The Heretical Heathen Podcast

Scrying and Fehu

The art of seeing beyond sight. We discuss scrying - using mirrors, water, crystals, and other reflective surfaces to induce visions and access hidden knowledge. A practical guide to one of the oldest forms of divination.
 
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Oaths, Ego, and the Quest for Wisdom

Before he was the most controversial general in Athens, Alcibiades was just a young man with massive ambitions and an even bigger ego. In this episode, we break down Plato’s Alcibiades I. We explore the famous "Socratic intervention" where Socrates humbles a future superstar by asking a simple, devastating question: How can you govern a city if you don’t yet know how to govern yourself?
 
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The Folkish Question

In an age of spiritual consumerism, can you simply choose any pantheon that appeals to you? Or do the gods of your ancestors offer particular channels of divine contact carved through millennia of reciprocal shaping? This episode makes the case for folkish heathenry - not as supremacy, but as rootedness in the specific paths our peoples have already cleared toward the sacred.
 
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Why We Blót

 
Most heathens blót because their ancestors did. And that's a real answer. But it's not the only one. In this episode we dig beneath the surface of sacrificial practice into the gift economy of Norse culture, Iamblichus and the theurgic tradition, henosis, sunthemata, and what it actually means to participate in the pattern of creation. Blót isn't just tradition. It's cosmology in action.
 
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Equal Treatment: Demanding Consistency

A systematic examination of arguments claiming European paganisms cannot be closed practices. Through logical analysis, I demonstrate how each argument—from colonization to white supremacy to historical precedent—fails under scrutiny. What emerges is a pattern of sophistry masking racial double standards. A call for intellectual consistency and equal treatment in pagan discourse.
 
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Atheism in Norse Clothing: Why Seðian Philosophy Fails

In this episode, I critique Seðian philosophy as presented by the Norroena Society, showing three fatal logical flaws: they deny unity exists while constantly affirming it, they reduce gods to physical beings (which is just atheism), and they deny objective morality while making moral prescriptions. I offer the Platonic framework as a coherent alternative that preserves real divinity and real ethics.
 
 
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The Making of a Heretic

In this episode, I share my personal journey into Heathen esotericism - from being the weird kid into ghosts and the paranormal, to discovering ceremonial magic and Heathenry, to synthesizing them into the Heathen Golden Dawn tradition. If you've ever wondered how someone ends up practicing Norse ceremonial magic, this is that story.
 
 
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You Become What You Worship: On Loki and the Jotun

I tackle one of modern Heathenry's most controversial topics: working with Loki and the Jotun. Drawing on cross-cultural wisdom traditions and observable patterns, I explore why "you become what you worship" and what happens when people align themselves with forces of chaos - especially those already struggling with mental health.
 
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Intro to Heretical Heathenry

Welcome to Heretical Heathenry! An introduction to the podcast, the host, and why we need a different conversation about Heathen practice and occultism.