Norse Heathenism, is a natural thing that in ancient Germanic peoples, had traditions and such that developed NATURALLY as they felt right. Today I find a lot of reconstructionists are focused on not doing anything unless they have evidence the Germanic peoples of the past also did it that way, I say that if you feel like you need to sit in a grove with ten other people, chanting in Chinese to the almighty Thor, there is probably a reason you feel that is the way you have to worship. In my humble opinion, that reason is because that is how the gods have asked you to worship but they whispered it to you, as a suggestion, hoping you'd catch on to it, rather than yell at you to do it and telling you that is the way it is going to be.
Allow yourself to worship as YOU feel appropriate. I've noticed in several circles of reconstructionists, they debate the nature of the gods like a group of teenage boys may debate the Star Wars Movies, what is important is that you are praising the gods, not how you do it. Do as you feel is right and the gods will reward you, they likely do not care if you reconstruct a 3000 year old ritual, they probably only care that you performed A RITUAL and were focused more on them than the miniscule details of an ancient ritual.
That is my little spiel about Asatru, recently I met a local group of reconstructionists and I was a little irked how they were more obsessed with details of ritual and praise than what the rituals and praise actually served to accomplish/communicate.
Allow yourself to worship as YOU feel appropriate. I've noticed in several circles of reconstructionists, they debate the nature of the gods like a group of teenage boys may debate the Star Wars Movies, what is important is that you are praising the gods, not how you do it. Do as you feel is right and the gods will reward you, they likely do not care if you reconstruct a 3000 year old ritual, they probably only care that you performed A RITUAL and were focused more on them than the miniscule details of an ancient ritual.
That is my little spiel about Asatru, recently I met a local group of reconstructionists and I was a little irked how they were more obsessed with details of ritual and praise than what the rituals and praise actually served to accomplish/communicate.
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