Tribal Heathenry

What makes Tribal Heathenry so different from Neo-pagan Germanic organizations such as Odinism and Ásatrú? What does it stand for, and what are the main objectives of this movement within Heathenism?

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[TheCossak]

Would love it if you wrote a book on all of these topics that you discuss in your videos. You're full of wisdom on top of real history facts. Hard to find such clarity on the internet.

[ladykoiwolfe]

It's a sad thing that talking to trees is viewed by the majority as a sign of mental illness.

I get the strangest looks just talking to animals.

[TheMercian]

You’ve really hit the nail on the head here.

I’ve had experience with a few Asatru and Odinist groups. They seem incapable of breaking from Middle Eastern Monotheistic dogmas like a Doomsday and detachment from land spirits/wights/ancestors.

Great video.

[mickkeker]

Man, that was really, really good Arith. You should write a book on these concepts to *help* us guide ourselves down this very crucial path.

[colinp]

The quality of your work has come in leaps and bounds this past year. I think many people are too influenced by entertainment media such as Marvel and Vikings and replace the source material because it is too easy to go to Wiki and google than seek out the books and writings of the ancients. Or even if one person reads it then decides to form a group of "like minded" that have never viewed the source but take on that leaders interpretation as being "gospel".
You can imagine the 21st century man going to Valhalla (sic) and being asked to recount his deeds of his life that give him the right to join Einherjar. Once he opens his mouth scorn and derision will rain down on him. We do not understand the truth of the medieval concept of honour and valour and we do not settle disputes by feud.

[stolman]

Great video. You know you're on the right track when both sides are angry at you.

[heathertheheathen]

I am so happy to have come across your channel and content. Thank you! This is the way back to balance and connection with the wholeness of our existence.

[WayfarerShiandra]

I'm always puzzled by reconstructionists who assert that they are recreating a tribal religion without any modern influences on their practice. I mean, almost no one in Western countries still lives in small subsistence farming or fishing communities without any internet, electricity, running water, medicines, etc. and very few modern heathens can hold blood sacrifice of livestock (or people).
While I agree it's good to understand what influences in neopagan practices are coming from ceremonial magic, Wicca, etc. it's practically impossible to purge modernity entirely. In fact, the reflexivity of looking back to the past to "reconstruct" it is in itself a modern mindset. "For reconstructed tradition is tradition in sham clothing and not tradition at all" - Anthony Giddens

[denyse]

very well put ! anyone who has seen a wild horse in flight, lightening flashes across the sky, great trees blowing in the wind, Atlantic waves crashing on the shore will know the truth in what you say !

[kellynh]

Thank you for this video! It's heartening to hear someone articulate my personal beliefs so coherently, and that there are others who don't feel that the "Asatrú/etc" organizations are the right fit.
I am not proud of the commercialized pageant that pagan culture has become, and I hope more of us will choose to LIVE in a way that honors the earth, our ancestors, and the Gods, instead of forming echo chambers to play dress-up and regurgitate the same tired ideas.
Health and happiness to you and yours!

[waifuwrangler]

Germanic polytheism is starting to get more subgenres than Heavy Metal.

[callummason]

Many thanks arith for this timely reminder.

I follow my own heathenry (taking baby steps as i learn more about my ancestors) as I am learning.

However I will make more of an effort to venerate nature, the trees and water sources and our ancestors.

[jacobberry]

That 33 minutes flew by. I can listen to your knowledge all day. Thanks, Arith.

[TheSavageCivilized]

Absolutely love your work, Arith! I'd love to sit down, have a beer, or smoke a joint, and pick your brain.

Please continue your Runes I'm studying them, and your videos are most definitely helpful.

Keep up the great videos!

[megadesu]

I've always thought of these spiritual realms as something like 'layers' over our own world, rather than some faraway place completely disconnected from us. You can see some evidence of this in old stories, such as when a figure enters another world by going underground, across the sea or even while simply walking in the woods. It kind of reminds me of the Narnia stories as well. Nice video, thank you.

[exsistentialis]

Arith, I manage a website about Germanic Heathenry called Heathenry & Liberdade. I know that you speak Portuguese, but I'm not sure whether you know our work or not. What you are talking in this video is basically what I'm trying to say as well for at least 3 or 4 years and Asatru/Odinist oriented communities in Brazil said that was foolish. I just want to thank you a lot for this video, since now those ideas can be more easily understood and respected, since most of these ideas, mostly because they're different from modern esotericism, are always treated as non-spiritualised or too secular to be respected as a religion. Once again, thank you a lot.

[landetinuti]

One of the best videos yet. Excellent distinctions. Unless you begin with nature you're really just cosplaying dogma. Begin with nature and renewal follows.

[EMTwombly]

I think this is one of your very best videos that really addresses the key issues in paganism and heathenism! With my ancestors and the ancestors of all of us, there was no church, synagogues, temples, or other structures within the village. Worship was a individual practice with gatherings, pilgrimages, or celebrations of sacred times with others where like minded people could meet for religious purposes.

The ancestors gave good and bad examples of how to explain and cope with life that directly applied to the people in their everyday life. Therefore their stories became “gospel” and were incorporated in survival and living life. This was also complimented by deity perception and stories, but most importantly, aspects of nature and wildlife were used to help validate the lessons.

If the Gods created our world, then we are in the land of the Gods. For Christians, wherever you go, you are in church! Modern man has generally lost this concept and is out of touch with that wisdom.

On ancestors: if they weren’t that important, why was is critical in our history to have our very names have -son or -dottir on them, or with many tribal people, clan or lineage is usually mandatory when introducing oneself to others?

A question I’ve given others is, ” All this around us has been created by a Maker, there is everything you need around you and also the answers to many questions you may have while you live here. What are you going to do about it and what are the consequences of your choices?”

[watcherofducks]

I always felt lost when it came to spirituality, and I always strive to grow closer to Germanic Paganism as a whole. This video helped me really pin point the way I want to practice my beliefs, so I thank you for this video and for expanding my mind. Good luck and keep up the good work my friend.

[seanjobst]

Excellent video! I completely concur and now I am a new subscriber, so looking forward to more. Having left Abrahamism behind (both my Catholic Christian background and later being a Sufi Muslim), after much reflection and studies following a life-renewing visit to my ancestral countries, I tried to join a local Pagan group for the Folk and Communal aspect. My nervousness and being instinctly more introverted got the best of me, leading to misunderstandings by a paranoid person who then came up with accusations without knowing me. That led to my disillusionment with organized groups. But fast forward a year later, and I have become very secure and more than satisfied as a solitary Heathen/Pagan; I now know that was my inner voice or intuition guiding me and put that barrier up so that I may discover my own Path rather than moulding to one of an organized. And from that I've been able to reconstruct a more tribal-based path drawn from the traditions that have survived and the archaeological records of my South German folk. Too many of continental Germanic heritage, especially here in the US, just want to slap Norse terms and concepts onto religion such as is Asatru. I've now been able to deconstruct the "Catholic" traditions of my family and see the Pagan remnants, and from that getting a better picture. The writings of that Icelandic Christian that's treated as a sacred book, never sat well with me; likewise the lore as taken from that is specifically Norse - sometimes at odds with the continental Germanic records. Now, I have my own rituals honoring my ancestors and even in rituals for the Deities I also include mention and recognition of the Nature/Land Spirits, and I notice the huge difference, feeling far more benefits. Adopting this Animistic and Pantheistic perspective also helps us to stamp out any lingering traces of Abrahamism from our hearts, minds and actions, for as you so eloquently express here, it's foremost a difference in worldview, the Abrahamic being diametrically opposed to our Pagan worldview on the most fundamental levels. By putting in words what so many of us are also realizing, you are offering offering a great service.