of his beliefs.
So yeah, I came through the process and am now fully un-indoctrinated or deprogrammed of the cult of Abrahamic religion, namely being an evangelical born again Christian. Men's holy books are just men putting God(s) in a small box of their own defining. There is nothing holy written in any texts whether it's the Torah, Peter, Paul or Mark. Nothing in the Quran, or the Vedics texts. It's all just men probably tripping on mushrooms and trying to relate their experiences to their tribes and those stories got passed down over long periods of time until we end up with Judaism, Christianity & Islam.
I think Christianity adopted a lot of Norse pagan holy days for instance Christmas is referred to as Yule time and ester the spring hare is associated to Easter in the eggs and all the stuff that kids go find as well as Halloween and the Christian holiday the very next day it's all blended into one thing but I think now people are starting to realize that there is actually more than one God.
Catholicism* adopted pagan beliefs. The Bible does actually slightly hint at other spirits, "gods" if you will, but we worship the King of Kings, the ultimate Creator.
I grew up as a pastors daughter and I’m now exploring pagan beliefs and embarking on my own spiritual path. I found this video fascinating! Thank you for sharing!
Best wishes to you, and hope you find the answers you are seeking 🍀
Come back sister .
I grew up in a very religious family as seems that the more christianity is pushed on someone from a young age, the more likely they are to abandon that path as they grow older. My own path has been christian, to Wicca, to agnostic, to Celtic paganism, and finally to Norse paganism. The wonderful thing about paganism to me is the lack of "judgement" both as a person and in the light of how one lives one's life. I find most of the highly intolerant people that I know seem to be the most "Christian", where as most of the pagans and heathens I know tend more towards live and let live. Christianity teaches of their god's love, but gloss over the fact that if you don't "believe" in this one nameless being you get to spend an eternity in a lake of fire, but he is supposedly all loving...
Break his rules?
Burn.
Don't believe in him?
Burn.
Pass, I will no longer worship a nameless God with no connection to my people other than the fact that some of my ancestors were conned into believing his priests.
Hello, Hannah! I think in time you might move away from this channel. I can recommend some new channels to follow when & if you become interested. Have a lovely day!
Agreed@@Thorin7.62. In my case it was because my beloved paternal grandpa passed away. I later learned that in various branches of Christianity and Judaism that there is the belief that interfaith couples won’t be reunited in death. As the daughter of an interfaith couple and the granddaughter of an interfaith couple (my dad’s dad and his beloved stepmom) I am glad I converted to Celtic Wicca.
I am currently Christian, but due to my traditional political ideology, I am also welcoming Germanic Paganism, and perhaps convert, thank you for your information.
There are a great many hands reaching out to pull you from the darkness and into the light.. I will pray to the Gods for you, that you may grasp them and join the ranks of your true people against this universalist blight, they need you now more than ever before.
I love and appreciate the format you do your videos in with history, facts, and opinion all being included. Like so many others, there's no one in my life that shares pagan beliefs or practices and it's really nice to hear a friendly voice involving paganism. Makes it where I don't feel so alone in the beliefs. Thank you.
I grew up Roman Catholic, and yes, a bunch of kneeling and standing up and doing precise things. I went with Celtic Paganism. My Parents switched to Eastern Catholic. When I went to some masses, they had a lot of incense and icons around. My sister stayed with Roman Catholic. Now I consider myself a Norse Pagan. It's been interesting when we get together for family gatherings.
That was Raise Southern Baptist and And I want to get into a Norse Paganism And be part of the religion
I was raised in a strict Christian household and went to a strict Christian School but I've always had an interest in the Norse Pegan beliefs. I grew up in a state that had many Scandinavian descendants living there, so I was raised hearing the Norse stories and I always felt so connected with them and the culture (I especially liked the stories with Loki in it lol). There was even a point as a teenager where I was considering converting, but due to fear of the Christian community I lived in, I didn't. Recently I've been getting into it again and finally feel ready to go on my own spiritual path. Thank you for this video, it helped a lot :)
Just remeber Odin is a shaggy old guy who lost his eyes can't heal himself and died by getting mauled by wolf you stay the way you are already in right path you are saved by Lord Jesus
@@jtgamingzz6258 reflects your level of wisdom, versatility, and literature really well
@@ishaanlohani5326 who cares dead religion, dead god, dead mythology
I would like to say thanks for this video cause I come form a Christian family and I have always struggled with my beliefs with Christianity and norse religion
Thank you for your share. I'm new to Norse paganism and was brought up by a Baptist minister grandfather. My uncle is also a Baptist minister. So you can see how hard it was for me growing up feeling like that wasn't the way for me. I'm so appreciative of your videos and experiences you share. Thank you again
I can relate to that. All of Jacobs videos really connected with me.
My great grandfather was a southern baptist preacher, and my grandfather played the piano at his church every Sunday. So I am right there with you!
@@TheWisdomOfOdin yes my gpa was a southern Baptist. It was hard growing up living in guilt,fear and shame because of the teachings. I'm glad I found my path and still finding it with help from you and others
so a American try to educate Americans Christian in Old Norse pagan Christianity is a fraud of Old Norse Pagan water down fraud to be exact Christians. claim they know so much about Christianity but it's funny how topic doesn't come up about Christian There's actually 6 chapters of the Bible not three. I'm not even Christian and I know that the other three chapters have been banned from being printed for over 100 years.
Amen and Aowen 💐
I love the leaf hitting you in the head as you're talking about "declaring jesus as your savior" lmao . That shows how our gods are humorous. 😂
Tricksy Goddses!
Odin will literally talk about how he got too drunk and made a fool of himself! He's like us. And that's very important
@@TheWisdomOfOdin after this I am interested in christianity more... Idk why..
Fellow Kentuckian here, i am just starting my journey and starting to explore, I was raised Roman Catholic, and haven't been happy/practiced for the last 9 years, Ive always been drawn to Norse Paganism and am excited to start down this path
Your channel has been exceptionally helpful, i started my path if paganism a few days ago and have been able to learn so much from you. Thank you very much.
I was raised Christian…but at 16 I discovered Wicca. After 30 years of Wicca I feel a bit adrift. I literally keep feeling a pull to Freya. Something that’s never happened to me before. So I feel that in a lot of ways I’m starting over. Your videos have been such a huge help for me, and I can’t begin to express my gratitude. I’m taking it slow…as mighty oaks were once tiny acorns. I’m so used to keeping a grimoire…so I’m still keeping a journal of sorts. Thank you for doing what you do and for sharing so freely. 💕
WE are ALL connected and it goes much deeper then you think.
Your statement that you were once a Wiccan but now being pulled in another direction…?
Makes me feel so sad for you and many like you who are unaware…?
Let me try and explain this to you, because it’s hard over a RUclips post.
So many like you are completely unaware, and oblivious to the fact that our MAGIC, our POWER, and our CURIOSITY has already existed for million’s
Because it is sewn🧵 🪡 deep within the FABRIC of our ANCIENT DNA 🧬
We have forgotten over millions of years that we were once one big landmass a supercontinent that connected us all together for millions of years. That your Wiccan Faith has roots in Ancient Australia, and to Egypt. Regardless of what you wanna call it, Norwegian, Ireland, Welsh Germanic roots? Or Druidism Celtic roots it ALL comes outta of ANCIENT AFRICA.
Ancient Africa, India, Madagascar, Australia and Antarctica, Ancient Asia all of these locations have there Roots, and is practiced today. We are just completely unaware of it.
the practices of using Nature to know thyself, knowing how to us nature to practice your craft, all comes from ancient Africa all the way to Ancient Pele, and all the way from the Aboriginal Australians from the outback, to the ancient pyramids All EMBODY you today right now, there ancient knowledge is in you already
Everyone’s familiar with King Tut, and his mother was Nefertiti, she had many beautiful daughters. She married on of her daughters off to a Scottish King, that just an example of how through the many millions of years of human existence, we have passed down rhe knowledge of ancient wisdom, as old as the Volcano God Pele, this curiosity has existed in all of us for millions of years.
Your a combined embodiment of your Wiccan beliefs, as well as Freya and Odin have been within you all along.
That you’ve always had the power within you because this hunger of knowledge is deep rooted within your soul already. Embrace it all, and know that when your working and learning your craft, that he powers within you come from all over the world 🌎
The same knowledge our ancient ancestors carried within them when they crossed that last remaining land bridge millions of years ago. The knowledge and power of Nature, is already with in you, you just have to wake it up, that’s all 😉
No labels needed, you have embodied everything I’ve listed above already, if your a Wiccan then your also an embodiment of all that we’ve listed above already, you just gotta wake it up, and grow the seeds within us that our ancient ancestors planted within us millions of years ago.
Blessed Be 🙏
We are all made of STAR DUST and connected to Mother Earth, to the Planets 🪐 and as one within Nature, are ALL CONNECTED.
@@kellyb1420 thank you? I think 🤔 I’m not sure if you feeling sad for me is an insult…I’m assuming not? Like you said, it’s hard to articulate meaning over a RUclips post. As a Wiccan I was very eclectic in my practice and my study. I’m fully aware of the interconnectedness between the pagan faiths and spiritual paths. I focused mainly on Celtic and Norse deities, because I felt a stronger connection to them. My feeling adrift and pulled towards Norse paganism in general has more to do with community. I’ve practiced as a solitary pagan nearly all my life. So the pull of Freya has more to do with being pulled towards community, as I had already been practicing and venerating Norse deities. As someone who is half Korean, trust me…I get that there’s an interconnectedness. I find that there’s a Korean deity for every Celtic and Norse deity. I’ve never doubted my power or where I stand with that power and the universe. I’d just rather not do it alone anymore and Freya has been pulling me towards community and shared beliefs rather than floating solo. It’s something I feel I need to do slowly, because it’s definitely unfamiliar territory. So I appreciate your comment, it was quite thoughtful and I appreciate that.
@@KneppwoodatHome ohhh no the exact opposite actually my friend,
There’s so many who forget that before CHRISTIANITY, MUSLIMS, HINDUISM, we forget that we were once all connected, because we were once literally connected by the land. We were one big humongous land mass. That the knowledge of ancient Indigenous peoples all the way from Ancient China, Aboriginal Australia, to here where I am in America we were once all connected,
Freya is within you already your just waking her up, that’s all. ☺️
Druidism, Paganism, and ancient African Voodoo is allllll connected, and it’s sewn deep within you already, that’s all I mean. You’ve had it all along and so have I….
That’s all I was trying to say…? 🙃
Which is hard to communicate all of this over a text message, it’s easier if I had the actual ancient maps that also included the later land mass bridges that existed after our great big continent started to break apart and section off, it would be easier if I could show you the actual maps and bridges to show you how we all came outta of Africa. And this inner knowledge that you seek has been within you all along…that’s all
We are all truly brothers and sisters and are all connected through nature and the Universe. Good luck on your journey and awaking what’s already deep within you 🪐💫🙏☺️
@@kellyb1420 well, thank you 😊 and I agree that many have forgotten. I’ve forgotten how to practice with others. I was once part of a coven. And it was lovely…sort of. But thank you for your insight. Blessings
@@kellyb1420 Wicca is literally a made up religion. It's creator was connected to the creator of scientology.
Hi Jacob. I recently found the path to Odin through a long-lost brother I didn't know I had. I grew up Christian and was baptized and confirmed but I lost my faith and my way after not being able to cope with my depression and the emotional abuse from my parents. I never felt a real connection with "God", but after finding the path to Odin all I can tell you that the Norse Gods are real! I moved way up near Canada from the cities and now work at a bait shop and was letting the Gods know that I will soon give them a proper offering and about 2 hours into my shift a little boy comes asking for a "handful of minnows" for his pet turtle, I gave him a scoop for free and his mother says, "say thanks Odin." Yeah, his name was Odin. And I felt their presence and I knew the Gods visited me at work, Thor stopped by the next day. Some random dude I've never seen before had runic tattoos and he complimented me on my Mjolnir I wear. Anyways I'm rambling on. I've learned much from you Jacob as well. Keep up with these wonderful videos and I look forward to supporting you anyway I can
I know this is meant for new pagans joining the faith from a monotheistic background, but I think I might show it to my parents because of how well you have objectively compared these very different faith systems and spelled out the basic principles of our faith in a way that’s easy to understand for anyone with a monotheistic background. Thanks for all you do!
Thank you! That means a lot! Hope it helps.
@@TheWisdomOfOdin As A Christian I Love Norse Mythology But I Am Really Worried About Ukraine So I Would Like To Send Prayer To Odin But I Cant So Can You PLEASE Pray To Odin For Me?
@@TheWisdomOfOdin He's My Favorite Norse God
All Christians have Ishtar. I mean Easter. 🐑🐥🐣🐰🐇
I listen to a couple of channels at 1.5 normal playback. You, 0.75. 😆
I think this video would even be useful for people coming from a secular background as well. Since regardless of whether or not you were raised in a religious household, your preconceptions about religion as a whole are likely heavily influenced by the mainstream monotheistic religious institutions which are culturally ingrained into our society.
I'm 44 a wife mother grandmother and life long Christian. As of late I'm what you would call a deconstructing Christian bring drawn to the beliefs of my ancestors. I'm tired of the If your not Born again, if you don't believe in Jesus ONLY your going to Hell Nonsense. Even the Bible says he'll was for Satan not humans. I'm just tired of the dogma trauma and pain.
Greetings, what bit of the Bible sayeth that?
@Cress thou nee canst truthen that.
@@farfandelosgodos1681 Mathew 25:41 Hell was prepared for the devil and his fallen.
@Cress thank you for the kind words. I am not rejecting Jesus or the Bible in all. I believe it's been twisted and manipulated to control the masses. Used to even destroy our Norse/Germanic Ancestors ways by force not choice. I don't claim to know it all all I claim is thar I'm seeking first truth and then peace.
Well that's your slave religion in a nutshell lmao
Paganism is a future development .....
I was a Christian for my whole life untill yesterday and have chosen to be Norse Pagan. Your vids have helped me because I had the questions of "Bible" and "church" and how you follow Norse Pagan and I thank you for your help.
Wow going from Christian to Norse pagan literally overnight? Wow probably the fastest conversion ever. It took me at least 2 years to finally accept that I was an atheist.
@@metaldave08096 no, my apologies. I left out the 4 years ive spent researching a bunch of religions and beliefs and learning multiple cultures and when I came across Norse Paganism I just kept diving deeper and deeper and in the past year and half I have been digging into Norse Paganism and the night I made that comment was the night I finally accepted that I was no longer believing in my false god and I fully believe that Norse Paganism is where I belong. Sorry about the long comment
As a non Christian and a non (European) Pagan (Hindu), I wonder how exactly a person brings themselves to practice a revived ancient belief. Do you believe in Thor or Odin the way Hindus belive in Vishnu or Shiva? These modern (european) paganism is interestin coming from an follower of an Eastern religion.
Western Pagans tend to study European history and Hinduism to get a better understanding of how the ancients believed. Hinduism is the last remnant of any religion related to the Indo-European ones.
@@sponge5196 Hinduism is also a desendant of the Proto Dravidian religion. European pagans must make sure to distinguish between the the Indo European parts of Hinduism from the Non Indo parts. Unless they want to explore those areas.
@@AbhiN_1289
It’s complicated to describe, but yes I’d say there is some overlap with Hindus and how you worship, to some degree although we don’t have the same beliefs entirely. Any serious reconstructionist pagan studies early vedism, to “fill in the gaps” so to speak for things we don’t know, as it’s a piece of the greater indo-European puzzle. But as in how we come to believe in it, I think any true believer starts from a perspective that they want to have a more naturalistic spirituality, as opposed to exoteric, anti-human nature Christian spirituality. So we look to what our ancestors did before Christianity, and seek to emulate it, and pick the embers from the ashes and try to relight the flame.
@@monkeymoment6478 Vey insightful. Thank you!
The most of the heathens seeth the heathenhood with a eyes of a christen...
I wish you luck in your endeavors and building your Norse Pagan Ministry. It's never an easy thing to do. no matter what your religious faith is. You do much good in the world And I believe that you are very sincere. I love how you go through a lot of meticulous effort to keep your facts strait, cite references. do research and show objective viewpoints. I love how uplifting your channel is. I have never seen you put other faiths down or get into a doctrinal pissing match with other religions. This is perhaps your most powerful tool in converting others.
I live in Utah, the United States. I wish I could go and be back east where you exist and come to some of your gatherings. I wish that I lived in an area where I could meet up with other pagans. Just know that your channel has been very uplifting and has made a big difference in other peoples lives, including my own.
What's tragic is I actually do live near other Pagans in the US, but they tend to just be too busy and don't actually want to do anything. I have suggested numerous times that we just start with casual get-togethers and tried to set the bar low to make it easy. It's straight up brutal when all these fake religions and open con artists have their huge megachurches and real people interested in the truth can't seem to get anything at all, but we truly live in a tyrannical and corrupt age, facilitated at every level by both big corporations and governments, as well as other corrupt private interests motivated to control and enslave others. It seems the only thing holding the System together is being completely against honor and any kind of consistency whatsoever. I think there is hope as long as there are Pagan QTs though.
Thank you for this video! As someone who attended church four five nights a week in childhood, I was having a hard time wrapping my brain around Norse paganism. Turns out I've always aligned more with paganism. Christianity limited God too much to be able to call him all powerful. Thank you for the breakdown. Definitely subscribed
A weird video on RUclips caught my attention just a couple of years ago. It started with Maria Franz tapping those bones together. I had never seen the like.
Fast forward, the Lifa concert by HEILUNG (German for healing) is my favorite go to in the medicine space.
To others seeking…find that music that resonates and explore it in different states of mind. It will speak to you. The groups he mentioned, HEILUNG and Wardruna are a great place to start. My favorite aspect is that there is very little English lyrics so it keeps me out of my verbal logic circuits.
ruclips.net/video/5aKl4NoVwzo/видео.html
@@INFRIAS Nice! I saved it to a playlist. I don’t usually click links in RUclips comments, but. I felt sure this was something good.
@@BartzAJohnsonJr Send Me Your Favourite Music Sometime 🔊🎶🔥
I’ll Listen 🤘
Don't be a follower. This is not an organizrd religion. Let others inspire you, but create your own path.
My therapist just said that to me since I still got a lot of learning and growing to do in my paganistic practice. What I liked the most about paganism is that there aren't a restricted or strict sets of rules. Because in Catholicism, their rules never sat well with me at all
Beautifully said. As someone who grew up with a healthy outlook in christianity. Unlearning and learning nordic cultures and studying and working with the ancestors is just fresh air. Thank you.
Excellent discussion on this topic! I think it will help clarify a number of challenges for Seekers. I'm an ex-Jehovah's Witness and when I began my Pagan journey I wasn't sure what I would find in Pagan practices. It's definitely looser and not so hyper focused on ideological conformity on every single point. The most refreshing part of my journey has been able to have deep spiritual conversations without going into them with a foregone conclusion. It's also a great comfort to have come to the understanding that the gods are never far away from us--neither are other spirits and our ancestors.
I agree, the spiritual conversations I have with people with varying forms of belief are one of the best parts. Because in the end we both walk away enriched, while not feeling like we are wrong to believe what we do.
I'm a Christian, but I like the idea of all religions and respect all religions so if anyone told me hey I am a nordic paganist (I don't know the correct term) id be chill with that I just wanted to get that out of my mind if any wants to comment on this post be my guest :)
Love you brother, happy holy days to you.
What you thing about slavic paganism?
It's a perfectly valid form of European Paganism. It's just that a lot of us English speakers in the west are either predominantly Viking, Celts, or VikingCelts.
CS Lewis, Tolkien and GK Chesterton were relatively sympathetic to paganism especially Norse paganism.
Thank you so much for this video. I, like many others, was raised in a Baptist home. Turned to witchcraft in my late teens and I still don't really have a true direction or path. I recently discovered through a DNA test I am German, and have been interested in Norse/Germanic mythology as a way to connect to my roots. But I think the hardest thing for me to let go of is all of the first hand accounts of people who experienced heaven or saw Jesus. I've listened to testimonies and read books of people who have died and went to heaven, or died and went to hell. Stories of possessions or demonic entities. Did you experience any similar issues or complicated feelings before you converted?
I have exactly the same thoughts. Finally someone else said what I have been thinking. I too have seen and heard so many accounts of people who have had near death experiences and experienced Jesus, hell, or God as Christianity understands him. It's difficult to reconcile this. Especially when you really listen to these accounts... Many of them are far to detailed and earnest to be simply made up. Many times they speak about experiencing a reality that makes ours look like a hazy dream.. I have yet to hear or read any accounts of near death experiences with Pagan concepts of any kind. I have looked and will continue to look. The only explanation I have is that we see what we believe to be true, if raised in a Christian society we see a Christian God etc.
Same here :0
@tawnilamb3223 I died during a C section, and did not see either heven or hell a place with other spirits, calm, no feelings, emotions, and was sent back down to my body which I did not recognize, or my family. The spirit above me who I could not see explained everything. When I came to I was in SO MUCH PAIN! Personally I am not afraid of death, and I don't think any of that crap is real. ❤
I don't know, but there sure are a lot of big lies going around.
Many people adopt other religions as a new coat of paint on the same old structure because they haven't truly left the initial mindset. If anything, modern Christianity is designed to deaden the mind and act as a replacement for spiritual thought, rather than being a source of it.
I think even those who wish to remain Christians need to re-discover what that means. Deconstruct it, tear it apart, put it to the test, and then eventually you will find what you've lost.
As a Christian pastor in training, I have to say I agree with you. Practicing Christianity should definitely be about constant spiritual deconstruction and trials, not being complacent and self-satisfied.
For the Clergy section, I'd like to quote Germania by Tacitus, this sentence is talking about the kings (but hey gothis are political leaders as well) but I'm going to count it.
"But even the power of the kings is not absolute or arbitrary. As for the leaders, it is their example rather than their authority that wins them special admiration- their energy, their distinction, or their presence in the front of the line." Germania 7
Historically, leadership had to prove itself among the Germanic people. So if you find a leader who has proven themselves to you, follow them (within reason, don't go culty). If not, don't follow anyone.
I find it easiest to just incorporate Norse religion (as far as nature and spirituality) to me being a Christian
There's nothing really wrong with either but it never hurts to want to dive deeper into esoteric/ritual stuff
This is what I’m trying to do! I still believe in Christ and his teachings (I just don’t go to church for many reasons), and I’d like to connect in a more authentic way. I don’t believe God ever intended for us to shin nature. He is in nature. I feel like Christianity is so terrified of seeming “pagan” that as a religion we have rejected anything a “pagan” might do. Like idk, dancing naked under the moonlight in a grove of trees and chanting by a fire. That’s seen as extremely “pagan” and “wrong” by many Christians but to me it’s just another, genuine way to connect to God. Why shouldn’t Christian’s be able to dance naked under the moonlight on the solstice or whatever?? As long as we are using such a practice to worship our God, I think it’s beautiful.
Apologies for the rant, I just haven’t come across many other Christian’s who are also open to ancient spiritual practices without completely converting lol
I’m struggled with Christianity. It never gave me happiness even as a kid, I was born into a very alternative open actually loving/accepting Christain household (except my dad being very conservative. My mom is super liberal. My mom presents to be right for my dad.). My aunt is a Christain witch, all of my mothers family members are super into spirituality and there being other Gods even though they’re Christain. They still had that christain mindset though, just modern and open. It made me feel comfortable being myself. I came out as a witch to my mom and she said “as long as you’re a Christain witch and when you look into the darkness, be sure to have smoke and draw a circle of protection.”
I’ve accepted these terms for a few years yet more then ever I feel the knot of Christianity untying more and more everyday. I love the idea of religion still and seek a religion that allows me to feel happy. So far eclectic paganism, Wicca, and Norse I feel the most drawn towards. I plan to meditate, look for signs, and research into it all. Your channel has been a huge help for me! Thank you so much!!
Dont forget, the cross is pagan.
The true cross of Thor is banned on RUclips. It's a much more important cross.
Everything we know about Norse mythology, which is very little, was recorded and written by a Christian long after the Nordic lands had converted to Christianity.
I"m only 13 minutes into this video, and I'm so captivated. I just had to stop and say thank you. Thank you for this! I was raised a Southern Methodist, but always felt called to this path. Even as a child. Long story short, at 42 when I no parents or grandparents left to disappoint, I decided right then and there to start living for myself. Here at 45 I have not looked back once, and I have never been happier! Or healthier mentally, physically, or spiritually. My husband doesn't have the same beliefs, but he is 100% supportive. That goes a long way! Now I'm going to continue watching. You are explaining this in a way that I can understand, and that is not easy to do! So again, thanks. I'm a new subscriber for sure!
So happy this video helped you 🙏
You are looking healthy, fit, and Viking.
Hey, first I want to thank you for the topics and advice you share in these videos. I find them very helpful and interesting.
I've found that I'm the first of many things in my family. The most interesting being that I'm the first person to be born blind, and (unfortunantly for me) the first pagan aka non-christan. That being said, things can get very weird and a little awkward at times. Trust me, I have received and will likely continue to receive some pretty gnarly comments about my religious choice. Setting that asside, my favorite pagan artists are Heilung and Wardruna because of the strong energy that I feel when listening. Usually, music is only heard and there's not much thought put into it. With Heilung and Wardruna however, you literally can feel it and its awesome! Also, I have a jient ball python named Odin and he's my buddy.
The biggest mistake I’ve ever made was becoming an atheist. I’ve completely sucked the mystic out of life and no matter how hard I try, I can’t get it back. I envy people who can sincerely have faith.
I think a nice place to start with bringing a mystical element back into the person's life is to acknowledge that magic and science are one in the same. Science is just the magic that we can explain, just because we know what's going on doesn't make it any less magical, as well as the inverse; just because we don't know what's going on that doesn't make it mythical and less real Xx
Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
Thank you very much, Jacob for this video. It can be really helpful for everyone getting into this religion and for those in the path already to find a path to follow. Thank you once again.
By the way, coming from a Catholic brackground, I do see a lot of similarities between the cult of Saints and that of pagan deities. I always find that transition fascinating.
This was an amazing video. Thank you for this. 🖤 I’m only 2 yrs into my path of paganism and I struggle to find answers to everything you touched on in this video. I appreciate this so much. Thank you!
Stories of the gods in the myths are sacred and divine. Sallust talks about this in his works "on the gods and the world". So you could definelty say at least the Poetic Edda is sacred and divinely inspired.
Can I ask you a question?
And I mean this as an honest question. I have no intent of making fun you or your believes, there is just something that I do not get.
You seem like a well-read gentleman who has clearly done his research. You have read the Edda’s, the Saga’s and seem to be aware most of our knowledge of what the Viking Age religions were have been lost to time. You also know how in Catholic saints took the place of Germanic gods.
So, my question is: How can you seriously believe any of this?
You know that there is no way that your interpretation of this religion can truly capture who people practiced Norse Paganism a thousand years ago. You are aware of the fact that the old, pre-christian religions, have been supplanted by Christianity. (which sort of implies that the pagan gods had no power or interest to stop themselves form being supplanted.)
You also mention that you know that there is no actual religious texts about Norse Paganism that survive to this day. So, I think that I am just wondering what your actual relationship the Pagan gods is. How do you balance believing in these gods with the knowledge that the religion has been lost to time? What makes you feel that this is more than just a collection of myths whilst all you can base your religion on are, at the end of the day a collection of myths and exaggerated histories?
How would you define “Believe” in these gods? Are you convinced that Odin is wandering the earth as a old man, preparing for Ragnarok and that if you die in the right way you will go to Valhalla? Or is it more of a personal code of ethics and values that you base on Norse history and mythology and call a religion ?
@John Smith What an eloquent answer.
@John Smith I don’t think you seem to understand that I am not trying to criticize or call tWoO out or something.
I am sincerely asking what his perspective on these things is.
Edit: spelling mistake.
I think the answer to this is quite simple but by no means am I answering for Jacob I am just inferring from information gathered. The simple lack of textual support and evidence doesn't technically imply or force the conclusion that the Norse deities do not exist. We KNOW historically that for hundreds and even thousands of years that the Germanic and North Germanic people's followed these deities, we are vaguely aware of some of their practices and beliefs but obviously after approximately a thousand years of the old practices not being at the forefront, much has been lost to time. How much has been lost to time? Who can say. Perhaps neopaganism is actually much closer to the original practices of ancestral paganism than many believe, perhaps it's a far cry from the original practices. Ironically, many of these new practitioners come from Christianity, specifically Protestant Christianity. In my experience they seem to have complete disgust and disdain for their former faith and have simply found something else to cling to spiritually. Conveniently for them, since there is no one cut and dry way to practice their newfound faith, they can bend it to their interpretation and their personal views and beliefs on how the faith should or should not be reconstructed, it is extremely malleable. There are many different approaches to paganism, some of them take the literalist approach, some even hold to an atheistic worldview and simply view things in an archetypal fashion and some are perhaps in between. Obviously many come from backgrounds outside of Christianity or Monotheism and possibly once held generic animistic or new age views and felt the Norse Faith would be a better lens in which to apply their said beliefs, and view the world through. To reinforce your point, it certainly is not a religious practice for one who wants to be steeped in a tradition that they can easily historically navigate back in time through both written and oral traditions.
@@caseycardenas1668 Thank you for your polite and insightful comment.
I'm an ex Catholic turned polytheistic pagan fresh out of the broom closet and I still have much more learning and growing to do
Thanks for your video as some that was force feed Pentecostal Christian. I am now find my self being drawn to Norse pagan . So this helps
Majority of Christians don't even know that "the father" has a name other than "God".
Thank you for video! There is a lot of hidden sad and horrific truth about Christianity that only few people learn. The main point is that it is a religion of death and black magic. Paganism, opposite - pagan gods are alive and real, you can communicate with them without prays and priests, and the most important - we are their children. Each of us has a God parent, we just need to find him or her.
Thank you for making these videos, I have been wanting to learn more about the Norse religion.
This never was an issue for me. I just went with what I felt. Most people try to fight what they know when they’re younger, and try to justify their reasons. If one is attracted to the Christian belief, then great. Follow it! You can always expand your beliefs to incorporate things/parts. In reality, just don’t fight your essence and mentality.
While I began with Wicca in the 90's after breaking out of Pentecostalism, my explorations took me to several cultures, traditions, and paths as I sought access to the Divinity I could feel within. I just recently re-ordered my altar as I noticed I was still operating on Wiccan principles, even though I moved from it long ago. Wicca, since at least the 90's, has found its way into a lot of other traditions' modern interpretations. I find myself going more in the Animistic direction, just interacting with the consciousness of things more than their physical vehicles or their symbolic representations. Sometimes I light some sage and waft the smoke around, and other times I call to the Spirit of Sage to cleanse the space, and I find that they are 2 different ways of doing the same thing for example. Doing so led me to an interaction with Freya that I did not seek, but was positive. So, as I find that "all things have a conscious Spirit" and learn how to communicate, I also find that Gods are real and (in my experience) prefer to be spoken to like you would a friend. This is where (it seems) christianity still has sway on pagan thinking, as so many pagans do the "I said the prayer and made the offering so the Gods will like it and hopefully do what I ask in return" thing and little to nothing else. It's like we're talking AT the Gods instead of TO them, and I think that's a holdover of christian thinking. We need to be living our connection to Spirit and the Gods, as beings of equally Divine potential, not just quoting it by the fire a few times a year. With a real connection to Spirit, by knowing your own, you will hear what the next right step is. You will know the Gods, not by researching them in books, but by a direct relationship that nobody can tell you is incorrect. Teachers, traditions, and texts can point us in the direction of that connection, and can tell us some of what awaits when we do, but the connection is still our responsibility to build for ourselves. At least, that's some of what I've learned so far. Take or leave as you choose.
Thanks!
Christianism = Paganism!!!
He's Not God!!! He's Prophet!!!
Jesus never died on cross!!!
He was taken unto Heavens by one mighty in power(God)!!!
Christians fabricated traditions of Jesus dying for our sins makes no sense!!!
Jesus was not God, nor did he claim to be God!!!
During his lifetime, Jesus himself didn't call himself God and didn't consider himself God!!!
At a later point, his followers began to assign attributes to him that were semi-divine like angel!!!
I cane to paganism in the year of 1997. Look at a few books on witchcraft celtic and norse really to be true it was a lot of books and it cost a lot of money but after all that i just followed my heart and loved all of the wot the gods have given you and just go with it and do it your own way and love it all it a wonderful way to live and go out there and go for it dont give up its a lot of work at times but in the end you will see it all bless it be ❤
I love cultures and myths. But as an atheist, I think when people dont know what the *F* they believe and worship, but want to believe and worship ANYWAY, they will find anything to believe and worship and will move around many religions and faiths.
As I tell my Christian friends, its just an opinion, Im not telling anyone what to believe or not.
Also its great to see some old religions coming back from Christian imperialism & colonialism and respecting modern laws. I hope in America Latina pagan Mayan and Aztec faith comes back, adapted to modern laws. Human sacrifices, not cool man 🤣 Better make a "New Pact" story just like Christian did to toss away the old testament laws.
Good luck norse pagans, may your chosen deity bless you.
I include Christ as part of my pantheon but heavily deny the Orthodox Church and the atrocities committed throughout history in the name of “God”. I believe in one great creator, but seek counsel with the gods, the runes and my Norse ancestors. Since the creator can never be understood and is beyond human comprehension, the gods provide us humans with insight and guidance in order to help us grow spiritually, to reach our highest potential and to learn how to fully trust the great creator spirit, which is above all things material, above all religions and religious mindsets. I choose to seek wisdom from every corner of the planet from Ancient Hermetic teachings to the new era of Christianity and teachings/interpretations of the Bible (from a reasonable perspective). I hope to connect with more people soon, and I genuinely wish anyone reading this the best life that our great creator could ever offer you. Skål! 🍻
Thank you for this. I am somewhat Christian/norse pagan. I see a lot of things that have aspects of christianity and norse pagan stories that are the "same" or "similar"... hanging on tree/cross for example so many things have been just natural for me to pick up. I feel more confortable in my norse pagan beliefs and I have three of the books you mentioned. Prose edda, sagas of the icelanders and the hamaval. But yet to read them.
Has a 52 year old English man I have grown tired of the church and the materialism. And clearly fake healings just to make money
Thank you for making the video it came from being Catholic to practicing Norse Paganism nearly a year and this video helped out a little bit to understand certain things
After graduating from Catholicism in my 20s I eventually explored Wicca and Celtic paganism before finding Hellenic polytheism a religious framework that resonates very deeply for me. Your excellent video exploring the differences between Christianity and Norse Paganism offers some keen insights that people new to whatever practice or pantheon of Paganism may struggle with. The chapter on Christian vs. Pagan worldviews is insightful and clear. Thanks so much for posting these excellent video explorations.
I would much rather be called a Pagan than a Christian, Muslim, or Jew.
In fact, I completely dislike the lies and complete dishonesty of the above mentioned religions completely.
And to call the Bible or Quran a holy book is to take the dishonesty way too far.
Nothing like perpetual shekels for blood money, treachery behind closed doors, endless war profiteering on the whole world, and then putting a good spin on it with the MSM and other corpos. That's what desert religions have created.
I am catholic, and i really respect paganism, tho i cant be pagan because im argentinian, still, i really love norse paganism, and i really enjoyed this video and the respect in your words.
You can certainly find out about Argentinian Tribal religion, and there would be no problem with your practicing an Iberian Celtic Heathenry...since you certainly have Spanish blood.
Am sure my Spirit guide is around me, in re: Holy Bible per se, limited women's name were noted. My feelings, the Bible, were written by people with money during their time. It's like politics, with power. Paganism was well rooted before Christianity. Anybody that preaches about Jesus Christ were filthy rich that lives in lavish luxuries, has jet planes, yacth and lots of monies. Very sad. Thank you for widening my understanding in regards to Pagan. Best/ pearls-North
I've read a few books about Asatru, and I've watched videos about Norse paganism on RUclips and it's all very interesting. One thing I haven't seen anyone talk about though is why they believe in Norse paganism. I've seen a lot of information on the history of Norse paganism and some information on the gods and the basic ideas of how to practice Norse paganism, but no information on why people believe in it. I would be very interested in hearing more about that.
Ah, you mean like my video called Why Norse Paganism ;D
ruclips.net/video/dP01Oi3BzDQ/видео.html
or my other video Why Paganism? What do the Gods do for us? ;D
ruclips.net/video/PCTcYBrUW_4/видео.html
@@TheWisdomOfOdin Very nice. I'll give them a look.
As a Pagan wannabe, I kind of see the concept of hell was inspired by Tartarus from Greek Hellenistic beliefs and the concept of heaven is inspired by Asgard from Norse Viking beliefs. To tell you the truth, when I left Christianity I was just no longer sure if there was a one true god anymore, after an old friend from an evangelical church indoctrinated me of how I should see an all-powerful and perfect deity in monotheism that I did not like, which destroyed everything that I enjoyed about it. That was the reason why I gave up going to that place, now I am just searching for a community that still accepts the notion of polytheism, which is really hard to find, especially when your in California.
Moving from away Abrahamic desert religions back to a natural Ancestral world view.
As a recovering Catholic and a budding Norse Pagan, I find your videos very helpful. Born with an insatiable curiosity, I have read on First Nation spiritual beliefs, Buddhism, Islam and Judaism, Greek and Roman beliefs, nothing has really resonated with me like Northern European paganism, Norse in particular. Thank you.
Great job covering these subject without any hard lines in your explanation.
So many can only explain things from a ridged world view.
Keep it up man
I think that's Obi Wan not Jesus 🤣
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People flip flop on religion all the time. People do what is popular and acceptable to others.
This video was very informative and highly enjoyable. I learned alot and have more tools in the box to help me on my journey in being Norse Pagan. I'll be sure to check out more of your content. Again, I appreciate what you are doing in helping guide former Christians such as myself to understanding Norse Paganism. May the gods keep you in favor and confidence.
I'm als Christian and I'm only 15 I feel like I'm in the right video
Thanks for convincing me to join pagan. Good choice.
I was thinking about being interested in neopagonism and be a Norse pagan and I don't know what to start like can you guys help me out
I would say read Odinia and reject all dogma. Use your own mind, form your own judgements, follow your own path, defend and maintain your own people and honor. Basically be better than the churchians.
I call these other dieties devils evil angels counterfeit light. Interesting thank you. I'm still Christian
Jesus Christ is KING OF GLORY.
JESUS CHRIST BLESS YOU
I think a lot of people appreciate what you're doing I'm one of them. To keep up the good works
Id like to attend a gathering. Im from SW PA.
I was a "born again" Christian and it never felt right to me! I even tried Catholicism and the rituals were to me much like Witchcraft ( a term we are never allowed to accept) I have just stumbled upon Paganism and it finally feels like I am home. I have always felt one with nature, the seasons, earth cycles etc. "craving in religion" is such a great term! Thank you for this video!
Love what you said about sacred trees. They are inherently special, doesn't have to be ordained specifically.
I'm Irish/Scottish/North Sea German, so some mix of Norse/Celtic, so I tend to mix traditions, but there is definitely a tree outside my apartment I celebrate with whenever the time comes for Blos/Blot Thanks, Buddy
What about Christmas and the Christmas tree, and the yule log... Aren't they paganism rituals brought into Christiianity?
90% of Christian traditions are stolen/adopted Pagan rituals
No they are not this has been debunked on numerous occasions and is simply something people have grasped onto and it has become an echo chamber. If someone has a source from academia that says otherwise please post it.
@@caseycardenas1668 How is a pine tree representative of Christ?
@@bencochran46 where did I say anything about Jesus Christ? I said to show me a scholarly source from academia that would prove Tasha Cooks statement. If they were pagan traditions brought into Christianity just provide a scholarly source from academia, not some blog post or tik tok specialist.
@@caseycardenas1668not true. Nothing have been debunked.
I deconstructed from christianity starting in November 2016...am embracing Norse paganism. I have had to endure a lot of judgment from old friends...who aren't friends anymore...
Lost my faith in christianity after the death of my grand Farther when I was around 8/9ish then later my aunt when I was around 11/12. Currently 17 and talking to a friend about celtic paganism and it's genuinely intruged me to look into it more as I all I am at the moment is an atheist who believes in spirits and ghosts.
I always bring up the Germanians we're also crucified along with other people too.
What by who?
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@@afreakaboucher1316 the tribe you can't criticize that owns this platform and has special words for not liking them
I'm Pagan but believe Jesus is the only one who died and ressurected for us. Is that weird? I'm trying to figure out how to blend my pagan beliefs with Jesus ones. The thing is, I do respect everyone's faiths but to me I can't find of any deities who died and ressurected for us like Jesus did.
Pagan belief and Christianity are mutually exclusive. You CANNOT be both.
Do one on Muslims converting to paganism.
To @VivaCH7988 . I'm saying go read up on Moses. Exodus will do for starters, then look to the 10 commandments, the 1st one tells a story, which infers there are many, as did his statement of being a jealous God. YAHWEH, is the son of El, his youngest of 70 children. It was El who divied up the lands, & it was El (the father of mankind) who turned over his governorship (for lack of a better word) of Israel to Yahweh. One of Yahweh's brothers is named Ba'al, surely you've heard of him. And in the future, instead of being preached to, try reading. And not just the King James, or Catholic Bible, as they only contain a few of the books that should be within. Instead, try the copy that contains All of them & is some 8000 pages. After all, you do want to know the entire story right?
BTW, El also named one of his sons El, so be sure you get the right one.
Spent 40 years as a Pentecostal holiness preacher's kid. Two years ago, I realized the transactional, rigid requirements for 'blessings' was killing my joy. Heathenry has changed my entire worldview.
I would like to advise having a look at the kuran... just see the kind of things it says, what it is like... for an understanding of why there is so much in the news shall we say...
On holy pagan books - I would say the Iliad and Odyssey are actually highly informative into the pagan worldview, no matter which European branch you adhere to, and should be considered a foundation into our ancestors’ weltanschauung.
We all walk our own path, others cannot walk it for you.
Thanks for the video brother. I grew up Presbyterian but converted to Norse paganism about 2 months ago and needed help to learn. I mean i got books to help learn about the stories and the history of norse paganism and the nordic culture and history. But anyways this video has helped me understand more about my new religion.
So currently I’m trying to covert to Norse paganism and I’ve hit a wall so to speak, I’m not sure how to get started. I’ve seen people with altars, people who have “patron gods” and also people who just worship all the gods or just a few gods and I’m very confused I’m not sure how to pray to the gods or even where to start in this religion or faith but my friend Travis and his mom are hopefully going to be big helps because they are Norse pagan and I hope to learn from them as time goes on
I wanna remember, going to catholic church is free, and you can talk with a man who to be in his position him need to study theology and philosophy for 8 years, and he will always be open to answer your doubts, you only believe if you want.
I’m scared on which path to follow. That of The Redeemer or the All Father. I was raised in a catholic household and was shown the ways of Christ. But I fear that he has abandoned us. While I was thinking of Norse Paganism at school a crow landed directly on my table, the bird sat for several minutes unbothered until lunch ended, then it stared at me for a few seconds before flying off which I believe was a sign from Odin. But some prayers to god have favored me in the past. I don’t know who to follow..