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Go on the tangent, I love them.

I wasn't going to repost and I was instead just going to hope that how much I liked your addition just radiated through the screen but the last paragraph needs to be read by people and i want to yap.

I absolutely agree with your take on the Jotunar. I think it stems from before I was polytheist, I was very attached to the mother nature concept and I knew that if you respected nature nature respected you back. There were a few times that I should have gotten absolutely fucked up but I think I was spared because I put in some effort and I didn't completely ignore Nature's "meaner" side.

Same with the Jotunar. I don't understand why anyone would want to be on their badside. They aren't all evil and malicious, and tbh, its not a bad idea at all to form a good relationship with them. A few examples that should speak for themselves:

Skadi - winter. Will you have her favor, or will you suffer the cold and snow?

Ægir and Ran - the ocean. Will you have safe passage or be lost to the sea?

Jörð - mother nature herself (and also Thors mom, btw). Will you have her blessing or not?

Gerð - the wife of Freyr (so it's best not to diss her if you praise him), and also the goddess of gardens and enclosures. Ya know, the enclosures that keep your home, animals, and crops safe?

And of course, let's not forget that quite a few of the Æsir have jotun blood. (And fun fact, it's not clear if Tyr is full blood or half jotun, so that's something to think on. )

I'm a jotun defender, so I'm glad when other people think the same.

The jotun are no more or less evil than the Æsir or Vanir, people are just scared and hateful of the side of nature that doesn't bend to human will or ONLY benefit humans. (Not to say the Vani and Æsir do that either, they'll fuck you up too, but their domains are more human kind friendly)

And omg, the "Loki wants my attention but I don't want chaos". I've heard it too. My friend is that way. And I get it to an extent, but if you're already suffocating in chaos, wouldn't you WANT the help of a god who can navigate it and find the best way to utilize it or get through it?

I don't like having my life in disarray either, but I'm glad Loki is there to help me out or I'd be fucked. He helps me see an advantage in shitty situations and doesn't let me wallow and get stuck.

Question for other Lokean’s,

What values and principles do you associate with Loki? Do you adhere to them? Where do you get your information?

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"I asked chatgpt-" NEXT TIME DON'T. ask ME choose ME, I can misinform you. I do it with love and affection

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MUTUAL I HAVE DECIDED IS COOL LIKED MY POST

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Can we talk about how Helheim was twisted into some horrible, scary, gloomy afterlife of damnation and was deemed "punishment" for being too ordinary as a way to make it resemble the Christian hell, even tho that's literally far from the truth but people just accept it as such?

Can we talk about how Hel was made to be a ruthless tyrant who finds glee in the suffering and misery of the dead when she's literally not like that at all?

Helheim was literally just where you went to have life after death. You didn't live in misery, you just continued on as a normal person as opposed to becoming a soldier for Odin or finding respite after battle with Freyja.

That doesnt make it a place of punishment.

Literally the majority of people where believed to go there and we just blindly accepted it a place of suffering as punishment for being an average person?

Idk... doesn't sit right.

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���‼️ Remember kids, the pre-requisite to getting into Elysium does not include being a nice person.

Go crash out, you deserve it

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when the cool moot is like ??? Interacting with you ???? And holding conversations with you ???????? But they’re cool ????? ??? And you’re lame ??????

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I'm not good with words so I cant hold a candle to this response, but I'm reblogging it cause I like it.

Personally, the small list of main values and principles I associate with Loki is:

1. Honesty and accountability. Sometimes you fuck up, and it's best to admit it, whether it be to yourself as a personal fuck up, or to others if it effects them. It's also your responsibility to fix it. Take accountability.

To me, accountability has been hard growing up because it ALWAYS put me in danger. I avoided being hit and yelled at if I lied or passed blame, but I've made a lot of progresses in fessing up, tho I'm still learning. You don't get your shit rocked mentally as a kid for mistakes and then recover in a snap I'm afraid.

2. Shadow work, self help, healing, and over all just understanding yourself. I guess it kinda ties in with the authenticity thing @lokavisi mentioned. People downplay healing a bit and say it's not necessary, but understanding yourself, working on yourself, and getting to the roots of your issues so you can be more understanding of yourself and simultaneously grow as a person is incredibly important, and tbh, if your internal compass is broken, good luck navigating. If your connection to yourself and your intuition is jacked, good luck communing with your soul and the gods. This doesn't make it impossible, but holy shit is it rough if you ignore the work.

Loki won't let me forget my shadow work, if that answers anything.

4. It's ok to be different and unique. Not everyone is gonna see the value in your uniqueness, and that's quiet honestly their problem.

5. Destruction is followed by Creation. Sometimes you just have to burn shit to the ground and build something new. Things can not stay the same, stagnancy is a toxin, and there is a natural cycle we all have to follow. Change isnt always a bad thing and it's honestly inevitable, so you can either mope about it or you can twist it to your advantage, OR you can get ahead of the game and choose how you want to start the demolition.

I'm still struggling hard-core with this one. Usually I curse my fate and ask the Norns what I did in a past life to earn wrath such as this. I'm also a stubborn ass bitch and when I feel pushed, I will dig my heels in. "This is OUR struggle now" mentality. I know it's not helpful, but listen. Im a little fucked up and I am VERY adverse to people trying to control me and my life, human, god, norn, doesn't matter. I'll catch an attitude with any of them.

Obviously this is still a work in progress.

Question for other Lokean’s,

What values and principles do you associate with Loki? Do you adhere to them? Where do you get your information?

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How spirituality is going rn

Franz Kafka, from a letter to Felice Bauer written in 1913, featured in Letters To Felice

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Edgar Allan Poe, from a letter to Sarah H. Whitman, featured in The Life and Letters of Edgar Allan Poe

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Might put a tazer on Thor's altar.

Ya know, zap zap ⚡️⚡️

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Hail Loki

Hail to the other half of the Danger Duo* Hail to the far traveled son of Laufey Hail to the consort of Angrboda Bless and walk with us this day ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Danger Duo is a nickname some friends of mine and I came up for Loki and Odin. I don't even remember how it got started, except that it was a joke.

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Crazy how humans continued being religious but stopped making myths and instead just decided that whatever was written last was fact.

Myths are literally just stories that use the gods as characters to describe the world around us.

I love the myths we have now, don't get me wrong.

But imagine if we hadn't stopped and if they'd just continued evolving

Sure we have UPG and SPG, but that's not really same.

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One of the good things about worshipping the god of madness is that I often have intrusive thoughts about him and some of the other gods, but I know that he knows that's all they are, and I won't be judged or punished for it.

I can't tell you how many times an unwanted crude or sexual image has flashed into my mind, or a thought of defiance and disrespect and I've gone, "That was an intrusive thought, I'm sorry," but there was never a feeling of disappointment from him, it always felt understanding.

It feels like, yeah, he's been around for thousands of years, he's seen mental illness, he's relieved it, he's inflicted it, he's felt and experienced it, he knows that intrusive thoughts aren't wanted or controlled, and he knows that they go directly against your morality.

Part of why I'm writing this is not only to document my experience with Dionysus, but it's also for others who may be in the same anxious boat.

No, the gods are not mad at you for thoughts you cannot control, no matter how bad they are, because they know you can't control them. They have been around long enough, and they are wise enough to understand intention. And I also need more people to understand that they aren't looking into your mind 24/7, they see what you allow them to see or directly send to them, plus they just have their own lives to go about and duties to attend to

And if you feel you may have "accidentally sent them an intrusive thought," don't worry about it, because like I said, they are wise and understand intention. If you did not mean the thought, they will know. They've been watching over humans for as long as humans have been around to be watched, they've seen it all.

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Hi hi hi!!

Uhm I’m unsure if you use runes a lot but if you do I have a question !

I know like running stream water and such can help activate them along with other elements, does tap water do the same? Or should it be running water outside?

~ @purple101-helpol

I'm still practicing with my runes, and tbh I don't practice as much as I should, but

I activated mine with blood (accident while making them), which is the most popular way, but I know not everyone is comfy with using blood.

I haven't heard of the water method but if you wanted to do that I'd say water from outside is best, cause nature, but if tap water is all you have then I see no problem using it. I've used convince methods multiple times in my practice. Work with what you have, being resourceful.

My friend @theheidfox fox is pretty good with runes and is actually trained if you wanted to try asking her.

She'd probably be more helpful than I could

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Hail Frigg

Hail to the war-wise All Mother Hail to the Confidant of the Norns Hail to the Cloud Spinner Bless and walk with us this day

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Hail Freyja

Hail to the Lady of Passion Hail to the beautiful daughter of Nerthus Hail to the Mother of Hnoss and Gersemi Bless and walk with us this day

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