Asatru Folk Assembly - How to Blót at Home #afa #asatru #asatrufolkassembly #shorts

In this episode, I talk about the importance of connecting with your ancestors and how we can do so through our ancestors. I also discuss how to connect with our ancestors and offer them a drink, and how to build a relationship with them.

00:00:00.240 your mind and your heart and your body all at the same time through building faith and that

00:00:05.600 is what we call a bloat it comes from the old word uh meaning to blood so i would say start

00:00:13.760 giving bloat now and yes there is right ways or perhaps even more more correct ways of doing

00:00:20.960 things but the the ultimate right way is to do it even if that comes down to gathering pictures

00:00:29.680 of your ancestors because all of us can can gather you know or traces back somewhere in some way

00:00:36.480 maybe you don't know any of uh actual named ancestors but you might know where your people

00:00:42.420 come from um or you know like lands that they may have lived in before uh there's lots of ways that

00:00:47.800 you can build connectivity and uh it could be something quite as simple as lighting a candle

00:00:56.680 to them um and praying to them and then offering them a drink by sharing it with them and then

00:01:04.940 placing it within a receptacle one that is not just like a bowl is usually what we use but that

00:01:11.660 bowl becomes dedicated to this process speaking their names out loud this is the hardest part is

00:01:19.960 the time in between lighting that candle and and pouring or drinking the drink is where a lot of

00:01:25.500 people I think fall not short, but they just kind of get lost. And one of the things that's worth

00:01:32.460 considering is just speaking out loud, speaking their names, speaking, telling their stories,

00:01:39.680 even if it's like, I just learned about you. And I went on the internet. And I, I found these pages

00:01:47.760 and i found this out and and telling your emotional and mental um thoughts out into the air

00:01:55.840 while you know looking upon a a picture of your ancestors and then you know maybe choosing

00:02:03.920 something very special a a drink that you're not going to drink the entirety of so uh you know

00:02:10.080 something even if you bought it doesn't matter or you made it um and you you know you pour it into

00:02:16.640 a cup and you drink it and then you pour the rest into the bowl and then you thank your ancestors

00:02:24.800 for uh guiding you or ask for guidance that's you know and blessings and if you're found worthy you

00:02:31.360 know you ask it if you believe that i am worthy of your your love and your your guidance please

00:02:38.000 i'm open and i'm i'm ready and i'm willing and then you take that offering and place it somewhere

00:02:44.080 outside you're pouring it out someplace that usually people find like a tree or

00:02:49.000 something that's notable

Asatru Folk Assembly - July 09, 2025

How to Blót at Home #afa #asatru #asatrufolkassembly #shorts

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