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As a member of the Forn Sed stockholm community, I managed to be at Vårblöt in Uppsala twice and each times I felt closer to the Gods and our mother earth Jord.
Tack so mycket for this! Been there myself a few years back but it was really difficult to find a video with appropriate commentary in english to show to friends that were interested until now! Would love to see others blot's commentary videos from you. Take care!
@@ThreeStarVagabondAlways like a comment you agree with brother. It will help with the algorithm. That's how I found this video. I Hope one day I'll be able to visit your country. May the Gods and Goddesses guide you!
I remember your video about the mounds at Uppsala, so it's great returning for something else right there. I miss the arrival of spring on those muddy days when the snow is on its way out.
This turned out a lot more interesting and fun than I expected. I was a bit hesitant about returning to a place I've been - but I'm so happy I did :D Yeah, it was a pretty magnificent couple of days when the snow just melted away. Now spring is truly here though, and not a minute too soon!
The ceremony is completely sanitised. The Gods demand blood sacrifice to fulfill their petitions and the congregation were traditionally sprinkled with blood not water.
Interesting ritual, it is so interesting to learn how your ancestors lived. Sweden has so much history and your videos are so informative I love watching them. I’d join your facebook group but I don’t have a account, with no plans on creating one, well not yet. Thanks for sharing and stay safe till next time
I'm really happy that you enjoy seeing stuff like this! I was actually worried that people might not find it interesting, or too specific about weird Swedish rituals. Oh, and of course - I just happen to have my old Facebook account and people I know there. I fully understand all who wants to stay away from that cesspool these days :D
I'm all for openness when it comes to religious / spiritual beliefs, so I fully agree. In my view people should be able to have any faith they want, as long as it doesn't affect others. It's a personal matter.
Frey and Freya are Matter and Consciousness. Together they are the Supreme Mother ... Nerthus. She is All of Nature. They have 3 parts each, regarded as deities: Odin Thor Loki, and Eostre Frigga Hella. These deities go by various names throughout time and in different tribes. They represent Creation Sustainment and Destruction. Frey is the Supreme Consciousness of Creation Sustainment and Destruction, and Freya is the Matter of Creation Sustainment and Destruction. He is Father/Lord represented by the Sun, and She is Mother (Matter) represented by the Earth. I really hope people figure this out because it's very important.
Hi from Seattle! I visited both Norway and Sweden two summers ago (they are both ancestral countries of mine); and my trip included a visit to Gamla Uppsala, where I met lots of interesting folks and discussed such things as archaeology and Norse mythology. It wasn't the right time of year for the Spring Blot, unfortunately; I'll have to go back one of these days in time for one or more of these festivities... :)
Glad that you enjoyed Gamla Uppsala despite the lack of blot :D It really was an amazing experience - much more people and much bigger than I thought it was going to be! Really happy I went there
Weeell, the movie is completely made up. But there's a kernel of truth in it, since we did have pretty nasty sacrifices back in the old days! But I don't think Midsummer has been a time for such sacrifices - they were only reserved for special blot rituals every eight years (some believe).
This ritual is reminiscnet of a form of Hinduism that dates back to ancient times. It is still practiced today in parts of India. Ethnic Kashmiri Hindu Brahmins continue to organize an annual festival in honor of Goddess Sharika at her hilltop temple (Hari Parbat) in Kashmir. During this festival, the matriarch of each Kashmiri Brahmin family swings a goat's lung by its windpipe over her head and launches it into the sky from the highest point on the hill. They do this in the hopes that one of the hundreds of gigantic golden eagles,, which represent the goddess, will swoop down and grab the lung., It is incredible how similar the ancient Norse religion is to Hinduism, especially the Hinduism practiced in the pre-Islamic era, some 1500 years ago. P.S. Norse and Hindu Gods are as real or as mythic as the Chrisitan and Islamic God.
Interesting! But yeah, I guess that there's a lot of intermingling of people from over there with people in Europe - so it makes sense that religions share common ideas and traits. Still, very impressive to hear! Cheers for that :)
Thank you! Well, there's a bunch at different times. Maybe you could try google translating this page? www.samfundetfornsed.se/blot/%C3%A5rets-h%C3%B6gtider-1283052
I saw the movie Midsommar on Netflix. It was like watching a Swedish version of The Wicker Man. To my disappointment I found out it was filmed in Easter Europe, waad faun! Men det finns bra.
Warm greetings from Friesland from kindred minds and hearts. Freyja and Ingi-Frey are hallowed still by some of us yet! Folle lok en seine ta allegearre!
Greetings, and so nice to hear that name in particular (Ingi-Frey). Most people in Sweden call him Frej but Yngve-Frej is an older version of the name that few people use these days!
@@ThreeStarVagabond Tige tank! Both Freyja and Ingi-Frey were popular here Westergo- Friesland. A runic amulet from Wijnaldum, 6th century, mentions the name InguZ three times. The great Fibula from Wijnaldum could have been our local Brisingamen and hints at the location of some of our pagan kings. My family and I hope to take part in one of your blóts some day. We feel ancestral connections to Sweden. Until then!
Old Norse traditions are still alive. I liked it.I always fascinated with Norse myths. I hope those people worshiped for Odin to stop Fenrir. When Ragnarok he will deveor the sun. There will be no sun. The climate change will go like that I think we have to release Fenrir. My dark jokes again. Sadly there is no elves from LoTR😢. I was thinking about to write a new story. 🤔 It was a fantastic event. Thank you Norse Pagan Vagabond for sharing that with us. Otherwise how can I get to know those events. You Swedes are very interesting society. But yea also you mentioned the ongoing issues of Sweden. I hope you will be fine. But I know there is a prediction about recession in 2024-25 in Sweden and EU. I hope you will be fine the whole country. I hope we will recover our economic shifting without getting too much damage. Anyway I wrote a lot. See you on next interesting adventures.😅
Always a pleasure to read your jokes and your wonderful comments :D Fenrir seems to have been stopped for this year at least - now it's getting warmer at last, after a really cold March. But yeah I'm sure we will all get through this bad time! Every country has it a bit rough right now, but soon things will be better again. Thanks for joining me in this old Viking ritual, and hope you have a great week! :D
I got two questions because of how interesting this religion is. 1) are non Scandinavian people allowed to believe in it? 2) if the answer is no, then what about somebody who was not born is Scandinavia but has a little bit of Nordic ancestry? I want to believe but I don't want to insult the gods. And I'm Australian with a tiny bit of Norse ancestry
@@fjeldfross9327 True! I'm going to Norway from Stockholm soon, and even that is quite a journey - so I fully understand that it's difficult from Germany..
I don't fear global warming. I do fear geo engineering. (It's a thing. Many govs now admit to it). I'm a Thor'swoman myself and hope to get to Uppsala next year. My last personal sacrifice to Thor was my favourite sword...I was a field archaeologist and Viking Age reenactor. The sword is still "planted" in the soil in a woodland in Ireland. I have a feeling that for a sacrifice to mean anything, something of worth must be given, otherwise where is the actual sacrifice? But that is simply my opinion. These folks look like they had fun, and I admire anything that brings people together in friendship. I do, though, often wonder if the Gods who knew our Ancestors look at us today and wonder what happened...;)
That's a very good point - a sacrifice does actually have to be worth something to make a difference. Many of the people attending this blot only gave symbolic offerings, but I still love the feeling of camaraderie that they displayed. The social aspect is very nice! But yeah.. Haha... This probably has nothing at all to do with the ancient people, in reality :D
Well, there is actually a "right" way to offer sacrifice, and "a wrong way." We only need to look back at the sources, and read about how they, themself, thought about it. For example a newly converted norwegian king-wannabe had to eat the meat from the holy sacrificed horse, in order to prove his devotion to the ancient way of life, and his connection with the "Powers of the land." Thats how important it was to, not only perform sacrifices, but also to sacrifice the "right power animal" and to also eat of its flesh. Especially important task for someone who wanted to be the king over them all - he must show how he was a living link to the ancients, to preserve the connection with the land. "Symbolic sacrifices" isn't something that can be viewed as "theological right". The ancients would never had accepted it. They would have viewed it as a mockery of their beliefs. Anyways, I dont understand why it has became so "forbidden" in present day recreations groups. Since most are eating meat from slaughtered animals anyways. Isnt "symbolical sacrifice" a Christian Concept anyways? Why does christian believers trying to recreate an ancient pre-christian religion anyway? Come on, there is a reason why every attempt at recreating this religion always has ended with failure - because of lack of real sacrifices. It isn't that hard to understand. The old viking were no Flower Power Hippies exactly. And they didn't plays their belief system. They lived it to the fullest. Why not try to recreate it as it was intended to be like? Maybe it would succeed, right? Who knows. I have been a vegetarian for 30 years now, and I would accept animal sacrifice if done properly, within a sane theological framework. It would even be ok it only the officiating "priests" and the appointed chief took part in the sacrifice, and the rest were just bystanders. As long as the Gods, the Powers, were treated with Dignity and respect, and given a valuable offering (a living being, since life is important), and not some weed that you just picked up from the ground. If you take it seriously, you will behave accordingly. And vice versa.
If you try to google translate this page you can find out more about when different blots are arranged: www.samfundetfornsed.se/blot/%C3%A5rets-h%C3%B6gtider-1283052 They also make Facebook events, but I'm afraid that it's all in Swedish
If modern humans could go back in time and see what this ancient religion entailed we'd shit our pants and run. Those Gods required a lot more then a jelly donut and larping may just annoy them.
Oh yeah, I think the ancient Swedes would have been...ehm...quite annoyed at the modern paganism. But then again, the world is changing, and the people are changing - so I think it's a good way to try to still keep some traditions.
@@ThreeStarVagabond I only mention this as the AFA recently made a push to come to Britain and make their post near stone henge at to which the historical committee had put a block on them coming after learning the AFA support a white national ideology which we heathens do not and will not support under the declaration provided above
Well, they're not worshipping creation. They're saying that the god you believe in doesn't exist, but nature spirits exist. So, why should they want to worship something that's fictional?
@ThreeStarVagabond Calling me a weird cultist is an ad homenim fallacy. I thought Swedish people were supposed to be tolerant and open to other ideas. Funny that you accuse me of being a weird cultist, while attending a weird cult!
@@michaelferman3893 You're not the sharpest knife in the drawer are you? I'm atheist and I don't believe in neither spirits nor gods. These people were open about telling their story - but you come here spewing religious intolerance. There are wonderful Christians (and people of all other religions) in the world, but you are not one of them. Go preach your vitriol to your cultist friends instead.
This is sad it is a bunch of edgy basement people who have lost meaning since the dissolving of family, God, community, and provision from the efforts of your hands and now they dance around in medieval fair costumes and put vegetables next to Nomes to find meaning and validation. Sad.
Sad is when some modernized tool of the lost cause society doesn't have the mental capacity to appreciate the wonderment and positivity of what was happening in Uppsala. Might feel better if you have a Starbucks. Or a Bud lite.
Your "God" doesn't need to be "dissolved". To many, he has always been meaningless and void of real cultural and spiritual substance, and thankfully, people can look for something else, something better. Let people be.
