#no frith with fascists

[libraryogre]

So, Longest Night with the family was tonight.

I anticipated having to buy new straw goats from Ikea to assuage my kids' desire to keep them... instead, I was met with them demanding to burn the goats. So, I gathered what we needed, and headed out. I started the fire in the grill, hoping it would be going well when we got there.

While the spoose finished something inside, the kids and I made an offering to the land wights... orange juice on a paper plate on the gardening table. The kids decided that they would repeat after me, so we thanked the wights for caring for our house and our land. Why orange juice? Because we're leaving it out. The Girl said "But what if an animal drinks it?" "Well, that would be like the land wights taking it, wouldn't it?"

We returned to the grill, pushed the fire a little. The spoose came out, and we opened, naming the Aeses and the Van, pouring out small bottles of scotch for Odin and Loki, burning twin straw goats for Thor, and pork chops for Freyr. Sadly, the HEB I went to was not Mexican enough... it didn't have marrannitors, so we could not slit the throat of a boar cookie before offering to the flames. However, the 3# drilling hammer I got served fine, even if it wasn't quite what I was looking for.

We went inside, first for the house wights, then for sumbel. We also offered orange juice to the house wights because of the cats. "We don't want a drunk Sbowball!" the Boy observed. Snowball is our young male cat. He does not always make good choices.

A quick taste test said the sparkling cider for sumbel would not be popular, so we went with the orange-mango. A brief lesson was given in drinking from a horn ("Point down or you drown!"), and we went through the form of sumbel... the round for gods or virtues, ancestors or heroes, and boast, toast, or open. In the second round, I hailed my father's father and father's mother; the Boy is named for my grandfather, and my grandmother died days before she could meet the Boy. None of my home met them.

A successful home blot and sumbel, all around.

[dreamerofdust]

tw: mentions of abuse and the effects of abuse on me personally

loki has made his/their way into my practice. and I feel… scared? I have heard from a lot of practitioners that he can very blunt, and being a victim of abuse, I don’t take harshness or bluntness very well.

I don’t remember most of it so I always tell myself that it probably wasn’t that bad or that maybe it never happened. it’s been over a decade since I got out of there, but I still talk about it. but I feel bad. like maybe I should just stop talking about it so much because I feel like “I’m making it my whole personality.���

that childhood trauma and inner child healing may be what they want to help me with, along with maybe getting in touch with my intuition and maybe even clairs. also confidence, boundaries, self love, embracing my queerness.

i am scared that they going to tell me something that I need to but don’t want to hear. and if I can’t handle what loki says, then they will leave and not want anything to do with me. I really don’t want that and I’m terrified.

[crowehorte]

There are no combination of herbs that can replace my adderall or immune suppressant. I would not be alive and thriving without modern medicine.

witches who support modern medicine & scientific evidence 2024 ✨️🩺💉

[kcdodger]

Ásatrú, Gender, Polyamory, and more.

A friend in Port Callahan asked about these things, prompted by the following image, and well. I suppose I can catalogue my journey with heathenry up to this point here, you know?

So, as you probably know, I am a practicing - and learning - Ásatraur. What is an Ásatraur, though? Well, colloquially we're known as Norse Pagans. We worship the Gods known as Odin, Thor, Tyr, Freyja, lots of Gods. Like there are a lot. Also, Loki! Loki gets a bad rep, but he's... Kinda' just a force of change? Like you can't really say "Odin bad Loki good" it does not work that way, that's a Christian-influence simplification. Loki does make for a great antagonist in narratives based on the Eddas though, haha. Anyway, let's get back to it. We mostly just vibe! We don't really actively recruit, we just let people pick up the phone, so to speak. That's what I did. I felt a pull to the Norse Gods as early as 11 years old. That was a... Jam packed time in my life, let me tell you. The first real piece of it was this funny little emblem from Halo 2.

"Valkyrie" This has been my go-to emblem for a looooong long time. The emblem isn't significant in its own way to my religion I don't think, but it stuck with me. What was another piece? Well, any number of things - growing up a curious young boy, curious about the world. The idea of pagans was interesting - and even as a young non-denominational christian, I didn't want to discount folks' religions. I didn't see any reason they couldn't coexist. My dad called me a Pagan for believing that, but, well he would be right eventually.

This is Van. Vanessa Thrace. She was my first attempt at a Truesona, back when I was dating a friend - wanted someone that was closer to me. Both of those things changed at some point, but keyword - changed! They didn't end! Because when I moved here to my dear wife @opashoo, I suddenly was in a Filipino household - a proudly Filipino household. These were second generation immigrants born here from a first generation immigrant. They'd brought back quite a bit from the homeland, culturally. The kids were raised American but the mother is anything but. And I... sort of felt out of place. Over the last few years I'd become immensely disenfranchised with how I was raised - simply American. No heritage. No traditions. Just American. What was my heritage? War, apartheid, glorification of war, consumerism, food, whiteness and an overbearing reliance on Christianity. Fuck that. Fuck all of that dude.

So I asked myself, what do I have? Can't just take any old culture, that's appropriation. But, then I remembered... "Hey, wait. My dad did a genealogy test. He came up mostly Scandinavian. We already knew this but we thought it was scottish ancestry - no, turns out it was Vikings. Huh."

And theeen a loooot of things clicked.

Now in this moment I need to detail something I skipped over.

Oh Kara Thrace, you crazy cunt. You crazy crazy bitch. Definitely one of my biggest fictional crushes ever - Kara Thrace was the baddest bitch on TV when I was a young boy. I'd had a handful of pilot idols, sometimes they were women and all that mattered to me was, "Were they good pilots?" - and Hel the fuck yeah they were. Especially her. Kara's the best pilot. The best fucking pilot ever. Luke Skywalker? Please. Wedge Antilles? As if. Darth Vader? IDK they're pretty supernaturally gifted both of them. Fox McCloud, Han Solo, Spike Spiegel, Hoban Washburn?

All great, but none of 'em are Kara Frakking "Starbuck" Thrace. After all, who could be? Well, that was a worthwhile question to answer. So... I took the name, Kara. I decided it would be my promise to myself. "Live up to the name. Be the best pilot you can be." Even if my Deuteranopia had other plans. For a little while there I was, actually, extremely good and known to be, extremely fucking good.

Oh boy was I ever. Firaxa-1 "Dodger". A name that's gonna' live in a lot of heads for a loooooooong time to come. But that's a story for another day. Well you see, choosing Kara was accidentally... prescient. You see, Kara, really Kára, is a name of Scandinavian origin. It is the name of one of the Valkyries - a particularly tempestuous one. I can relate. They say that it's Italian but... Nah, it's not solely Italian. Well, this was the name I picked. It pretty accidentally lined up with my faith-to-be, so that was really fucking cool. I think I sort of knew though, having played God of War 4 recently and beating every Valkyrie that wasn't named Sigrun. Anyway. With my love's permission - because... Well, we have a lot of loud racists in the Asatru community - I had to make sure sure trusted her new girlfriend with this exploration, and not to get weird and crazy with it. And she did - I got her permission and abandoned Christianity after many years of disillusionment, feeling unwelcome, unwanted, and uncared for by the faith. There's still so much I'm learning. I still haven't read the Eddas. I REALLY need to. But I've celebrated Midsommar, Yule, a couple of times, a couple of Blots, and I personally got my mother in law into Mead - she LOVES the stuff and she doesn't even drink. Anyway. That's how I ended up an outspoken queer heathen. So... What about the subject? Well, here's where Van comes back in.

Van was the one I targeted for heathening up - as, at the time, Sal was in a different kind of slot. So I used Van - who had been a somewhat cynical truesona (Unemployed, played gigs at bars, lived out of a Van, etc.), into something a lot more aspirational. Van stopped being just a Shark, and ended up a Ru, which are the shark folk of my own setting, Beacon.

It was certainly a choice to prominently feature Heathen imagery in Beacon as I continued to develop it, but it was, I think, the right choice. Through Van I explored Ru identity - and now they're Shark Orc Vikings who are kinda' fuzzy, in space. They're also huge. Like, 7 feet tall. (Hilariously, not huge by furry shark standards, but I'm not talking about my gripes with Furry Shark Twitter HERE... Not yet... Not today!) And out comes the chief representative of the people to the audience thus far, as a character. Van had become something more solid in my setting and was a... "Fully realized" me. She's loud, she's boisterous, she's hot as fuck, she's heavy but tough, she's a badass and she's a Valkyrie! She's just cool. And yeah, that's Van. But my relationship to heathenry does not stop there. Because, for you see, I am transgender. I am very very transgender.

And I make no effort to hide that I am a Heathen. I tell people, when relevant, that I'm transgender. At least when it feels safe to. I do not hide that I am MADLY in love with my beautiful wife who is very much not white. I do all these things in opposition to the bastards who try to steal my ancestors' symbols and use them for eugenics, bigotry, hatred, segregation - evil shit. Evil shit that they should NOT be safe for advocating.

There will come a day where someone gets the wrong idea. Maybe they'll think I'm a horrid bigot for wearing these symbols - I wouldn't blame them. I'm over six feet tall, pale as shit, blonde and blue eyed- I'm like, the PICTURE of what weirdos think Viking women should be. lol, too bad for those types, I'm transgender. But, also, like... There'll come a day where some other heathen who wants to stir shit up will figure out I'm not like them, and want to get into a scuffle. I'm ready for both of those things. One can be handled by talking, the other needs some fists. But, yeah. It's part of why I'm so outwardly, loudly, a heathen. Why I wear every single thing proudly. Because if I don't all we collectively are gonna' be known for is hate. We can't have that. Not when we're gaining more members every day, not when we can set good examples, not when we can CHOOSE to oust fascists, bigots, and other bad faith actors. We have to. We cannot let them own what is ours and use it for hate, when our own ancestors didn't give a single shit about genes, about where you were from, what you did - just who you were. And - when I say ancestors, I don't mean blood, I do mean ideological ancestors. I may have blood roots but Ásatrú is for all races, sexuality, genders. But not all politics or beliefs. No sir. Be whatever gender you want, date whoever you want, have as many partners as you want and it's completely fine for beating the shit out of someone who calls you a slur. That's what I, what we, believe in. The original post refers to Ergi, by the way - and it is not a term used lightly. It was a pretty grave insult and saying it made you fair game for getting an axe to the face, so if you did you... pretty much had to be ready to bite the dust. Dunno' about the polyamory, but I'm pretty sure our Gods aren't pearl clutchy about several partners. The Aesir and Vanir got busy wildly in the Eddas. Anyway, hope this is clarity enough. Glory to the Allfather - and that's ALL father, not SOME father.

[anarcha-heathenry]

No Frith for Fascists

There is no frith for fascist ilk, be it nationalist, cop, or terf. No love can they hold, soft and sleek as silk As they commit to their own unworth.

Forsaken by Freyja; every one a dishonest, abusive coward. No sanctuary for them no joy or compassion As her wrath they have foolishly conjured.

By creed of Skadhi, their lives forfeit, stripped of warmth, light, and vigor. Endless their anguish no mercy nor respite Her vengeance, an endless Winter.

Hunted by Fenrir with bloodlust and fury, their doom ever inevitable. No quarter given no peace nor amnesty As the black wolf devours the intolerable.

There is no frith for fascist kind, no hope for them, enjoyed. No future given no refuge to find Ill-fated to be destroyed.

[satanicallypanicky]

the god of rebellion against unjust authority and his followers are wide awake, baby

Hail Satan. No frith with fascists.

[themuskrater]

And some people STILL don't get it 🙃

Sadly relevant.

[mannazandwyrd]

an Odinist with 88 in their username liked one of my reblogs so apparently I need to tap the sign that says “the Allfather is called that for a fucking reason, you’re not an edgelord you’re a pathetic loser who is afraid of people who are different from you, reconstructed paganism by its very nature is an open and inclusive practice, hospitality kindness and curiosity are our gods’ highest values, Nazis get fed to Niðhoggr, no frith with fascists, get bent and get blocked”

[libraryogre]

Loki's gender is so fluid it is technically plasma.

No frith with fascists. No troth with transphobes.

[dreamerofdust]

just spent 10 minutes typing out an apology to my ancestors to post on here, but then I realized I just wanted to journal but didn’t know what to journal. and then i realized this shits really personal so maybe it’d be too personal to post on here.

[drafty-castle]

NO FRITH WITH FASCISTS !!

This is not news, but it is an important read, especially for people who were previously unaware of the trend of neo-Nazis stealing pagan symbols for their own.

If you are an anti-racist, anti-fascist pagan, keep doing what you are doing, you are keeping the fight alive

If you are an anti-racist, anti-fascist person who is not a pagan, help us spread the word of this, stand in solidarity with us as we kick the fascists out of our communities

If you are a fascist pagan, fuck off, this faith is a peaceful one

No platforms for fascists.

~ Max

[spiderwoven]

ivy, 19, they/them. southern england. student

beginner witchling thing. weird syncretic ? eclectic ? christo-pagan ball of yarn going on with my beliefs. who even knows, i tread my own path through this remote neck of the woods, trying not to trip over tree roots in the process

currently hyperfixated on norse mythology/'heathenry' after getting a knock on the proverbial door from one controversial deity. expect a lot of That

mainly a blog to collect resources and references that i don't want cluttering my main. doesn't mean that my main will be completely devoid of spiritual/religious content, but this one's for saving knowledgeable people's long wordy posts and reblogging quotes and links and spells and upg and devotional art, et cetera et cetera

learning is an eternal process so don't be a snobbish git — call me one of today's lucky ten thousand. oh, and, if it weren't obvious from the pronouns: no frith with fascists, nazi cunts aren't welcome here, no terfs on my turf, blah blah cliche, dickheads dni. all your gods are queer. stay mad

well that about covers it

[grimnirs-child]

FYI recent anon: any asks you send me justifying fascism, calling anti-racism fascism, or any other fascism apologia, will get insta-deleted

No frith with fascists and no platform for fascist apologia

[skadi-gemini]

For some reason, I hadn’t bothered to see if there were any pagan blogs here! But lo! There upon the fjord! I see a drakkar in the distance with a bunch of Heathens at the helm! And there be Huginn and Munnin, riding the winds!

I don’t really post much about it and merely mention it in passing, but I’ve been a practicing Norse Pagan for eight years. I’ve sworn an oath to Skadi to venerate her. I do love and build frith with all of the Old Ones, but I’ve leaned the most to Skadi. Her story helped me to stand up for myself and what I believe in.

I founded a kindred with another local in my area and have been running it for five years now! We’ve come from a humble beginning where we discussed all that we would want in our kindred to now where we had a Rede, a member elected governing council to help run things! Our first Yule, four years ago, had over 50 people in attendance! That was where I also made my first holiday turkey!

I’ve made a lot of friends and even endured local pagan drama! Phew! What a mess that was. 🫠

I never was successfully brainwashed into Christianity and was pretty lost until I happened on Norse mythology as a kid. It wasn’t until adulthood where I found that there are people who practice Norse Paganism. I was even more shocked that it had survived even through the Christian efforts to erase it, just quieter and passed down simply as “the old ways”. It’s been a humbling experience finding the path that’s right for me. An equally exciting discovery, was that I have ancestry in Sweden and Denmark!

So, by me being on this path, I’m reclaiming (part) of my ancestral roots. The Christians didn’t win. And neither will these Neo-Nazi shitheads from co-opting these ancient symbols for their hate.

I also want to clear up any misconceptions. I’m not one of those dirtbags. Odin is the ALL father, not the SOME father. There are no nazis in Valhol, nor are there fascists and racists. Only those slain in battle get in Valhalla anyway, and they’re the ones who are passed up by Freyja and not chosen for Folkvangr.

Hail the Old Gods!

[wickedcarnation]

I want new witches, pagans, and especially heathens to be more careful. PLEASE do your research on dog whistles.

They are everywhere, and we don't want to invite white supremacists and nazis to be anywhere near us.

We need to work on making our spaces safer for marginalized groups.

This is not great.

(Also, for context, here is the full video I reference in this. )

[anarcha-heathenry]

Hey, it’s been a fucking while and i’m sorry about that.

I didn’t mean to be gone for so long with no communication, and I don’t have much of a reason or explanation for it other than that I was a lot more burned out and needed a lot more of a break than I thought. And also just, y’know, life is a lot. First things first, though!

This is an antifascist space: Fascists of any kind (including but not limited to: neonazis, terfs and other transphobes, and cops), their politics, and their rhetoric are not welcome here and i sincerely wish them all nothing but the absolute fucking worst: [REDACTED], you fucken maggots.

So, i’m back, kinda, but probably not the same as before: I still feel burned out tbh just, like, all the time and I don’t think I can go back to running NGC like I used to, so, some changes i’ve considered and am most likely gonna implement from now on:

idk if i’ll still take requests. Right now i’m thinking i’ll leave things open for people to make requests but most of them probably won’t get done unless inspiration just hits me for them in particular - i’m sorry if that’s disappointing, i’ve really enjoyed writing pieces for you all but it’s just not something i think i can continue to consistently provide to all/most requests that get made: it’s a lot of emotional and creative labour on my part and i just can’t provide that anymore - i’ll do what I can, but that’s all I can offer.

I probably won’t answer questions about religious practice and related topics so much from now on: again, i’ve really enjoyed it but I just don’t have the energy to commit consistently to it anymore - if something particularly piques my interest and inspires me to write about it then sure, but otherwise, just like with requests, i’ll do what i can.

I’m thinking of changing the name? Norse God Calls just doesn’t really vibe for me anymore… Idk, we’ll see.

The pieces that I write going forward are definitely gonna feature and focus much more specifically on antifascist, queer, and anarchist concepts and sentiments.

The majority of my creative labour is focused on my fiction writing now but I am still absolutely drawn and compelled to create spiritual pieces of writing for Norse Pagan practice and I still want to share them, so I will, but I can’t promise any more than that.

What I mainly want to do here now is just have a place to share the pieces that I write, when I happen to write them, with no pressure to try and be consistently engaged or engaging because as much as i’ve enjoyed that engagement in the past I simply don’t have the capacity to continue like that anymore; honestly, I don’t think I had the capacity for it before either, hence the burnout.

Thank you to all of you who have supported and appreciated the writing I’ve shared here, and I hope you’ll continue to even after such a long break and a future of likely sporadic updates/posts going forward.

No Frith for Fascists! ACAB, ACAB, ACAB! 161 Trans Rights are Human Rights! Queer Liberation now! Fire to the Prisons and Colonies! Land Back! Class War! Capitalism is a deathcult, Communism will win.