In Swedish folk traditions, particularly within Trolldom, specific times of the year are auspicious to obtain magical power and/or magical gifts. Sometimes performing a ritual at a particularly powerful time of the year is enough to obtain magical power, and that is what the practice of Årsgång (yearly-walk) is all about: to obtain magical power, by deliberate circumambulation of a church or home, a practice known as “Walking the Year’s Walk” (sw: att gå årsgång). Årsgång consists of the circumambulation of a building or area in a prescribed manner, after which divinatory or healing powers were bestowed. The procedure of walking or running counter-clockwise about the church or home in order to see portents in the windows afterwards was a common method of divination. It was common that on some portentous day, someone with the requisite fortitude ran a prescribed number of times counter-clockwise around the house or the church in order to know of future events. As Gustaf Ericsson writes, walking once around the house was sufficient to determine who of the household would not live out the year: “On Christmas Eve, you go counter-clockwise around the house, and when you’ve gone one circuit, you stand still and look in through the window then everybody is sitting and eating dinner. Then, if anyone appears headless, then it’s certain that he’ll due within the course of a year. To be even more certain, three people should secretly take counsel and each go his own way. But there are few who dare to experiment with such doings.” The ritual of walking the years walk was usually performed at midnight on special holidays such as Christmas Eve, New Years Eve, or Maundy Thursday in Holy Week. Sometimes the vision of the future was only fleeting, and normal vision returned relatively quickly, but at other times, the effect on the seeker was more permanent, and endowed him or her with an ongoing gift to divine futures, illnesses and cures.

@sillywilly123

3 жыл бұрын

What's really interesting about this is where I live, there's a few areas that's just a bunch of conjoining area full of relics like ancient large walls and medieval building amongst all the new builds and big stretches of road. If you travel north from the town centre than those roads and ruins start with infamous roundabout that has a plaque vault and a tower in the middle of it, it's known for spooky flashes. Plenty of people going about their commute may be doing a practice like this without knowing it.

@MrEnaric

3 жыл бұрын

The practice of årsgång counterclockwise around the church is very formiliar. It is in a contrary way still a (prehistoric) Frisian custom to send off a recently deceased person to the other side by means of 'rûngang'/rûn-gong' (going round). The barers of the coffin walk the deceased three times around the churchyard in the direction of the setting sun while the family follows in procession. The deceased person is then unable to walk back home. The practice survived because it's the 'proper way' to bury somebody. The path around the church was called the 'wi-thume' in old Frisian, the hallowed boundary. In olden days oaths were sworn on the threshold of the churchyard, lawspeakers (Asega's) would hold court there, near ancestors and on hallowed ground. A wider path on terpmounds with the church as the center (original the place of pagan worship before churches were erected there) were known as Oswei or Eeswei. Etymologically going back to 'Ans* way', the road of the gods in proto Old Frisian. Probably the 'rûngang' echos the old custom of holding processions between the villages and the fields with the images of the old gods like Ingi Frey, Freyja, Wōden, for whose cultic existence here, archeological evidence is established. Thank you for another great video. I found it just as my family and I returned from a 'rûngang' of our own in Kimswerd, to the churchyard where medieval ancestors once dwelled. Thanks and God Yule to you all!

@MrBlazingup420

3 жыл бұрын

I believe you are off a couple of days, seem you would want to perform this on the longest night of the year, which was this pass December 21st 2020 that came with Jupiter & Saturn conjoining at the mouth of the goat making it even a rarer event, here in the N. Lat they sat on the horizon a 7:00 PM or 1900 hrs but at that very moment a crossing was taking place, the Sun set at the edge of a "Lough" a body of water known as the Lagoon Nebula, a red spot also call Spiculum where you find Sag. 7&9 found drawing a line from the eye of Sagittarius to the heart of the scorpion Antares, house of goddess Serket /Circuit 'She who makes the throat breath' the words 'She Raise Dead' played backwards says Antares but back to Spiculum the red spot a Fuca(?) where you get Speculum, a Dr.'s tool use on a woman, where one enter this life from, the Sun/Son's crossing completes at midnight the 22nd. Now as 'She Raise Dead' played backwards says Antares "Mother Cups" says Spiculum, útiseta is of two words, úti means useful and seta is from 7 but SETA means Bristles, stiff hair, Seth is the pathfinder through the underworld. Setae is the hair on the earthworm that eat the dead. útiseta would mean your making use of your 7th sense and your hair stand on end. Maybe one day I tell you the rest. 22/7=3.142=Pi

@garytucker8696

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing and happy Yule to you.

@garytucker8696

3 жыл бұрын

You do your ancestors proud, some things are not supposed to be known, I hope you recover well I enjoy your videos very much.

We have had 2 days of sunlight out of 6 weeks of darkness up here.... the next bright day I will go to where my Swedish family lived for generations, there is also a grave mound there since the Iron age...I sit out there and I will tell the ancestors about you Arith, and I thank you for all your videos and knowledge you share. A very happy Hols and Julen to you. Stay safe and well.

“The world is full of surprises and wonderful possibilities” I really needed to hear that, thanks Arith. Hope you feel better soon my friend xx

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Stay well, and strength of mind and spirit!

Thanks you for sharing🙏✌

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, my friend ^^

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. May you feel well soon!

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure and it is an honour to me, thank you very much :)

I did a sitting out at Weyland's Smithy, Oxfordshire, England about 25 years ago. It is a prehistoric burial site. for those not familiar with it, Google it and see the photos and description. Arith you were in short pants then. To all have a good festive season, which ever way you celebrate it and stay safe at all times. I had to proof read this as I am already on the mead.

@kimberlysnyder6760

3 жыл бұрын

Good Yule to you 😊🍷

3 жыл бұрын

Back then I was in school already, mischief-making as usual :P hehe. Thank you my dear friend. Happy season and holidays. Hope you have a wonderful time!

@colinp2238

3 жыл бұрын

@ God jol ;))))

i am sorry to hear that you are unwell arith, i hope that you get better soon.

3 жыл бұрын

I'm alright, no worries ^^ thank you! Stay well!

Happy Solstice Arith! Thank you for all of the amazing content you've given us this year. It was a respite from the storm of 2020. Here's to a much improved 2021 for all and 100k SUBS!!!! Cheers!

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much friend, and to you as well! Happy holidays and happy season! I hope next year I can continue to provide content ^^

Thank you Arith. Feel better.

Greetings. I did not know all this. Yet intuition guided me at winter-solstice and I went to visit my near ’seita’ stone and indeed I walked three circles around this great stone counter-clockwise and played little symbals along and recited praises for life.. Yeh.. Life shines in everywhere.. 🔥🔥🔥 Blessings from Finland 🙏

Thanks for taking the time to make this while poorly. Hoping you feel better soon. x

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your well-wishes. Stay well and safe!

Good morning and greetings from Miami! This is perfect to listen to while I get ready for my morning meditation.

@KarlKarsnark

3 жыл бұрын

Howdy from the frozen North of FL! Happy Solstice and New Year fellow swamper!

3 жыл бұрын

Good morning! ^^

Hello, that you for sharing, I'm sorry you are not feeling well, I hope you get better soon!

3 жыл бұрын

THank you very much for your well wishes, I'm feeling much better now, no worries. Cheers! Stay well! :D

@bonneylynn

3 жыл бұрын

@ Me and mine are rich *good health* just an existential crisis, American here!!

happy winter solstice and yule

3 жыл бұрын

and to you too and yours, friend! Thank you!

Greetings from the Texas Gulf Coast. Thank you for working through your physical misery to make another video for us. Happy Holidays to you, Gigi and Sol. Best Wishes for 2021.

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you friend and have a wonderful season! Thank you for all the support and feedback! Happy holidays and have a wonderful season! Stay safe out there ^^

Thank you for another interesting and informative talk. Hope that you get well soon.

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you friend!

I'm glad I saved this video, my memory is shit.

OMGoddess!! On this day, I hope your sickness didn't last long. Blessed Be!!

This came at the right time. I was naturally or instinctively moving in this direction basically anyways so it was a little bit of a confirmation to me along with the fact my hawk came to visit me this morning. Sometimes we just need to shut up, sit down and listen.

Good timing, I hope you get well soon, Arith.

Slow down my friend! I can't keep up with your content, let alone my own studies over the "Holiday Season" lol! Always a pleasure to see new vids, I thank the Gods for your existence, your work and consider you an inspiration. Now to watch the video ha ha. Hail!

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you have enjoyed it and that you can continue to enjoy the future content I shall create. Happy season! Stay well and thanks for the support!

Thank you for this video. As always, a great insight. Hope you are keeping safe too.

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you friend. I'm trying my best, hehe. Stay well and stay safe! Cheers!

Hope you are feeling better Arith. You are very much appreciated.

Thank you for doing this while sick. Feel better!

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much :D

Very interesting, as always. An approach to divination that sounds very appealing, though more for the journey rather than the end goal. Thank you for doing this when you are not well and I hope you get better very soon. Take care.

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Happy holidays to you and yours!

Would you make a video about dogs or animals in general and what they meant for pagans in the past? Thanks for sharing your wisdom btw

3 жыл бұрын

I've been asked about dogs and cats and the afterlife in Old Norse myths and religion. I might do a video concerning that hehe. Thank you ^^

🥰thanku for this, I was unwell today also…. It made me feel much better hearing your wonderful things

Thank you for sharing brother & I hope you feel better soon after all Solstice is a celebratory time so I hope you get to enjoy some of it.

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and I wish you a wonderful Solstice and happy holidays to you and yours :)

I just want to say how much i love your videos. Clear, concise, and i appreciate the academic presentation of spiritual and ritual knowledge. I am very happy a friend shared your channel and i have been sharing them in my own groups. Great work. You have been very helpful on this path.

Hello Arith! Merry Yule! Many thanks for all of your videos!! Ive been a listener for a long time and your knowledge seems to have no bounds!! Thank you for all that you share with us....and Wishing you a happy 2021

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your time and support, I hope I can continue to provide content in 2021 and that you may continue to enjoy it. Have a wonderful season and holidays and happy new year! :D

great video as always an very well done an explained as always thanks for sharing.!!!

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it :D

Im just happy that i was the 10th like not sure what kind of accomplishment this is but it brings me great pride. This is my legacy crafted by my own valorous pursuit.

@wolfmauler

3 жыл бұрын

??? You mean being the 10th person to click on the thumbnail is THE moment of bravery and courage in your life you will be remembered for?

Thank you Arith for all your insightful informations . You are a blessing.. Blessed be brother 🖤

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I've sent you pm at Instagram ^^ cheers!

Thank for another great video again Arith. I usually spend New year's even a big crowd of strangers welcoming the turn of the wheel. You've given me a great socially distant practice to welcome the new year.

I'm so sad to hear that you are sick. I hope you are taking your elderberry syrup to keep from getting pneumonia! Stay healthy,we need You and Love You!!!

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much friend. No worries, I shall survive! :D Be well! Happy season!

Hi Arith, I wanted to ask you a question here about runes because your videos are old and having discovered you recently, I thought you wouldn't see this one. My question: some people say that when you draw a rune, if it's on its reverse side (not visible) it's a negative prediction, is it true? I've seen your videos about runes and you only talk about the inverted symbols. Thank you in advance! P.S.: Your videos are at the top and I don't regret having discovered you, go on! Well done!

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment, and thank you for your support! Well, divination methods concerning the runes are not historically accurate. For instance, my own videos on each rune is a more esoteric approach and my own interpretation. Every academic video I do on the runes I put it on a different folder, the one "Scandinavian and Viking Studies". Next year I might start demosntranting divination methods with the runes, but know that all of those are not historically accurate. Just a modern adaptation. I have a video that might better answer your question and others you may have concerning the runes, here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZ1l0K6xfMeplrQ.html&t

Thank you for taking the time today to share this info. I've been curious about Norse mythology and beliefs for a long time. Your channel, along with others have been showing me a new world, you could say. As one who has left my Christian beliefs behind and seeking new meaning in the world around me, it's very interesting to learn about animism and other aspects of pre-christian pagan thought.

Bright Blessings to you, may healing find it's way to you.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful practice of Trolldom Arith. All the best for the upcoming year!

Thank you for all the time & knowledge u so selflessly give. Feel better soon & blessed be. 🌛🌝🌜

I appreciate when you do take time to give a small "reminder" of past videos. Often times videos are skipped because it did not sound like a topic that was of interest at the time, or assumed it didn't fir personal "belief" system... to find in a later video that it IS a subject of interest after all. 😁

Thank you for this video! I hope you will feel better very soon! Sending you wishes of wellness from Texas!

Get well soon! I hope the pain isn't overbearing.

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I'm alright, no worries ^^

Get well soon 💪🔥

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you friend! You too ^^

Season greetings to you and family and thank you for your videos.. Arith

May you feel better soon 🍂

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the well wishes!

@Treefallensprout

3 жыл бұрын

@ should you be stuck with your current medical care - here are a few videos to help you start doing process of eliminations. You can check out his other videos if you still need to search for more self care: Metabolic - High Blood Sugar signs - how to catch it in time - reversing it kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIyktcmxlbHSorA.html 2 dashes of Cinnamon helps your body fight bacteria, cold, flu, viruses (ignore the add - everyone is different) lowers blood sugar. (I steep cinnamon sticks in hot water and drink it as tea.) kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKpqs8etaJqcc6Q.html High Blood Sugars - infections - especially, spine misalignments (due to bad posture) causes peripheral neuropathy (aggravating brain and spine connection) causing nerve pain in legs - kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6B7tJatZ8uzerw.html Let me know if you have any questions regarding what I sent. Good luck

Awesome, many thanks Arith. Get well soon.

I found this a very interesting listen. It's always nice to gain a little knowledge during my lunch break. Great video Arith!

Feel better soon!

3 жыл бұрын

I'm feeling better already, thank you ^^

This is the most profound thing I have ever heard.

This was an amazing video, and brought me back to many years ago when I used to practice Native American ways. There are so many similarities. This was good to hear.....I will pass this on to my daughters. God Jul!

Many blessings to you and I hope you are feeling better.

Thank you for working through your pain to give us this. A wonderful year end message.

Knowing the future gives you every reason to never care about anything since you know what's coming.

Krya på dig!

3 жыл бұрын

Tack så mycket ! :D

another great presentation

Always love to learn new things from you Arith, very much appreciate you taking the time out of this year to keep teaching us new things that we didn't know of before, I am very great-full that you are able to share such knowledge with us every once and a while and I do look forward to the next video and the next year. I hope that you have wonderful last few days of 2020 and hopefully we can all come out of this year knowing more than the previous one. Once again Thank you for today Arith.

So the times change and so does the journey. Perhaps we can adjust these practices to account for modern life with its constant noise and light pollution. Perhaps these things can be tidar too? Anyway I am able to walk to a cemetery and I will do this on New Year's Eve. The walk itself will be through suburbs but I can try to discern the signs and omens anyway. Arith your wisdom and depth of practice always inspires me and I hope you get better soon, may the blessings of Freyja and Idunn be upon you

This stuff is powerful, at ancient sites. Powerful enough to conjure energy and beings that can be photographed.

I love your video

well done kiddo ! doing your work in spite of your pain shows a true professional !! enjoyed this but would not wish to do it ! x

Merry Cristmas with much love 🌬fresh ginger tea to break your fever 💖

Are you familiar with the video game "Year Walk"? It's a horror puzzle game based on årsgång, and one that made me not only informed of the practice but also enamored with Swedish folklore. I always thought it was an interesting practice and it appeals to me enough that I've wanted to do it at some point. I highly recommend the game, it's on iOS and Steam.

@arbitrary2868

10 ай бұрын

A year late, but same. Glad I found this channel now, I've been trying to find a good source of info on this practice for a while.

We need to start doing these things again.

3 жыл бұрын

Many are already doing it, hehe

@DiogenesWasRight90

3 жыл бұрын

@ I would like to know more, perhaps we could discuss this over a video call and coffee sometime? I am a casual scholar but devout practitioner, and I understand you're a professional who is very busy so perhaps I could offer to pay you an hrly rate for your time?

Thank you for this video! Yet another topic I didn't know I wanted to hear about. I think I will go do this walk next week myself, but I wanted to ask if you can bring a small light? I am a bit clumsy and there are a lot of tree roots on the path I will take. It seems a light might disrupt the natural surroundings a bit and perhaps cloud the information but I don't want to fall over and make a bunch of noises either, haha. I hope you will see this and let me know if you have the time. Blessings and good health to you!

Be well soon

Do you know that there's a mobil game called Årsgång? it's actually quite good and very well researched

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that. Must check it ^^ thank you!

@fernandog2684

3 жыл бұрын

@ lycka till :)

mystic arith over here

Is it possible to perform this ritual while living in a city?

and the new year would be on 24 of December?

Your hair!

isnt it aswell a shamanistic methode, I know it is used in core shamanism.

Didnt even knew of Årsgång. :D. Not my thing.

Talking about dreams, I don't understand this whole idea of symbolism. Well, I do understand the idea tgat things in dreams means something. What I don't understand is why anyone came up with this theory. When I dream what I dream us exactly what it is. I don't remember dreaming often, but when I do the events in the dream occur exactly as they did in the dream. Usually at a point in the future. Except for the one time when my first love died. I dreamed if that at the same time as it happened. The whole sitting out is reminding me of rales and legends from around Europe about churches where if you sit on the steps on certain nights at midnight a procession of spirits will pass by reciting the names if those to die in the coming year. There's usually a condition that if you hear your own name you will die bwfore the year is out.

I've been watching your older videos for a few weeks..... Your hair...

Please. Someone tell me that me and my friends are not the only ones that understand "horse c**k" when says the word in the title... Like in the first 10 seconds of the video

3 жыл бұрын

Naughty :x

@Lichdevoihr

3 жыл бұрын

@ i mean, there gotta be some reason freya smiles upon me

In other words..when defining..use your intuition...

Is this not blasphemy against the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Or at the very least displeasing in the Lords sight? Playing the game Year walk brought me here and I became intrigued when i found out this is based off real practice. But cant go against the creator here. There was a king of Judah named manessah that I thought of after learning about arsgang. He was very wicked in the sight of God and it tells how he did many things evil including "observing times" or likely augury in other words. Any other christians out there that have thought about this?

I would like to be able to talk if you would be ok with that

Very nice 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️

ugh, too much talk. lol Ideally this topic can be probably covered in 12-15min video. just a tad excessive rambling tbh

Aren't you a jew?

3 жыл бұрын

No, I'm not. Why?

@Pdqute11

3 жыл бұрын

@ I think that is a bot? Just look at the pic?

@Pdqute11

3 жыл бұрын

Also. Really appriciate learning from you.

3 жыл бұрын

It might be lol. Thank you for your time!

@wwiking8055

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pdqute11 not a bot