Asatru Folk Assembly - September 25, 2023


Starting the Gift Cycle (from VNS Episode 6)

Topics
gifting cycle
Hosted by
Steve McNallen
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Episode Stats


Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

126.01

Word count

410

Sentence count

11


Summary

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In this episode, we talk about how to start your gifting cycle with the gods and goddesses, and how to honor your ancestors. We also talk about the different types of gifts you can offer to your ancestors, and the different ways you can honor them.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 For those who may just be starting out in Azzatru, do you have any recommendations for
00:00:13.840 how they would start their offerings to the gods and goddesses or to their ancestors or
00:00:21.040 to the vaite seers? Is there any recommendations that you would have for them just starting that
00:00:25.540 gifting cycle? Well, just starting, keep it simple. Put out, sit out something. It could even
00:00:34.260 be, for instance, for Freyfaxi, if you're sitting something out for flavor, it could be the loaf of
00:00:40.280 bread that you sit out, any type of food, preferably something that you've cooked
00:00:46.880 yourself, that you've put effort into it. One of the things that I like to do when I make something,
00:00:53.400 uh for instance the the hammer i'll save the shavings from the carving and and use that as
00:01:01.240 an offering to symbolize the effort and this goes the same with you know with your your food offerings
00:01:06.680 it's something that you've cooked your effort going into that is part of the gift
00:01:13.960 when i first started uh out on in as a true one of the first things that i did i i like to write
00:01:21.080 poetry terrible poetry um but writing a poem specifically uh for one of the gods or goddesses
00:01:27.640 or to my ancestors i used to do that and then i would burn that as an offering because that was
00:01:33.720 my creativity my work my time um the time spent trying to make the calligraphy perfect
00:01:40.680 specifically for them we do also have members that will do woodworking specifically as an offering
00:01:46.360 they'll do a carving for a specific god and goddess and offer that to honor one of the gods
00:01:54.400 and goddesses as well. So there's always interesting ways. You just got to be creative
00:01:58.580 about how you can start that gifting cycle with the gods and goddesses or to your ancestors.
00:02:03.960 My grandparents loved coffee. They drank coffee from sun up until probably six o'clock in the
00:02:09.860 evening. So I've always used coffee for them if I'm doing offerings with a morning cup of coffee
00:02:15.240 or something like that awesome yeah you we look at it you know they are our our most distant
00:02:22.960 ancestors so it's much like you know that gift that you get from a from a child that's had that
00:02:28.160 handmade card you know it's all the more special than than something bought at a store yes definitely
00:02:45.240 We'll be right back.