The Golden One - Marcus Follin - Q&A. Practicing Paganism. Journalism is an Honourable Profession (Yes, Really)
Aired: 2022-08-18
Duration: 05:14


=== Approaching Paganism Differently (03:05) ===

[00:00:00]  Greetings my esteemed Ladingtons, welcome to the greatest QA.
[00:00:05]  Now you might wonder why do I not have a shirt on?
[00:00:09]  And usually it would be so that I could flex and pose and behave in that sort of way, but now in all honesty it's because it's simply too hot to have a shirt on.
[00:00:21]  So you might think it's so I will flex my physique, but actually not.
[00:00:28]  Not this time.
[00:00:29]  Usually it would be exactly for that reason.
[00:00:31]  I would be without a shirt, but now it's yeah, it's too hot simply.
[00:00:37]  Now let's get on to the questions at hand.
[00:00:40]  We have the first one from Visigotorum.
[00:00:44]  How did you get into paganism?
[00:00:46]  Which are your ways to practice it?
[00:00:48]  Cheers.
[00:00:50]  So basically I got into the more metaphysical side of things only this year.
[00:00:56]  Now before then I approached paganism in a more you know as a way for me to express a biocultural identity.
[00:01:05]  So I had a hammer of thor to show this is my allegiance in terms of bioculture and tribe.
[00:01:11]  Some guys they do it with tattoos which is also you know good it can be a good way to you know show where your tribal allegiances lie.
[00:01:23]  That is how I approached it before.
[00:01:25]  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.
[00:01:36]  I've begun to approach it in a slightly different manner.
[00:01:42]  Now that being said what makes you a pagan is technically speaking if you sacrifice.
[00:01:48]  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 mild and you know you can say a little prayer or something like that.
[00:02:01]  So that is what technically makes you a pagan if you do sacrifice.
[00:02:05]  If you don't you're not a pagan.
[00:02:06]  If you do you are a pagan and you don't need to sacrifice mild you can pour a libation of wine or you can offer some incense at your altar.
[00:02:15]  It can be done in many different ways but that is at least how you practice paganism and of course I'm giving a very brief and general answer here.
[00:02:23]  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 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]  So I wrote a review of Mircia Eliades The Myth of the Eternal Return.
[00:02:47]  It's a good book.
[00:02:48]  You can start with that.
[00:02:49]  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]  So hopefully that was somewhat informative.

=== Great Contribution (02:07) ===

[00:03:06]  Now second question is regarding journalism and investigative journalism and whether it's a good way to contribute to the cause and I would say yes it absolutely is.
[00:03:19]  It's a great way to contribute to the cause and this is something we need more of.
[00:03:24]  And I am quite happy to say that we do have in Sweden a quite well developed alternative media.
[00:03:30]  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 and now the supply and demand have met as they usually do.
[00:03:44]  So I would say that journalism is an honorable profession.
[00:03:48]  And now you might think this is strange since I usually bash journalists.
[00:03:52]  But I do it because it is an honorable profession.
[00:03:56]  But many journalists are simply acting as mercenaries for the regime.
[00:04:02]  So instead of putting the pressure on the politicians, the regime, they are putting the hit on normal people who are just wondering what is going on.
[00:04:16]  Most journalists, they have taken a very honorable profession and made it into basically mercenary work for the regime.
[00:04:24]  But that being said, if you are a journalist with integrity, I salute you.
[00:04:30]  I have great respect for the profession of journalism.
[00:04:33]  So if you are a good person, then definitely do pursue that career path.
[00:04:39]  And yeah, it takes a lot of courage to expose many of these corrupt politicians.
[00:04:45]  So anyway, I had a few more questions, but I will actually save those for a coming podcast because I want to go more in depth regarding those questions.
[00:04:54]  And lastly, because I am about to perish here in the hit.
[00:04:58]  So I will try to seek out some sort of lake as soon as possible before perishing.
[00:05:04]  So anyway, thank you for watching.
[00:05:06]  As always, do check out all the links in the description box below.
[00:05:10]  Do read Dauntless and I will see you in the next video.