Did you guys watch the entire 40min?!? You beautifully insane desert roses! You are my new heroes! By the way, if you seek more information about my videos, you can always become my Patron and have access to extra information I don't usually put on videos. Here's the link to my Patreon: www.patreon.com/ArithHarger , I always have to cut a lot of content, but this time I was too enthusiastic about this subject and lost track of time.

I am 70yo and you have helped me recognize something that I have wrestled my entire life and never been able to put into words.

My only regret in watching this video, is that I can only give it one thumbs up, and not all it deserves.

As a Rökkatru for many many years now, I say this is a very good explanation of the practice. Well done.

Very compelling and well thought out. As a Lokean myself I see a lot of pagans (and especially what I would call "fundamentalist" heathens) that try to paint that black/white, good/evil dichotomy on Loki, Jormungandr and other liminal beings, and I knew from my experience how far that thinking is from hitting the mark, but never had the words to explain. Ironically, as a former christian, I had the same blind spot towards members of the pagan community that identified themselves has Luciferian or Satanists - you've given me new insights into my own gods, as well as the twightlight gods of other frameworks. Thank you!

You had my curiosity ... but now you have my attention. Damn, you’re a high quality human being!

This video is like a refreshing mead. So long have I been scorned as a follower of Rökkatru. Thank you for so eloquently representing our spirituality.

Fantastic video. I am a former Satanist that found Rökkatru only a few years ago. It is a solitary journey as I don't fit in with most Asatru in my area. No matter! Thank you for posting this!

So fascinating i binge watch your videos thank you for everything

Fascinating topic! And well spoken, too!

Hello my friend, you have achieved the almost impossible task of keeping me so totally focused that I'm unable right now to form a decent response..so just for now I'll tell you that this was an absolutely excellent piece of work and the length was spot on even though I could listen to you for much longer. You have definitely come into your own here. Thank you.

You are a wise man my friend.

Fun Fact: In Zoroastrianism there is prophet of Ahura Mazda (the main god) that was said to have expanded the earth with a magic ring and dagger in order to make more room for humanity. In Fargad II he is said to have come thousands of years before Zoroaster... his name was Yima! Such a close resemblance to Ymir!

Fantastic video, thank you so much!

You spoke the words I have believed for years. I am so glad I found you! I cannot wait to see what other videos you have!

Arith, every time i think i have a favorite vid, i find another. I share them often. Amazing research, sincere perspective, and insightful in the most compassionate way. Thank you. Skål!

Great discussion! You put so much into your videos and I really appreciate the personal touch in this one.

This really resonated with me, thank you.

Great video. Thank you. This deepens my understanding of this path, being yet another road to deeper understanding.

Thank you for your guidance and wisdom. I appreciate your perspective.

I have just found this channel and it resonates with me so much that I watched (almost) all of your videos in two days. I always have had my own ideas about things unseen and the effect they have on the physical reality but I could never quite find the words. You did and I couldn't stop saying "YES! YES!" throughout this video. In less than an hour you summarized, clear and eloquent, what I have been thinking for most of my life. Thank you! Just for that I will get myself a credit card so I can become a patron. It's the least I can do. Thank you, Arith!

another masterfully constructed video. i love your videos - THANK YOU!

Interesting video! I normally have trouble keeping focus for so long, but this topic is one that interests me and you offered some important insights. Thank you for making and sharing this!

This is a great video. I commend you for the courage to share these views. I also appreciate bringing to light how we need to begin to look past our preconceived patterns. Thanks!

Your videos showed up at the best possible time for my life. Learning so much, feeling so much more at peace since I've started watching, and feeling more and more like the person I always was and am meant to be. Slowly but surely watching all of these. Thank you for your passion!

The Longer uploads and seeing the outside are Brilliant, Please do more !

So good! Thank you Arith. Ofcourse watching everything.

Love your videos man, thank you for making them. They're very informative, and helping me as I seek to shape and define my current worldview.

I have only found you recently but i have no problem listening to you and could take in more information when it is so interesting.

In polytheists/panetheist religions, there isn't any supreme deity. It's cos these religions were destroyed in the West, this concept crept in. Normally, anyone can have his OWN main deity, whom he'll place at the top. For him, this deity is absolute. But it's ONLY for him. Here in India, probably the only surviving ancient civilisations, there are countless different sects each having a high deity of it's own. Maybe that deity has no real significance in the myth, but for that sect, s/he is everything. The reason is simple: we are as individuals very different. Some maybe very loving and kind, some wrathful, some artistic, some introverted, some extroverted and so on. Each is supposed to choose an archetype deity (forces of nature, thought form, energy) based on his or her character trait. In fact the person doesn't even have to choose most of the time. Somehow the he'll get introduced to the deity if he's seeking honestly. This is why it's often said "the gods choose the seeker". Now the problem with monotheism, or a system that puts one deity on top, is that if a person doesn't really find THAT specific deity attractive, he will just ignore the entire system. Or he'll just have a superficial devotion which is mostly out of fear. Cos of Islamic and christian invasions this has crept into Indian general consciousness too. Unconsciously they're practicing these faiths. Only a few serious seeker truly understand.

Thank you for this wonderful video & for sharing your knowledge & wisdom , Im deeply indeted to you . Now I am free of old thought patterns & have a renewed view of living life.

Really enjoyed your video, a great work!! Thanks, thanks a lot!!

Thanks for this video Arith. I had often wondered about the connection between Greek and Norse mythology after the first time that I read Snorri and he describes a brief history of the Norse tribes migrating from Asia Minor. Thank you for the card that I received today on my return from work. When I saw it and read your greetings it made me fell a very blessed man to have such a good friend. I have a suggestion for a topic: Ancestor worship by the ancient Norse tribes. There must be some form of such worship when we see the elaborate burials that were performed.

I love the way you teach on a subject with out projecting your personal belief in it so much. It's all fact based far as I can research

I really like this video! And I wholeheartedly agree with the concepts!!! I have had had many of these thoughts myself, and find very few who will even listen. Trying to get beyond , or to what was before them the monotheistic ideas isn't easy. But it is really necessary, and that is one of the reasons I decided to become a patron!! I really appreciate your honest approach in all of your videos!!

That just about sums up my experience and I have never before come across the term 'Rokkatru'. Thank you so much.

One of my paths of interest lately..great video! 🤘👍

Wow... really enjoyed this video. Very inspirational. Exceptional work Mr. Härger.

I am absolutely loving this video, thank you

Congrats! Very, very good work! Thank you, thank you! I love your vídeos!

I had never heard of this path until you recently told me about it when I messaged you on Instagram. You didn’t mention you made a video on the subject though. Glad that this gem came up in recommended videos. This was an incredible subject. Well done sir.

I have been rökkatru all my life without knowning. This wonderful video of yourself reminded me of Rilke: “my god is dark - like woven texture flowing - a hundred drinking roots, all intertwined; I only know that from his warmth I’m growing, more I know not: my roots lie hidden deep, my branches only are swayed by the wind”.

This is an outstanding piece! I'm rewinding as we speak

Great perspective, thank you for the video.

I'm doubtful that you'll see a comment so long after the post, but this is one of the best explanations of any pagan or shamanic tradition I've heard or read. Insistence on a dualistic perspective is very limited. We are. That's it. We're a discrete part of a massive integrated system. Denying undesirable traits leaves our weaknesses out of sight. All of your points are accurate and not overly dressed up. Love it!

Youve shown a point of view that is intriguing. Thank you. I consider you a wise person.

Very profound. I love it. I knew about the similarities you mentioned and have that same point of view. Thank you very much for this.

Great video, I learned a great deal from it thank you

Wonderful video!

Thank you so much for this video! I am just encountering the idea of Rokkatru after 3 decades of worshipping and working with Loki. I feel like I am coming home.

that was a lot but it was also very interesting, thanks for sharing, oh and you articulate yourself very well

You make it all make sense. Thank you

I watched it all, plan to watch it again, and though I learned a great deal I've come out with more questions. Which of course is the best outcome. Liked, subbed.

I understand you 😊 And huge respect to you for sharing this and daring to talk about it 👍 When I have to explain my faith myself, I only say Asatru as it can be difficult enough to explain to the person 😊 but I would like to be able to be completely honest with people. When I say that Loki is one of the gods I understand, what you are talking about happens. Then people tell me that he is evil and a cheater. And I get scared and say "no, he's not mean to me" and here people shut down completely. So get to make them happy I say "Thor is also one of the gods I invite to my blót" But then it comes. Blót is also a "bad" thing in today's perception? But yes, 1000 thanks for making your videos I feel we practice religion / faith / living a way ,a lot alike 🍀 År og fred

I rarely appreciate the way things are said, but other than some good informations, I see an oratorical talent right there.

Thank you so much for this video. It has touched so many subjects I've been thinking of. One of my favorites, thanks for keeping it sane about satanism. Please keep these videos coming.

😍😍😍 hard to say but I think this is high on the list of favorites if I was to pick a favorite, your knowledge is beyond a college education and archeology experience. Very wise.. unique, brilliant!😊

I let my children listen to this. I see nothing wrong with this. Love this!!

this is my favorite video, please make more on Rokkatru

Thank you so much as always

Fantastic! Thank you!

FASCINATING!! I love ancient mythology. You know your stuff man. ; )

what a treasure to find, enduring a spiritual crisis/purge/renaissance

Thank you for another excellent video! Your perspective is so refreshing! I quite enjoy these longer videos. They give my brain lots to chew on. I would love a video about Angrboda if you are interested!

You are a great teacher. \o/

I needed this

I do not comment on videos often so take this very personally. I highly enjoyed this vid. It put in to perspective what I have been saying to many for years. I thank you greatly for taking the time to produce just such a masterpiece. There is no good and evil. Only choice and consequence.

Another excellent video!

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Where would be a good starting point for one looking to begin on this path? I'd like more information. Thank you Arith!

Wow great video thoroughly injoyed it.

Ive learned so much about Paganism and the norse religion from you, thank you very much!

Lots to think about. Thank you

This is one of the best videos i have ever watched on youtube (and that includes cats being scared by cucumbers) But seriously, what a great insight you have, and were able to share Im afraid if i start to write exactly why or how this video touched me, i may still be writing a year from now, but so much of it made so much sense, some of it didnt, and some of it i disagree, but thats fine, and to be fair, thats how we *should* react to most videos about serious things like this Im months behind the release dates of thes, so i dont expect an answer, but if you can give one, thank you What did you study? what books did you read? To gain such insight and understanding, because i want to read and study these things too. It is great having you teach me, but i would ike to get back to the source, so to speak, rather than just become a cultist of Arith :)

This is amazing!

Very fascinating. This perspective makes the theodicy question obsolete.

This is such a great video

This was an awesome video! My gods, I am very thankful I found your channel! I'd never heard of Rokkatru until now! It's very interesting. I love learning about my European ancestors! One last thing... I love your background music ... would you mind telling me what it is? It's perfect for meditation!

I'm a follower of Thursatru, its very similar to what you described. Great video man, hail!

I believe you are correct brother, thank you for this. And yes, i watched the whole thing ;)

Love this

I'm going to watch again. To absorb and pick up on things I probably missed. Thank you! Great information on another perspective. Are there any books on this?

the shamanic essence of our ancient culture works well through you brother you have a vast amount of knowledge and I'm glad I found your channel you have a new subscriber

In Ásartú the existence (and its necessity) of Chaos is perfectelly accepted, the divine Order came from primordial Chaos. That means the Chaos isn't understood as "evil" or something similar, but neccesary in the cosmic cicles. However, it's totally unrecommendable to pray this chaotic forces or even more if you pray for Loki, the Supreme Lord of Chaos. The reason is because when you performance a blót, you are intechanging energy and power with the beings that you are offering. The food or the drink that you are offering is not the actual sacrifice, but a mean, a bridge between you and those beings. You actually are sacrificing you will and effort in order to support this beings and, in the same way, you receive something from them. When you performance a blót in honor to the Aesir or Vanir, you are giving your will and energy with the porpouse of support them in the fight against the chaotic forces, so you are contributing to the cosmic order. They also give you their blessing, is a "gift to gift" game. On the other hand, if you performance a blót in honor of the Jotnar or other wild spirits, you are supporting the chaos and you don't receive any gift from them, but a curse. Of course the Chaos and those beings are necessary in order to establish a ballance in the cosmic circle, but Do you really want to attrack chaos in your life instead of order?

I became Asatru a couple years back but feel it's more animistic in my mind. So I wasn't afraid of the 'dark' gods. I feel a deep connection to Angrboda due to feeling mysel a 'mother of destruction' as I dealt with a lot that I don't want to go into here. But also, Loki too seems a side of me I could connect to as you try and do right, feel the injustice, TAKE a moment to have a fit at injustice and all goes wrong...And then his desire to fix. Your explanation also touches me where you think in terms of accepting chaos as a necessary balance of all that is in nature, our planet, our lives...our universe. So true. I love your sharing, thank you so much. I recently became a patron on patreon, because I love your work. I'm pagan and atheist, but do not feel tied to blend or tie into just one. I see the gods and goddesses as aspects of us and use them and their storeis to self-heal. I'm definitely into earth based spirituality, as seen in atheo-pagan mindset. But I also believe that rituals and religious ceremonies are a ncessary part of ourselves and will speak to the gods as IF they are real/even if I don't believe it. It's an acknowledgement of the need of our minds to connect with each other through ritual and spirituality (even if spirituality means accepting the essence of all that is) in my mind.

Well done !! Wonderful videos, much appreciated ! There are certainly verre pervasive influences from the dominant philosophical and religious traditions of the modern day. I have seen this in, especially American Asatru.. I no longer refer to my practise as "Asatru".. just the old ways. Religion, is only one aspect of our ideas about reality, the world, universe, how we should conduct ourselves, how we should live. Much of the old ways are, have been with us.. as an expression of our true nature, never minding what religions are in the high seat. The old ways to me start with my parents, and the threads continue to go back from there, eventually arriving at the Viking times, and , long before. ALU **

Thank you for this presentation and sharing of your thoughts, Arity Harger. You are "growing on me". You are stimulating me. I am grateful for this, because it helps me to feel More Alive. Thank You. While listening to you and admiring the smooth flow and surety of your speak, a thought came to me that: In the biggest sense of Order, that I can imagine, there would be included Growth Of Individuals (Toward more Spiritual Things Being The Best They Can Be) and this Order is provident, productive and protective of this Evolution. Supportive of More and Better. More and Better Goodness...with a resultant reduction in "badness". I believe that "Lucifer" advocated total freedom of Individuals (and societies?) that undermines and eventually disrupts certain levels of Order... before this is Earned. I also believe that the "Highest Level Of Order" is beyond any damage caused by the practices and expressions of premature total freedom...the freedom that cares not about consequences. This "Highest Level Of Order", long in being developed by CREATOR and with much trial and error, finally became just about PERFECT and became the Source Pattern by which all "Lesser Realms Of Order" are compared. I believe that there is no "chaos" in the Highest Level Of Order", except maybe a token example, well contained and kept, to remind this Highest Order of the Reason for It to be in the first place. "Total Freedom" eventually is Earned, from which some level of Godhood does begin. Yes. I do fear chaos. It seems too close to mindlessness and heartlessness and nothingness. What Good is that? "Good For Nothing".

I follow Loki and I really appreciate what you were saying in this video.

I really love your videos so much. You have so much information to share and you also use all the real terms and names as they should be used. I have asked before but I’m not sure if you saw it. Do you follow the path of the Vikings, Nordic spiritual practices? Also I’d like to know what you do for solving because it seems to me that you must do something in the teaching world. Again thank you for the amazing videos and all the information you share. Great work and I really appreciate all that you do

i love your videos... mostly because i am happily surprised we share the same views and conclusions ... much respect to you ,,,, fyi i am not a student of history or meth sadly .. but i love the subject and find our history fascinating

Yet another great video, thank you. This view gives more sense to the Continental Germanic branch of Heathenry. I would love to see your thoughts on that one too.

Another great video. I feel that i did another step on my spiritual journey and assures me somehow on my view of the nature of things. Existence is way to complex to divided into two sides.

Love ya brother...

Thank you for your videos, i love them! It is not clear to me the difference between rokkatru and thursatru

Thank you.🤘🏿😔🖤Ive been searching for so long, after so much sacrifice and events.Fate lead me here and I feel as though I exhaled for the first time in many years.🤘🏿😌😎🎸

thak you so much for the vids

Excellent!!!

Congrats on 2k+ by the way! Edit: what books would you recommend regarding Rokkatru?

you make so much sense Arith and have reinforced my own ideas . Can you tell me where Freyr and Freyja fits in to this if at all ? many thanks :)

You have perhaps afforded the best interpritation and explanation of chaos and the perception of evil being necessary in keeping the balance, while observing that said chaos is not always an evil. Excellent comparison of other pre-Christian religions and traditions being manipulated to follow a common monotheistic theme that is repeated often in the Neo-Religions/Paths/Systems. You are definitely on the next level while others are playing the same tune, just with different instruments. I am thankful that I have found your channel and look forward to your future uploads.

Achei bastante interessante, relevante e instigantes as reflexões presentes nesse vídeo, me acrescentou bastante. Obrigado!