Videos about the many faces of the Goddess. "As the Lady traveled the world, searching for Poetry, she took upon herself different names and different shapes wherever she went..." (Gylfaginning, Snorri´s Edda)
In these videos I am trying to show how Old Norse mythology centers around stories about initiation into the Mysteries of the Goddess - death and resurrection. I am trying to show that simply through relating the stories as they appear in the Eddas, including the translations of names and place-names to make the meaning more clear, and pointing out that there is a system to these stories that makes sense - they were part of a ritual pattern and a very well established, ancient religious formula. In this playlist I put the videos together in a sequence that makes sense as just that - a sequence - although they may be seen independently it will make a lot more sense to see them one after the other like I have suggested here... enjoy, and please subscribe if you like my work and want to be updated on new uploads - more are on the way!
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Those of you interested purely in my Norse mythology videos may want to check out my Old Norse Mystery Cult channel where they are all neatly gathered for a better overview.
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This present channel, the Earth Mythic Library, is an attempt to collect and distribute knowledge on both ancient and modern myths, disregarding whether they are "true" or not. I believe there are as many truths as there are minds.
There is no such things as a closed case in historical research. History keeps changing as new minds with different experiences start to dig into the source material. We all screen the knowledge we are gathering, through a filter based on our personal experience and particular interests, which is influenced by age, nationality, ethnicity, religion, ideology, gender and orientations. Which is why as many different kinds of voices as possible should be heard and considered carefully.
Mainstream media and education is strongly influenced by academic research, usually dominated by a small group of people who decide who shall get the fundings and the positions. These decisions are based on the dominating paradigm of beliefs or ideology at any university, which is also paid by the government. The result is that countless theories, views and finds are never really heard, except through alternative media. I regard this channel as such an alternative media.
I am interested in Pagan and shamanistic spiritual traditions and mythology from all over the world. My favorite subjects are Ancient Goddess religions, Old Norse Mythology, Ancient history and archaeology, Shamanism, Folklore and Folk music. My approach is both historical and spiritual.
As a student of many mythologies and religions, I think that it is possible to detect a very ancient theme that pops up in all kinds of cultures -- paths of spiritual transformation leading to the same great human Well of Memory: Enlightenment.
I believe that the Old Norse Poetic Edda is one of the last testimonies in Europe to an ancient, pre-Christian path of transformation. Having studied the Edda intently for fifteen years, I believe I have reached a point where I can share a certain insight.
I think the Edda offers a unique insight into an ancient and very valid path, and that it expresses the age-old concerns of all human kind.
LINK TO MY NORSE THESIS (2004):
http://www.duo.uio.no/sok/work.html?WORKID=18497
I am concerned with restoring knowledge about ancient, pantheist religions of the Great Goddess, because they were fundamental to the development of the Mysteries that are the oldest known versions of a path towards enlightenment.
I find Marija Gimbutas´work extremely inspiring and interesting, and find it sad that it has so often been misrepresented, ignored and suppressed by those who cannot stand the idea of humanity not being "naturally" aggressive and hierarchic.
Gimbutas proves and describes numerous ancient cultures that existed peacefully for thousands of years, without any particular hierarchy and without any apparent gender oppression. The religions of these peoples seemed focused on goddesses, or a Great Goddess -- indeed they were strongest in exactly the same areas that, when writing was invented, made hymns to celebrate the Great Goddess behind all other deities.
Sadly, because Gimbutas emphasised the similarity between these cultures and made a claim that they were parts of the same pan-European stone age Civilisation, powerful archaeologists have found an excuse to disregard her work altogether by claiming that this interconnectedness is just not possible and by pointing out that there were certain societies that did not fit into the picture.
I think it is horrendous how an entire and extremely interesting, valid, serious life work has been tried suppressed because of a few unusually bold claims. Erik Rodenborg´s article about the criticism against Gimbutas more or less illustrate exactly how I regard her thesis -- and her critics.
ARTICLE ON MARIJA GIMBUTAS THESIS ABOUT "OLD EUROPE" - PROS AND CONS BY ERIK RODENBORG:
Welcome to the LadyoftheLabyrinth´s main channel! Hooray! :))
Those of you interested purely in my Norse mythology videos may want to check out my Old Norse Mystery Cult channel where they are all neatly gathered for a better overview.
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