Harvest Moon last night so I guess it really is autumn now 🍂

Spotting Alt-Right Imagery on Nordic Blogs

I’ve been getting a lot of asks/messages lately from folks who want to practice Norse paganism and join the heathen community but are worried about white supremacist blogs. That’s totally valid - there’s a lot of them and some of them are well hidden under “aesthetic norse” blogs. So, I wrote up a little lists of indicators to look out for and avoid. Most of the runes and images(like Odin’s ravens) aren’t inherently racist/problematic and should be considered in context of the blog. Please keep in mind there are many more symbols and names/titles that could be included, I am just focusing on the Norse aspect from the USA.

Additionally, I would highly suggest going through their follows/likes if you can’t find an obvious answer. Most modern Norse pagans who aren’t anti alt-right make it known in their bios but you an do further digging if necessary. 

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I know this is super petty of me but seriously, the amount of people messaging me and commenting about Mjölnir is driving me wild. Mjölnir is going to be FINE, Stan Lee and Marvel pretty much made it so it will never a major recognized hate symbol. It’s only on the list because I see it on tumblr A LOT. It’s not on the flags at marches, I haven’t seen it on altright twitter/insta profiles - BFG is literally a shadow of what it used to be. Mjölnir is only a recognized hate symbol by the ADL when it includes BFG(or the tunic equivalent). Mjölnir is fine. Again, only included because of the tumblr cesspool.

Y’all need to get up in arms over our runes. Othala is THE recognized hate symbol of the US white-supremacist group. It replaced the swatsika in the 90’s and has been used since. It is used in EVERY march and is incorporated in a lot of neo-Nazi logos. Óðinn sacrificed himself for these runes. He gifted these runes to us, so we could learn and teach. Our runes for family, ancestry, healing, and protection literally stand for hate. People look at Othala, Algiz, and Tiwaz and see h a t e.

^^^^ THIS is the current, official USA flag for the NSM(National Socialist Movement) aka the alt-right. I’ve seen additions/posts saying that only the Othala with wings(link) symbolizes white-supremacy. Maybe in other countries but not in the U.S. I’m sorry but seriously, put Mjölnir aside, every Marvel fan and it’s ties to pop culture will make sure it’s fine. We need to be fighting for our runes or a large portion of our religion will be further tied to antisemitism and racism.

IF YOU ARE A WITCH REBLOG THIS POST

I’m trying to make a sort of “yellowpages of witches. To be in it, please reblog this, and put in the tags your religion. Hopefully, I’ll make a large directory so that we can find each other :) 

What an interesting world, indeed.

What Christians walk up to you on the street and offer prayers? Like is this a normal occurrence? Where? I’ve never seen anyone do this lol. Like in Kansas maybe? I don’t even offer to pray for people unless they ask, and witches aren’t supposed to offer spells unless someone asks! I used to be Wiccan. It’s sorta similar but spells are kinda “taking god into your own hands” so to speak which is why Christians aren’t supposed to do it

I’ve gone to restaurants where Christians leave pamphlets instead of tips for the wait staff. It exists, you’re just trying to pretend it doesn’t. But you’re right about Wiccans not being able to do spells unless asked, except they were being hypothetical. We’re not doing that. You are.

Seriously tho… Magick is a gift from God to his children, the denial of it and demonization of it is straight up from the Enemy

Them: All magic is satanic.

Us: Jesus LITERALLY performed alchemy and healing magic regularly, there are instances of divination methods being used IN THE BIBLE, there is an EXPLICIT part where fertility magic is used to increase the size of a herd (WITHOUT calling upon the power of God. They did it themselves! With the power and magic we already have!! And they weren’t condemned or punished for it!!!)

Yes yes yes yeeeeeessssss

Things I love about witchcraft:

What are your favourite things about witchcraft?

You seem to have some trouble understanding what the Catholic Church teaches about witchcraft, so I’ve included a section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the topic.

There’s no such thing as Catholic witchcraft. Please stop pretending that Christianity and witchcraft are incompatible, and if you’re going to engage in blatantly anti-Christian practices, keep it out of the Catholic tag.

There are plenty of Catholic witches here on Tumblr. Unfortunately, due to poor exegesis and hermeneutics, people misunderstand what the Bible shares about witchcraft and what it means to be a witch. I encourage you to do your own research and keep an open mind.

And Catholic witches want to respond?

There are plenty of Catholic witches here on Tumblr. Unfortunately, they’re all committing grave sin and turning their backs on God. They deny some of the basic tenets of the Catholic Church, including constantly breaking the first commandment.

@homiesexyal This is an argument I hear a lot, and I’d like to point something out about it. The basis of what you’re saying is solid - we shouldn’t look through the Bible and cherrypick what to believe and what to ignore. That’s absolutely correct. However, using these examples as a “gotcha” is in itself cherrypicking. In chapter 10 of Acts of the Apostles, Peter receives a vision from God wherein he is asked to eat of the unclean animals - shellfish, mammals with cloven feet, etc. He denies three times, and each time God tells him not to call unclean what God has declared clean. Jesus himself reminds us in Chapter 12 of the Gospel of Matthew that it is now what enters or covers our bodies that makes us unclean, but what comes out in our speech and actions and what lives in our hearts. He reminds us to look to the letter of the law, not to the word of it. 

Please, don’t cherrypick the Bible in order to tell people not to cherrypick the Bible. It won’t work.

Bitch, your tag says don’t mess with your faith but you’re over here telling people how THEY should practice theirs. I can’t with you. You’re still cherry picking btw. Pulling up a part that just contradicts an earlier stated “law” is cherry picking. You’re saying “we don’t go by that one, we go by this one so we can still eat fish.” I feel so bad for OP.

So here’s what we’re gonna do. I’m going to go back to my faith and seminary formation, and you can go back to your biased views about Christianity that you got from the media and blindly accepted without bothering to look further into. If you have questions and would genuinely like to know what Christians and Catholics are called to believe, I’ll be happy to entertain. If you aren’t willing to listen, I won’t speak.

I propose reissue of the Malleus Maleficarum

You go too far

Nah that’s y’alls go to. Kill everyone you don’t like. Come kill me. I’ve been waiting a while to die. 😂

Things I love about witchcraft:

What are your favourite things about witchcraft?

You seem to have some trouble understanding what the Catholic Church teaches about witchcraft, so I’ve included a section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the topic.

There’s no such thing as Catholic witchcraft. Please stop pretending that Christianity and witchcraft are incompatible, and if you’re going to engage in blatantly anti-Christian practices, keep it out of the Catholic tag.

There are plenty of Catholic witches here on Tumblr. Unfortunately, due to poor exegesis and hermeneutics, people misunderstand what the Bible shares about witchcraft and what it means to be a witch. I encourage you to do your own research and keep an open mind.

And Catholic witches want to respond?

There are plenty of Catholic witches here on Tumblr. Unfortunately, they’re all committing grave sin and turning their backs on God. They deny some of the basic tenets of the Catholic Church, including constantly breaking the first commandment.

@homiesexyal This is an argument I hear a lot, and I’d like to point something out about it. The basis of what you’re saying is solid - we shouldn’t look through the Bible and cherrypick what to believe and what to ignore. That’s absolutely correct. However, using these examples as a “gotcha” is in itself cherrypicking. In chapter 10 of Acts of the Apostles, Peter receives a vision from God wherein he is asked to eat of the unclean animals - shellfish, mammals with cloven feet, etc. He denies three times, and each time God tells him not to call unclean what God has declared clean. Jesus himself reminds us in Chapter 12 of the Gospel of Matthew that it is now what enters or covers our bodies that makes us unclean, but what comes out in our speech and actions and what lives in our hearts. He reminds us to look to the letter of the law, not to the word of it. 

Please, don’t cherrypick the Bible in order to tell people not to cherrypick the Bible. It won’t work.

Bitch, your tag says don’t mess with your faith but you’re over here telling people how THEY should practice theirs. I can’t with you. You’re still cherry picking btw. Pulling up a part that just contradicts an earlier stated “law” is cherry picking. You’re saying “we don’t go by that one, we go by this one so we can still eat fish.” I feel so bad for OP.

So here’s what we’re gonna do. I’m going to go back to my faith and seminary formation, and you can go back to your biased views about Christianity that you got from the media and blindly accepted without bothering to look further into. If you have questions and would genuinely like to know what Christians and Catholics are called to believe, I’ll be happy to entertain. If you aren’t willing to listen, I won’t speak.

I propose reissue of the Malleus Maleficarum

Don’t know what that is but I’m sure it’s something that means killing witches 🙄

Things I love about witchcraft:

What are your favourite things about witchcraft?

Lol “I’m being prosecuted for my beliefs.” You only wanna go because you know you’re being a dick and hate being called out. What would Jesus say!? I’m from Texas. You don’t get much more Bible Belt than that sweet cheeks, so my “bias” comes from first hand experience you absolute piss ant! You’re called to believe that you didn’t steal pagan shit in the first place. Go fuck yourself. Let people worship how they want to. Y’all are always saying we should have freedom of religion but you just mean Christians, and it shows.

Things I love about witchcraft:

What are your favourite things about witchcraft?

You seem to have some trouble understanding what the Catholic Church teaches about witchcraft, so I’ve included a section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the topic.

There’s no such thing as Catholic witchcraft. Please stop pretending that Christianity and witchcraft are incompatible, and if you’re going to engage in blatantly anti-Christian practices, keep it out of the Catholic tag.

There are plenty of Catholic witches here on Tumblr. Unfortunately, due to poor exegesis and hermeneutics, people misunderstand what the Bible shares about witchcraft and what it means to be a witch. I encourage you to do your own research and keep an open mind.

And Catholic witches want to respond?

There are plenty of Catholic witches here on Tumblr. Unfortunately, they’re all committing grave sin and turning their backs on God. They deny some of the basic tenets of the Catholic Church, including constantly breaking the first commandment.

@homiesexyal This is an argument I hear a lot, and I’d like to point something out about it. The basis of what you’re saying is solid - we shouldn’t look through the Bible and cherrypick what to believe and what to ignore. That’s absolutely correct. However, using these examples as a “gotcha” is in itself cherrypicking. In chapter 10 of Acts of the Apostles, Peter receives a vision from God wherein he is asked to eat of the unclean animals - shellfish, mammals with cloven feet, etc. He denies three times, and each time God tells him not to call unclean what God has declared clean. Jesus himself reminds us in Chapter 12 of the Gospel of Matthew that it is now what enters or covers our bodies that makes us unclean, but what comes out in our speech and actions and what lives in our hearts. He reminds us to look to the letter of the law, not to the word of it. 

Please, don’t cherrypick the Bible in order to tell people not to cherrypick the Bible. It won’t work.

Bitch, your tag says don’t mess with your faith but you’re over here telling people how THEY should practice theirs. I can’t with you. You’re still cherry picking btw. Pulling up a part that just contradicts an earlier stated “law” is cherry picking. You’re saying “we don’t go by that one, we go by this one so we can still eat fish.” I feel so bad for OP.

Things I love about witchcraft:

What are your favourite things about witchcraft?

You seem to have some trouble understanding what the Catholic Church teaches about witchcraft, so I’ve included a section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the topic.

There’s no such thing as Catholic witchcraft. Please stop pretending that Christianity and witchcraft are incompatible, and if you’re going to engage in blatantly anti-Christian practices, keep it out of the Catholic tag.

There are plenty of Catholic witches here on Tumblr. Unfortunately, due to poor exegesis and hermeneutics, people misunderstand what the Bible shares about witchcraft and what it means to be a witch. I encourage you to do your own research and keep an open mind.

And Catholic witches want to respond?

I’m not catholic but they stole a lot of pagan practices and holidays so I don’t know why they couldn’t be combined. This person is a judgmental twat so don’t worry about them.