File:Holy Holes - Ancient pagan magic

Passing through rituals involving holes in stones and trees are widespread in Europe and beyond and are related to rituals that involve looking through a hole to see spirits. Install Raid for Free ✅ IOS/ANDROID/PC: https://clcr.me/Jun_SurvivetheJive and get a special starter pack � Available only for the next 30 days.

In this video we look at the passing through rituals associated with megalithic structures in Britain and Ireland, and the arboreal passing through rituals associated with oak and ash trees all over Europe, known as träddragning in Nordic countries. We also look at the related customs of looking through holes among the Sami and the Welsh, the Odinic ritual of looking through an arm akimbo as described in the Viking saga of King Hrólfr Kraki, and at the hagstone or adderstone tradition from Britain and the associated magical practices.

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00:00 Intro 01:01 Raids: shadow legends 02:02 How to see Odin - looking through 05:01 Gaelic ways of looking though 06:38 Sami bear ritual 07:55 Swedish Årsgång and the Welsh equivalent 09:59 Hagstones / Adderstones 12:24 Passing through stones 19:21 smøghia at Sjögerås 21:25 Passing through trees 26:35 Passing through earth and brambles 28:40 Passing through in Asia 29:53 Holes for souls 32:14 Conclusion