(May 25, 2012 at 8:44 am)Paul the Human Wrote: Welcome, Gaest. You worship the old Norse gods, eh? I think those are the ones I'd choose if I could bring myself to believe in myths. Do you actually believe that Thor and friends are real? Why?
Cool, thanks for the welcome
Well, yes.
It´s not something I think a lot about though... You don´t really have to believe at all since it is the physical actions which counts - giving the sacrifice, saying the right words, toasting, feasting and so on.
Why? Good question. I am not really spiritual or anything (I don´t believe in duality or a soul).
I entered the milieu at 17 years old searching for someone to discuss my interest in history and early Medieval literature with - my other friends were not really interested in that.
By chance I found a group of reasonable and knowledgeable people and attended their study groups. I got invited to their rituals and enjoyed the companionship and seeing how the sources we discussed were being incorporated in the religion.
What started as a fascination of history eventually became a religion... Now it´s what I do. I sacrifice with the groups I am a part of around 4-6 times a year, for a good year and peace, and I think it benefits the lives of me and mine.
I´m sorry to bother you with my life story but the ”why?” is not that I needed a religion but rather that I, out of my interest, became religious over a period of several years...
Btw, this is my 0.2. ”Asatru” is such a diverse group that the term is used by pretty much by anyone with an interest in the Norse gods... Just don´t expect other Asatru to have the same ideas, practices and believes as I have.
