What is the Pagan Afterlife Like? || Pagan Happy Hour Ep#21 

The dead can definitely can communicate with the living through dreams, IMO.

Well done Scarlett. You bring solid syncretism to the Pagan table, drawing from a multi-cultural and historical perspective. I am now a patron and I look forward to the Discord discourse. And, I can assure you, from my perspective of 65 years on the planet, that mean people do indeed suck.Fragile egos crushed by unrequited envy and admiration. Pay them no heed.Just "pity the fools", as the muscular man with the mohawk used to say.

As for Celtic cosmology: There is an excerpt in the stories of Alexander of an envoy of Celtic tribal leaders who came to congratulate Alexander on becoming king of Macedonia. When asked why the Celts did not fear death they were recorded as saying "we only fear the sky falling". Suggesting perhaps that the Celt worldview was tied to the continuance of the cycle of the universe.

Thanks for doing these. I’m sure it helps many of us not feel like we are the only ones who aren’t Christian, Muslims, Jews. Those of us that have never expressed these beliefs in our everyday lives really benefit for your videos

Hi Scarlett I would like to hear about your paranormal experience. Maybe you can do that on one of your happy hours.

The Graeco-Roman afterlife was what most people today believe to be the Christian afterlife. After death you crossed the Styx into the underworld, where you were judged by the three judges Aeacus, Rhadamanthus and Minos. According to your actions in life you went either into Tartarus (Hell), the Asphodelium (limbo, where most people went) or Elysium (Heaven). There were also Manes (ghosts) who could return into the world of the living, if they had unfinished business. This would be as Lemures, if they had to punish someone, or Lares, if they had to protect someone or something. The actual Christian belief is that the dead remain dead until the glory of God comes to Earth. Then the dead get resurrected in the flesh and are judged by God. If they are found worthy, they keep living on a transformed Earth as immortal human beings. This may sound weird, but this is the original Christian belief and perpetuated in the Nicene Creed. Over time however most Christians returned to the Graeco-Roman beliefs about the afterlife. (Because most Christians were Romans.) Now they believe just like the Romans before that the soul goes immediately into the afterlife, instead of remaining dead in the grave until the Day of Judgement, as the original Christian belief was. Like the ancient Romans they believe today that they persist in the afterlife as souls, not as physical bodies, as the Christians originally believed. So most Christians today are actual Roman pagans, when it comes to the afterlife. The original Christian beliefs went extinct, except for some fringe sects of Protestantism that returned to the original Christian beliefs, e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses.

i really don't mind having ads on the video if that helps you in any way? we're here to support you, not just to have a more "seamless experience".

Recently discovered your channel because you were in a video on Ocean Keltoi's channel, I'm loving watching all your pagan happy hour video's so far! Really great concept. Thank you for doing this! 💚

Thankyou.Your channel has no ads and I concentrate with your discussion

I like to think the dead can still communicate with the living. I totally see my grandmother's old school *angst* coming out in my niece despite them never meeting. Also I remember learning about Maat in my basic humanities courses. I learned that her name is amaat/maat and she always wore a feather pointing straight up and that feather shouldn't lean or waver at any altars or else it'll be an ominous and disastrous moment

April 2018's video " The Sacred Symbolism of the Death Card ". Your interpretation from the Ryder Waite Smith Tarot Deck, was just an honor to watch, so brilliant. July 2019's "Where does Tarot come from" also a Perfect 10.

Thanks for doing the PHH. These are always so enjoyable! Happy Friday!

NJ, . My Friday is Monday so I love to watch u on Monday

I would love to see a happy hour about runes! Thank you for the videos! :)

Been waiting awhile of this subject! Thanks for the informative content... 🌙🌕🌜

Dreams is a path to mid Ascension were you can communicate with those who have ascended to the afterlife.

I don’t think Tartarus was an epithet of Hades but more the name for a realm in the Underworld. I might be wrong but I’m pretty sure it is a place of typical dark underworld , suffering type dynamics. I believe some of the older more primal creatures of Greek mythology were cast their like the oldest children of Gai that were monstrous, maybe even the Titans. I believe it was a realm of the underworld that was meant to be a punishment . I’m not educated enough on the underworld realms but this is the way I have interpreted the retellings I have read.

Oh man, I would LOVE if you did an episode on animism and paganism. This is a subject I'm really fascinated with. Animism has always made the most sense to me. Hinduism and Shintoism are so intriguing-I would love to see a discussion on comparisons and connections to our modern view of paganism and European paganism. By the way, this episode was great! I'm loving the topics you choose.

A wonderful happy hour, Scarlet! I do like your idea of a universal afterlife; and your thoughts on reincarnation too. I continue to draw lots of inspiration from pagan mythologies and belief systems even though I don't identify as pagan. Not all Christians believe in an exclusive heaven. The original apostles, especially Paul, taught that all people are eventually brought into heaven, regardless of beliefs.

i dont like the idea of our current calendar based on christ, is there an pagan alternative for counting time?

Thank you for covering this topic 😊

And please do a happy hour on runes

Hi scarlet! I would suggest watching Sanctum of the Crafts series on the history of Samhain, she goes into depth about the incorporation of ancestors/spirits/the fae into the holiday in ancient practices, before Wicca :) I like their channel because they will share their sources and are very research heavy, unlike a lot of other information which is more word of mouth

Great Happy Hour. Me and my boyfriend have been having so much fun joining you on Fridays. Drinkin' mead and hanging out :)

No!!!! I missed this!!!

Thank you so much!! i love you content!!!

I think the Indian cycle of the Yugas is really intriguing. The Mayans, from my understanding, were Saturnian and the Aztecs were solar, so they had similar cycles but calculated differently and the Aztec cycle is currently resetting

THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR TIME WITH US BLESS BE 🌛🌟🌜🕯

The way I heard it was that Valhalla depends on how much Honor you had in Life, Folkvagner depended on how much Virtue you had in Life and if you had niether you Helheim plus your soul can loose Honor or Virtue and be kicked out Valhalla, Folkvagner, or Helhiem

I've had one paranormal experience, but I've had both grandparents come to me in dreams before. I think I'm the odd one out because I haven't heard of anyone else that I know personally experiencing this.

I really hope I'm covid-19 is over you keep doing these

Are you familiar with the pagan prayer beads? How many beads, and what words are said?

That lipstick 💄😍 girl yess

It has in the god of war game where he is in the elysian fields. From a norse pagan outlook there is a debate of vahalla and freyas fields. From what I've read when one dies warrior or not the valkyries carry the fallen and they are taken to hell where they are deemed if they've worthy of the halls of Valhalla. Those who weren't were to reside in hel.

I think ancestry gets even trickier when you factor in slavery and colonialism. My husband is half Jamaican and half southern Black, but what does that mean? His roots go from Africa to Germany, Ireland to Cherokee, China to England. The only thing we don't think he is is Pacific Islander. ancestry is perhaps a start for some people, but I believe affinity, a "call" to steal a word from Christianity, is more important.

I respectfully disagree about psychics 💕 and isnt one of the greatest things about paganism, is creating a greater relationship with the gods? I would argue that mediumship and a lot of the psychic abilities is about creating a relationship with oneself, dieties, spirits, and ancestry. As well as the celtic ways, creating a big relationship with nature through the Claire's is psychic. Love you though you're my favorite 💕 just sharing my thoughts incase someone else feels the same way.

Hello, I study Wicca but still do need to study most of it, it's a very diverse belief under Paganism, Samhain? Isn't it the New Year for witches? I could have heard or spelled the name of the concept of reincarnation belief in Paganism though

Thanks

All I know about my ancestry is I have blue eyes

March 28-Holi

How do feel about the 13 Witches Runes

I am a Pagan but struggling with this question.....do we believe In end of the world and reward for good and punishment for evil?

Paganism , the first religion.

What is the Pagan view on sex. Do you have wait until marriage like in Christianity or can you do it whenever you want?

scarlet you are adorable. facinating topics. i m drinkin beer. i am nordic pagan heathen. surfer cowboy biker hippi kine guy. mikili

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I wish she would talk more about hellenic paganism it feels like she often intently ignores it