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Don’t forget the cornerstones of Paganism
Читать полностью…Sidney Stanley’s illustration of the Serbian fairy tale Baš Čelik (Steelhead)
Читать полностью…Don’t forget that kneeling is a Pagan tradition stolen by christians
Читать полностью…Join us at 7pm eastern-time for a show you will not want to miss, Advanced Heathenry!
This channel loves to promote introductory content to newer folk, relaying to them what I wish I had known starting out in ancestral faith revival. Often times, when we primarily focus on such, it gives off the assumption that spiritual depth, intrigue and advanced knowledge are only present outside Heathenry.
On this show we have a special repeat guest, a Heathen for over thirty years, director of the Norrœna Society, founder of the Kvasir Academy (a Gothar's university so to speak), Mark Puryear!
This show will reveal to the new, and experienced alike, that there is a lot to learn and still discover in our great Germanic ancestral faith! That we don't need foreign new-age philosophies to have profound spiritual and intellectual depth. That our blessed ancestors were far more sophisticated than we give them credit.
Here's the link and hope to see you all there!
/channel/Pagan_Revivalism?livestream
Obviously the tale above is full of christian elements. The beginning is almost directly quoting Genesis with god hovering over the waters and Let there be light. But the creation is split between two spirits. Of course having a pure good and pure evil Gods is not christian, but it’s also not very Pagan. Reeks of zoroastrian (i.e. proto-christian) subversion.
But Paganism does show itself in details, like humans being carved out of wood. With a sword. A peculiar detail. Later mystic beings are also created with a sword. The ending tries to tie Slavic folk creatures like domovyk (a household one), vodianyk (a water one), polovyk (a field one) and mara (an evil female one) to it’s biblical creation myth.
This shows that people still had a largely Pagan worldview even long after conversion and priests had to incorporate old belief into christianity for it to have an appeal.
When the spirit of shadow saw what the spirit of light was doing, he became very jealous. He too wanted to make beings in his own likeness, but he did not have the power to create by himself. So he waited until the light spirit fell asleep, sneaked over to his side, and stole the light spirit's sword, hiding it under his robes. Quietly, quickly the dark spirit ran. When he was sure he could not be seen or heard, he took the sword out and struck a rock with it. Out poured multitudes of dark things, and sickness and sorrow too. Turning away from the spirit of light, the spirit of shadow ruled over these dark beings.
Читать полностью…Long before there was an earth to stand upon and before there were people to remember and tell, there was a vast aching darkness. The darkness was surrounded by water and above the water flew two spirits one made of light, the other made of shadow.
One day the light spirit said to the dark spirit, "Let's make something." The dark spirit agreed, so the light spirit said, "Let there be light." And there was light.
But all this light made the dark spirit feel small and unhappy.
"There's too much light," he grumbled. "Can't I have just a little darkness?" The light spirit consented, so the spirit of shadow made night.
Reconstruction of a Frisian woman holding Donarkeule amulets
Читать полностью…Trypillian Goddess by O.Shupliak
Читать полностью…Found a version of an Eastern Slavic creation myth. It’s heavily christianized but still Pagan at it’s core. Already translated too, so no need to bother on my part. Will publish shortly. Can’t find good images to go with the story, probably won’t. Can try to de-christianize it later.
Читать полностью…The Sirens, daughter of the River Achelous and the Muse Melpomene, wandering away after the rape of Proserpina [Persephone], came to the land of Apollo, and there were made flying creatures by the will of Ceres [Demeter] because they had not brought help to her daughter. It was predicted that they would live only until someone who heard their singing would pass by.
Pseudo-Hyginus
Fabulae
Trypillian motif by Hanna Tkatchik
Читать полностью…Medea and the dragon
S.Kuznetsov
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Illustrations of Baš Čelik (Steelhead) fairy tale
Sinisa Banovic
The syncretists are dabbling with lokianism now. Hopefully now you all can understand why they need to be stood up to
Читать полностью…This post has caused a lot of controversy, here are my takes:
This kind of effigy is, for all intents and purposes, a scape-goat ritual. For those that may not understand what this ritual entails, it is to absorb negative or evil forces within the effigy, and for it to be destroyed, symbolizing the defeat of evil. There are several reasons why this is off-putting to those following Germanic Ancestral faith:
1) Not attested in Germania.
2) Brings evil & loki in a sacred area.
3) "My loki idol" 😒 bruh
4) Making & burning offerings goes to Gods; send them loki &/or send it to loki!?
5) Modern effigy burnings in the anglo-sphere come from Guy Fawkes Night
6) Guy Fawkes Night is an English political version of the medieval christian 'burning of judas.'
7) Christians took this from the Egyptian overthrowing of apep ritual.
8) This is, in reality, an attempt to jeetify Heathenry with a "Heathen version" of vijayadashami, where the burning of the effigy of the evil ravana is done.
Tl;Dr
This is hindu, not Heathen.
Advanced Heathenry
feat: Mark Puryear
with Kyle Davis & Keith Osgood
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time-codes:
: Part 1 :
0:00:00 - 0:10:19 - Introductions & Kvasir Academy
0:10:20 - 0:25:50 - Norrœna Society Literature & Ancestral Sources
0:25:51 - 0:33:32 - Kyle Davis & Theological Reconstruction
: Part 2 :
0:33:33 - 0:37:48 - Sedian Philosophy
0:37:49 - 0:43:12 - Of Convergence & Entropy
0:43:13 - 0:49:14 - The Spiritual Collective & Multiplicity
0:49:15 - 0:56:52 - On Imminent Divinity in Ancestral Faiths
: Part 3 :
0:56:53 - 1:13:09 - On the Mystery of the Aurr with Keith Osgood
1:13:10 - 1:23:04 - Of Aukinn & Consecration
1:23:05 - 1:31:55 - Ad Forn Seðr, Ancestral Endowment & Divine Tradition
1:31:56 - 1:40:48 - Heathenry's Great Frontier
1:40:49 - 1:46:35 - Mark's Final Thoughts
Got another tale from the same book called How the Earth Was Made which is somewhat similar to the one shared above. It’s also heavily christianized, but has somewhat more Pagan elements.
Читать полностью…Today these dark creatures still exist: mara and vodianyk, domovyk and polovyk.
It is true that some tell of the dark ones and their tricks, but others do not believe. That is because the dark ones cannot be seen by the human eye. Always they must live beneath the light, cast away and hidden.
Sky, sun, moon, stars, and all the heavenly planetsthese were created by the spirit of light. Earth, animals, plants, and other visible things were made by the light spirit and the dark spirit together. Then the light spirit went off and began creating on his own, carving figures with his sword. These he called human and they looked like the spirit of light himself.
Читать полностью…Posting that christianized creation myth now. Keep in mind that it really is close to the biblical one at some points, especially the beginning.
Читать полностью…If your Gods don’t eat, bleed and breed they are not real
Art: Olympian Gods dining with mortals at the wedding of Thetis and Pelleus by Hendrick van Balen and Jan Brueghal
Happy birthday to Oleg Shupliak
Читать полностью…Join us on 9/25/25, for a crash course on Advanced Heathenry.
A lot of my shows are novice-friendly for good reason. At Pagan Revivalism, we want ancestral faith to be as accessible as possible. From those who have been a part of revival from decades to months, a lot of folk will walk away with good insights, especially from our great guest scholars. Introductory material always has its place, but those of us who have been around for many years recognize the sheer depth of knowledge contained within Heathenry. Many folk don't know this & seek depth from other traditions, creating amalgamations that never existed in history.
On this show, we will showcase some of the advanced level questions & theories in Heathenry. Even though we will go over more complex ideas in ancient Germanic religion, and it's revival, it is very important to reveal to beginners that Heathenry is not superficial or lacks depth.
It will be a show full of intrigue & mystery, of great ideas & history, join us for Advanced Heathenry!
Minotaur by S.Kuznetsov
Читать полностью…Viking, late X-early XI c.
Oleksandr Tereshchenko