Yesterday evening, I journeyed to one of my favorite cities in North America to watch Wardruna live.

It was a truly spiritual and deeply moving experience.

Einar gave some wise words to the audience towards the end about our connection to nature, Midgard, and the spiritual aspects of existence. What I took away from it, among other things was this; get the fuck off the internet. Go outside, touch grass, meet with people, form bonds and connections and community, build beautiful traditions, and reconnect with what REALLY matters, what the Gods would want us to connect with; the world of Midgard they built for us.

The Gods are with you, and so are your ancestors.

- Goði Johan

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Loki, Røkkatru, Satan, and Chaos
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Loki, Røkkatru, Satan, and Chaos

While I think there is more nuance balance and allegory within the metaphysical ongoings between Chaos and Order.
And I dont think Loki should be seen as the Heathen Satan with Jötunn as default demons.

Read more here.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/84191639?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

I absolutely think Loki is exactly what he is, a pure agent of Chaos who is bent on revenge and upsetting the balance.
Like all Chaos, things he did could be seen as necessary for balanced outcomes. But in the end, worshipping or letting Chaos uncontrolled or unbridled power over you and yours is a recipe for disaster.

He is ultimately a traitor, a destroyer, the father to the Røkkr or the Røk (twilgiht or darkness).

This is from the Proto-Germanic *rekwaz, stemming from Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos, whereby Sanskrit gets रजस् (rájas, “dimness, darkness”), Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos, “Darkness”) and Old Armenian երեկ (erek).

You can fully call these spiritual beings of pure Chaos Adharmic most of the time, Sleipnir and a few aside.

He gave rise to these beings with his Jötunn wife of Chaos Angrboða solely for the purpose of destruction of Balance and Order. In other words, Adharma and anti-Ŕta / Anti-Logos.

A primary example of this is Grendel. When analyzed, one can come to the conclusion that in Saga of Beowulf Loki is euhemeristically Cain and Grendel's swamp witch mother is Angrboða.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/113071728?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

That being said, one of the more interesting depictions I have seen regarding Loki is in the Japanese Megami Tensei series. Whereby he first is depicted as a vile, evil betrayer who seduces and tempts others to gain his way back into the realm of Humans with the Goal of unleashing unrelenting Chaos and other demonic forces upon the world in pure destruction.

See attached pictures.
Also, OVA is here if you are interested in the Occult, Anime, etc.

https://youtu.be/CYI_YmxBfv4?si=-1A9UweHpiyvlmUq

I think the usage of Loki as this is pretty spot on.
This is why Asatru groups like the AFA, why in my own Kindred, and in general practice / literature, the invoking of Loki, his name, or praise to him is fully avoided.

While I can see one giving him some reverence as a divine force within the Cosmos, or learning the lessons from his activities in the Eddas (mostly of what not to do). He is something that should be kept at arms length.

My friends @Sagnamadr has even suggested doing opening hollowing rituals or ceremonies where one casts Loki and his ilk out prior to in order to bless an area of procession.

While many newer Folkish or Ex Protestant Heathens and Pagans will disagree with me, I dont think we should see all of darkness and Chaos as inherently wrong. Cthonic forces are a part of all faith and the Cosmos.
Oðinn mastered both Order and Chaos in his pursuit of Wisdom and Runic power.
While such an example and path isnt for everyone. Keeping your friends close and your enemies closer (understanding their methods) is an aspect as well.
Though I will say Hávamál 127 still applies daily.

127. I rede thee, Loddfafnir! | and hear thou my rede,--
Profit thou hast if thou hearest,
Great thy gain if thou learnest:
If evil thou knowest, | as evil proclaim it,
And make no friendship with foes.
- Henry Bellows Translation

See a deeper take regarding Order Versus Chaos here.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/69410529?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

Here is a proper understanding of what "Left Hand Path" should be. And spoiler, it doesn't mean being Satanic or Røkkatrú.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/62349747?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

A friend suggested a new hallowing ritual; binding and burning an image of Loki. Against all enemies of our Folk, seen and unseen, may they be revealed and destroyed.
…my Loki idol here is based on gullgubbers, the face based on the Snaptun Stone. For the binding, jute twine holds a flame well. ᚲ
https://www.tg-me.com/hammerandvajra/4546

The Loki burning ritual I posted earlier was created by my friend Coyote Psychopomp on X, partly as a response to the rising tide of Jötunn worship.
While no such ritual survives in the Germanic tradition, our ancestors innovated, and so shall we. There are similar rituals in other European traditions, such as the burning of Marzanna in Slavic paganism. ᚳ