The Hamingja Podcast

Pagan Story Time! Step into the world of the ancient Indo-European pagans and experience the summer solstice celebration as our oldest ancestors once lived it. Through the story of the young woman Ausōsā, you will discover authentic pagan ritual practices including purification baths, sacred fires, dew gathering at dawn, the ritual of the sacred drink, horse sacrifice traditions, Kóryos war band t...

Let's explore the symbolism & importance of the ring among Indo-European pagan peoples. How it became the vessel of oath, loyalty & obligation. This episode provides the context and background for the consecration of rings in ritual practice: how objects were set apart as sacred, why the spoken oath was so dangerous and binding, and how the ring came to embody eternal obligation across Indo-Europe...

Feeling discouraged, disconnected, or stuck in a rut on your spiritual journey? You may be experiencing spiritual fatigue – a common yet often misunderstood challenge on the spiritual path, especially at its onset. In this episode we're answering a fellow pagan's 'headache' – taking a look at what spiritual fatigue is & how to deal with it. We've all come (or will come) to a point in our learning...

Curious about the Hamingja pagan membership ? In this episode, I answer your most common and important questions about the platform — from how it's different from a course or social media group, to who it's really for, what it includes, and why now is such a powerful time to reconnect with our Indo-European roots. We'll talk about: Why modern people are craving purpose, structure, and ancestral wi...

Have you ever wished you could remember long prayers by heart? Or recall every step of a ritual, smoothly and confidently? Then this episode's for you. Today you'll learn a very simple and powerful memory technique that can make that possible – facilitating spiritual growth and making you a better spiritual leader. What if you could step into a ceremony knowing every word, every step, every blessi...

The boy must die, for the man to live. As the storm rages and the past refuses to stay buried, a young man stands at the threshold of his final trial. There's no more running. His life spent without purpose, without direction, without the fire that once burned in the hearts of those who came before him, he must now reckon with stagnation, doubts and everything he has feared to become. The storm is...

Listen to part 2 of a new pagan story! The young warriors are now lost out on the moonlit steppe, after their first real challenge. As if it couldn't get worse they now also smell smoke. Smoke means people, and people might mean threat. The importance of storytelling in Indo-European spirituality and culture cannot be overestimated. Here you get the luxury to relax and listen to a story about raid...

Within Indo-European spirituality, cow goddesses occupy a unique and venerated position, symbolizing fertility, prosperity, and the nurturing aspects of nature. They play a central role in the mythologies and religious practices across various Indo-European cultures. Their symbolism extends beyond the realms of agriculture and animal husbandry, intertwining deeply with concepts of marriage and the...

Listen to a new pagan story! On the moonlit steppe a young war band is making offerings for success in their first raid. An unexpected encounter turns the reward into something more precious than what they've come for. The importance of storytelling in Indo-European spirituality and culture cannot be overestimated. Here you get the luxury to relax and listen to a story about raids, coming-of-age r...

Celebrate an authentic Indo-European pagan wedding!   What does a honeymoon really mean? Would you let six of your relatives watch you & your spouse consummate the marriage? Why mustn't you see the bride before the wedding ceremony? This highly requested episode dives deep into genuine Indo-European pagan wedding & marriage traditions so you can avoid the new-age social media make-belief & get mar...

Slavic paganism is perhaps the least well-known of the Indo-European spiritual branches. It is unfortunately also heavily distorted by new-age and other modern influences. This episode will remedy that! A great resource for those who seek their native Slavic roots and for those who want an even broader understanding of Indo-European culture and spirituality.

Hear the story about how Thor the Striker changed this young British man's life at young age. Are you new to paganism? Young? Lost in life? We continue our pagan journey, our portraits of how some of our members found their ancestral spirituality and their true nature. That's exactly what us at Hamingja help people do – finding and practicing their Indo-European spirituality in an authentic way.  ...

We help people find their true Indo-European spirituality, nature & purpose. We often see people who really want to deepen their Indo-European pagan spirituality, but don't get going since they feel they don't know where to start, how to do things in an authentic way and that they lack words. We'll do something about that now. This is a guide to an authentic and well-attested morning prayer ritual...

Young? New to paganism? Lost in life? Here's a very important message from a young Swedish pagan. Everywhere around us we see the decline of the west and the purposeless, rootless and lost people living there. But there's hope for the future, not the least with youth like this. In the first episode of our new series of portraits of a #paganjourney you get to meet one of the members of the Hamingja...

Pagans drink mead, celebrate Odin for sacrificing an eye to drink from the Well, and pour libations in rituals. But why? Why did the sacred drink become integral to the religious beliefs and practices of Indo-European peoples? It is one of the most enigmatic mysteries and at the same time perhaps the most central phenomenon in Indo-European myth and spirituality. This episode takes a deep sip of t...

Happy Solstice & God Jul to all our listeners! Here's a winter solstice poem written by our founder Björn Ekdahl. The Hamingja Foundation works hard to make sure that people who want to practice Indo-European spirituality won't lack words. Text: In the heart of winter's chill, When shadows cloak the land so still, Amidst the longest, darkest night, We seek the glow of inner light. Oh, radiant sun,...

Listen to the prayer to river goddess Dā́nu! (By Björn Ekdahl) Few things are as Indo-European as Dā́nu. She is one of the oldest Indo-European deities there is. In fact, the term Danu or Danava (plural of Danu) appears to form the very substratum of Indo-European identity per se. Note how Homer continuously refers to his 'Greek' people as Danaans in the Iliad and Odyssey. Those who know the Celti...

The importance of poetry, hymns, prayers, mantras and chants within Indo-European paganism can't be overestimated. It's possibly the most important spiritual expression – to all the divine kindreds. The Indo-European love for beauty manifests itself in poetry and songs – words for ritual, stories of the works of the ancestors, for feasts and meetings, all passed down in an oral tradition. To us pa...

Groves, temples, frithyards, wells, stafgardr, vé. Pagan rituals and worship take place within sacred space. But what do they really mean? Why are they used? And do they have to be these magnificent, pompous halls and walls?  Learn more about pagan sacred space in this episode of the Hamingja Podcast.

Pagans don't pray! We'd never kneel down for anyone! Or would we? In this episode we discuss that prayer is the most common pagan spiritual expression and about the importance of prayer in daily pagan spiritual practice. We also guide you through a structure of Indo-European pagan prayer so you can integrate it into your daily life.

Purushartha is the four aims of human life. An ancient system to follow for a purposeful and honorable life. In this Kali Yuga – where most things are confusing and where true meaning to life is blurred out or forgotten, and where leaders and role models are few, Purushartha means valuable guidance to what our Indo-European ancestors claimed was the meaning of life. Discord: www.hamingja.foundatio...

Many of you have surely heard of or even practiced feng shui, the Chinese teachings about how environment and surroundings influence everything that lives there. But few westerners know about Vastu Shastra – the traditional Vedic architecture and design science, and that it actually is the origin of Feng Shui. This is a short introduction to Vastu Shastra – the Vedic science and teachings of harmo...

Be revolutionary – go to a place where the shallow consumption society and Instagram likes don't run your life and make the decisions for you. Do something truly Indo-European – meditate! Just like all dharmic pagan peoples have always done.  In this episode you get a historical context of meditation and I also teach the Vedic meditation technique. I challenge you to meditate 15-20 minutes every d...

Right between the winter solstice and spring equinox the Celts celebrate Imbolc. A balance act between winter and spring, between life and death. It is the longing for life and growth to come back. All the Indo-European peoples highlighted this time of the year, and this episode is about how this holiday was celebrated all over the dharmic world.   Imbolc is often translated as 'in the belly', and...

Eternal life! Odin's raven doesn't return! What it feels like being split into three! Nirvana! Slavs bragging! Climbing Yggdrasil! Don't be Gollum! Don't be a dragon either! I sing! I speak in eleven languages! The elves leaving Middle-Earth! Disclosure: You're not Martin, Lisa or Stephanie!   This episode is about etmn – atman – and the Indo-European parts of the self and the 'soul'. About findin...