We explore what it means to approach Loki through reciprocity, transformation, and the often uncomfortable process of change. As part of that journey, I also perform a dramatic reading of the Lokasenna, one of the most chaotic and revealing poems of the Poetic Edda, where Loki challenges the gods and tears through illusion, ego, and social order.

This episode also marks the beginning of something bigger.

The Common Hearth is currently developing its very first Loki blot—a ritual space dedicated to honoring Loki and those who walk a path aligned with change, disruption, and the divine spark of necessary madness. Once complete, the community will be invited to take part.

This isn’t about safe spirituality.

It’s about honest engagement with forces that reshape you.

If you’ve ever felt called toward Loki, struggled to understand him, or are looking for a grounded way to build ritual in modern Heathenry—this is where that conversation starts.

Using saga clues, Norse cosmology, death deity theology, and modern Heathen UPG, this episode explores whether Rán may be her own goddess of the drowned, an aspect of Hel, or part of a larger divine system of death, gathering, and reciprocity.

This is not dogma. It is an invitation to wrestle with the sources.

It’s the word everyone throws around when talking about modern Heathenry—but what if unity was never something we actually lost?

In this episode of I Am Heathen (and so can you!!), Einar Blackthorn breaks down the uncomfortable truth behind the fragmentation of American Heathenry. From the early ideological foundations laid by figures like Else Christensen and Stephen McNallen, to the rise of racialized spirituality, algorithm-driven leadership, and personality cults—this isn’t a conversation about “drama.”

This is a conversation about structure.

Why do exclusionary groups organize more effectively?
Why does inclusive Heathenry struggle to build lasting infrastructure?
And what happens when we replace oaths with engagement metrics?

This episode dives into the philosophical sleight-of-hand behind “ancestry over universalism,” the dangers of hierarchy masquerading as spirituality, and the hard truth that unity requires more than shared aesthetics—it demands standards, accountability, and real-world work.

No fluff. No romanticism. Just the weight of what it actually takes to build something that lasts.

If Heathenry is going to survive—and evolve—it won’t be through hashtags or hollow declarations.

It will be built.

Or it won’t exist at all.

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Starting with the creation myth of Ask and Embla, the first humans shaped by Odin and the gods, this episode explores how Norse mythology presents humanity as a shared origin—not a racial hierarchy. From the poem Rigsthula to the ethics of frith, we examine how ancient lore challenges modern attempts to weaponize Heathenry for white supremacist ideology.

Einar also recounts a personal experience confronting racist recruitment within pagan spaces, unpacking the uncomfortable conversations that followed and the larger question facing modern Heathen communities: Should hate be tolerated in the name of dialogue?

On Todays Episode of I am Heathen (And So Can You!), we deep dive into the strange crossroads between science fiction, mysticism, and ancient germanic worldview. We explore how the Bene Gesserits discipline echoes the spiritual resillience of the Volva and Seidkons, how viking age culture confronted fear, fate, and death, and why courage in heathen tradition isnt the absence of fear. Its the decision to stand anyway

From snowy mountains and hunting grounds to the spiritual lessons of endurance, stillness, and survival, this episode blends history, prayer, ritual, and raw reflection in a fireside conversation inspired by the cadence of Anthony Bourdain and the grit of lived spirituality.

What started as a challenge spirals into the most unhinged, chaotic takedown of modern Viking cosplay culture, clout-chasing pagan influencers, fake bindrunes, and the algorithm-fed spiritual circus dominating online heathen spaces. From the myth of Ragnar Lothbrok aesthetics to musicians turned jingling-keys distractions, nothing is safe as the longhouse metaphorically burns to the ground.

Delivered in a darkly funny, Hunter S. Thompson-style cadence, this episode dives into the difference between real spirituality and internet theatrics, the commodification of faith, and why the pagan community online feels like it’s split between two species: pagans… and Vikings — and somehow the Vikings keep multiplying.

If you’ve ever cringed at horned helmets, rage-bait spirituality, or watched faith get farmed for clicks, this one’s for you.

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Keep the fires burning.

We explore haw loki has been interpreted in contemporary heathenry, why his worship sparks outrage in certain space and where the line between historical source material and modern moral panic begin to blur. Is loki truly a symbol of destruction-or a necessary force of chaos, transformation, and truth?

This episode challenges gatekeeping, fear based theology and the impulse to condemn what we don't understand. If you've ever been told that honoring loki makes you "less legitimate" as a heathen, this conversation is for you.

Chaos is not the enemy. Sometimes, its the Catalyst

Listen, Reflect, and decide for yourself

Over the past few years, the hashtag #Norsetok exploded accross tiktok, creating one of the largest online communities dedicated to Heathenry, Asatru, and Norse Pagan Spirituality. At its best it brought education, connection, and open expressions of faith. But for many practitioners, something else becan to emerge beneath the surface --Cliques, endless drama, public callouts, and a culture where performative spirituality replaced genuine devotion.