Tommy Vulgar

🎤Vocalist|🎸Bass Player|Weeb|Taken|Dad|Cat Dad|Oregonian|Gothic Metalhead|Heathen

[tommy-vulgar]

Hail to the gods! Today was a good day enjoying nature with @madalyn-maeve and watching the raccoons crack open and devour peanuts.

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price and Peter Cushing -

Madhouse (1974)

[chernobog13]

An illustration by Donn P. Crane from Journeys Through Bookland (1922).

This depicts a scene from Norse mythology where the dwarf Brokkr presented great treasures he and his brother, Sindri, had made for the Aesir: the golden boar Gullinbursti for Frey; the gold ring Draupnir for Odin; and the mighty hammer Mjolnir for Thor.

[bastrod]

Odin

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

Kotaro Chiba

[sandmandaddy69]

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

Esteban Maroto

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price -

Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)

[pomegranate-flower]

[aveloka-draws]

Couldn't stop thinking about that tweet, I love the idea of a god promoting his faith.

[verthrogic]

Maybe It Doesn’t Have to End This Way…

[the-burd-lord]

Fuzzy Fluffy Kaiju

designs for another merch thing I’m makin'. Ngl might make more of these they were very satisfying and fun to make.

[bewitched-moonlight]

🍓 June 29th, 2026 | Strawberry Moon 🍓

Tomorrow night we have a special full moon in the sky. In astrology, it is known as Strawberry Moon. Out of the 12 or 13 full moons in the year, this one is associated with friendships, travels, change, joy.

It is significant, as it shows up alongside the summer solstice. It marks a turning point in the wheel of the year: from now on, the days will become shorter again, darkness winning against the light once more.

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A few ideas below to celebrate:

🍓 Spend time with your friends, ideally outside at night. Watch the moon together, and reflect on what brings you joy.

🍓 Reconnect with your inner child by reading a book or watching a movie you used to love when you were young.

🍓 Plan a trip somewhere far from your home this summer.

🍓 Make an altar celebrating everything that brings you joy. Use a candle with your favourite colour, trinkets you love, items from your childhood.

🍓 Use strawberries in your cooking. This one is simple, and a little obvious, but make sure to bake something nice with strawberries. They're in season and delicious right now.

🍓 Some useful spells you can try: inner child magic - protection spell - abundance spell.

[islaymonsters]

[redbunker-deactivated20260724]

180 religions are being DROPPED from the Pentagon's recognized list, and they will now only recognize 31.

Pagans, Wiccans, Druids, Heathens, Shamanists, Atheists, etc. are now being pushed out of the US recognized list of religions. They claim its for military chaplain services... which I found doubtful. Abrahamic religions are being put in the spotlight even more, and coincidentally all Christian denominations are still listed. I don't think this is a coincidence. Our traditions and practices are slowly being pushed to the side even more.

"Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who has pushed to incorporate public displays of Christian prayer into various military settings, signaled the changes earlier this year." -Independent

With Christianity being pushed front and center into specifically military settings. I believe this is going to bleed even into civilian life. We need to make a change before they erase those that don't believe in their point of view.

(This news is relevant as of June 5th 2026.)

[skaldish]

I don’t think people realize just how many USChristian attitudes get passed around in Heathenry, so I compiled different statements and behaviors I’ve seen over the years that reflect Christian notions not original to Heathenry. These examples are illustrative rather than definitive, since I’m only somewhat familiar with different Christian frameworks, but it should be enough to give you the picture:

General Christianity

“The first and most important thing you need to do to practice Heathenry is read the Eddas.”

“You must worship Odin even if you don’t want to, because he’s the head god.”

“The point of being Heathen is to live life in a way that grants you entry to Valhalla.”

“Valhalla is the good/awesome afterlife and Helheim is the bad/boring afterlife.”

“The Æsir are good and the jötnar are evil.”

“Odin is like God, Loki is like the Devil, and Baldr is like Jesus.”

“Odin is more powerful than the rest of the gods.”

“Ragnarok is the End Times.”

(“Us vs. them” attitudes.)

(Not knowing what to do with the the goddesses in general, regardless of one’s gender.)

Catholic-Specific

“To be Heathen, you must serve the gods.”

“We can’t truly know the gods, only attempt to understand them through the Eddas.”

“The gods are distant and don’t care about our personal needs or lives.”

“We must act as the gods’ ambassadors on Earth.”

“Making sacrifices should be painful. That’s why it’s called a sacrifice.”

“Ragnarök is the End Times and there’s nothing we can do about it.”

(Treating the Hávamál as scripture.)

(Using medieval Icelandic law-tracts as a stand-in for Heathen religious orthodoxy.)

(Observing strict worship and insisting others do the same.)

(Adopting a very feudalistic relationship with the gods; lord/servant dynamics.)

Protestant-Specific

“Showing devotion to the gods is done by acting as their hands and feet on earth.”

“You must think about the gods all the time and involve them in everything you do.”

“Why should we merely ‘work with’ the gods when we can worship them?”

“Ragnarök is the End Times and we must prepare to fight on the side of the gods.” OR...

“Ragnarök is the End Times and we must help fulfill it.”

(Behaving as marginalized on the basis of their faith.)

(Reacting badly when confronted with new information about Heathenry.)

(Making bold or even standoffish declarations of faith.)

If you come from a Christian background and hear someone make statements like this, you’re probably going to feel pressured to come up with a counterargument for why it’s okay for you to disagree. What you actually need to do is dismiss the premise entirely. These arguments aren’t reflective of Heathen truths and you don’t have to argue with them as though they are.

This is also not a dig at those who’ve made these statements / done these behaviors before. It’s not exactly second-nature for us to break out of the habit of believing in a specific idea or behaving in a specific way when we believed / behaved that way for most of our lives. However, it’s still worth understanding how specific to Christianity these things are and trying to move away from them.

It’s up to you if you want to point out the nature of these arguments to the people making them. But if you do, I recommend doing so tactfully, with a clear head, and with a very clear understanding about what makes the premise Christian in nature.

Let me know if you want clarification on any of these points and why they aren’t reflective of Heathenry. I’m happy to go into it.

[festeredhearts]

[gremlininho]