My Pagan Library (Over 30 Books for Norse Pagans)

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[peachparfume]

I am myself a Ukrainian and i was so pleased when you mentioned the old religion of my country. (even though i stick to scandinavian paganism) im glad that my country religion has recognition!! Its also very sad when people say that its RUSSIAN religion when it has nothing to do with ths country. Thank you very much!!

[lctarotandoracle]

Honestly brother I am sure you have the natural ability to tune into what we all need at any given time <3 I have been trying to find a categorising system for my books that will help me learn and grow as a Norse pagan and you literally put them all into neat little categories in the first video I watched today :) you are a star! Skal

[umbraelegios]

" Not all who wander are lost" J.R.R. Tolkien

[brennalopes]

This was awesome - my to be read list just grew tenfold!!! Thanks so much for sharing your library with us Jacob!

[erikhoff]

My mother was a Storyteller, working in a metropolitan library, when I was young. She being Scotts-Irish, she had an immense collection of Fairy tales and was able to purchase "Surplus" and "Discard" books from that library as they aged out. I inherited her collection and enjoy reading them as much as I can. My father was Norse, and had a fair sized library too. I've been finding many of the older books at yard sales and used book stores and if you want those kind of books, start there. Skal

[Gpcavana]

This is truly “The Religion with Homework”. Keep those videos coming, brother. I am an Odinist, and have been since the age of 13, when I was a newly-confirmed Catholic.

[forfoxsake]

Anyone else pause and add each book they could find on an Amazon list? No? Just me? Cool. Lmao! Thanks, Jacob!

[savannawatkins]

Wow i just added so many books to my wishlist. Thanks for this awesome video!

[tm]

If y'all really want to dive deep

Hilda Davidson is an author you should definitely read further. She basically takes Mircea Eliade, a scholar of religions famous primarily for not being an atheist or a materialist, and applies what she learned from him about metaphysics and human spirituality to the Norse sources of which Eliade wasn't familiar. She was also familiar with Dumézil's work.

Speaking of Eliade and Dumézil, both of these guys are must reads. Dumézil is hard to get in English. If you have access to a university library, and can read French, he's a wealth of knowledge comparing the Germanic religion to the other religions of people speaking Indo-European languages. At the very least, read Eliade's "the Sacred and the Profane." Just do it. You'll be glad you did.

Speaking of Indo-European languages, read Homer. And Virgil. And basically all the big classics while you're at it. Sometimes the answer is a lot more boring and simple than one would like. Homer, Herodotus, and Plato might not be the first thing you think of when you think Norse paganism, but for those who have a chronic skepticism of all our sources because of Christian influence, you're going to find out by reading them what actual polytheistic, animist pagans thought about their own practice, mythology, and gods. You might find the worldview surprisingly familiar if you're already well read on Norse stuff.

Finally, and I have not dug into this myself so perhaps I am a bit of a hypocrite, but - Shintoism. Basically the only major animist pagan religion in a developed country left. You can probably learn a lot digging into it about how modern animistic pagans practice.

Edit: this is ofc after you've gotten a good handle on the Norse sources themselves. Good luck, happy wandering! 😉

[WyzardBlade]

I only have a few Norse Pagan related books in my possession but thanks to your videos I now know just how many great books there are. Reading is a great way to honor Odin since books are great tools to obtain wisdom.

[theredwolf]

I really wish I had to the time to sit down and read, audio book is the best I can do for now!

[RavenRaynefall]

I love your collection of books. I have maybe half of them. I'm a Celtic/ Norse Pagan

[danielar.]

Hi, your german is pretty good 👍 mach weiter so und bis zur großen Halle, Skal 🍻

[Mumbles]

I recommend The Asatru Edda by the Norroena Society. It has been stripped of as much Cristian contamination as possible. It has an amazing section dedicated to pronunciation of old Norse and an excellent introduction that every Asatruar should read. Jacob I'd like to have a conversation with you, I have a lot to share with you.

[Heinrich]

For me I have always been very interested in Greek and Egyptian religion and mythology alongside Norse so that's my top 3.

[mikeclark]

Nice video i love listening to people talk about books 📚

[PythonPilgrim]

I live in Ukraine (although I'm an American) and that book looks like something from Russian before the update in 1917. The title is "The Tale of Igor's Campaign." It's a very famous story that was even made into an opera.

[Hito_]

I'm not normally one to comment. However since you and I are quite very similar in what we read, research, and believe, between the Norse and Celts, as well as studying shamanism from around the world. Here it a rabbit hole for you, if you haven't already, the Kalevala from Finland, as well as shamanism from Finland/Lapland, currently reading books about that.

[endgamer]

Love this video! So amazing you included the magickal aspect as well. Thank you for the inspiration.

Btw. what is the music in the background?

[EricAndrewDodson]

I noticed you wearing that Carhartt shirt a few times. Thanks for putting food on my table, lol. Hopefully when I have some extra I can put some on your patreon.