Heilung on what being a Pagan really means, airport woes and how one joins the Warrior Choir 

When Anoana's music video dropped. I got chills for the first time listening to a song. It has, to this day, become my mantra that I sing and listen to whenever I feel like I need protection.

Saw them live in Denver last November. My god it was amazing, the beat from the skin drums is intense in the best way possible. When Asja played, my body moved on its own to the beat, that is a highlight song for me. Heilung forever!

I loved this interview, I would love to go to the after party.

Sköl! I have not been fortunate enough to see Heilung live yet, but I know I would lose myself in that situation quite cathartically.

@@jefferyathon4737 You should, just once in your lifetime, it will be worth everything :)

I was there too and it was the beginning of a deep kinship with these folks for me!

This year? I was there too dude. In the beginning, light rain, clouds... Kai and Christopher start chanting and the clouds break and a gorgeous full moon is revealed. It was f@#$&*$ magical.

@@RavenstarZerocan agree. Such a beautiful performance. If they come back, I’m certainly gonna ask my friends to go again

I'm pretty sure Shaolin monks have less stringent requirements

That's refreshing to read my friend. paganism, Christianity no issue it's the extremism that's the issue if it is christ which I do not think it is at all nor any pagan god I personally think it's something so far more complex yet simple than that but at the end of it I believe it's who you are. We are all brothers and sisters it's the love and what you do is the most important just like there are many ways to succeed in a single job. Just with life there are many ways to reach the final destination

@@MrNoncomformist Thank you for the comment. The Bible reads that Jesus was always hanging around the "sinners" because those were the ones that need saving. He believed that you needed to go to the lost. If you were professing Christ, you weren't lost. But today's Christians don't care to have the lost come to them. Most are shunned from the church. They practice hate more than love. Always bashing those that don't believe in what they do. But that behavior is in direct contrary to what is actually taught. The command was to love our neighbors, not just fellow Christians. So, that is why I would accept any pagan or heathen in my home. Hospitality is a form of love. It should be practiced more.

Thanks for the heads-up! I desperately want to too

Oooh it's fun..... saw them for a 2nd time in Phoenix and was shrooming, the light show got my attention

Unfortunately the costumes are not historically accurate. Some of the bits are taken from other cultures and then they're layered together on Hollywood fantasy/Viking tropes. Same thing with the throat singing, instrumentation, and general heavy metal aesthetics. Don't get me wrong, it's all great fun, but it's ahistorical as fuck.

​@@KelrynGrey what exactly would be historically accurate?

@@kevinhowe3280 it gets rather unfun and this is a criticism of the listening community, not the band, as the band doesn't say they are doing historically accurate outfits or music. The black metal leaning aesthetics with smeared on paints are out. No woad smeared Norse/Germanic types. Some of those face paints that appeared on the backing spearmen are explicitly Native American. To my knowledge, no feathered headdresses or dangling face masks exist in the archaeological record either. Mixing periods in art is fine but it can be a bit like saying togas and Versace are both Italian, so mixing them is historically accurate. Historical dress for the old Norse was tunics, trousers, nice woolen cloaks for warmth. Our knowledge of their actual religious practices is almost entirely non-existent but I think the few accounts we have of the appearance of the priestly types are also more of that tunic and trousers with a cloak.

@@KelrynGrey I've seen many indigenous tribes use the same symbols. Like our American boy scouts use to have swastikas on their uniforms. Native Americans also used the swastika. I think our archeological community has alot of trouble with this because so many similar symbols and practices were used. Maybe this eternal flame or original tribal source is what heilung is trying to tap into. Instead of being completely historically recreating the norse ritual. Idk tho

viking is the norse word for raid. vikings arent a people but an activity.

They were fast to Christianity because they were forced to do so. Many mass genocides to force convert same to the pagans before islam. The people of Scandinavian including warriors had their homes burnt family killed no job offer no trade literally nothing what do ever if they do choose to stay pagan. Many practise paganism in secret just so they could have a home etc this started in England look up saint Brice's day as well it's what kicked off the great heathen army.

Im quite sure it is Franz, with an A

I mean that goes both ways tho, a lot of modern Christian practices are pagan in origin, simply said religion and beliefs are a huge chaotic mess.

I think it's totally possible!! The bonus being that you could augment your walking aids, or make them entirely out of natural objects... bones, sticks, fur... you would be the most badass warrior

@itoobable you should see my wheelchair then! When I go to the ren fair, I decorate it with bone artwork that I do! It's like a personal throne lol. Could do it with my crutches as well!

@@maryowen2016 awesome! I say go for it!!! When I see a Heilung warrior with badass walking aids, I will know it's you!

That's real paganism 👍 satan is a jewish concept.

Same here, bróðir.

Same here my brother that stuff is definitely real and I can't stand it what so ever and I am Norse pagan myself (Heathen) stay well stay positive brothers and sisters

@@MrNoncomformist, I'm a Norse shaman, and I take dark spirits seriously, as well. So I stay clear of any Satanism or Luciferian activities, sigils, anything else involving them. Black magick isn't something anyone should play with.

Satan is an abrahamic character. I don't follow anything from that faith

I believe Kai is wearing Heilung merch. They have an official website for merch where you can find similar products.

Kai also has a clothing line called Old Norse - he is wearing his hat

Pagans are usually polytheists so acknowledging the existence of other gods or deities is very common.

@@ChanceDavison-mp2hx Pagans do not worship the devil or do they even recognise the Christian invented entity

Most of the christian concepts of devils, demons, and satan (anything not of "god"), come from the demonization of pagan (largely Vanic and Celtic ) gods and goddesses. Just like a lot of modern "christian" practices are christianized pagan rituals. A lot of times the Germanic peoples would "adopt" the christian way in name only (for various reasons from just adopting, to adopting to appease so they would move on, to adopting to stopping their people from being murdered and tortured). The abrahamic religions have done so much damage to Europe/Europeans (and the world), that they should be rejected just on their history of destroying cultures.

Yeah I kind of raised my eyebrows on that comment as well. I am not Christian but believe demonic entities are real and have their own realm and limited tribal governments etc. I would never be down with them because they are parasites and seek to screw up peoples lives to feed off them.

@@ChanceDavison-mp2hx Satan is not a god, christians made him up. They mixed him with different gods. The gave him the name satan which comes from Saturn, they gave him the personality of Aires and the image of pan. The also called him Lucifer which is latin for light bringer, many pagans gods were light bringers well before Christianity.

You need jesus. Or odin will come and feed your heart to his ravens..

Yeah, no one NEEDS Jesus. Also, for the record, as an Asatruar I feel that I don't have the authority to say whether any religion is right or wrong. I don't agree with Christian ideology in any way, but I'll fight for their right to exist.

I SLayed A 12 Ft. Ice•Giant Last Week, Was TotaLLy Exilleratting. 😮 °SKAL !

@@w.neuman : Sounds absolutely cryptic to me. Skal!

​@@DaemeonArkenyonZane That's awesome. Most Christians are usually live and let live types. Personally I'm not an evangelist and don't do that to non Christians. If they ask about it, I'm happy to share. I think we would all be better off if more people could just be at least civil to each other.

Its a mess with all these believes and religions, always has been a mess... The term pagan was used by Christians to distance them (and any other believers in the same God like Muslims or Jews) from any other religion, and today it is used as if it was one clearly defined religion? That is confusing me.

@@GreenDeemonll It's not really confusing at all, pagan is just an umbrella term for any pre-christian beliefs, and if you cut away all the wiccan "working with the gods" stuff and base your belief in historical facts as much as possible then It's pretty straight forward :)

i think its the weight of her dreadlocks that is causing alopecia (hair loss) and with the headgear that she wears with the antlers doesn't help. One day she is going to have to shave her head so that the hair can hopefully grow back. I would be so self conscious about that if I was her.

I know it's a shame to hear that

I agree - I posted a comment about the importance of putting that comment in context... it looks like it might have been a bit of a joke, but its the kind of statement that is unfair to clip and edit without context.

@@itoobable I did have thoughts especially because if he didn't go down the satanic path he wouldn't have become who he is now which to me is plausible but not knowing for sure plus the context I doubt we will fully know. But apart from all that heilung is all to do with healing so it kinda doesn't seem right etc

It is not Satanic... Kai Uwe Faust said that he has a big heart for Satan, for whatever reason I do not know, but Heilungs music is just music, and it is more of pagan music, wich is NOT SATANIC. As he explained the cultures that Heilungs music is inspired from lived side by side with Christians, they weren't against Christianity. I am a Christian and I love Heilungs music, there is nothing wrong with that if you ask me. Satanic music would be something very different. Also i don't think Heilung has any evil people in their Group, or any real Satanic people, as in evil. Its just simply not Satanic, real evil Satanic people are rare, most people saying they are satanists are just trying to oppose Christianity, they aren't actually evil, there is only a view actually evil insanes under all those "satanic" metal fans.

He was being a smarta**. He has explained his stance on this before. They aren't Satanic.

How God Favors Evil: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z1BzP1wr234.html Is God Actually The Villain?: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KFi4pUIAlQs.html

If you actually listened before getting triggered it was about the clothes. Maybe listen again. They dont care what you are youre going to be wearing the same things.....

Don't be so sensitive, they're talking about clothes 🤣

​@@metalhammer or more to the point - lack of clothing on top.

_"Fall of Mind"_ seems aptly named.

i like how thats where the line is drawn for you. Lmfao

🤘😈🤘

Yeah that was something that was interesting to hear and kind of turns me off on what Kai is doing if it is true. I dont know why he would say that other than just stating he is down with the Metal community but who knows.

Yeah it would bum me out if thats the case

@@castlesmadeofsand941 It is kind of suspicious that Kai's symbol in the band is based on the Baphomet. Some of their other artwork is strange too with overtly sexual imagery.

That’s why I listen to Faun now

@@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 Check out Guzowianki and Rokiczanka from Poland, they are legit. Hrdza from Slovakia is good too.