The Golden One - August 18, 2022


Q&A. Practicing Paganism. Journalism is an Honourable Profession (Yes, Really)

Topics
paganism practices journalism
Hosted by
Marcus Follin
Mentioned
Stephen Flowers Mircea Eliade
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Episode Stats


Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

158.57

Word count

906

Sentence count

73


Summary

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In this episode, I answer a few questions regarding paganism, journalism and other topics related to paganism and paganism in general. I also give a brief overview of my paganism journey and how I got into paganism.

Transcript

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00:00:00.880 Greetings, my esteemed Ladingtons. Welcome to the greatest Q&A.
00:00:05.500 Now you might wonder why do I not have a shirt on, and usually it would be so that I could flex and pose and behave in that sort of way,
00:00:14.880 but no, in all honesty, it's because it's simply too hot to have a shirt on.
00:00:20.860 So you might think it's so I will flex my physique, but actually not. Not this time.
00:00:29.040 Usually it would be exactly for that reason. I would be without a shirt, but now it's, yeah, it's too hot simply.
00:00:37.240 Now let's get on to the questions at hand. We have the first one from Visigotorum.
00:00:44.100 How did you get into paganism, and which are your ways to practice it? Cheers.
00:00:49.400 So basically I got into the more metaphysical side of things only this year.
00:00:56.060 Now before then, I approached paganism in a more, you know, as a way for me to express a biocultural identity.
00:01:05.540 So I had, you know, a hammer of thought to show this is my allegiance in terms of bioculture and tribe.
00:01:11.380 Some guys, they do it with tattoos, which is also, you know, a good, it can be a good way to, you know, show where your tribal allegiances lie.
00:01:21.900 That is how I approached it before. Now, of course, I do approach it in a bit different way, where I have, as you probably have seen, if you follow me on Telegram, and if you have read my book reviews, I have approached it, I've begun to approach it in a slightly different manner.
00:01:41.820 Now, that being said, what makes you a pagan is, technically speaking, if you sacrifice.
00:01:48.740 So if you do sacrifice, I have done it this year, I've done it earlier years as well, and I simply, you know, pour a libation of mead.
00:01:57.240 And, you know, you can say a little prayer or something like that.
00:02:00.820 So that is what technically makes you a pagan. If you do sacrifice. If you don't, you're not a pagan. If you do, you are a pagan.
00:02:08.520 And you don't need to sacrifice mead. You can pour a libation of wine, or you can offer some incense at your altar.
00:02:15.180 It can be done in many different ways, but that is at least how you practice paganism.
00:02:20.600 And, of course, I'm giving a very brief and general answer here.
00:02:23.580 There are those who have been practicing pagans for a lot longer than I have, and, you know, who can give you a better answer.
00:02:29.860 But that is the starting point, and I would also very much recommend you to read as much as possible about how our ancestors approached the divine.
00:02:42.220 So I wrote a review of Mircha Eliade's The Myth of the Eternal Return. It's a good book. You can start with that.
00:02:49.380 Then, of course, the other books I've reviewed are very insightful, especially the books by Stephen E. Flowers, as it pertains to Germanic and overall Indo-European spirituality.
00:03:01.040 So, hopefully, that was somewhat informative.
00:03:06.540 Now, second question is regarding journalism and investigative journalism, and whether it's a good way to contribute to the cause.
00:03:15.880 And I would say, yes, it absolutely is. It's a great way to contribute to the cause, and this is something we need more of.
00:03:24.200 And I am quite happy to say that we do have in Sweden a quite well-developed alternative media.
00:03:29.820 Of course, since the mainstream media in Sweden has been so left-wing for so long, there has been a great demand for actual reporting,
00:03:38.960 and now the supply and demand have met, as they usually do.
00:03:43.860 So I would say that journalism is an honorable profession.
00:03:48.480 And now you might think this is strange, since I usually bash journalists, but I do it because it is an honorable profession.
00:03:56.420 But many journalists, they are simply acting as mercenaries for the regime.
00:04:02.840 So instead of, you know, putting the pressure on the politicians, the regime, they are, you know, putting the heat on normal people who are just wondering what is going on.
00:04:16.200 Most journalists, they have taken a very honorable profession and made it into basically mercenary work for the regime.
00:04:23.860 But that being said, if you are a journalist with integrity, I salute you.
00:04:30.040 I have great respect for the profession of journalism.
00:04:33.500 So if you are a good person, then definitely do pursue that career path.
00:04:39.000 And yeah, it takes a lot of courage to expose many of these corrupt politicians.
00:04:44.900 So anyway, I had a few more questions, but I will actually save those for a coming podcast,
00:04:50.720 because I want to go more in-depth regarding those questions.
00:04:54.800 And lastly, because I am about to perish here in the heat.
00:04:57.940 So I will try to seek out some sort of lake as soon as possible before perishing.
00:05:04.560 So anyway, thank you for watching.
00:05:06.640 As always, do check out all the links in the description box below.
00:05:10.320 Do read Dauntless.
00:05:11.620 And I will see you in the next video.
00:05:14.880 XXO
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