Asatru Folk Assembly - December 26, 2025


How a mural becomes a portal to the Gods #afa #asatru #ásatrú #asatrufolkassembly #shorts

Hosted by
Steve McNallen
Mentioned
Svan
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Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

127.47

Word count

189

Sentence count

5


Summary

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In this episode I talk about the amazing work done by Svan, the priest who paints the murals on the walls of our local churches. The murals not only serve as a portal to our gods, but also a portal for us to see them and worship them through them.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 He does such an amazing job, and it's something truly magical happens with the murals, and I don't know the best way to state it that gets the gravity behind it, but he's not just a guy painting a picture.
00:00:18.980 He is a priest trying to honor his gods with his depiction of them in a way that they can inhabit that mural and project themselves through it to our folk.
00:00:40.700 and it can serve as a um as a portal in your in a way for them to
00:00:49.260 like i said project themselves onto the folk but also for the folk to give and make offerings in
00:00:56.840 front of that mural and direct the focus direct the worship towards that mural
00:01:01.680 it transmits energy and worship to the gods in a really particular really special way
00:01:10.360 And you really feel it when one of those murals is done and Svan has worked his magic on the mural.
00:01:18.960 When you're there, there is a presence.
00:01:22.120 There is a part of our gods that occupy and that see through those murals on the folk in a really special way.