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cunningsilverlinguist:

necroticdoom:

tegidsystem:

necroticdoom:

w00lopt:

Afternoon offering to Loki. Sponge cake, fresh strawberries and whipped cream.

um……what? Strawberry shortcake as an offering? to Loki??? WHAT?  needless to say that is absolutely ridiculous in a myriad of ways.  *bangs head*

Not everybody is a reconstructionist, and even for those who are, the lore doesn’t actually give much in the way of prescriptive offerings. Sorry, but I fail to see the problem here, beyond a disrespectful attitude and uninvited commentary towards somebody else’s belief system. -Isto

first off- anyone practicing heathen IS a recon. If you are not reconstructing an ancient worldview than all you are doing is reenacting (or not heathenry). BIG difference. secondly, there is a lot in the lore about offerings- nevertheless the reason WHY we give offerings is more important then the what, yes, but in what way shape or form, is a dessert a fit offering?  Once you have the worldview down, then you can offer things of substance. Something you picked up at the supermarket? perhaps not- MAYBE if it was part of a feast, or grown locally, but pretty sure that shortbread and whipped cream came straight from the grocery store. What value does that hold? What sacrifice is that? Monetary? Highly unlikely. It is not disrespectful, its an objective view from someone within the heathen community- if someone posts something on tumblr, a public forum, then it is open to public discretion and comment. And AS a heathen, it would be within heathen worldview to value such perspectives, it helps people grow. This isnt about being recon or not, its about honoring and worshiping in a worthy manner. WORTH, the old word from which WORSHIP comes from. Please explain the worth in strawberry shortcake from the supermarket and its relation to Loki.

There’s also deconstructionism (what I do) and neoconstructionism (what anybody does who uses UPG at all as part of their belief system, i.e. all heathens, since the lore does not give nearly enough raw material to base an 100% UPG-free practice on it). 

Worth is in the eye and the tongue of the beholder. Read the original post: fresh strawberries. How do you know those aren’t home-grown? How do you know that sponge cake isn’t home made and that cream isn’t hand-whipped with fresh moo-juice? 

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Just to be a pedant or devil’s advocate or something here - because actually I do agree that this is the kind of thing that is between the worshipper and their Gods and no one else:

You can tell by the appearance. The strawberries might possibly be home-grown (although in my experience it is difficult for anyone but a professional grower to get them to be any size, like these are), but the whipped cream has the characteristic shape of being squirted from the star-shaped nozzle of a can, and the sponge cake has the perfect roundness and golden color of store-bought in a package, which one would have to be quite the professional baker with a carefully adjusted recipe and special equipment to achieve at home.

(Source: viserystargy)

  • September 5
  • , 2012
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