This is probly the closest to my own interpretation of our gods and goddesses that Ive come across in our little community, thank you for sharing this!

According to the Irish, "If you want to know where the Otherworld is, look over your left shoulder." Point being, I think these realms are in some way coterminous, but, in your language, at a different frequency.

Nicely said. Your description also sounds like how ... no matter what religion .... those vibrations can take on different interpretations, forms and stories unique to that people's ... that person's walk and way of seeing. Nicely said. It's one of the best descriptions of the Great Mystery I've heard so far.

Absolutely loved this video, Jacob!!! I have to say that when im out in nature and i call odin's name, or leave an offering and concentrate, i feel his presence and its changed my life! In discovering norse paganism, ive discovered peace of mind and learned how to be content. What more could a person ever ask for.

Hi Jacob, You're 26 & I'm 78. I love your idea of thinking of the gods as frequencies of the universe. I've been contemplating these thoughts for decades, & am acutely aware of how much we do not know. Thank you for making these videos. I' enjoying, learning & benefiting from them.

it's all about the depth of your connection ! the more you read, study, immerse yourself into a pantheon/culture/belief, the stronger it resonates within you during all your waking moments

Jacob, this was beautiful. Im a Christian and absolutely loved your thoughts and perspective. I definitely relate. Beautiful scenery too. I wish i was there. Im a huge lover of nature and can imagine what it must have felt like to stand in that magnificent place. Happy travels.

I've found that Animism answers these questions to my satisfaction. I believe that the foundation of existence is consciousness, that there is no separation between Creator and Creation, and thus everything that exists is not only a frequency that you tune into but also a consciousness that you communicate with. These consciousnesses interact differently with each person, which is why archetypes are common across cultures, are often sought in similar ways, but vary wildly in their expressions. It means that, while your experience of the Gods may not equal to that of a great story of old, it is no less real and valid.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I like your explanation about connecting to the frequencies of the Universe which have been given names and rich myhological stories. I think you hit the nail on the head about what ALL religions are actualy about. Theological debates go round and round and create disscord and emnity between people when actually there is so little, if anything, to fight about. We all share this beautiful planet, we are all human. We all have the capacity to be kind, generous, creative beings who live in harmony with the Universe.

"I would come to beautiful places and I would want to build a deeper connection and the Christian god did not give that to me and so that's why I found my way to paganism..." Exactly. You sense something... but it isn't the god written about in ancient scrolls from the Arab desert.

I tend to think of ideas like "frequencies" and "vibrations" as too new agey, but for me I think of it more in terms of "energy" - not corporeal beings, but certainly distinct and sentient.

I love your description of aligning with frequencies. This makes so much sense to me!

Wonderful video. As a person raised christian who is now an eclectic pagan, I blend celtic and norse peganism, I loved hearing your thoughts. I too came to the conclusion a few years back that different dieties are aspects of the divine or the creator. I feel that who ever we have the strongest connection to is who we get to spend time with in the afterlife. My father, a devout catholic once told me that heaven is where we dress as priests and nuns and spend eternity singing and praising god. He didn't realize at the time that he started the push that led me to paganism. LOL I remember thinking, well my idea of heaven is a cabin in the deep woods with animals and a garden. If my father really wanted a heaven like that I dearly hope that is what he found, but I'm looking forward to my cabin in the woods. ❤

Go to the wild places they prefer. Sit quietly and comfortably. Ask. Have an open heart. Be respectful. Bring an offering as you might bring something to a friend's home. Be patient. When the conversation occurs, it will be very enriching.

Thank you for your story! Personal experiences are far more fascinating than an interpretation of the past.

Thank you for all of your videos. Very informative and interesting. Blessings

I agree the Gods are frequencies that we tune into when our vibration reaches the same wavelength. We become one with the Gods through ritualistic practice and the whole purpose of the ritual is to reach the same wavelength of the Gods. The whole of our spirituality is vibration and frequency, hence our spiritual being.

Well said brother - I appreciate your openess. You expressed my current thinking and experiences so it was very comforting to watch. Greetings from Belgium

I am so glad that I found your channel, I don't know how to say this but your ideas actually makes sense to me, I have started this journey for a couple of years struggling to find my way so thank you for sharing,taking me in your journey so I can find my own path. Many blessings

You eloquently summarized how I view much of spirituality and ritual. I love this video. You're a great storyteller.

Yes, The general Pagan idea, now and in far ancient times, is that deity names are just labels for clusters of powers/frequencies which are experienced. They may be optionally personified and treated as people if so desired because in the absence of visual identification different personalities can only be distinguished by their differing powers. This Pagan approach to deities is called perceptheism because no claim is made about how others should perceive any particular deity or even the whole divine realm. (Talk to 100 people about the details of a labeled deity and you will get 100 different variations.) This is also why Pagans are free to invent their own deity labels if no existing deity fits their perceptions.

Love your way of understanding! I feel and think the same ❤

Hey just wanted to say thank you for the content you put out I recently started my pagan journey and your videos are just easy to understand and the way you explain things perfectly so keep it up ❤

Thank you for explaining so wonderfully

Thank you for sharing that beautiful story

thank you, Jacob. that was kinda inspiring, i liked the energy of your video :)

This was beautiful :-)

I love it. That's a great way to demonstrate your path towards the gods. Keep it up

Thank you. Your experiences are important. And useful.

Cool to hear a shout out to my patron goddess, Sunna. While I may not completely understand the form of her presence, there is no doubt that I receive kind, compassionate guidance and support. I appreciate having that in my life.

I believe you are on the right path, thank you for sharing.

I love this!!!!

This is genuinely a wonderful video. Beautiful scenery, and I love your insights. I myself have a belief that entities and deities are empowered by those who believe in them; similar on the "if you're heading closer to that frequency, you feel more in tune with it" notes. Very much so a situation of "it doesn't matter if they're a physical being sitting in another realm or just a sensation of the universe" situation. They're still very much so real, though not tangible in the sense that some would want them to be. There definitely needs to be more conversation among pagans, or any spirituality/religious belief systems. Honest and open conversation is needed, it's how we grow. But, speaking as someone who has joined many MANY groups... That conversation is often not one had, at least not respectfully. Thank you for posting this!! I enjoyed it immensely, and want to see more from you as a result. -Wander

Love your channel new subscriber here. Ill spread the word ❤

wonderful video, amazing scenery, good discussion

I completely agree with you. Thank you for sharing

Love your content

Totally love the frequency idea! The music of the Gods!

I think it depends on the pagan. For me, yes! Blessed be to all 🙏🏻

Beautiful video

Very great thank's

Yep. I totally agree! Good job brother.

Very interesting to here your thoughts and opinions thank you for sharing

That was a great video. It’s like you’re plucked it right out of my own brain we think very much alike you and I. I love watching your journeys through Scotland. As a I am of Scottish heritage myself I’m very envious. I would love to see those places for myself one day in person, I also love your new Mjolnor. Where did you get it from? Can you post a link? Keep up the good work Skal !

Thank you for sharing dear one, blessed be. Hopefully one day I could go to a beautiful place Like this

Thank You!

Beautiful.❤

Your saying this makes it easier for me to connect.

Thank you, this is exactly how I feel about the gods !

Just hearing these in the morning, while getting ready for the day, stopped me to make quiet meditation. You made me remember the reason I believe, it brought so big emotions and finally tears, the ones that come every time I see a beautiful river, a forest, a mushroom surviving in the city, I connected. What I feel is real, They are real, we connect. Thank you for sharing.

Great video

what a beautiful environment! where exactly is this in scotland? thanks for the video.

Thanks Man, love this. Would love to hear more of your journey from Christian to where you are now,

This really clears up some of my own ideas and perspective on my own beliefs. I mostly think along the lines of human will and divine creativity shaped non-primordial deities into being, and our belief is somewhat that which sustains them? And this kind of vibration theory really kinda clarifies it, in that the vibrations are branches from the primordial energy, and as we evolved and grew more “complex” we made those different branches? Or made them possible maybe? All in all, much to think about. Thank you for the video!

This may sound silly, but I love your videos and get excited when a new one comes out

Awesome man, this is how I've always viewed religion and the gods. You tap in to that divine frequency and it lifts you up, empowering you.

Very cool insight. Thanks for sharing and putting yourself out there. Not an easy thing to do. I venerate the gods about twice a year. Not often. Mostly, I focus on land wights, house spirits and ancestors. I set aside a day just for remembering those that have passed on: friends and family

I really appreciate your making this video, Jacob. I had just posted on r/heathenry actually, asking folks what they think the Gods are and getting into the philosophy of it. It's disheartening how many people are vigorously against even having the discussion. I think it's an important one to have--after all, the very system of Western logical and philosophical thought is rooted in the ancient Greek pagans, so far be it from us to shirk the task to use our Gods-given minds to make sense of Them!

When we look at the world from a perspective of awe we are more capable of embracing that there is more to what our eyes can see.. And that is a wonderful thing

I totally agree thanks again for awesome video always learn something new. I have felt closer to the Germanic gods. Over time

Your thoughts are very intresting indeed. Frequency is the way I have been understanding and explaining this as well!!~*

Hey Jacob huge fan of your work you have definitely helped me on my spiritual journey over the years. Just out of curiosity, is the podcast coming back in the near future?

3:57 - 9:00.....Amazing clarity. ~ Blessings.

🙌😇👍🙃❤ thank you ❤

Great food for thought

This is the best articulation of the gods I've heard yet

I'm Jewish and constantly evolving in my perspective on God. I converted from Christianity a few years ago, and part of the conversion process was deconstructing everything I was taught about God. It's been interesting because the fundamental essence of the Divine has never changed, just my knowledge and understanding of it. In deconstructing and reconstructing what God is to me, I feel I have a much deeper and more mature perspective. Funnily enough, what you're describing is not too different from what my current perspective is on the Divine, our souls, and the afterlife. Yasher koach! And may we all have the chutzpah to continue challenging our perceptions of the Universe and our place in it~

When I became a Germanic pagan many many years ago everything was based in that way, all the Gods/Goddess’s came from the Germanic pantheon, and I looked at the world through that lens, however as time has passed and I’ve experienced more I’ve changed how I see certain aspects, I’m still a Germanic Pagan, I still worship the Germanic deities, but maybe the way I do this has changed, subtle influences from life’s many lessons colouring my rituals and outlooks. Paganism is ever expanding, and our ideas expand with it creating a fresh way of looking at the old ideas, but without losing the heart of them.

New subscriber, first time caller. Can I get you to go further into the actual known history of some of these lesser known stone circles. The Livingston Circle for example has very little out there.

That's Awesome Jacob . Skòl💀🍻

Great video and one that most accords with my own beliefs. I don’t see the Gods as physical beings, rather the more metaphysical entities that you describe. How do you see the Christian God lining up ? Ditto the Hindu Gods, Buddha etc ? Is there a panel of Gods out there, or are we just looking at one signpost, but all from different angles ?

spot on

As above, so below. As without, so within. This is the Golden Root, and all true paths will lead to it.

Many years ago I heard a saying; if you put 10 pagans in a room together you'll have at least 15 different world-views between them. I think 15 may have been an under-estimation. 😆

Of all the people on earth I want to bounce my unhinged ideas about divinity off of, you’re the only one. This was excellent, thanks Jacob.

Great vid similar to trecking in the Himalayas. Those mountains make one feel so insignificant and small by comparison and the beauty. Nature is where it's at. THE GODS.

Well said. I believe something similar. Frequencies matter. The higher you vibrate the better you connect to spirit. However you believe. Your intent also matters.

This is an excellent video. For me I feel the gods are nature spirits, or natures energy, Odin knowledge, so much knowledge/order in nature, Loki chaos, so much chaos in nature etc. When you practice shamanism you can feel these energies.

Very well said, Jacob. Whatever the gods are is also what we are, ancestrally speaking. Beyond words and concepts. Primordial energy and knowledge, wisdom and narrative. Excellent video, old friend!

I like your videos. Very informal I’m new to becoming pagan

I think of them as the animating force, the "soul" that guides the natural world.

I liked your explanation. I also feel similar.

I appreciate your perspective, in my understanding of it, we are worshiping the ancestors, of which the Gods are part of that, Odin, Vili, and Ve are the fathers of all of us through finding Ask and Embla and given them form, breathing life into them, and giving them thought, they are our ancestors, but they are also what you are talking about, a force in the universe..

Hello I am a pagan and love the channel keep up the good work, Blessed Be.

Love the frequency theory that connects with me thanks.

Very interesting

I agree that I define them in terms of energy based on my experience. And the energy associated with different gods has very different feeling, just like being in the presence of different people or individuals comes with different energy. I think it doesn’t necessarily have to be place specific, if the intent is set to discover the specific being.

Yes they are. I met Odin on Murder Mountain. He is a small old man. Felt hat, one eyed little man that looks like he came out of a Gold Mine 1850. Why me? Why not? It certainly changed the course of my journey. He kept asking me who it was I was looking for. Warning me about mountain lions and bears. He has a Border Collie and drives a mazda truck.

I just started looking up references on youtube to help my wife find her own path. I am certain we are all different and my experience can't totally guide her. I have always felt that my role is performative. The gods are very real and present wanting me to entertain or impress them. It is my place to show them I am worthy of attention and earn it through my actions. For years I felt, saw, and heard nothing and finally was spoken too... laughed at. I realized they are always there, but we do not always prove ourselves worthy of them.

I lean towards the animistic side. I believe the god Thor is thunder for example, it's literally his name after all, and electricity in general. I think he's a spirit that is intelligent, can communicate with us, and answer prayers. I don't think he's a big burley ginger with a hamme, I think that's something that either people came up with or Thor decided to appear like a group of people worshipping him. That logically means I think every thunder god is the same exact god. I think it's just a matter of how this goes perceived in a given culture because they want to be understood a little better by appearing similar to (insert ethnic group here) when interacting with them.

I think they are something we can't comprehend. So some of us see them as visitors walking the earth, some of us (seers and such) have been granted visions, some of us only feel the energy, and some of us feel nothing at all and see nothing. The same as other super natural things that not everyone witnesses or believes. Believing that they see every single ritual would say they are more wide spread than being an individual, saying they are nothing but feelings removes all credit from legends, myths, and visions. I just think it is impossible for us to comprehend what they are and that's ok, since they don't demand worship or strict adherence to anything.

I wish you happiness on your path, every one and everything is connected , to my mind nature is god or gods and vice versa. Thanks for your thought provoking words.

I'm an atheist but I used to consider myself to be a pagan, and weirdly this is very similar to how I thought about Gods. That did change over time, because I came to see the power of belief as being in belief itself, which I later realised was basically the same as saying that there are no Gods or spirits or magic, but it's nice to believe in them... and my beliefs were unsustainable in the face of that realisation. In any case, I'm not a believer any more but this is an interesting perspective, so thanks for sharing it!

I really love your interpretation❤, and I think your approach to paganism and spiritualism is one of the most grounded, open and healthy ones I have experienced yet. And I agree. As someone who has studied archeology and anthropology, I have seen many different approaches to religion, recent and ancient. And though every religion has its own stories and entities, there are concepts that exist universally, like mother earth, a father-God, a got of death, moon and Sun. They exist because they are part on human experience and interaction with our world. I am very much a person of science, but I can't deny that there is just a special feeling about places like this waterfall, big mountains, deep woods etc. I can't help but touch old trees when I pass by because they have an energy and wisdom to them that's just... There. This is why my personal approach to spiritualism is very similar. I am not naming any names and I am not assuming to know those deities/energies/gods/spirits, whatever you call them, but I am mindful of them existing in our natural world. Listening, feeling and respecting whatever we feel there brings us closer to ourselves and our humanity. We are so often distracted in modern times that we just forgot to listen to everything around us. But as soon as I smell a campfire, hear drums, experience a thunderstorm etc. there is just something primal there speaking to this memory engraved in our DNA. We feel it because it was our ancestors reality and fight for survival for hundreds of thousands of years. This is what spiritualism means to me. Feeling this connection again.

Speaking with my philosopher's hat on I would say that we mislead ourselves when we start with a ''what are/ what is'' question... because the enquiry gets snarled up in two modes of thought which have the historical weight of 2000 years of monotheistic theology behind them. The first is ontology (theories of being), which most people have been exposed to via Christian and Islamic ''onotlogical arguemnts for the existence of (one) God''. The second set of luggage is Aristotelian logic, filtered via Saint Thomas Aquinas, which offers an etiher/ or logic ( exclusive disjuntion) that something EITHER exists or it does not. The language in which we think about Pagan deities is 99% the language of the conquering monotheisms, and the language carries a heft dose of monotheistic values with it. To 'return to the ancient ( pre-monotheistic) ways of thinking about things'', it might be best to try breaking out of King James' vocabulary and grammar of thought, and have a go at learning something exotic.... for example modern Icelandic, which has a somewhat different grammar of thought. Its not easy - I am struggling with it after a year - but it is beautiful and it gives acess to the Eddas and works like the 14th century ''Mariugraut'' poems. These are a treasure, because while ostensibly about the Virign Mary, they are chock-full of Pagan concepts and poetic-philosophical material. Many of the honorific titles and ' kennings' which are applied to Jesus, for example, are still dripping with Norse divinity attributions.... such as Jesus being described as ''Lord of the Shrine of Lightnings'' - Odin and Thor and Freya are woven into these writings, and the Icelandic langauge has changed VERY little since the (incomplete) Christianisation of the Icelandic people. Even today the highly literate and intelligent Icelandic people do not fret much about whether the nature -spirits and Elves are ''either real or unreal''. Ah, the cultural advantages of having a culture VERY far away from Rome and Jerusalem and Mecca! :) A zillion thanks for your work, its always thought-provoking!

I have never really found a spiritual home. All I know is nature is my church. I feel deeply connected to the nature around

I have always thought of them as a specific energy. But frequency sounds better.

I've had a rough time this month, ever since 17th of May (Norway's National Day), and with the constant raining and thundering above my head (i honestly feel Tor is mocking me!), i have had a hard time with myself, and with the gods's existance, thinking myself being crazy because "what if they Aren't real?".. I dont have any alters or statues of the Norse gods, only pendants of Vegvisir and Mjolnir, and a statue of Buddha... the only communication i do with the gods, is talking To them, and hoping for a respons back from them, in the ways a leaf falls, or the sounds of birds making, or even the animals i see during my general walks outside. With the days being named after the gods they are named after tho, i almost Always feels; A sence of Justice or Thuesdays (Tyr's Dag), Wiser on Wednesday (Odin's Dag), Stronger on Thursday (Tor's Dag), and love with myself on Fridays (Frigg's Dag). And in terms of wherever the gods are real - to My own thinking at least - i can't help but thinking, since it is Wednesday today, that: - The Norse gods must be real. - Christian gods is debatable, but sure, they could be (I like to think of myself as a Pre-christianized Norse man). - The Greek gods, while they too could and must be real, could Also be confused with the Norse gods, not in terms of names but in terms of duties (Njord and Poseidon, Tor and Zeus, Etc.), so they too Must be true. - Egyptian Mythology too is a maybe, because it feels stationed to One place! All these gods's mythologies, Or religions, all share the same thing that, they comes from stories, which Is true has been told time and time again from different people, but they Always consist of Some kind of true event, or there's always Something true in the tale from the story! To quote Ecbert from the show: *"Well, if there were no gods, then anyone could do anything, and nothing would matter. You could do as you liked and nothing would be real and nothing would have meaning or value. So, even if the gods don't exist, it's still neccesary to have them!"*. [Sorry for the long text, this is just my own thinkings]

I've been an anti-theist for the better part of a decade. The phrase I started saying to myself was one that you mentioned; that gods are aspects (in my case I said embodiment) of nature. That allowed me to be open enough to start seriously exploring the Old Ways. I've just started my journey, and I already feel more connected to nature, and the gods.

I’m going to be honest, I’m having a hard time with the idea that the gods that we know are just frequencies that we can experience rather than entities we can encounter. We’re gonna have to sit down when we can and talk about it so I can better understand. With that said, I’m proud of you for opening up and taking the risk of sharing your thoughts as you explore your path, because it shouldn’t be a risk at all but as we can clearly see via a couple of comments already, not everyone understands how to communicate amicably or cordially. You also had Kaia and I cackling in the last few seconds! 🤣