I swear man. I live on the east coast of America. I literally wake up in the morning and see these videos. It's an amazing way to start my morning.

I had a dream last night where the word Megin was spelled out for me by a formless entity. I now know why I needed to see it.

I had to pause several times in amazement. These concepts are so rich and resonate so deeply. You do a great job at explaining as well. We have forgotten (or rather, been made to forget) the depth of the spiritual European traditions (btw this is coming from someone who has spent many years learning/practicing/teaching Eastern spirituality). We have a lot of reminiscing to do. So happy to have discovered your channel, I 'm learning so much from you.

I've been binging your videos for a few days. Might not mean much, but I've started drawing and writing again since I've started watching your videos and doing my own studies. My perspective has shifted a lot, seeing a lot of things I never had before. It's a pretty cool thing, having new life breathed into myself. I hope you're doing good, and I appreciate what you're doing.

Maybe Iardarmagin relates to Jord, the giantess mother of Thor. Her name means earth as well.

I'll only marry a wise man who can make me ground myself, make me think and learn like you do. I've been solitary my whole life and I enjoy the spiritual path I took. A man or woman with whom I can share this path and intellectual connection with seems priceless.

Waldeinsamkeit, Alone in the Woods. The strength of feeling at peace and at home in the woods with nature. Loneliness and solitude and one with nature. So much meaning in our Old Saxon and Old Norse beliefs. Danke Arith. Gerhard .

Arith, I'm learning so much. I used to think I already knew everything. The more I learn, the more I realize I know nothing. Thank you for all your knowledge. You are a good teacher. :)

I live in south america and to find all this knoledge is very amazing and beautiful.Thank you very much for sharing all this ancient wisdom

The animic and shamanic traditions of ancient Africa also refer to something that is behind all things, called Asé (reads Ashe). When someone is filled with "positive energy" generated from within themselves or through contact with nature, the person is said to be "with Ashé", which is similar to Megin's concept of video. Likewise, offerings of natural elements, such as herbs, stones and foods to the deities, called Orixás, are common, so that they can also receive their divine Ashé too! Congratulations on the excellent video and greetings from Brazil ;)

I love listening to you Mr. Härger. Your words reflect what I have always thought was our ancestor's spirituality, which is so different than ours. Thank you so much. I never miss one of your videos.

It's 3:30 AM and i really have to go to sleep, but I've fallen deeper and deeper down the inescapable rabbit hole that is your youtube channel for hours now! And I love it!!

My name is Megan. This is the first I have heard of Megin although I know exactly what it is. Channeling energy is what I feel I came here to do. When I was Reiki attuned I realized that I have always been using my hands to direct energy. Name is powerful as I’m sure you know and I feel that we actually name ourselves by communicating who we are to our parents when we are in the Otherworld so that it can direct us on a soul level and let other souls know what we are all about. Also, thank you deeply for these videos. Your channel has helped me so much. 🐍

This concept makes me feel good because it is how I have felt all my life I have always been out of step with religion and Christian beliefs. This is the core of who I have always been.. Maybe it is true that blood will out.

Your words awoke a deeper understanding between my brain and my soul. Thank you. I had to back up and replay parts. When the student is ready the teacher will come. (Forgive my paraphrasing) I am so glad I found you.

My old teacher ,Karl Hans Weltz, said that for words that can’t be translated…write the word down and then next to it write down the main valuable ideas that the word implies which are useful for one to know. Problem solved. Excellent video.🙏🏻🕯

Mettänpeitto (or metsä meðæ in younger and older dialects respectively) The alternate world which becomes when you are lost in the woods. From metsä, woods and peitto, power.

Why was I moved to tears by this video?

I can't believe I haven't seen this yet. Until today, anyway. Great video, as always, my friend.

Fantastic! I appreciate with all my heart, today I'm very emotional, but you are a special person! Thanks Mr. Arithmetic, thank you for all!

I have been able to interact with some land spirits here in Virginia. They have came to my aide when I’m trouble. I discovered a few offering sites from ancient peoples and have studied their behaviors in these places.

Very good video, you are enlightened and I very much appreciate it, thank you. You are restoring my European ancestry in an aproachable way.

💖💖💖Dankeschön 💖💖💖 Thank you so much, You are answering all the questions I was not aware of that I would ever have 🙏

Thank you😊

Educational and inspirational video as always my friend! 🍻

I really enjoy your videos Arith. Your videos really help me to reflect on my own spirituality. I do appreciate the depth that your explainations go to. Thank you.

The pre-historic people believed that the spirits of the deceased ancestors remain inside the stone of the cave walls, where their descendants continued to live or prey. Later this idea was extended to the stone/brick house ovens and the gravestones. Palms-to-palms contact is a very intimate act of a physical contact with the ancestor and/or a deity. The "pat-a-cake" clapping game is a kind of cave-times training of the way children should communicate with the great parents after their death. :)

Thanks Arith, learned a lot, as usual!

My lunch time entertainment sorted! I really enjoy your spiritual videos, it’s good to see someone so steeped in the history, clearly with a logical mind apply it to this. Keep it up my dude!

I've been eagerly awaiting this video since you mentioned it was coming. I'm not in the least disappointed ! A concise explanation from a Germanic view point and very well presented. It helps to understand ritual, prayer, gifting and various cultural aspects and how spirit was entwined in a Germanic worldview. Thanks !!

Awesome 😎 thanks brother 🙏

It seems that the Heka of the ancient Egyptians is another concept akin to Megin, Chi, etc. In fact, the sign for "Ka" is two upraised arms. Heka is both magical force as well as the personification of magical force- and his name literally means something like "master of Kas", the Ka being the vitality of a human or god, among other things.

When I was young, (6/7yo)and as with all young minds yet uncorrupted by live in this modern world, I remember my dad coming home from hunting and I would have this impulse to cut open the heart of the animal to release its spirit. I KNOW weird right, but it was something even then i knew it had to be done. Didnt know why but I just felt the need to do it.

Incredible.

And in Egypt they had SEKHEM, but this power was located inside the heart, so there was the soul. Thank you for the video!

Love this!!!!

The explanation of a bulk megin gift to gods via community ritual/celebration made me think of Dorothy winding up the dusty Tic-Toc in Return to Oz. In a mass scale, I guess. Big Tic-Toc. haha. It would be awesome to do such energy work with an entire community at once. Like a barn raising. I wonder what cool effects they got?

Thank you so much ...

I just want to say that I've learned more about heathenry and Germanic paganism than I have in any Facebook group or "organization". Thank you, Arith.

This is priceless, thanks a lot

Quero ser como você quando eu crescer Arith! Seus vídeos são maravilhosos e muito esclarecedores, além de diretos e muito bem embasados, possam os Deuses continuar abençoando teu trabalho!

Amazing video full of knowledge.

Great video thank you

Arith, hopefully I can thank you in person and give you my thanks for all your videos, but this one especially. I was just teaching my Sister about this reality in Megin last night before Imbolc. I too, look to linguistics and traditions around our Earth as you do for the same realities in different expressions. I feel I owe you lot, because you have given me much in life through your Kaunaz video and your Loki/Christian god video. I am now thankfully using the runes as another form of expressing and exchanging my energy to further create, destroy, and create my existence. It's funny. I always felt it was of a sharing relationship, so to speak, how I recieved energy and exerted it. For many years, I felt it wasn't always to be mine to use selfishly. I ask you if you fell the same? I am mixed nationalities; so the North Native American, Chinese, Germanic tribes traditions have always made sense in their traditions of expressing reality those ways you mentioned, especially martial arts and music/vibration. Again, tusen takk Arith!!!

I have found broken objects as offerings here in Virginia as well. This seemed to be a common practice of the Native Americans

Yes yes and yes. I was waiting for that one😀

Beautiful.

Megin’ isn’t the “spiritual essence”, that called “hamingju or gifta/gæfa” „At maga(ði)” is a magical terminology used in the Fornaldr Sögur. For example “Rǫgnavald þáttr ⁊ Rauðs” has a heathen priest ‘empower a likeness of Thor’. However the art used was ‘blótskapr’ not giving his spirit essence. The entry for ‘’megin” in the C-V Orðabækur will provide more accurate literary examples to cross examine your statements with; „MEGIN, n., gen. megins, Gs. 22; but else contr. in gen. and dat. megns, megni, see megn; [from mega; Engl. main] :-- might, main, strength; kosta megins, Gs. 22; þitt varð nú meira megin. Fm. 22; orms megin, 28; hjörs megin, 30; svá at þitt minnkisk megin, Hsm. 21. 1; oddar görva jarli megin, Mkv.; trúa á mátt sinn ok megin, Fms. i. 35; þegar er hann vitkaðisk ok fékk megin sitt, Fb. ii. 389; ok svá sem á leið sóttina minnkadi stórum megin (acc.) hans, Fms. ix. 250; Medi funnu megin hans, MS. 544. 39: ú-megin, a swoon; van-megin, weakness. II. [cp. Engl. mainland], the main, chief part of a thing; allt megin landsins, the main of the land, Fms. x. 184; Jótland er megin Dana-veldis, vi. 53; megin árinnar, the main-stream, Þórð. 11 new Ed.: in a more local sense, máni þat né vissi hvat hann megins átti, the moon knew not his main, his place in heaven, had not his fixed course, Vsp. 5; jarðar-megin, the earth's main, the wide earth, Hm.; vetrar-megin, the main part of winter, Sks. 59; veðr-megin, 'weather-main' the power, but also the 'airt,' direction of the weather; hafs-megin, the main, open sea; lands-megin, the mainland. Eg. 50. B. COMPDS: megin-afl, m. main strength, Sks. 199. megin-á, f. a main river. Fas. i. 388. megin-áss, m. the main or chief As, i.e. Odin, Lex. Poët. megin-borg, f. the main town, Fms. ix. 41. megin-bygð, f. the main district, Fms. viii. 59. megin-dómar, m. pl. the main events, world-famed events, Vsp. 59. megin-dráttr, m. the great draught, of fish, Bragi. megin-dróttning, f. the great queen = the Virgin Mary, Geisli 3, Lil. 86. megin-dýrr, adj. 'main dear,' dearly beloved, Lex. Poët. megin-ekkja, u, f. the great widow, a nickname, Fær. megin-fjall, n. the main fell, Hkv. Hjörv. 5 (= reginfjall). megin-fjarri, adv. 'main far off,' very far, Fms. vi. (in a verse). megin-fjöldi, a, m. a vast multitude, Geisli 4. megin-flokkr, m, the main body, Fms. viii. 322, v.l. megin-flótti, a, m. the main body of a host put to flight or flying, Sturl. ii. 223, Hkr. ii. 371, passim. megin-gjörð, f. the main girdle, girdle of power. Fms. v. 345: plur. megingjarðar, of the girdle of Thor, Edda 15, 29, 60. megin-góðr, adj. 'main good,' mighty good, Fms. vi. 364. megin-góðvætliga, adv. very kindly, Clem. 26. megin-grimmr, adj. 'main grim' very fierce, Orkn. (in a verse). megin-haf, n. the main, ocean, Rb. 438, 464, Mar. 1031. megin-herr, m. the main army, Fms. i. 121, Orkn. 106. megin-hérað, n. the main district, Hkr. ii. 89. megin-húfr, m. the main hull of a ship, opp. to róðrar-húfr, N.G.L. ii. 283. megin-hyggja, n, f. 'main-sense,' wisdom, Skv. 1. 39. megin-höfn, f. the main harbour, Grett. 107 A. megin-kátr, adj. (-liga, adv.), 'main glad,' mighty glad, Grett. (in a verse), Orkn. (in a verse). megin-land, m. a mainland, continent, K.Þ.K. 8, Fms. x. 412, Sks. 155, Ld. 40, Orkn. 6, Fb. ii. 394. megin-lauss, adj. without strength, Barl. 162, Bs. ii. 172, Karl. 358. megin-leikr, m. the main of a thing, Sks. 185, v.l. megin-leysi, n. weakness, Barl. 147, Bs. ii. 168. megin-lið, n. the main body of an army, Fms. vii. 260, viii. 315, Sturl. i. 38 (Ed. megit liðit). megin-ligr, adj. [cp. Engl. mainly]; mál meginlig, mighty strong words, i.e. holy oaths, Vsp. 30. megin-lítill, adj. of little might, weak, Sól. 2, Fms. xi. 103. megin-ljótr, adj. very hideous. Lex. Poët. megin-meingjarn, adj. very mischievous, Fas. i. 435 (in a verse). megin-merki, n. the chief standard, Róm. 352. megin-mildr, adj. very mild, Lex. Poët. megin-mörk, f. the main forest, Eg. 378. megin-njörðr, m. the mighty god, Dropl. (in a verse). megin-ramr, adj. very strong, Sighvat. megin-rás, f. the main course. Sks. 196. megin-rúnar, f. pl. mighty, powerful Runes (charms), Sdm. 19. megin-sjór, n. the main, ocean, Mar. megin-skjótr, adj. very fleet, Harms, megin-skjöldungr, m. the mighty king, of Christ, Skálda (in a verse). megin-stjarna, u, f. a main star, a star of first order, Rb. 110. megin-stormr, m. a mighty gale, Sks. 44, Barl. 124. megin-straumr, m. a mighty stream, current, Mar. megin-tíðendi, n. pl. mighty tidings, Pd. 42. megin-tírr, m. 'main-fame,' glory, Sdm. 5. megin-trygðir, f. a firm truce, Ísl. ii. 381. megin-veðr, n, = meginstormr, Fas. ii. (in a verse). megin-vegr, m. the main way, geogr. the zones, Sks. 195 (meginvegir sem úbyggvanda er undir). megin-vel, adv. mighty well, Fb. iii. 315. megin-verk, n. pl. mighty works, labour, Gs. 11. Ad. (fine). Lex. Poët, megin-þing, n. a great meeting, Fms. vi. 50 (in a verse). megin-þungr, adj. very heavy, Sturl. (in a verse). megin-þorf, f. great need; fá þú mey mann í meginþarfar (into wedlock), Skv. 2. 11.”

Very similar to the notion of "baraka" in arabic ... It's fascinating to see the variation of a particular notion across cultures. Never exactly quite the same, and at the same time, we feel that we're speaking about the same hard to explain concept. In any case I really appreciate your videos, thank you!

I’m German und Waldeinsamkeit is very good example. Good things about your videos is that they help my 1) doing things in a practical way 2)and quite often confirm my own ideas, experiences 3) increase of the general context

Your knowledge base is deep, profound and mind widening about spiritual Norse mythology world. There are lot of Parallels Insights between Vedic, Kabbalistic, Nordic and South American Cross Cultural Historical Activity Characterising Animated Deity Entity Body Energy Unified Symbolic Identity beholding traditional Divinity.

i knew a girl named megan i doubt she was a pagan i had a little red wagon and i took her for a ride thank yew arith

Wow, well explained, thank you very much. Neo paganism helped us to reconnect with the exchange of the essence through bread and wine (cakes & ale) offerings & ritual. I agree, the meaning of words are very lost through translations. Even through English is a universal language I have noticed that if I connect with the divine in my mother tongue which is Afrikaans, it awakens my roots which is a mix of Germanics and Mediteraneans. I have learned to allow the divine to take lead and guide me. Many of us from the new worlds have lost our identity but it survived in our languages. Many thanks for your educational messages, you are truly making a positive contribution to many ...

I don't know if this has been said, but I find it interesting you said that hands made/make someone an individual, which on a scientific level is true as well. No two fingerprints are the same, not even for identical twins. So if you include that in the definition of a hand print, you are 100% correct

Ur the best!

Or the "dor" in Romanian, which can be translated as "missing someone/something", but the word in Romanian means much more than that.

Just to add a bit of context to the prior comment: it was not by spending a lot of time in the gym that Harald the Hard killed a lion in single combat to obtain his moukeitjomies (Thor’s Hammer Rank) rank as a Klima master; it was through the arduous practice of a martial art. It was not only in the East that such arts existed, but persecution by Judeochristians drove it underground- after all, it is based entirely upon Pagan metaphysics. There are echoes of it in some manuals, on which I found a bunch of YT videos several years ago titled Renaissance Martial Arts where the writings in early Renaissance MANUALS of combat written in Switzerland, England, and Germany showed holds, throws, knife fighting techniques, which are today taught by the US Army as “Combattives.” My son was in an elite Airborne Reconnaissance regiment at the time and when I showed him the videos, he was amazed that they are being taught today. Unfortunately, as guilt-conditioned, self-loathing Westerners, we were being taught that these techniques originated from JuJitSu, etc. You speak of Megin, which, yes, is an important concept- the WILLFUL accumulation and exercise of life force. What you omit, and the term is still in popular, profane use today in Finland, “sisu”, which is spoken of by the non-trained people as equivalent to what the Jews call “chutzpah” or what people in the West of the US call “grit.” Originally, and as we as healer-priests were taught it, Sisu properly would equate to “life force” like Ki in China, Prada in Indian tradition, or Chi in Japan. When we learn to See we See this as an electric blue energy coming sometimes from people, from other animals, but most often from certain nodes in the earth. So much you have not been exposed to. Go learn to SEE, then talk.

Awesome! I need more history books though... suggestions?

I like this so much. I kept attempting a comment and then realizing you were beginning to address what i was raising. In shamanism we just call it 'power' but it's a very imprecise term that translates poorly in my culture. This is better.

This made me think about Nietzsche's will to power, but in a sense this would be a more rationalistic/individualistic way of looking at it. Same goes for the eternal return.

Hmmm I have unknowingly shared Megin with animals since I was a wee lad. East coast bible belt yet so many things seem to happen the old way by instinct. My mother put a sword in my hand to fight her soon as I could walk. :) I miss having so many travellers spar with me to this day. Who knows who some of them were.

Saudades in brazilian portuguese..means missing something or someone...🙏✨✨

Hi Arith, you mention Megin, Àsmegin, Hafsmegin, and Iardarmegin. Is there by chance also a fire or solar-type megin as well? Are there other recognised types of megin? Thanks and warm regards.

I thought Fado was Portuguese c&w music? You are connected to the force so I suspect that you are a Sith lord, Darth Harger. Looking at some of the artwork for the Norse goddesses they can certainly do things to me and for me ;p

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I find it interesting that in Christianity, the spiritual aspect of Christ within all and thru all believers can relate, also made me think of star wars.

Wich difference you make between Megin and Önd ? Thank you

Arith, it might be useful to go to the back country of Finland or to Karelia or Latvia to do some field research. You seem to hold the view that only in the East were the power centers of the body understood, when, in fact, the “iceman”, a Bronze Age hunter, who died about 6 millennia ago, was frozen into the Alpine glacier with the energy points tattooed onto his body. The ones where moxification had been applied corresponded with arthritic joints. So, here is what we today call “accupuncture,” which would not be written about in China for another 2,000 years, hinting at a global advanced culture. You also ignore or have not studied the system of ordr, known in Kilma (supposedly, ancient Klimakjeri could actually change the weather, hence the name). In this system, the energy center which you refer to below the navel was called midrordr. (My iPad will not make the hooked D...), meaning the middle point. There were 13 other cardinal points, which we learnt of in Tietajar. This culture was old, very old , with echoes in old rock carvings (hillristningar). Perhaps you should take a sabbatical from whatever university you teach at and go learn with a Finnish, Karelian, or Latvian shaman. They are waiting for you....

I was just wondering, if Megin can be given, can it be taken without our will or does it only work as give and take?

Man, I don't know if anyone notices this stuff, but like this video, not less than ten minutes ago, I advise people not to put all their faith in man, but in the spirit within, that is our true teacher, trusting in it.. the spirit will even take clues from others, put them together revealing the secret or truth or reality of what the spirit is trying to show us as individuals.. Then it's almost like iam purposely guided to people or things that confirm by these people or things to what the spirit is showing me.. As to say, your on the right path.. Anyone else notice this in their lives? It's pretty wild.

Could Megin be the same as Awen or Imbas?

Megin as spirtual essense? Hakónar Saga mentions that those that worship ‘Thor’ use ‘signaði Þórs’, and drink while remaining silent as they are said to have faith in their own might and main (at trúa á mátt sinn ⁊ megin). This was in juxtaposition to those that worshipped Odin said to be boastful (not in a good way) with signaði Óðins. Note that Hakon retainer hid the worship of Christ by comparing it to men that held Thor sacred. I wonder why? The narrative of Thor vs Odin is one that is deep in the Skaldic history even survives in the Bergen inscriptions till now. “...Þórr þig þiggi, Óðinn þig eigi...” “Thor you accept, Odin you don’t” (compare Old Danish phasre ‘við eigi’ or ‘with not or with out...) How would you translate bæjarmagns? As House Spirit? No, it means a guy that is too big for a house. One of the best of the Fornaldr Saga narratives that disprove the idea that Late Icelandic magic can trace its etiology to 10-11th century narratives; Þórsteins þáttr blæjarmagns or bæjarbarn.

Perhaps Megin could also be termed the Tao - Briain Campbell-Hárt

Is there anyway I can contact you directly? Maybe letters to a p.o. box or anything?

Did you make this vid in a church Arith?? That was some creepy church music going on there lol!

The woman fled to the wilderness and the dragon followed her. Then the earth opened up (pagans) and swallowed the dragon.

Vetrarmegin?

"Pneuma" . . . . Holy Spirit

Luck appears similar to satori.

I apologize, Mr. ARITH

Lol Waldeinsamkeit--> literally forest lonliness (valt-ine-sahm-kite)

You mention rock paintings of anthropomorphic figures. You show figures and mention hands and feet. But I also noticed that the figures were priapic, Is a topic about the male generative power too politically incorrect? In ritual and practice, the sexual force is incredibly powerful.

no wonder Nietzsche developed his Will to Power...

But how do archeologists know that foot engravings had spiritual meanings or is this fancy speculations? I'm a skeptic can't help it. "De-colonizing" is a process that is a misnomer, de-colonizing is essentially the same thing the Christian church did when it puts the Virgin Mary over other artifacts 'feet' or when it plopped a church on top of an older pagan sacred site. Decolonizing is a mental-colonizing process and it will have some quite ugly repercussions eventually but nobody will be held accountable.

You know what’s cool? Citing sources.