Asatru 101 - profession
This is our first Asatru 101 Podcast. The topic is Profession. The what, whys and wherefores of pledging your Troth to the Gods. Just Sandi and myself for this one. Informal but we hope informative. Feel free to email questions to dscarron at yahoo.com.
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Great new podcast Folks. Very interesting. Overall i think your programs are excellent , and are helping to build our worldwide Asatru/Heathen community.
Wes thu hal from East Anglia.
Phillip said this on May 24th, 2007 at 9:05 am
A question. Obviousy, I hope this was not asked already. First of all I love you guys’ podcast. It’s really informative, and i enjoy our sense of humor. My question is one profession. From what I know, Asatru means “loyalty to the aesir”. Does one have to pledge within only the Aesir? For instance, if I encounter a friendly and trustworthy Jotun, after some time, would it be appropriate to, say pledge to that Jotun? Or to pledge to specific gods? What I mean to say is, should one pledge to the entire tribe of the Aesir? To me this seems absurd. You said, whatever works for you, so I’m assuming one can pledge either to specific deities, be they Jotun, Aesir, Vanir, or a mixture, of course I think one should be more cautious in professing to any Jotun, but my question is could it be considered reasonable? Sorry, my sentences aren’t clear, Im quite tired. I just wanted to post this before I forget my questions. Anyway, thank you for your time and any reponse would be appreciated.
Steve
Steve said this on June 1st, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Heilsa Steve,
(snip) >My question is one profession. From what I know, >Asatru means “loyalty to the aesir”.
Loyalty to the Gods. Which means both the Aesir and Vanir.
>Does one have to pledge within only the Aesir? For >instance, if I encounter a friendly and trustworthy >Jotun, after some time, would it be appropriate to, >say pledge to that Jotun? Or to pledge to specific >gods? What I mean to say is, should one pledge to >the entire tribe of the Aesir? To me this seems >absurd. You said, whatever works for you, so I’m >assuming one can pledge either to specific deities, >be they Jotun, Aesir, Vanir, or a mixture, of course >I think one should be more cautious in professing to >any Jotun, but my question is could it be considered >reasonable? Sorry, my sentences aren’t clear, Im >quite tired. I just wanted to post this before I >forget my questions. Anyway, thank you for your time >and any reponse would be appreciated. Steve
Well, with that definition IMHO if you do not worship or honor all of the Aesir and Vanir then you are not Asatru. You can worship whatever you would like but if you do not worship the Norse Gods, then you do not practice Asatru.
As far as the Jotuns, if you worship the enemies of the Gods, methinks that you do not quite understand the meaning of giving your Troth and loyalty. There are giants who have adhered to the laws and mores of the Gods (Skathi) but those exceptions really make the rule.
Ravencast said this on June 2nd, 2007 at 8:21 am
I just have to say that I love yalls’ podcast and it is the only podcast that I subscribe to and have ever thought of subscribing to, not to mention the only reason I really keep itunes around. It is good to see the Asatru faith portrayed in an upstanding and ligament way. I look forward to the beginning of each month to hear your new casts. Anthony in Florida
Anthony said this on June 9th, 2007 at 8:36 am
Profession … another interesting topic.
I would like to see a podcast on the *esoteric* aspects of Asatru. In other words, having come from a background of “Esoteric christianity” or Rosicrucianism and Martinism, I was originally drawn to Asatru knowing intuitively that it would have an esoteric side, and that esoteric side would better suit me than some Hebrew esotericism. In fact, it was through the techniques of the Traditional Martinist Order (an illuminist version of Christianity), that I realized that the kabbalistic techniques it taught would work better for the runes for English-speakers. It opens up an obscure topic, but the question remains, if there is an exoteric (outer) side of many religions, is there an “inner” *esoteric* side to Asatru? And if so, what are its implications?
Perhaps you’ve already addressed this in the past and I just haven’t seen it yet.
Corey Wicks said this on July 3rd, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Very well done!
I love your podcasts. They are very helpful to one such as myself. Being a solitary traveler on the Asatru path it’s nice to hear ALL of these discussions. I seldom can find others of the same faith in my area. Thanks for putting this all together!
Ryan said this on September 18th, 2007 at 10:09 am