Jacob, I am also 30 years old and from the cornfields of Ohio. It is actually my Kentucky/Appalachian ancestry that drew me into Animism and witchcraft, because they have always connected deeply to the land, and were also at its mercy so to speak. To this day, my family does those traditional practices for protection from storms, to have a successful harvest from our gardens each year, for prosperity in the new year, and so much else. The connection to the mountains and rivers is as you described too. Does this resonate with you as well? Awesome video, thank you for this reminder to get outside and talk to the mountains!
Will you ever do a video in England and cover Anglo-Saxon heathenry? Would like to hear your thoughts on it as it is often overlooked in favour of Norse. Personally, I think the Anglo-Saxon Woden, through my workings with him, for example, is much darker, bloodthirsty and less refined than the later Odin, and the Anglo-Saxon wæcyres being like “corpse-stealing witches” rather than the Norse beautiful Amazonian depiction of the valkyrie - is so interesting! I would love to see you explore this! I also wish we had more Anglo-Saxon heathens. Theoretically, we should, because Anglo-Saxon ancestry is far more prevalent around the world than Scandinavian ancestry.
Truly enjoyed your reflections in this video! I'm sharing this on Twitter/X/Twix/whatever we're calling it these days. Nothing is separate from the divine, and the natural world and our daily lives are the avenues of a healthy spirituality! What you said about taking the time and just *listening* resonates strongly. This is the path back to sanity!
In New Zealand there is a concept that I can only recall as "aroha te whenua" which is love of the land. Its your sharing of spiritual connection to your area or land your frequent and when people introduce themselves formerly in the Maōri way, they speak on the land they hail from AND the land they love/connect to. I wasn't born in NZ but I am recognised as part of the land because of my connection to it. I wonder if this concept exists elsewhere 🤔
There is nothing more healing to me than nature and animals, I remember how anxious and dissonant I was before I began my worship of the Earth. Thank you for the wonderful video
For me, when I speak to the Landvaettir, I am talking to ALL the spirits of the land...the spirits of the earth, plants, rocks, animals, etc, AND the hidden people...the Gods, the Elves, the Fae, etc. All the Spirits, regardless of who they are, are tied to the land. Since opening myself up to these entitles, I have no choice but to hear and feel them. You are right! People have closed themselves off from these Spirits, and humanity has lost something in the process. But...in the places where people still commune with the Spirits of the Land, you can feel the collective energy flowing through everything and that is really special! I wish I was with you experiencing these things along side you! Thank you for this important talk, and for sharing the beauty of that place with us! ❤
I connect to Sköpnir through woodworking since she is the Goddess of woodworking and boat building. Everything i carve, sculpt, and build is an acknowledgment to her creativity and place among the norse God's and Goddesses.
Jacob, I can see Woden has given u great Wisdom! Thank you for all the information, inspiration, insight, understanding, knowledge, and Wisdom. Hail Thor Odinson Skòl 💀🍻
I love your enthusiasm for this spiritual journey so much! I had the good fortune to visit Scotland last year, so I’m looking forward to your videos on ancient Scottish beliefs!
I think polytheism vs. monotheism is a false dialectic. It seems much of the ancient polytheistic religions were more montheistic than we give credit for and the ancient monotheistic religions were more polytheistic than we give credit for. To me, this has been a great achievement of the perennialist philosophers. They understood these traditions in a more nuanced and dynamic way, which revealed the hidden unity between these kinds of religions.
Great video. I’m new to all of this and I’ve been really diving deep into videos and listening. I still consider myself Christian, but I am definitely what they would call a liberal Christian. I was wondering if you had any book recommendations on the very subject of what you were talking about About how we worship God in certain times? Perhaps books on how we went from polytheism to monotheism because of power and greed anything like that? That’s what I’m wanting to read. Appreciate the videos. I’m learning a lot thank you.
Jacob, I've been following your channel for a few months now since starting on my journey to learn more about Paganism. I really appreciate your work. Although I personally do not pray to multiple God's, I relate to everything else you've said here. I also have been wanting to say for awhile now that since you've planted yourself in Scotland, you seem happier and more full of energy and aliveness. I remember in one of your videos you said when you first planted your feet on Scotland soil, you felt like you were home and this gave me chills. I want to know what that feels like one day. Now that you have been living there for awhile, I see the deep, beautiful change in your soul. I just wanted to comment on this as I think it's amazing! Anyways, take good care and keep up this profound work you are doing!!
We need to connect to the land and sea as our ancestors did, you should talk about famous women in history that fought on the battlefield, like shield maidens
Although I deeply enjoy this channel and all that you teach me, I have had to learn not to be a Joiner of groups. For whatever reason, it never lasts and eventually I am advised by everyone else in the group, to depart. Apparently, my perception of things is not what everyone else's perception is, and I become a thorn in their side. I think for myself and am not a sheep and don't follow the herd. Skal
Thank you for speaking so courteously of our different religions! Respecting your position, I wish to share my own perspective. When I saw the title of this video, I thought, "Why does it have to be either monotheism or animism? I am a Christian animist, as was St. Francis of Assissi, St. Joan of Arc, St. Hildegard of Bingen, and Jesus Christ Himself." After all, Jesus spoke to wind and water as beings, not mindless forces. Nor is this a New Testament thing. The old testament is full of things like invoking the land to give witness on one's behalf when there were no people around to do so, or a prophet told by God to deliver messages to mountains. We lost this connection with nature because the earliest converts to Christianity were mainly the urban poor and enslaved, forcibly cut off from nature, while the last hold-outs of Paganism were the Pagani, the country people who only saw their oppressors during holidays when the latter were on their best behavior ; they therefore didn't feel the same pressing need for validation. This caused an artificial connection between Animism and Paganism, when in fact Animism can fit compatibly in any religion. I believe in one Creator, but why shouldn't I talk with, interact with, and respect my fellow Creatures, human or not? My opinions about Genesis are Animism-based. Eating the fruit of our own knowledge, I believe, referred to the transition from the paradisical paleolithic lifestyle to the neolithic lifestyle that increased death, disease, literally bone-crushing labor, hierarchy and misery, when we fancied ourselves as gods of little plots of land where we controlled what lived or died, where we invented possessiveness and all the crimes that go with it, and when we came to fear nature as the realm that we didn't control. Forbidden fruit could also refer to rotten fruit, and the invention of alcoholic beverages. By the lure of bread and alcohol humanity became trapped. (The seduction of Enki in the saga of Gilgamesh also seems to reference this.) I see Jesus as the Totality manifesting as a human being. In His last supper, after washing everyone's feet and thus refuting hierarchy and lust for power, He took the very things that first led us to fall--bread and wine--and owned them: this, too, is Jesus. This doesn't have to separate us from the Totality.
I really enjoyed that you brought up equality, though there was a back step with humility, and that's ok, I do agree with the equality though. From the perspective of non-pagans, this is a hard concept for people to understand. Power hierarchies have been long associated with humans and mythology and for me, the break from that concept of this has power, or this has influenced, to a more broad perspective of cyclic balance, definitely reinvigorated my own sense of spirituality. Really enjoy the vids, best of luck to your journey :)
Yeah, animism/polytheism, or really any other theism besides monotheism, believibly warrants more of this sort of understanding and acceptance of how things simply are and their being.
I think you're right. We've gotten so used to the 9-5 grind of "Achievements and Moar and The Grind and Exaustion" that we don't know how to do anything but that. Jacob says here and other places that we're supposed to revere nature and be still and listen to it. My grandmother, a Christian, often said that God wanted me to "Be Still and Know" I think in some ways, they're both saying the same thing. God, Norse, Celtic, Helenistic, animist, whatever... Just... Be still and know... and just listen and let yourself just BE. You'll find a lot more in that I think than most people want you to.
I've never felt a stronger connection with Thor than standing in s hurricane, but lifting weights and sword fighting (Viking Age reenactment actually) ate really strong moments as well.
Indigenous America/ns understand that you are equal to all other life forms. You may still need to feel small as the process of decolonization from Christianity carries on, but it is very important - as you continue to teach here - to clarify that "feeling small" as you are expounding it does NOT equate to Christian guilt. (If monotheists WOULD begin to feel guilt about harming the ecology of the planet, then maybe they could use their cosmology to stop harming...) Feeling small in the presence of the environment is feeling and living in balance and harmony with Earth Mother. You have your spiritual instructions from Creator just as the sparrow, black bear, oak tree and brook do. Your souls are equal even as spiritual instructions are specific to varying life forms. You recognize these differences - these 'spiritual animations' in the real world - and honor them, work with them, worship them in the forms and presences of the Spiritual Beings all around us.
I've always described being a monotheist as being selectively atheist. The most devoted muslim is a complete atheist when it comes to buddhism. You get the picture? Polytheism is the only one that makes sense. For everything there is in nature, there is a god behind that. One simply cannot live in denial about spiritual experiences and communities. Since the dawn of human history humans have worshipped more than one god. Even the monotheists can't deny that there are other religions with other gods to worship. It's just a fact of reality. In this modern world of overstimulation, social media, "adult content" processed foods, lack of culture, and crappy music, it's very important to get outside and remember your roots. The Roman pagan god Lucifer told me in a tarot reading the only voice that matters is your own inner guidance. We must make more of an effort to get outside, find peace of mind, and talk to the gods. ☺️
As he draws from the sheath Dwelling in his plate underneath All that remains is beserker rage and fury Blood stained eyes, leaving his sight blurry Charging into a wretched battle Slaughtering his opponents like cattle Duel wielding blades forged from hell Strengthened by the souls of those who've fell Swift as lightening striking with great powers Bloody martyred soldiers resting amongst the flowers Gravebound by doubt no time to cower Enraged by the archers tickling him from the tower Nothing able to divert his path Showering in pools of blood increases his wrath Multitudes of souls are unable to fuel his hunger Scent of battle sending them down under Millions of fools falling victim to this warmonger Arms as heavy as ten anchors, causing them to plunder Blades ripping through chain mail as loud as thunder Storms on the horizon skies blood red Blades becoming arrows as they pierce into his enemies head A true marksman with an aim to kill Pillaging the weak, hunger never being filled.
The difference between the Monotheistic world view and the Pantheistic/Pagan view is in my view summed up as, either the One is the many, or, the many are the One.
There is so much magick in our world. It is a shame that society has strayed away and disconnected from it. Yet, grateful that we can find our way back to it.
Transhumanists want us to worship tech and the AI. It's not real though, there can't be spirit in technology, and this is just another false religion they want to invent to control people, in the most unholy and unnatural way.
Jacob. First: I love your YT channel. Thank you! But, Second: I think your understanding the "problem" with a monotheism/istic view of nature (aka "the Creation") is more of an understanding of Western Christianity's misconstrual of the Biblical portrait of God and Creation. Yes, Western Christianity, unfortunately, seemed to follow the leads of Francis Bacon (his works "An Advertisement Touching a Holy War" and "Novum Organum II" et al) and John Locke ("Two Treatises on Civil Government, II.V" et al) in concocting the notion of "Human Exceptionalism." This is the basis of an a-historical and somewhat anachronistic (mis)appropriation of Genesis 1:28. The combination of Baconian "Science" and Lockian Individualism plus the "Spirit of Capitalism" (Industrialized Capitalism at that!) crept into the "Christian" white, straight, male, colonial, and power-full inappropriate appropriations of the Bible. "Colonialism" and "Manifest Destiny" come to mind here as well. While Human Exceptionalism is sadly still alive and well among many Christians, it is dead or dying among many other Christians. I suggest you have a look at texts in the Bible such as Psalms 104 and 148, Proverbs 8:22-31, and Job 38-41. But start first with Genesis 2:4-3:24, aka the "Second Creation Narrative" which is about 400 years older than Genesis 1:1-2:3 (the "first creation narrative" which is actually not a narrative, but a liturgy/poem). Genesis 2:4-3:24 clearly portrays a thoroughly integral creation. Hosea 4:1-3 portrays Creation (nature!) as a self-determining subject reacting to the covenant infidelity of humans. Finally, Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si," and its follow-up "Laudate Deum," have on offer a bold exercise in re-imagining humans' relationship to the natural world that is so critical for our time, our age - the Anthropocene. Finally, I think that Christianity has a whole lot to learn from the Polytheisms (read Job!), Animisms, and Paganism about better ways to relate to nature (Creation!). Many Christians still believe that the Creation - the sky and earth, flora and fauna - does indeed speak if we only have ears to hear and see...Brother Sun, Sister Moon, and Mother Earth (all three titles coined by St. Francis of Assisi!). The biblical view of Creation/Nature is certainly more complex and mysterious than anyone, especially me!, can fully grasp.
We can respect and love Nature without having to make it aware of us. Everything is aware of us in Nature anyway. We are the arrogant ones who think everything centres on us. It is up to us to learn our place in Nature , and that is not at the top of a hierarchy or even a place of our own devising. We need to be reabsorbed in the landscape of Nature to truly feel connected, but we never need to reconnect with something we are always part of. The world already is an animated being.
Actually, everyone has a seventh sense or an instinct for the spiritual. And once he makes himself known, he will realize what he has been deceived. There are good reasons why churches are away from nature and pre-Christian things are slandered. Because often a simple walk or contact with the stories of your ancestors is enough and no pastor in the world can prevent you from leaving.
oh, the whole "getting back to nature" thing is a very old concept. i think it depends upon what one thinks god is. as a scientific pantheist i do not think of god as separate or as personified.
I already know the answer to this question I'm just putting it out there, who do u think created all the gods u worship? Not looking 4 a response back.
Alan Watts explained that it is not proper to translate the Hindu gods as "gods" but rather "angels". Of course there are countless angels, but Pagan philosophers such as Aristotle understood that there is only One First Cause/Creator. Everything else, even if you want to call them gods, were created by the One and subsequently formed into their form.
What are you talking about? How rude and ignorant to try and superimpose your abrahamic beliefs onto a polytheists religious views. The Hindu God's are just "angels" huh? You realize how angels are actually described in the Bible and Torah correct?
@@amoghmanuachar7015 Ananda Coomaraswamy states that Devas and Asuras in the Vedic lore are similar to Angels-Theoi-Gods and Titans of Greek mythology, both are powerful but have different orientations and inclinations, the Devas representing the powers of Light and the Asuras representing the powers of Darkness in Hindu mythology.[61][62] According to Coomaraswamy's interpretation of Devas and Asuras, both these natures exist in each human being, the tyrant and the angel is within each being, the best and the worst within each person struggles before choices and one's nature, and the Hindu formulation of Devas and Asuras is an eternal dance between these within each person.[63][64] The Devas and Asuras, Angels and Titans, powers of Light and powers of Darkness in Rigveda, although distinct and opposite in operation, are in essence consubstantial, their distinction being a matter not of essence but of orientation, revolution, or transformation. In this case, the Titan is potentially an Angel, the Angel still by nature a Titan; the Darkness in actu is Light, the Light in potentia Darkness; whence the designations Asura and Deva may be applied to one and the same Person according to the mode of operation, as in Rigveda 1.163.3, "Trita art thou (Agni) by interior operation". - Ananda Coomaraswamy, Journal of the American Oriental Society[62]
If he "came back to life" he didn't sacrifice anything, the world needs more deities to be believe in, do we need Jesus or does your pastor or priest needs your prayer for that new jet or car or new boat? Trust the gods and goddesses
No, we don't. Abrahamism is just the ultimate ponzi scheme, and has heavily "borrowed (appropriated)" from older spiritual beliefs and older pantheons. Humanity is not the slaves of some "king" or other autocrat.
I'm 55 and been saying my whole life that Nature is my "church" .. so enjoying your videos .. thank you for sharing.
I am 55 too! Nature is my church as well :) 💜
I’ve been saying that since forever, too! (65!)
We need to reconnect with our earth for without we cannot survive. This is our home, so let's love it, work with it and value it
Polytheism is an acknowledgment that the irreducible quality of experience is Relationship
Jacob, I am also 30 years old and from the cornfields of Ohio. It is actually my Kentucky/Appalachian ancestry that drew me into Animism and witchcraft, because they have always connected deeply to the land, and were also at its mercy so to speak. To this day, my family does those traditional practices for protection from storms, to have a successful harvest from our gardens each year, for prosperity in the new year, and so much else. The connection to the mountains and rivers is as you described too. Does this resonate with you as well?
Awesome video, thank you for this reminder to get outside and talk to the mountains!
There are more Appalachian witches n our past than we realize!
Yes! Yes! All of this!
Will you ever do a video in England and cover Anglo-Saxon heathenry? Would like to hear your thoughts on it as it is often overlooked in favour of Norse. Personally, I think the Anglo-Saxon Woden, through my workings with him, for example, is much darker, bloodthirsty and less refined than the later Odin, and the Anglo-Saxon wæcyres being like “corpse-stealing witches” rather than the Norse beautiful Amazonian depiction of the valkyrie - is so interesting! I would love to see you explore this!
I also wish we had more Anglo-Saxon heathens. Theoretically, we should, because Anglo-Saxon ancestry is far more prevalent around the world than Scandinavian ancestry.
Nearly 30! You whippersnapper! Just joking, I'm nearly 60 and have felt this about our magnificent natural world for as long as I can remember.
Truly enjoyed your reflections in this video! I'm sharing this on Twitter/X/Twix/whatever we're calling it these days. Nothing is separate from the divine, and the natural world and our daily lives are the avenues of a healthy spirituality! What you said about taking the time and just *listening* resonates strongly. This is the path back to sanity!
Thank you 🙏
In New Zealand there is a concept that I can only recall as "aroha te whenua" which is love of the land. Its your sharing of spiritual connection to your area or land your frequent and when people introduce themselves formerly in the Maōri way, they speak on the land they hail from AND the land they love/connect to. I wasn't born in NZ but I am recognised as part of the land because of my connection to it. I wonder if this concept exists elsewhere 🤔
There is nothing more healing to me than nature and animals, I remember how anxious and dissonant I was before I began my worship of the Earth. Thank you for the wonderful video
For me, when I speak to the Landvaettir, I am talking to ALL the spirits of the land...the spirits of the earth, plants, rocks, animals, etc, AND the hidden people...the Gods, the Elves, the Fae, etc. All the Spirits, regardless of who they are, are tied to the land. Since opening myself up to these entitles, I have no choice but to hear and feel them. You are right! People have closed themselves off from these Spirits, and humanity has lost something in the process. But...in the places where people still commune with the Spirits of the Land, you can feel the collective energy flowing through everything and that is really special! I wish I was with you experiencing these things along side you! Thank you for this important talk, and for sharing the beauty of that place with us! ❤
I connect to Sköpnir through woodworking since she is the Goddess of woodworking and boat building. Everything i carve, sculpt, and build is an acknowledgment to her creativity and place among the norse God's and Goddesses.
First time I saw a mountain all I could think was your quote: "is this not what religion should be?"
Beautiful video Jacob, have been there & can definitely say photos & vids convey only a fraction of the experience of being 'present with the land'
It was a honor to spend a couple days in the Glenn. Such a wonderful energy
Yes! Thank you! Your passion is infectious and you express and explain this concept better than I ever could. Thank you!!!
Jacob, I can see Woden has given u great Wisdom! Thank you for all the information, inspiration, insight, understanding, knowledge, and Wisdom. Hail Thor Odinson Skòl 💀🍻
Videos like this, Jacob, are what make this channel awesome and worth supporting. Thanks for all you do.
Agree 1000% and other people are starting to come to the same realization.
I love your enthusiasm for this spiritual journey so much! I had the good fortune to visit Scotland last year, so I’m looking forward to your videos on ancient Scottish beliefs!
I think polytheism vs. monotheism is a false dialectic. It seems much of the ancient polytheistic religions were more montheistic than we give credit for and the ancient monotheistic religions were more polytheistic than we give credit for. To me, this has been a great achievement of the perennialist philosophers. They understood these traditions in a more nuanced and dynamic way, which revealed the hidden unity between these kinds of religions.
I’ve always loved pantheism personally, in all reality we’re all speaking of the same Thing here-that which has no name eternal.
Blessings ❤
Great video. I’m new to all of this and I’ve been really diving deep into videos and listening. I still consider myself Christian, but I am definitely what they would call a liberal Christian. I was wondering if you had any book recommendations on the very subject of what you were talking about About how we worship God in certain times? Perhaps books on how we went from polytheism to monotheism because of power and greed anything like that? That’s what I’m wanting to read. Appreciate the videos. I’m learning a lot thank you.
Jacob, I've been following your channel for a few months now since starting on my journey to learn more about Paganism. I really appreciate your work. Although I personally do not pray to multiple God's, I relate to everything else you've said here. I also have been wanting to say for awhile now that since you've planted yourself in Scotland, you seem happier and more full of energy and aliveness. I remember in one of your videos you said when you first planted your feet on Scotland soil, you felt like you were home and this gave me chills. I want to know what that feels like one day. Now that you have been living there for awhile, I see the deep, beautiful change in your soul. I just wanted to comment on this as I think it's amazing! Anyways, take good care and keep up this profound work you are doing!!
This information is very valuable, been trying to figure this walk out, and you truly helped me today.
Got chills dude, you mirror my thoughts. May the Gods, ancestors and Vættir smile on you 🍻
We need to connect to the land and sea as our ancestors did, you should talk about famous women in history that fought on the battlefield, like shield maidens
thank you for this :D
This is a beautiful video, thank you.
Although I deeply enjoy this channel and all that you teach me, I have had to learn not to be a Joiner of groups. For whatever reason, it never lasts and eventually I am advised by everyone else in the group, to depart. Apparently, my perception of things is not what everyone else's perception is, and I become a thorn in their side. I think for myself and am not a sheep and don't follow the herd. Skal
for more information on animism, check out arith harger.
Thank you for speaking so courteously of our different religions! Respecting your position, I wish to share my own perspective.
When I saw the title of this video, I thought, "Why does it have to be either monotheism or animism? I am a Christian animist, as was St. Francis of Assissi, St. Joan of Arc, St. Hildegard of Bingen, and Jesus Christ Himself." After all, Jesus spoke to wind and water as beings, not mindless forces. Nor is this a New Testament thing. The old testament is full of things like invoking the land to give witness on one's behalf when there were no people around to do so, or a prophet told by God to deliver messages to mountains.
We lost this connection with nature because the earliest converts to Christianity were mainly the urban poor and enslaved, forcibly cut off from nature, while the last hold-outs of Paganism were the Pagani, the country people who only saw their oppressors during holidays when the latter were on their best behavior ; they therefore didn't feel the same pressing need for validation. This caused an artificial connection between Animism and Paganism, when in fact Animism can fit compatibly in any religion. I believe in one Creator, but why shouldn't I talk with, interact with, and respect my fellow Creatures, human or not?
My opinions about Genesis are Animism-based. Eating the fruit of our own knowledge, I believe, referred to the transition from the paradisical paleolithic lifestyle to the neolithic lifestyle that increased death, disease, literally bone-crushing labor, hierarchy and misery, when we fancied ourselves as gods of little plots of land where we controlled what lived or died, where we invented possessiveness and all the crimes that go with it, and when we came to fear nature as the realm that we didn't control. Forbidden fruit could also refer to rotten fruit, and the invention of alcoholic beverages. By the lure of bread and alcohol humanity became trapped. (The seduction of Enki in the saga of Gilgamesh also seems to reference this.)
I see Jesus as the Totality manifesting as a human being. In His last supper, after washing everyone's feet and thus refuting hierarchy and lust for power, He took the very things that first led us to fall--bread and wine--and owned them: this, too, is Jesus. This doesn't have to separate us from the Totality.
Love this and I’m from the corn fields of Illinois!
Hello, I'm Aztekatl-Mexikatl, our non-theistic pantheism cosmovision has elements contemporary with your understanding of nature. Respect.
I really enjoyed that you brought up equality, though there was a back step with humility, and that's ok, I do agree with the equality though. From the perspective of non-pagans, this is a hard concept for people to understand. Power hierarchies have been long associated with humans and mythology and for me, the break from that concept of this has power, or this has influenced, to a more broad perspective of cyclic balance, definitely reinvigorated my own sense of spirituality. Really enjoy the vids, best of luck to your journey :)
Yeah, animism/polytheism, or really any other theism besides monotheism, believibly warrants more of this sort of understanding and acceptance of how things simply are and their being.
The world needs more Theism period, mono or poly at this point I don't care.
I think you're right. We've gotten so used to the 9-5 grind of "Achievements and Moar and The Grind and Exaustion" that we don't know how to do anything but that. Jacob says here and other places that we're supposed to revere nature and be still and listen to it. My grandmother, a Christian, often said that God wanted me to "Be Still and Know"
I think in some ways, they're both saying the same thing. God, Norse, Celtic, Helenistic, animist, whatever... Just... Be still and know... and just listen and let yourself just BE. You'll find a lot more in that I think than most people want you to.
this is exactly what ive been saying
I've never felt a stronger connection with Thor than standing in s hurricane, but lifting weights and sword fighting (Viking Age reenactment actually) ate really strong moments as well.
Well said! Thank you for sharing!
have u ever thought about making a discord server?
I recommend a documentary called "Becoming Animal", by Emma Davie and Peter Mettler, based upon the ideas of philisopher David Abram.
polytheism is a human's natural relationship with spirituality.
Indigenous America/ns understand that you are equal to all other life forms. You may still need to feel small as the process of decolonization from Christianity carries on, but it is very important - as you continue to teach here - to clarify that "feeling small" as you are expounding it does NOT equate to Christian guilt. (If monotheists WOULD begin to feel guilt about harming the ecology of the planet, then maybe they could use their cosmology to stop harming...) Feeling small in the presence of the environment is feeling and living in balance and harmony with Earth Mother. You have your spiritual instructions from Creator just as the sparrow, black bear, oak tree and brook do. Your souls are equal even as spiritual instructions are specific to varying life forms. You recognize these differences - these 'spiritual animations' in the real world - and honor them, work with them, worship them in the forms and presences of the Spiritual Beings all around us.
Kipling poem ‘In the Neolithic Age’
Also poem ‘Modern Theology’ - Kipling has something to say about the pandemic!
I've always described being a monotheist as being selectively atheist. The most devoted muslim is a complete atheist when it comes to buddhism. You get the picture? Polytheism is the only one that makes sense. For everything there is in nature, there is a god behind that. One simply cannot live in denial about spiritual experiences and communities. Since the dawn of human history humans have worshipped more than one god. Even the monotheists can't deny that there are other religions with other gods to worship. It's just a fact of reality. In this modern world of overstimulation, social media, "adult content" processed foods, lack of culture, and crappy music, it's very important to get outside and remember your roots. The Roman pagan god Lucifer told me in a tarot reading the only voice that matters is your own inner guidance. We must make more of an effort to get outside, find peace of mind, and talk to the gods. ☺️
As he draws from the sheath
Dwelling in his plate underneath
All that remains is beserker rage and fury
Blood stained eyes, leaving his sight blurry
Charging into a wretched battle
Slaughtering his opponents like cattle
Duel wielding blades forged from hell
Strengthened by the souls of those who've fell
Swift as lightening striking with great powers
Bloody martyred soldiers resting amongst the flowers
Gravebound by doubt no time to cower
Enraged by the archers tickling him from the tower
Nothing able to divert his path
Showering in pools of blood increases his wrath
Multitudes of souls are unable to fuel his hunger
Scent of battle sending them down under
Millions of fools falling victim to this warmonger
Arms as heavy as ten anchors, causing them to plunder
Blades ripping through chain mail as loud as thunder
Storms on the horizon skies blood red
Blades becoming arrows as they pierce into his enemies head
A true marksman with an aim to kill
Pillaging the weak, hunger never being filled.
The difference between the Monotheistic world view and the Pantheistic/Pagan view is in my view summed up as, either the One is the many, or, the many are the One.
There is so much magick in our world. It is a shame that society has strayed away and disconnected from it. Yet, grateful that we can find our way back to it.
check out mount Odin in the Baffin island.
Do you agree with the sentiment proposed by Neil Gaiman that there are "new Gods" like the God of the Internet, the God of Machines, etc?
I imagine that technology or certain aspects of technology will be worshipped. The Omnissiah in 40k parlance comes immediately to mind.
It’s an interesting theory. Being gods or not. People certainly devote a lot of time to “worshipping” the new gods
@KnifeCursed Equipment getting "gremlins" is another good gesture on that we are already on the way there.
Transhumanists want us to worship tech and the AI. It's not real though, there can't be spirit in technology, and this is just another false religion they want to invent to control people, in the most unholy and unnatural way.
Jacob. First: I love your YT channel. Thank you! But, Second: I think your understanding the "problem" with a monotheism/istic view of nature (aka "the Creation") is more of an understanding of Western Christianity's misconstrual of the Biblical portrait of God and Creation. Yes, Western Christianity, unfortunately, seemed to follow the leads of Francis Bacon (his works "An Advertisement Touching a Holy War" and "Novum Organum II" et al) and John Locke ("Two Treatises on Civil Government, II.V" et al) in concocting the notion of "Human Exceptionalism." This is the basis of an a-historical and somewhat anachronistic (mis)appropriation of Genesis 1:28. The combination of Baconian "Science" and Lockian Individualism plus the "Spirit of Capitalism" (Industrialized Capitalism at that!) crept into the "Christian" white, straight, male, colonial, and power-full inappropriate appropriations of the Bible. "Colonialism" and "Manifest Destiny" come to mind here as well. While Human Exceptionalism is sadly still alive and well among many Christians, it is dead or dying among many other Christians. I suggest you have a look at texts in the Bible such as Psalms 104 and 148, Proverbs 8:22-31, and Job 38-41. But start first with Genesis 2:4-3:24, aka the "Second Creation Narrative" which is about 400 years older than Genesis 1:1-2:3 (the "first creation narrative" which is actually not a narrative, but a liturgy/poem). Genesis 2:4-3:24 clearly portrays a thoroughly integral creation. Hosea 4:1-3 portrays Creation (nature!) as a self-determining subject reacting to the covenant infidelity of humans. Finally, Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si," and its follow-up "Laudate Deum," have on offer a bold exercise in re-imagining humans' relationship to the natural world that is so critical for our time, our age - the Anthropocene. Finally, I think that Christianity has a whole lot to learn from the Polytheisms (read Job!), Animisms, and Paganism about better ways to relate to nature (Creation!). Many Christians still believe that the Creation - the sky and earth, flora and fauna - does indeed speak if we only have ears to hear and see...Brother Sun, Sister Moon, and Mother Earth (all three titles coined by St. Francis of Assisi!). The biblical view of Creation/Nature is certainly more complex and mysterious than anyone, especially me!, can fully grasp.
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We can respect and love Nature without having to make it aware of us. Everything is aware of us in Nature anyway. We are the arrogant ones who think everything centres on us. It is up to us to learn our place in Nature , and that is not at the top of a hierarchy or even a place of our own devising. We need to be reabsorbed in the landscape of Nature to truly feel connected, but we never need to reconnect with something we are always part of. The world already is an animated being.
I listened to the corn once but I can't repeat what it told me because I want to avoid attracting the attention of the DHLS.
Actually, everyone has a seventh sense or an instinct for the spiritual. And once he makes himself known, he will realize what he has been deceived. There are good reasons why churches are away from nature and pre-Christian things are slandered. Because often a simple walk or contact with the stories of your ancestors is enough and no pastor in the world can prevent you from leaving.
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oh, the whole "getting back to nature" thing is a very old concept. i think it depends upon what one thinks god is. as a scientific pantheist i do not think of god as separate or as personified.
Jacob, are you coming to Ireland?
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I think you are describing soft polytheism , I might be wrong but I feel that’s how I describe myself :)
For a great book exploring this topic i recommend ISHMAEL by Daniel Quinn
I have read a bit of it!
Polytheism.
I already know the answer to this question I'm just putting it out there, who do u think created all the gods u worship? Not looking 4 a response back.
i wonder if each generation starts back at zero. you've read about the 1970's, i trust.
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Alan Watts explained that it is not proper to translate the Hindu gods as "gods" but rather "angels". Of course there are countless angels, but Pagan philosophers such as Aristotle understood that there is only One First Cause/Creator. Everything else, even if you want to call them gods, were created by the One and subsequently formed into their form.
What are you talking about? How rude and ignorant to try and superimpose your abrahamic beliefs onto a polytheists religious views. The Hindu God's are just "angels" huh? You realize how angels are actually described in the Bible and Torah correct?
There are no such things as angels in Hindu dharma
@@Vidarboots Brahman is the Monotheist God in Hinduism. The ancient Hindu texts say this already. The other gods are a totally different category.
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Ananda Coomaraswamy states that Devas and Asuras in the Vedic lore are similar to Angels-Theoi-Gods and Titans of Greek mythology, both are powerful but have different orientations and inclinations, the Devas representing the powers of Light and the Asuras representing the powers of Darkness in Hindu mythology.[61][62] According to Coomaraswamy's interpretation of Devas and Asuras, both these natures exist in each human being, the tyrant and the angel is within each being, the best and the worst within each person struggles before choices and one's nature, and the Hindu formulation of Devas and Asuras is an eternal dance between these within each person.[63][64]
The Devas and Asuras, Angels and Titans, powers of Light and powers of Darkness in Rigveda, although distinct and opposite in operation, are in essence consubstantial, their distinction being a matter not of essence but of orientation, revolution, or transformation. In this case, the Titan is potentially an Angel, the Angel still by nature a Titan; the Darkness in actu is Light, the Light in potentia Darkness; whence the designations Asura and Deva may be applied to one and the same Person according to the mode of operation, as in Rigveda 1.163.3, "Trita art thou (Agni) by interior operation".
- Ananda Coomaraswamy, Journal of the American Oriental Society[62]
@RabbiKolakowski Yeah and Abraham was actually a member of the mighty Morphin power rangers...rainbow ranger with sideburns.
*In Poly you'll pray to MORE gods NOT SHOWING UP for anything than in Mono!* 😟 Gott ist tot
ATHEISM IS THE BEST
Nah. Lame, boring, selfish
Polytheism makes life more interesting
It's more about the truth than anything else.
@@KerolosAmgad1Each to their own. If you believe in nothing spiritual, then that perfectly legit. However, what exactly do you see as 'truth'?
The world needs more Jesus. He is the one who sacrificed himself for us, he is the one who cares for us, we need him and only him
If he "came back to life" he didn't sacrifice anything, the world needs more deities to be believe in, do we need Jesus or does your pastor or priest needs your prayer for that new jet or car or new boat? Trust the gods and goddesses
Jesus is overrated
No, we don't. Abrahamism is just the ultimate ponzi scheme, and has heavily "borrowed (appropriated)" from older spiritual beliefs and older pantheons. Humanity is not the slaves of some "king" or other autocrat.
No
No. Just no.
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