Northern Tradition Paganism: Poem: Jotun

The Disclaimer: First, I do not practice any form of Native American spirituality. My practice is derived from my understanding of ancient northern Eurasian practices. Second, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of any Asatru or Heathen group. I do not identify as Asatru or Heathen. I am a northern-tradition Pagan, which is a religious tradition that is reconstructionist-derived, rather than a reconstructionist religious tradition such as Asatru and/or Heathenry. The views espoused in these pages may or may not reflect the views of most Asatru and/or Heathen people or religious groups. They are derived from the personal gnosis of myself and other people whom I trust and respect. I do not claim that they are provable by academic sources, nor that they are anything other than what I say they are. Read at your own risk.

Poem: Jotun

pictograph1 We are the primal world

The world you shut

Behind closed gates and closed doors

The world of plague and pestilence

Beauty and fierce grace

We are the raging lightning

The blaze, the bonfire

The thrumming haze of dance

The frenzy of a blood-soaked battle

We are all you try to avoid

We are the monsters and maidens

We are the outcast and trusted

We are the progenitors of Gods

We are Gods Ourselves

See us, and see the animal

The planter

The healer

The harmed

The archer

The flame

The mother

The father

The lover

The walker

The Fire

The Ice

The Void

We are part of you, this world

We are Its untamed spirits and its closest kin

We are Jotun