Wizard Talk: Episode III • Forsaken Dungeons, Shadowthorn Woods & Bramblestoke Ruins •

This is my long awaited video in the “Wizard Talk” series and I must strongly emphasize, that this is perhaps one of my most important and hard (but a joy) to make video in recent years that I created. I feel very drained by the experience, but nevertheless I am very, very proud of the result and the message that I wanted to convey across a wider audience. It took me two days to film, to assemble together and to edit to the point where I felt that it is ready and looked finished so that I can present it to everyone. Please say a few words in the comment section below and above all, please sit back, soak in the atmosphere and enjoy me talking for almost an hour. Cheers! 🙂

Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.

I very much align and sympathize with what he said in his article, and all of this is quite important to consider, though it’s not very helpful for creative individuals who just want to promote their work online (myself included). It’s a double if not a triple edged sword or a dane axe, and it’s a hard call to take. Quite honestly, life and people were much “better” (whatever that means), much normal I guess, before all kinds of social medias, tik toks, twitters, reddits, subreddits, patreons or whatever, and I’ve been on that route for a full 3 year hiatus (the life of a hermit is not easy and it’s very depressing). I think above all and mostly a healthy balance is needed and can be achieved by some people. Facebook and the other time consuming social media platforms are driving me nuts lately and when you pass the point beyond that, then some serious help is needed mate.

𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗚𝗘 | 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲

𝘊𝘰𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭.

The Apocalypse, The Eternal War & Good Vs Evil

As I already stated elsewhere, I don’t hold any political stance and I don’t like or feel the need or urge to discuss politics (or current events) on the internet with people or in real life. I find it very boring, disappointing and utterly distasteful, and it leaves a bitter taste in my mind after that. Life is short and there are far better things to do with your time on this planet. That being said, I will touch on some of the more recent and alarming conflicts, but seen from a non-political perspective. I am also here do discuss the ongoing Apocalypse, and this I don’t find boring at all, but actually quite a rich and important subject for our times and to us all. In just over 10 000 years of human existence, the current state of the world provides us with a more or less universal history of what most people call the Apocalypse meme. This was first prophesized in 2012, (no doubt to counter the then current and virulent version of the meme predicting the end of time and civilisation on Friday 21 December 2012), as anticipated by the ancient Mayans’ calendar. As we know, the end did not come as predicted. In the year of our goddess Apophenia, 2023, are the end times approaching, or are most people still delusional? My intention here is to tell a little story (but not to “debunk” anyone or anything) of how this meme started and developed, and how it has been used, adapted and reissued over and over again (always with the same “disappointing” outcome) throughout the centuries.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition (my thoughts and opinion)

Even though I am a massive 𝙑𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 fan, gamer and follower and have been for quite some time now, I still cannot exclude and NOT pay attention to its counterpart which is of course 𝙒𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙡𝙛: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙥𝙨𝙚. I’ve always been fascinated by Werewolves as creatures of myth, folklore and legend, and World of Darkness is a massive place to explore with its branching worlds, vampire clans, werewolf tribes, gods, sects, kine, mages, hunters, sorceries and the like. In the case of VtM it is dark and grim political horror (even though I don’t like poltics and politicians) with very deep and rich history rooted in the real world, clans trying to outsmart and murder each other for power, control and domination over cities, countries and entire continents every bloody step of the way to keep to masquerade intact and the status quo, to stay away from werewolves, hunters and kine sneaking and gatheting intel, and all of this is engulfed by strong mythological and supernatural elements set in modern times as well as in the distant past. VtM is my main world of residence and my go to table-top RPG, Tremere my first and beloved clan and house (always loyal to the pyramid, even if it has fallen) and Bloodlines (2004) will forever be my favorite video game and will have a special place in my undead heart. I respect both the Camarilla, The Sabbat and The Anarchs, as well as the lesser sects, but without the Camarilla keeping things in order and holding the masquerade, there’s no vampires, no clans and and supernatural beings, but all the sects and clans to me are very interesting and important. I don’t exclude any of them, because I think this is the best way to enjoy role-playing in any setting, but in this case VtM in particular.

Mörk Borg, Black Metal and The Esoteric Hermit

Alright soooooo……

This is going to be a rather nerdy post (yes meaning exactly that), so I need you to be patient with my annoying OCD and just bare with me in general, ok? This post took ages to write (couple of weeks in reality), to think through and finally realize into manifestation. As I said OCD. Pvre fvcking essence, right?… So I am here to annoy you all with a Tabletop RPG that I now hold in very high regard. This game is not the holy grail of tabletop gaming, but it’s the philosophers stone of rare artefacts in these fields. Mörk Borg isn’t only a DOOM METAL album of a game as advertised. It’s also a BLACK METAL album of a game with vey prominent occult and pagan elements and it packs a really heavy punch!! This game is the ultimate OSR example and it should be regarded as one of the best carriers of the tradition. Eternal Hails……

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A doom metal album of a game. A spiked flail to the face. Light on rules, heavy everything else.

Enumeration

This list came as a result of me being greatly inspired by Taylor Hood’s simple, yet very effective method of listing his most treasured, favourite, eye-opening and close to heart books, movies, music, works of art and video games. This is a showcase of me doing a similar thing like he did on his blog over at Thitherword. The list is quite extensive and most of my favourite things are gathered in chronological order based on the various “levels” and stages of my life. This list is a subject to change and it will be constant work in progress. I will be adding more and more as the time goes by. I hope you get something out of it and use it for self-betterment or for whatever purpose you find useful.

What’s past is but a mere prologue.

• The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Lord of The Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Children of Húrin, J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, J.R.R. Tolkien
• Beowulf, J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Fall of Arthur , J.R.R. Tolkien
• Tales from The Perilous Realm, J.R.R. Tolkien
• Defending Middle-earth, Patrick Curry
• The Discworld novels (yes all of them), Terry Pratchett
• Science and Spiritual Practices, Rupert Sheldrake
• The Prose Edda (edited and translated by Jesse Byock), Snorri Sturluson
• The Saga of the Volsungs, Jesse Byock
• Sorcery and Religion in Ancient Scandinavia, Varg Vikernes
• The Golden Bough, Sir James George Frazer
• Reflections on European Mythology and Polytheism, Varg Vikernes
• Panparadox, Vexior 2018
• Gullveigarbók: An Investigation of Gullveig in Old Norse Mythology & Her Anti-Cosmic Nexus, Vexior 2018
• Nightside of The Runes: Uthark, Adulruna, and the Gothic Cabbala, Thomas Karlsson
• Myths and Legends of the Celts, James MacKillop
• The Poetic Edda, (translated by) Carolyne Larrington
• The Book of English Magic, Philip Carr-Gomm
• The Call of Cthulhu (and the entire mythos), H.P. Lovecraft
• The Shadow Over Innsmouth, H.P. Lovecraft
• At The Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft
• The Stand, Stephen King
• The Shining, Stephen King
• The Outsider, Stephen King
• Everything’s Eventual, Stephen King
• 11/22/63, Stephen King
• Hearts in Atlantis, Stephen King
• Revival, Stephen King
• The Dark Tower (series), Stephen King
• Falling Cars and Junkyard Dogs, Jay Farrar (memoir)
• Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back), Jeff Tweedy
• NOS4A2, Full Throtle, Joe Hill
• The Great God Pan, Arthur Machen
• Liber Null & Psychonaut, Peter J. Carroll
• The Witcher (books series), Andrzej Sapkowski 
• Puzzling People, Defeated Demons, Thomas Sheridan
• The Druid Code: Magic, Megaliths and Mythology, Thomas Sheridan
• Sorcery: The Invocation of Strangeness, Thomas Sheridan
• The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell
• Pathways to Bliss, Joseph Campbell
• The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion, Joseph Campbell
• The Masks of God (4 Volumes), Joseph Campbell
• Malazan Book of The Fallen (book series), Steven Erikson
• The Miracle Club, Occult America, Mitch Horowitz
• The Chaos Protocols and Pieces of Eight, Gordon White
• The Super Natural, Whitley Strieber and Jeffrey Kripal
• Sun of GOd, Gregory Sams
• The White Goddess, Robert Graves
• The Mabinogion
• The Outsider, The Occult (trilogy), Colin Wilson
• Futhark, Runelore, Edred Thorsson
• The Secret Teaching of All Ages, Manly P. Hall
• High Magick, Damien Echols
• The Way of Wyrd, The Real Middle-earth, Brian Bates
• Myth & Magic, John Howe
• Forging Dragons, John Howe
• A Middle-earth Traveler, John Howe
• The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings sketchbooks, Alan lee
• The Hammer and The Cross, Robert Furguson
• The Vikings, Else Roesdahl
• The Children of Ash and Elm, Neil Price
• The Age of The Vikings, Anders Winroth
• The Sagas of Icelanders, Jane Smiley and many other contributors
• River Kings, Cat Jarman
• The Wanderer’s Hávamál, Jackson Crawford
• Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Carl Gustav Jung
• The Red Book, Carl Gustav Jung
• To be continued…

English Ale, Birthdays, Slow-burning Incense, Paganism & Early Gnostic Heresies

I wrote this article yesterday (18.08.2023)

I am celebrating my birthday today and I am usually a very quiet, modest, humble, low-ley (and sometimes very shy and reserved) type of guy. I don’t like telling people, being loud and vocal about it, and I don’t really enjoy throwing big parties with lots of people, booze, food, loud music and presents, or to seek out or invite people to come and pretend as if they care about me while wearing their weekend persona re-usable leather masks. Birthdays in general are supposed to be private gatherings with close family and kin. They need to be private, because it’s like a personal sacred ritual to honor the person you love and care about. Instead, lots of people these days are inviting half of their colleagues at work, school mates and neighbours, employees and bosses, drinking buddies and comrades from the local gym, random “friends” or the friends of their friends of their friends. It’s a hell-of-a circus with a dark twist. It’s as if birthdays are some kind of an extraverted charity meetings to fill in the void of those participating. I cannot understand this whole mindset and hive mentality. I honestly would’ve felt like I am being hunted like a wild animal if I was at the very center of the crowded birthday party instead of “playing” the role of the person who needs to be honored, respected and given the needed attention. Early kings, jarls and chieftains of the bronze and iron ages, or later the so-called “Dark” and “Middle” Ages were very strict about these matters and birthdays were more like honoring various patron deities, instead of the person him/herself directly. In this day and age, it is mostly scaled to an inversion on all things sacred. Certainly, being hunted is not a nice position to be in, and in order for a person to keep him/herself from being violated, humiliated, unsanctified, defield or one’s psyche “raped” and shred to pieces, then that person must somehow reverse the role of the sacrificial animal (of the hunted), and develop ways to shield the harmful elements and interract and develop ways to filter transcendent consciousness on much higher levels. Those levels are like countless steps on a steep hill. Those who succeeded at climbing that hill were hunted or persecuted by the rulling “elite” at that time, or flat out wiped from the face of the earth. I consider myself like one those people. Yes, Paganism is the at the very core of my so-called “spiritual” beliefs and personal philosophy, but I am also a Heretic and have always been one, like those early Gnostics immerging from the mists of time. And so, I feel that it is important to learn, know and understand how it all begun. Take your archaeological tools and notebooks out. Lecture time!

Reflections On European Mythology and Polytheism

AN IMPORTANT NOTE AND A DISCLAIMER!

I have always liked and admired Varg Vikernes as a music composer, thinker, writer and clearly a bonafide (gold medal worthy) outsider on all possible levels. I myself resonate with these aspects and I feel at home with his offgrid way of living and self-sufficiency. However, I DO NOT share most his political and his “racial” and quite radical beliefs and "ideals" concering the so-called “European Man über alles”. This doesn’t mean that I am a supporter of his methods and what he (used) to preach online couple of years ago on his YouTube channel or elsewhere. That also doesn’t mean that I am completely against what he stands for on 100 % hundred percent and that’s the end of it. No, that would be quite silly, stupid and ignorant. On the contrary. I really like and enjoyed reading most of his books on Norse Mythology and the Runes (Sorcery and Religion in Ancient Scandinavia) deciphering Norwegian folklore and the legends (along with his wife, which is also a very good writer and a thinker in my honest opinion). I really hesitated to even write this text or to put up these videos, because the “black hole censorship machinery” is still very much operational today and there can be no place for such philosophies and people (according to “their” standards and rules).

Rune Quest: Ansuz

𝕯𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗!
THIS IS NOT A RUNE READING AND I AM NOT GIVING AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AND MEANING OF EACH RUNE. THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL JOURNEY THAT I HAVE UNDERTAKEN YEARS AGO AND I FEEL LIKE SHARING IT WITH OTHER LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING SIMILAR JOURNEYS AND PRACTICES CONSERNING THE RUNES AND THE NORSE MAGICAL TRADITION. ALSO NOTE THAT I AM NOT A CERTIFIED “SHAMAN” IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM AND I DON’T DO COMMISSIONS CONCERNING SHAMANIC JOURNEYS WITH OR FOR OTHER PEOPLE. THIS IS A PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL STUDY AND IT WILL STAY LIKE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING!

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