tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042153161519025615.post8318523245150502318..comments2017-05-20T17:35:31.044-07:00Comments on Blood for the Divine: Making Love to Odin, For the First TimeFire Tashlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05277762340348719003noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042153161519025615.post-60646789499726289322017-05-20T17:35:31.044-07:002017-05-20T17:35:31.044-07:00I am entirely unsure why some people can't let...I am entirely unsure why some people can't let others have their experiences. Such visions may well produced by the physical nature of the experience undergone, a physical reaction to the pain etc., not just from a "broken" psyche. (Oh my, but the armchair psychology happening in these comments.) A wide variety of hallucinatory experiences can happen as a side effect to things happening on a basic physiological level, not necessarily psychological. Somewhat beside the point, but still.<br /><br />Definitely many aspects of this are not rooted in historical Norse paganism, but many of those practices are lost to us anyway, soooo...what is wrong with allowing someone to build their practice from scratch? There is absolutely an argument to be made against cultural appropriation, and the term "horsing" I believe comes from Afro-Caribbean traditions. Would different linguistics alleviate this problem?<br /><br />Pain itself can be a powerful experience, especially when undergone in a ritual setting. I'm saying this as someone who hasn't even undergone any ordeal in the sense of a spiritual initiation, but as someone who has gotten tattoos, piercings, and dabbles in light BDSM. Even in a non-spiritual setting, the endorphins released in reaction to pain stimulus can have a powerful effect on the body and the mind. Tapping into that as a spiritual tool...why the fuck not? Everyone involved appears to have been consenting adults, the "harm" done was done willfully and with the intent of all participants. No one outside of this experience was effected by it at all, let alone adversely, and everyone who was involved came out alive, well, and intact, having had a moving and meaningful experience, be it a meaningful psychological experience or a meaningful religious experience. So what is the problem exactly?<br /><br />Anya, I wanted to offer a belated thank you for being willing to share this. It's a very personal event and you didn't have to share it. It is thoughtful of you to do so, and I imagine may provide some insight/food for thought for anyone on or considering the ordeal path.Tahni J. Nikitinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16797281372017285630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042153161519025615.post-40935611932098986922015-07-31T19:53:20.017-07:002015-07-31T19:53:20.017-07:00You can sit around til your blue in the fact and s...You can sit around til your blue in the fact and sneer at the people telling you to get help. You can convince yourself that you had a "real experience." You did have one but it was all in your head. The fact that you felt special and people tried to tell you you were special should tell you how you allowed vanity to play its part in all of this. You allowed yourself to be taken advantage of by sick people who encouraged you. How can you compare yourself to a true woman of Northern descent? LMAO Odin doesn't dance to your personal vanity and desire to shed your "daddy issues" He's got gobs of women who throw themselves at him...you weren't special. You saw what you wanted to see and you were blinded by your ignorance and ego because you wanted him to love you so much. You mortal women and your delusions. I wouldn't be stupid enough to fall for that crap. Pity...you were. Rogue30https://www.blogger.com/profile/07623249537598998580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042153161519025615.post-77372747814126422862015-07-28T22:05:50.855-07:002015-07-28T22:05:50.855-07:00He winked at you? Really? You are full on nutter...He winked at you? Really? You are full on nutter butter. I could care less what people do, just don't call it heathery....because it isn't. This read like a bad trashy s&m romance novel. Ylvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16166551506085044908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042153161519025615.post-33049101587725301152014-06-29T11:57:56.760-07:002014-06-29T11:57:56.760-07:00This has absolutely nothing to do with Germanic He...This has absolutely nothing to do with Germanic Heathenry. "Horsing" ? Seriously? You clearly have pscyhological issues from something that has happened in your past, and are deep need of professional help.Ulfsarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994633248245894601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042153161519025615.post-75437555545363317552014-06-29T05:10:41.201-07:002014-06-29T05:10:41.201-07:00Agree with the comment above. It's sick, and h...Agree with the comment above. It's sick, and has nothing to do with Norse or in general Germanic culture, religion and magic. There is no single written source nor archaeological proof of human-divine marriages in Germanic culture in any times (except of Christians and their belief of nuns married to Christ). Such visions are produced by broken personality with some serious problems.Hrefna Heiðrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05678156399846749697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042153161519025615.post-90368682294040575292014-06-29T01:26:46.738-07:002014-06-29T01:26:46.738-07:00Seek professional help.Seek professional help.Ulfsarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994633248245894601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042153161519025615.post-32431371406352764752009-04-11T09:49:00.000-07:002009-04-11T09:49:00.000-07:00Thanks for reading!Thanks for reading!AKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04302651266362780432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042153161519025615.post-2327569516842414862009-04-11T08:05:00.000-07:002009-04-11T08:05:00.000-07:00Thank you for sharing this amazing and powerful ex...Thank you for sharing this amazing and powerful experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042153161519025615.post-40270559236371331962009-04-10T12:32:00.000-07:002009-04-10T12:32:00.000-07:00Beautiful.Beautiful.Galina Krasskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926374525306007900noreply@blogger.com