As an OG follower from 4 years ago, and I can say that your growth as an individual and as a channel has been an amazing journey. Thank you for your devoted time and energy into your spiritual path and educational material you provide for us. Looking forward to your chapter.

@TheWisdomOfOdin

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, that means a lot 🙏

I love your channel. I live in the foothills of the Appalachians & my granny (whose mother was from Ireland & father was of Scottish ancestry) lived in Western NC & I spent summers with her. She was very much an Appalachian "Granny Witch" & taught me a lot about the land & nature. These mountains have always been a major part of my life & I have always felt a deep connection to them. The Appalachians are very ancient & were once part of the Pangean Mountains, when all the continents were one land mass. When the land broke off into the continents, the Pangean Mountains became the Appalachians, as well as the Scottish Highlands, the rocky regions of Scandinavia & Greenland, parts of Ireland, the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas & Oklahoma & the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. I've always felt that was why so many Scots who immigrated to the US settled in the Appalachians - because it felt like home & in a way, it was. That may also explain your connection to Scandinavia & Scotland. My granny always said "The land remembers".

@LordJordanXVII

5 ай бұрын

Gods bless us Appalachians. When I found out the super ancient Applachian mega-range extended into Scottish highlands and Berber North Africa, and even Canada and Scandinavia...I realized: "we have always been in these hills". Happy New Year! And bright blessings!

@spike8007

5 ай бұрын

We Appalachians always gotta stay together. We are much closer than to each other than any other people in the US. We almost all come from the same places when we came here. We were all once neighbors. Always showing respect and gratitude to your fellow man is what I strive for and what I recommend to others. We all got that Irish and Scottish decent its just in our blood, haha. Hail the gods! And bless you with an amazing year.

Very inspiring to hear that you found your connection with Scotland. Being from The Netherlands, I often regret the big emphasis on "Norse" gods and Scandinavian ancestry. Allright, Iceland has the Edda and Scandinavia the Vikings, but otherwise the Nordic religion and culture were and still are all over Europe. I grew up in a Dutch farm with suncross-windows and other pagan symbols, celebrated bonfires with Easter, etcetera. Every person with European ancestry has some pagan connection, whether Nordic, Germanic, Slavic or otherwise. Let's cherish that.

@oyland2954

5 ай бұрын

The "emphasis" is on the only sources we have, which are Norse - and even the Norse sources are sparse, so any "emphasis" on f.x. Dutch paganism would be pure guesswork, hence the "emphasis" on (mainly) Icelandic sources.

@MrChristianDT

5 ай бұрын

There are minor Anglo-Saxon sources from England & that one Middle Eastern guy, also & you can theoretically use what we know from England, Iceland & Scandanavia to test other practices/ stories from the German & English sphere against. Germans also did a "King of Christmas" thing & what I was able to find on that was all the aspects the Scandanavian sources were missing. You can make a connection between Modersnacht in England & Krampusnacht in Germany. German & English folklore kept alive just as many monsters & presumed Nature Spirits as the Norse did.

I agree so much with all of your points. Especially about ancestry. I’ve never felt more fulfilled than when I’m volunteering at Celtic festivals, representing my family’s Scottish Clan and honoring my ancestors. Thank you for sharing!

I am very happy to hear you tell others! As a Swede, you don’t need to be of Scandinavian blood to honor our old Gods, our culture, our food, our people. We openly welcome others to share in the same.

@Aethuviel

5 ай бұрын

You need to be European, because this is a folk faith, worshipping the gods and ancestors of out people specifically. It's not something you can "convert" to like Abrahamism, Sikhism or Buddhism. A Nigerian or Mexican can't be Norse pagan anymore than I, a Swede, can pretend to be Haida and worship in their spirituality. And if I tried to be Haida, or Sioux or Lakota and really go all-in (as has happened with some white people), they would firmly and politely tell me to stop, and to go find my own people's spirituality, not go chasing theirs. It's nothing hateful about this. And it's insulting to your own ancestors and culture to go chasing another people's culture. Everyone understands this when it comes to other people, it's only when it comes to whites/Europeans that we can't have things of our own.

@carsarthu

5 ай бұрын

@@Aethuviel You will find that, in fact, a lot of people can and do convert to other folk religions. There are many of those in Brazil, where I live, especially of African and Indigenous ancestry, and many people convert into and out of them all the time.

@ash231

5 ай бұрын

​@Aethuviel there's a difference between open and closed practices.

@StarflowerStables

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this….lots to think about and digest 😊

@crushinnihilism

5 ай бұрын

​​@@carsarthuas someone who grew up with Ojibwa, and lives near Menomonie and Onedia, they absolutely will not let non natives join their folk ways. For them, these folk ways are alive. They have spirit, and Its deeply tied to their ancestors. Its deeply disrespectful to bring in foreigners If you truly believe in the Gods, and they spoke to your people's in a certain languag, then you have a moral duty to speak that languagein return. So, Inclusion is deeply disrespectful on two very important fronts.

I am not pagan, but I really love your channel because learning about my ancestors helps me to feel more connected to them.

Norsemen went a Viking multiple times during their time in Midgard. Exploring and "touring" was the main focus, and learning more about their surroundings. Unless they were intending to raid, generally they were exploring. You have been following in their footsteps for the past year! Lucky dog! I really appreciate your videos and words, and all of your efforts. Please continue to do so. Skal!

I so agree. Connecting with one’s ancestry is important. I did a DNA test years ago. I am getting ready to take another DNA test, because technology is so more advanced now. I have Celtic and Germanic ancestry. Wales, Scotland, and Austria.

hi scottish person here!! i think it would be interesting for you to look into the different regional practices across scotland (highland, lowland, hebridean, and the norse isles) such as oral storytelling traditions from the lowland borders, songs from the isles/hebrides, assests from different clans (ie. the fairy flag that clan MacLeod has) etc etc etc. Scotland is absolutely rife with diverse traditions across the regions, and each tradition can help you understand the history and your ancestry much much more

@ingiefilms8327

2 ай бұрын

As someone who grew up in fife and now lives in the southern Hebrides oh my goodness the diversity is amazing and the two cultures couldn’t be more different! Would love a video on this. Happy to help with info 😊

I agree, we should be focusing on uniting cultures, and sharing stories. Great example of this lately was when I saw Heilung perform their ritual songs at the Red Rock amphitheater with the local indigenous people there. They were both dancing on stage, pagans and first world nations, it brought me to tears.

@Wilhelm4131

4 ай бұрын

Too much unifying and we lose what makes us unique

You have a great outlook on life. Thanks for everything you've taught me. It's really made a difference on my journey.

@TheWisdomOfOdin

5 ай бұрын

Glad I could help 🙏

On the subject of gratitude, I am very grateful to have discovered your KZread channel a couple years ago. Your straightforward, down to earth and practical content stands out and above all the rest. I have learned so much from you and appreciate following the journey you are on. I also read your Yule Story this season, and it brought back a lot of the magic of youth for me. Many thanks!

@TheWisdomOfOdin

5 ай бұрын

So glad I have been able to help you on your journey 🙏

I only recently found your channel when I started to doubt my Catholic Faith. You helped me alot in learning so much about Paganism and such. I used to be a Traditional Catholic who fast two times a week and was massively afraid of sin that I started to develope depressive episodes because I constantly had to hide my queerness. And December 2023 was the first month in which I started to actually break from a lot of traditional Catholic traditions like fasting two times a week etc. I still got a long way to go, but your channel helped me to do the first step. So thank you so much.

@user-un3ig8os2r

5 ай бұрын

me too, i am not into Christianity and instead i choose paganism as my religion

I found your channel in beginning of December and it has been life changing. It’s helped me feel connected to my birthplace of Sweden even though I’m halfway across the world in California. Keep doing what you are doing. It’s an incredible calling. I’m so thankful for all the information you provide. I have been struggling a lot the last year and finding your channel and Freyja has helped me more than I ever thought possible. It’s given me a deeper understanding of the world. Skål. (Also your mild butchering of Scandinavian languages makes me giggle every time. I’m glad you really try. I’m not gonna say it gets easier. Even the queen of Sweden has an accent. )

Started watching you a couple months ago! I really enjoy your authenticity and your respect for everyone's journey while sharing yours. It's nice to see that our personal struggles are shared. Peace and joy be on your 2024 path brother.

Thank you for having this conversation, it was a pleasure to listen to, and, have someone vocalise what I so often think. Enjoy your Ecuador adventures :)

Thank you ~ these are such important topics . Thank you for carrying the torch and discussing them with peace and neutrality. All very well put. My advice about the enternet and discourse through social media- these are only one dimensional forms of communication~ They will never full-fill our desires to connect. Lets do that in real time, with eye contact and listening. Happy new year to you brother ! Enjoy ecuador!

@TheWisdomOfOdin

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Really loved ur conversation today. I agree with u so much. Respect and gratitude are what sustains us and helps us feed our spirits.

@TheWisdomOfOdin

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

I'm glad to witness your channel growing. It's organic progress that reflects with self growth. Thank you for all your wonderful journeys and discussion over the years.

I absolutely love when you speak about ancestral unity. I believe this, too, and my focus in on spreading light and love through ancestral connection. I felt the same as you in Scotland (I went to Isle of Iona, as I have a strong ancestral connection to Druids, and that is where we think the Druid college once stood and the Druid's were converted (peacefully) to Christianity via St. Columba. I went there to celebrate my 50th birthday and to play pipes in the Graveyard of the Kings, and like you, I felt such an intense conenction. It's awesome to know that others go through this kind of transformation. Wishing you all the best in light and love.

Absolutely love your videos and channel. Helped me out a lot. When I started this path I thought I was alone but doing some research I came along your content and many others. This video’s conversation was great and can’t wait for for what 2024 has to offer!

I just came across your channel about a month ago or so, just in time for the holiday season. I feel so thankful for your content. I find your videos so relaxing, mixed with a bit of humor here and there. I've become a regular viewer and am trying to catch up on your earlier videos. Thank you again.

@TheWisdomOfOdin

5 ай бұрын

Lots of videos to catch up on!

May you have a happy, healthy, prosperous and productive 2024, Jacob! I can hardly wait to follow your travels. I really enjoyed the observations you shared with us. I chuckled when you talked about your first days on this path. It was much the same for me. Mine sometimes resembled a Busby Berkley production number(but solo) my first few years. Aside of the odd open full moon ritual and occasional friends' rituals, I've always been a solitary. Crone that I am now, I just cast circle, welcome Everyone, sit down, and chat until it's time to close and say farewell. Arriving at that perpetual, genuine feeling of gratitude is probably the most crucial thing I've gained over the years. It's life changing. So is embracing the healing work we all need to do. Wishing us all brightest blessings as we live and move through this year. 💜

I’m new to your channel and I find it so inclusive and uplifting. Just continue on with your journey knowing it is helping others to connect to the ancestors and our spiritual connection to nature. Any negativity you get, you can see is just a symptom of the things in the world you are trying to heal within yourself and for us all. We are not alone! 🙏🏻

Thank you Jacob for sharing all of that, I really needed to hear some of the things you said and I really appreciate your openness and honesty. I've been watching your channel for a few years now and I have really loved watching your journey. You have been such a huge help on my own. I hope this new year brings you joy, adventure, continued healing, and so much more!

The Smartphone is Loki's poison apple.....you carry it over the Bifröst with you day and night like a Trojan Horse, never suspecting that your are being set up for the inevitable ambush by your very patient and ever scheming enemy.

Good on you, Jacob; it sounds like you made some really important discoveries, about yourself and about life, in 2023. Travel does that; I have always found I never returned quite the same person each time.. Congratulations on your health journey and your weight loss - well done, you! I always enjoy your intelligent and articulate conversation, and will be looking forward to following your journey in 2024. Happy travels! ☺️ Lea in Australia

Ecuador is the one country I’ve been to and it is truly a magical place. I didn’t get to see a lot of the touristy things. This was 11 years ago when I was still following a Christian faith. I didn’t even understand the concept of feeling earthy energy because everything we were taught of that nature came directly from god. You have to visit the equator. I honestly don’t even know exactly where I was because it was a long time ago and I was with a group so I wasn’t the one to pay attention to where we were going but it was one of the most intense energies I have ever felt. Like you can feel the difference in a matter of feet from the exact marking of the equator. They did a lot of cool demonstrations of objects interacting with the magnetic fields and physics and stuff. I’m not good at explaining it. But you definitely have to experience that. And it’s funny looking back because we were there with the church to do missionary work but the most memorable experience for me of the whole trip was that day at the equator and walking through the exhibits of their ancient culture and burial grounds. And it was the first time I felt power not only from the earth itself in a way that I could not deny. But also from another culture that I knew next to nothing about at the time. I’m surprised they let us go honestly and probably wouldn’t have allowed it had they known where I would end up spiritually in 11 years. 😅 I would love to return someday so that I can get the full experience that I wish I could have the first time around.

Jacob...I have really enjoyed this post. I understand your discussion on connections with your ancestors. One of my grandmothers is from NE England and my other grandmother is from Denmark. Thank you for your posts...safe travels to you.

Thanks for this vid. Have lived in both Glastonbury & the western Isles of Scotland, can def relate to the power of tuning into the ancient land there. Looking forwards to see more of your journey this year. Peace & blessings for 2024!

Enjoying your videos! I'm on a similar trajectory and am documenting it on another yt channel. Anyway, I can relate to going to Scotland and feeling spiritually connected. You mentioned a painting that looked like you. When I was there with my parents, my mom pointed out a statue of a Scottish soldier and it looked almost exactly like me....yipes!

Thanks for a wonderful year of content Jacob 🎉🧙🏻‍♂️❤

Thank you Jacob for this video❤

Thank you for sharing. I’m from northeast England but I have Scottish & Scandinavian ancestry. I know what you mean about the feelings when visiting Scotland it’s like coming home. I haven’t been to Norway or Sweden yet but it’s on my goals especially Sweden ✨

Great video, great advice. Here’s looking forward to a great 2024!

Happy new year Jacob!!! Fair winds and following seas to you brother. 😃💚🦾

Thank you! ❤ I had a really hard day and this really helped to calm me down and ground me. Thank you for your wisdom! Looking forward to your next adventures!!

What a wonderful video. Thankyou Jacob.

You hit the nail on the head. As I am just now in the process of retiring, my main, most important goal is to simplify my life and spend time with the Folk

@keithdrummond1003

5 ай бұрын

Congratulations on retirement.

@delschneider8149

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Hi Jakob I wish You happy new year and Good thank you for the wonderful Video You make

Really happy to have found your channel several years ago and great to have met you for real, twice. Great to see how much your channel has grown!

Yes!!!! I believe our diet directly affects our spirituality ! I think it's one reason why so many have not had spiritual experiences and awakening...herbs are so important...for example, gypsyweed is said to help open your pineal gland! After drinking and eating this plant plus others, I have so much more spiritual awareness of every little thing ... especially here on my 55 acres in rural Alabama. Herbs should be added to a diet of real food ..meaning produce , eggs,lean meat...forget all the rest of the garbage in the American diet. My father's ancestors are Scottish too..the Mackenzie clan. I never even knew any of my ancestry except my Cherokee grandfather on my mom's side ..until my 40s , 50s...I found out I have Scandinavian viking ancestors too..as well as a lot of German....not knowing my ancestry,i was lost many years..so yes, knowing where you come from is also super valuable. ❤

All respect to you and your beautiful religion from an atheist, happy new year 💛

I appreciate your viewpoints and honesty that you articulate with the videos that you make and wish you safe travels on the path 👍

Great talk, ur work last year has inspired me to visit Sweden this year!! keep up the inspiring work!!

as someone who is trying to understand and and love this faith, as of the past 2 months, I have been doing a lot of reading and your videos have helped me tremendously. I want to grow in this faith ever more over the next year. And by just starting, I mean just that. I just recently bought the poetic edda and will buy the pro edda after I get done with it. I have a lot to learn, and look forward to learning more! the main advice I took from this video is to find others and find a "fellowship" if you will. Cannot wait to see what comes, as you said in the start of the video, with the "first love" portion, I have yet to have that experience, or maybe I did this morning, I have no idea what to look for. Either way I cannot wait to explore and connect with the Gods!

Very much appreciate this video, and thankful for this channel, helped me take my practices further and had me dive deep into ancestry to find I actually have Scandinavian heritage and would of not dug that deep if it wasn't for this channel. So thank you 🙏 ❤. Have a healthy and great year to come.

Re: "but the moment I got to Scotland..." same here. I've been twice and hope to go back again.

Oh Jacob...my dear friend and brother...I felt so many feels in this video. I have been watching your journey for 3 years now, and your transformation has been INCREDIBLE to watch! I agree with all the advice you have given people...especially when it comes to respect, ancestors, and coming together to celebrate our faith. I am on the healing journey too...as are many in our fellowship! Thank you for sharing your insights! I appreciate you, and all that you are doing, so very much. I hope our paths cross in person again soon ❤

Thanks for the great advice

I only wish I knew where my ancestors from. That conversation NEVER took place throught my entire life, so I have no idea what country or countries I originated. I only know I resonate deeply with Norway, Scotland, and Ireland. Don't know why, just do. Sooooo....who the hell knows what I am so I just feel and listen to videos such as this and enjoy them.

Love your channel. You are looking great too . I will be here for 2024 even though I do not comment a lot . 💗

Thank you for sharing! I can’t wait for the Ireland season!!

Wonderful wisdom, thank you for sharing.

Thank you for sharing this! And yes what you were saying makes complete sense to me! Thank you for being brave and sharing this topic because it definitely can be very controversial for sure! I agree with all of it! PS congratulations on your health journey!

I really enjoy your KZread channel. I really like your take on the ancestors and exploring different pagan beliefs. Your advice is spot on. I also connected to your section on physical health and seeing what ever you put in your body as medicine. Thank you

Everytime I watch one of your videos, I can feel how you're growing since your beginnings on this channel. I'm proud of you, brother. This video touched my heart❤

This video was helpful :) I do miss seeing you wander out into a thunderstorm with a big smile on your face and offering beer to Thor though 🤣🤣 Cheers mate all the best for the future!

Well said Jacob ❤ Everything you said resonated with me. Thank you for stepping out and risking the negative comments ❤️👍. The breathing practice is so true, so healing, and we can connect and ground using it. Thank you for your New Years wishes. Wishing you the best of years in 2024! 🤩❤️

Congratulations on your weight loss! That’s awesome! I love your channel, it’s been a companion for the last two years. Thank you for the content you make. It’s beautiful, thoughtful and soulful.

Thank you, Jacob. I truly understand your strong ancestral and spiritual connections to an area of land or specific country and its culture. I live in Maine USA. My paternal grandmother was born and raised in Sweden. The moment I touched ground on Öland, Sweden and quite specifically the area around Borgholm castle, I felt I had truly found my ancestral heritage. A strange and very uncanny feeling of comfort and belonging resonated. This same feeling repeated during my second and third visits several years apart. It validates my feelings to hear someone else speak of recognizing their ancestral home. Thank you again! 🥰

hey Jacob I wanted to comment on a video on my TV couldn't find here, anyway your so right we have to welcome new people no matter how they became Pagan gotta teach them. I'm a 51 year old Pagan went through my hating Christians now i just want to learn and tell people about our gods and goddesses. I don't hate on people that learned about the gods from media even if that's how they learn at first peak intrest then hopefully they also have the desire to learn more

I got similar to the Faery House. I have an old horse barn that I walled off one section and put a bed in it. I brew mead in it and a wood burning stove. Along with basically a bed and a table. While it’s in front of a pond and a grove of 8 different trees.

Hello from England! Thank you for your videos, I am really enjoying them. I think this is great advice for this year.❤

What is called a Norse, or Viking religion today was practiced all across the North and West of Europe in the past, the Britons knew Oden, Woden, and his tribe by their many names, across our many cultures... So any person of the Northern European Diaspora has ancestors waiting for them in the Halls of the Friends...

This video was in fact helpful. I’ve been on a spiritual journey myself for quite some time now. Reflecting on a lot of things that I hold important and learning how to get rid of the things that are not important. Trying to hold the present moments in a much better light than material goods, because simply having a lot of things will not bring you happiness no matter how much you tell yourself you’ll be happier if you have it. Happiness to me is finding connection, peace, community, and sharing good times. All of which has brought me closer to finding happiness in this community of people. I’m always excited to learn and hear what brings others happiness and how different they live their life, even if we are going the same direction. The world is beautiful, we just have to know where to look.

I've kept watching your content but life and work have gotten in the way and haven't thought or offered much to the gods lately. I hope I can refocus on 2024. Thank you for keep it up, Jacob, and I'm glad you had an interesting 2023 traveling around Europe.

I just wanted to say thankyou for all youve taught me. Its nice to hear from a sensitive guy. Goodluck for the new year and keep doing what your doing. You seem to ruffling a few feathers in the norse community. I would say mostly jelousy but dont let it stop you from following your own way ✨🦋🔥

Thank you for doing what you do Jacob! I’m a recent convert to Norse Paganism and Paganism in general thanks to you and I’m forever grateful for that so thank you again!

i started watching about 2 years ago...i found you in germany while i was looking for paganism...this channel is full of great history and information but i found watching your journey to find your path was just as important...getting to know you through your sharing helped me to feel a connection with humanity again...your optimism about community and humanity helps balance my natural pessimistic bend ;) so thank you...happy new year to you and i look forward to continuing the saga ;)

Since it is the beginning of the year and you had touched on taking care of yourself, I'd like to leave this beginner workout for any of our brothers and sisters, who would like to get some exercise in. My credentials to give out this workout is that I'm a certified personal trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicine. First, I'd like to give you the schedule of the workout: Week 1 Monday: Workout A Tuesday: off Wednesday: Workout B Thursday: off Friday: Workout A Saturday: off Sunday: off Week 2 Monday: Workout B Tuesday: off Wednesday: Workout A Thursday: off Friday: Workout B Saturday: off Sunday: off Now the exercises: Workout A Squats 3 sets of 8-10 reps. 2 minutes rest between sets. Bench Press 3 sets of 8-10 reps. 2 minutes rest between sets. Rows 3 sets of 8-10 reps. 2 minutes rest between sets. Workout B Deadlifts 3 sets of 6-8 reps. 2 minutes rest between sets. Pull-Ups (or Lat Pull-Downs) 3 sets of 8-10 reps. 2 minutes rest between sets. Overhead Shoulder Press 3 sets of 8-10 reps. 2 minutes rest between sets. These exercises hit all your muscle groups in the week and a great way to start your fitness journey if you so choose to. Great post btw!

Found your channel before Yule. I was looking for ways to celebrate Yule. I purchased your book to read during the 12 days of Yule. Looking forward to watching your videos.

Skol from Maine keep it up Jacob I've been watching you for a few years now and you've helped me a lot I just wanna say thank you and keep it up

My ancestry DNA is 60% Lithuanian and the rest Polish which did not surprise me. My family was Christian but remember my Lithuanian grandmother saying never kill spiders in the house and snakes are lucky and ok to bring into the house. Now I understand some of her beliefs/customs were Pagan. I am starting my journey to learn more and return to Pagan views and beliefs. Back to respecting and being humbled by our natural world. I am seeing Heilung this year at Red Rocks. Would love to travel to Lithuanian soon

Thank you for this. It's really nice to watch someone learn and grow in their pagan practice. I casually followed your channel a few years back and stumbled on some other KZreadr shortly after that had made accusations against your channel and I had no idea what to think. I've thought on a lot of things pver the last couple years and have determined it's not my place to judge people, especially without knowing all the information. It's not healthy nor does it bring people together and don't we have enough judgment and disharmony in the world as it is? I'm looking forward to seeing where your journey takes you this year!

Thank you Jacob, hi from uk 🇬🇧 I’ve really enjoyed sharing your journey. I’ve been on a pagan path my whole life, it’s brought me such peace of mind, enjoying your channel. Blessings for 2024

I truly understand the need to slow down. I often compare myself to a small hedgehog exploring the world around me. I, over the last few months have slowed down a lot. I've been inspired by your journey and one day hope to make it to a gathering.

Thank you

I LOVE your videos. I feel the pagan community through your channel. I just started my pagan ancestral path and I GREATLY appreciate your channel it has supported my journey so much. Please keep moving forward. I agree. We need to put our differences aside. I am tired of NOT having community. I am seeking that myself so I appreciate all of your words of encouragement for everyone to try to come more together. That would be amazing.

As a new norse pagan for a year I loved following your journey this year. Your videos have helped me so much. I'm super excited to follow the journey with the hall and all you have planned for 2024. I'm grateful for you. Thank you. Here's to a great 2024 🎉🍻💖

@ur.localcrazy

5 ай бұрын

Last year even. That's going to take some getting used too haha.

Thanks!

I'm at the ancestors part and I wanted to say quickly: you feeling that kind of connection to Scotland is maybe not just due to ancestors but possibly past lives as well. I have a family tree that goes back 1000 years, in Hamburg, Germany, and I've moved to the UK when I was 20 and when I go to Devon or Sommerset or Scotland, I feel at home. It's that immediate, strong feeling of belonging that brongs tears into my eyes with how strong the emotions are. But I don't think I have British ancestors, I just have a calling to be on this little island. Over 50% of the family on my mum's side has moved over to Canada, and I think it was just time for us to spread our wings and explore other parts of the world, as a family. Great video so far!

@yellowzora

5 ай бұрын

I should have listened a little bit longer before writing that, it seems 🤣 I definitely hsve scandinavian ancestors, that is something I can feel deep in my bones, and while I am drawn to it I'm not sure I belong there, but I definitely belong here 😊

One of the best channels for understanding European ancient beliefs. Of course, the videos are rich with lavish landscapes that grip your heart! I hope to one day travel to Ireland and Scotland - I know it’ll move me deeply on an ancestral level.

@TheWisdomOfOdin

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏 Hope you make it to! It'll change you!

Have you ever contacted North America native American shamans ? I'm on that same path ..my herbalist knowledge and love for plants have lead me there. I appreciate your words and thoughts here !❤❤

i love your videos. you have helped me find my place in this crazy world. i have felt love and passion from you and your channel. becoming a pagan has helped more than i ever thought it could. With Love and lies some Order and chaos stay safe out there.

Enjoy your videos so much. Love the outdoor filming. Try to give you support by letting KZread ads play instead of skipping- I heard that can generate more revenue. Hope it helps!

@TheWisdomOfOdin

5 ай бұрын

Hey! That means a lot 🙏

I’m excited for you to experience South America, it’s incredible, I want to go back and visit again. I would love it if one day there was a FoNT gathering in Brazil

I am of Irish, English, and Scottish decent. I am a mystic. I am not pagan or christian. I don't need retreats. I am destined to be a shaman or the wise woman in the woods. I am 53 years old so I have a couple of decades to go. I was bitten by a rattlesnake when I was 16 years old and I got no treatment and it was during the aftermath was the spiritual learning. My father always told me that we are our ancestors immortality. We are the sum of them. They are us. We are them. I have lived in the Ouachita mountains all of my life. My family has lived here for 200 years. So how long does it have to be for them to be ancestors. I like to connect to the Celts and the great tree. I have seen it many times and all of the women who dance and sing there.

I really appreciate you tackling the difficult conversations, such as cultural appropriation. I think it's tricky to sort everything out in the British Isles, with all the invaders and settlers. I think there can be a tremendous mix of influences in our beliefs and practices. Thank you for all your thoughts and information.

Thanks for sharing your advice ~ mine, if I may, is simply to remember that all gods are one, and all goddesses are one, and together, they and we are one. Also, what seems to be borrowing from one tradition or culture, is not some kind of wokeified "cultural appropriation" but really just trying to bring all things together as they used to be. BB

The opportunity of a lifetime to meet a man I’ve followed since the beginning! I’m an American and I was there in Edinburgh too that day! Wish I had seen you. I’m on a similar path at the moment. My journey is taking me to Italy here in a few months and then from there I’m not sure. Peru and Bolivia are a goal though because I want to connect with the shamans there and learn from them, and they’re apparently willing to share! I speak Spanish, so if you’re looking for a buddy or a translator, I would be honored to travel with you, sir!

It has been an interesting year for me. The fact that I am even listening to you wouldn't have happened a year ago. This year I have been really trying to open up and listen to people. I grew up Christian and then I began to leave that for Judaism. The more I learned about Judaism I found how wrong I had been about who I thought they were previously. Studying their history and seeing all the destruction that came to them at the hands of the church had long frustrated me. Then this year I asked, what about all the other people in Europe who did not agree. Then I began to realize all that we have lost as humanity throughout the entire world, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas at the hands of two religions that are/were willing to kill and destroy whoever did not agree. It just began to break my heart to realize that most of the world's ancient traditions have been destroyed. I'm still reasoning what this means to me, but I agree with you. We should all respect and enjoy each other's traditions, listen and learn from each other. I truely believe that we are not all as different as we think. I also have found I love Scotland. I am mostly Irish and Scottish. I started to listen to Julie Fowlis and Scottish Gaelic is very beautiful to me. I also really love the Isle of Skye and Glencoe, which has always been one of my favorites. The land in Scotland is beautiful to me. Also in terms of Viking, it you have anything ending in -son, Wilson, Albertson, etc that is likely Viking. Also, the Vikings did reside and sometimes incorporate into the Scottish. I have also really been enjoying Viking music, started with Eivør this year. Happy new year! 😊

@erikhoff5010

5 ай бұрын

Skal!

@nancyravenel915

5 ай бұрын

How exciting!

This is awesome. I love my ancestors and my Gods! Live the Old Ways

Gutted i didnt know you had visited scotland. Would of been great to meet you, i first got into norse paganism after a bad accident i looked for something to help me heal mentally and started my journey soon after.

To the new year!🌞🍻I like these talks. Do you think that your experience in Scotland may lead you into working with the gods of your ancestors in the future? Your traveling & hands on approach to learning about the countries, people & heritages is something I really enjoy. Safe travels Jacob!

@TheWisdomOfOdin

5 ай бұрын

The gods of Scotland are sadly largely unknown. I definitely had a relationship with the land itself which I would consider almost god like. It’s something. I can feel even now as I am away from it. We will probably never know the names of Scottish gods. But we can feel them

@carnation963

5 ай бұрын

@@TheWisdomOfOdin I haven’t looked into them before but the landscape and history is truly something. Such a beautiful & interesting county. I’m happy you got to see some of it & for bringing us along of course.

Beautiful Jacob

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm a pagan for quite a while now and recently discovered your channel, very profound insights and astonishing scenarios. It happens that I'm an audio and video editor and you said you Di it all by yourself. If I can be any helpful just drop me a line, it would be really great to help you in any ways

I ordered a Freya statue 😊

My family is original from Scotland to I want to Scotland when I was younger and I feel I'm strongly connected to Scotland because when I was there I felt something to like the feeling that I was home

Im a Pagan with Mostly Galician, Basque and Indgenous american Ancestry but my Husband is Norwegian American Extremely close to his cutlure and language. I actually over the years have gotten closer to the Norse Family and His Ancestors and family in general. I feel our life had become a mixed tapestry with belief and food and culture over the years. When we have Kids we would like to represent that Union together equally in a sense if that makes sense. I dont feel weird about it at all it just feels right and ive been accepted by the Natives of the other culture.