@Robert Wilson Whatever it is, it isn't particularly accurate. "Wealth" should be more like "cattle", and "judgement" can be more easily summarised as "honour"
Have been in the clean food world for 35 yrs. Working with small local farmers, created several prosperous Farmers Markets, and we never sold our soul to make the money. We said no to corporate more than people can imagine. Money by association, so they looked good. Never. Applaud you kind sir.
I now really hope that you will end up writing your own book about runes, not sponsored, in your own time, because it would be such an interesting read with your more unique insights. I hate reading generic books that only resummarise all the stuff I've already read in lots of other books, but your videos always have that certain something :)
You made the right choice. I would never be a part of a book project that I couldn't have full creative control over. Your name is attached to it forever...even if you didn't agree with the other half of the book! That's a recipe for disaster. Good move brother!
Yeah one of the main sections they had written was on divination, and the definition of each rune! How could I put my name behind so much information I have not reviewed!
It is irritating to me how people like myself Live a pagan lifestyle and then you have all these corporate heads taking every symbol and every holiday they can and instead of telling the truth of these things they twist it to hell and mislead the masses with it. I sincerely appreciate You and how you don't sellout your channel or us the peeps tuning in to this great community you have established. I would love for you to write a book just stay You brother. May the Gods and Goddesses watch over you. And by the way, if no one has said this yet I appreciate the honesty and devotion you give to this channel and to all of us that are a part of it. And Etsy is a great place to find real artisan jewelry and decor. Just be careful and yes check the shops out just because someone has a depiction of a deity from our faith doesn't mean they give two shites. Have a great day
As much as I do not like Amazon as a corporation, their ability to publish books early completely independently is something I very much like. And I hope its a sign of more people having the chance to have a voice. I am nearly half way done on my personal fiction novel around Yule. I will be publishing it through Amazon hopefully by the end of the year! And if it goes well, I will be writing more!
Thank you for sharing this. It’s not everyday we get an inside look of the corporate side of things especially in the TH-cam aspect and, in regards to paganism, I’ve been genuinely curious. Good eye catching that trap. $3000 for 60 days of work and barely any of it can be your genuine thoughts/experiences….I hope no one ever takes that deal.
I came across these cards about runes at Spencers a few years back and generic is exactly what I would call it. I wasn’t very knowledgeable of runes at the time, but Jera was/is very prevalent in my life and I was working with it at that time. When I saw that as the example on the back and how basic and so simple the meaning was it genuinely was infuriating.
I feel like these kinds of conversations need to happen a lot more. I love talking about the faith and the gods, but I think we need more content on how it relates to the world we currently live in. So much of our faith is centered around an older world that just doesn't exist anymore, and we need to start discussing how we can adapt to the current world and protect ourselves from the vampires who would bleed our faith dry for money.
I can’t agree more, that’s for pointing that up. You should start making your own book, I definitely support you ! As a freelancer too, companies take advantage of all of us, but like you said, we have to visualize the whole thing to see who is winning from this. Thanks brother! And good choice
I personally don't think it's inherently bad to care about money or wanted to make money out of something but I do agree that it's incredibly sad and irritating to get ripped off and seeing how people want to take advantage of something dear to you like our gods or our faith. In the last few days I've seen an increase in norse paganism ads promoting oath rings, Mjölnir pendants and other products like those. They look incredibly great but they just seem like a scam or I really do not trust them because of the way they're popping up in my feeds.
Well that is terrifying. I'm picturing a bunch of pale, starved, humanoids in a cave, gathered around the all-knowing glowing cube, anxiously awaiting their next orders. And whenever it spits out what it wants next, they all scurry away like rats from under a dumpster, all of them desperate to be the first one to bring back a stack of cash for the All Mighty Algorithm.
Well new agey woo woo spirituality/ and Wicca have been profitized and commercialized for a longgg time. It was inevitable especially when half of the folks identifying as NP are in it for the larp/aesthetic so there is an easy consumer base.
As a creative writing major and author to be, this is horrible! It really horrifies me and I agree with your stance. Thanks for the video and shining some light on this matter.
Anything remotely popular, someone will try to commodify it in today's society. I was both surprised and a bit weirded out to see how much "witchcraft" stuff was in the tacky Spencer's Gifts in the mall amongst the band t-shirts and adult toys 😳 I just wonder how many are getting into it bc they're interested in the spirituality vs into the Witchtok aesthetic
I'm so glad you addressed this issue. Hi we visited before on Instagram. When I began my Pagan path back in 1989 there was very little items to be had. Llewellyn was just a paper flyer magazine. We all had to make our own jewelry etc. for the most part. I was in Barnes and Nobel recently and the general Pagan products and books was mind boggling.
You see this on Facebook where the ads are supposed to be pagan, but actually stealing from a pagan artist on Etsy. I always report it. I have to say that I came across some wonderful artists on DFO. Also, I constantly have come across fake pagans. To them it's the flavor of the month due to the blockbusters and the stupidity of it. Its sad and frustrating about the disrespect to our faith. I'm so glad you did this video so that people are aware what's going on. Sorry this is happening to you. I hope someone comes through for you in publishing a book. I definitely would buy it 😊. Again, great, informative video.
The first rule of doing business is to make money. There is nothing wrong with making money. Shady, poor business practices, and doing business without passion for the business you are conducting (like this corporation that contacted you) are terrible ways to make money. Imagine if they had spent, just a small amount of time researching you, and instead offered you a deal where you would be able to write what you want, and they would provide the support and advise. With your publicity from your channel, they'd have locked in the deal and with your passion and authenticity, it had the potential to make a lot of money. They failed as a business here, likely because of the way corperations (really legal government charters designed to mitigate risk) are structured. Thanks for doing what you do. Skål!
Hey this video came at the right time for me personally. I recently quit my job, and am now (Still freelancing for money), I have shifted my focus to "Esoteric" / "Spiritual" content creation, but in order to fuel that content , I will be using a corporate huge manufacturing company , to sell my designs / merch in order to make the business feasible. I was tackling with my reasons for this, one is money and the other is finding work fulfilment, I can't see myself doing marketing for things like brands and events for my whole life. Anyways, my point is sometimes the corporate side is needed, but in your case, I hear what you mean. Next thing we know, there will be a box drawn around spiritual / occult / pagan information, and huge corporations will create it for nothing but profit, with no growing in mind. This is scary to me, because , in the same way "punk is dead", I feel like we're already opened the lid on cashing in on spiritual information for the masses. It's interesting, because next thing you know there will be franchise crystal stores and regular scheduled esoteric information from PBS or something xD
Plus the fact that people are trying to make this faith “trendy” really irritates me and numerous people that practice paganism. This isn’t something that you just get into because it’s “cool” this is definitely a way of life, and you have to put work into it. ESPECIALLY trying to work with the gods of old and your ancestors. And those who try to take advantage for a profit is just an insult
They come, they go, and the line is long. The thing that pisses me off is people that are atheists or use to be a pagan and now is a Christian or another religion selling pagan items. Whether it’s a Thor hammer jewelry or idols. It’s hard to support
So awesome that you brought this into the light. It's really sad. Props to you for not going through with that for money. There's just too much of this happening currently. Sometimes, the money isn't always worth it. 💯
I have a small Instagram account (less than 100 followers) where I make mostly blacksmith work and occasionally pagan stuff, jewelry, knotwork, etc, and every couple months I get some random corporation that makes cheap "Viking jewelry" (probably in china or somewhere using slave labor or something) try to get me to promote for them. It definitely gets annoying.
I have nothing against capitalism, but I detest monopolies, corporations, and trusts with a passion. In my opinion, they exist only to screw over the common people. Good on you for dodging that particular bullet. That aside, a rune book written by you sounds pretty interesting.
I don't buy anything devoted to my believes I only make it I feel it is more important that way. I carved a tobacco pipe with the runes and took forever getting them all right it looks amazing I follow Freya and Odin Not so much others and it shows being most of my stuff has Freya or Odin carved or etched into it. I think the only thing I ever paid for was a symbol of my family's fylgja a black obsidian fox because unlike a lot of people I know that is what got me to my faith as a kid and through my life I have been seeing a black fox when ever I am in a bad spot or something bad happened and never understood what it was. I'm Blackfoot Cherokee and Icelandic and a black fox is considered a fylgja and is very similar in native beliefs it is a follower of a family and I believe it has been with mine for a very long time. very old mythology and very interesting
Feel like your really missing out in the opportunity to be the Norse Pagan Troy McClure, who we might know from such films as “Thule Runnings, the Spiritual Craft of Bobsled” and “Gods: Why Have One When You Can Hávamál?”
I would read your Rune book. There isnt much with alot of information like you said. Ussually just basic crap. So if you ever decide to do it on your own I would defenitely get it. Also im a bit nervous for seeing you in Europe haha just needed to get it of my chest. Also as an creator. thank you for being there for all of us
Me when I co-opt a stylized rainbow logo for four weeks and poof I'm just like you, little consumer. Stick it to 'the man' right guys? That's nothing like me guys, I had a stylized rainbow variation of my logo for 30 days!
That's just how it goes really. 🤷♀️ Its not always a bad thing for people who don't have specialty shops in their area. Or who live in places where they hafta be discreet. My main issue is you can't sense out what's inherently right for you in person, if you end up buying online. And businesses exist to make money. Even the artistic ones.
The process that they sought to impose upon you sounds beyond ghastly! I'm not anti-business by any stretch the imagination, but I do find myself increasing anti-corporation. What do corporations touch that they don't degrade?
As I said in the video I saw a lot of this in the photographer business. I had once a company that wanted me to take 10,000 photos of 10,000 products for a website for $1,800. I calculated the work load and even if I developed a system of taking 60 photos and hour (which is insane) it would take me 166 hours to finish the job. Thats 20, 8 hour days! And the equivalent of $10 an hour. And I stressed that 60 an hour was not possible, it would be more like 20 in order to properly categorize them. When I laid this out for the company they told me I should be thankful for the job!
It’s true. Same with every religion. It’s all about money. PS: Corporate people are always very nice. They want your soul. Like Al Pacino in Devil’s Advocate.
I would love it if you made a rune book if only because it's hard to figure out where to start with them without reading a really lousy book by very questionable author on questionable press
"Wealth dies. Friends die. One day you too will die. But, the thing that never dies is the judgement on how you have spent your life."
-Hávamál
@Robert Wilson
Whatever it is, it isn't particularly accurate.
"Wealth" should be more like "cattle", and "judgement" can be more easily summarised as "honour"
cattle die kindred die but everyman is mortal
I know one thing that never dies and thats the glory of the dead.
Have been in the clean food world for 35 yrs. Working with small local farmers, created several prosperous Farmers Markets, and we never sold our soul to make the money. We said no to corporate more than people can imagine. Money by association, so they looked good. Never. Applaud you kind sir.
Hope yall stand together and resist when Gates comes to buy your lands and heirloom seeds
Bro I respect the transparency, as someone who despises corporations for precisely this reason I appreciate this video very much.
I now really hope that you will end up writing your own book about runes, not sponsored, in your own time, because it would be such an interesting read with your more unique insights. I hate reading generic books that only resummarise all the stuff I've already read in lots of other books, but your videos always have that certain something :)
I'd buy Jacobs book.
You made the right choice. I would never be a part of a book project that I couldn't have full creative control over. Your name is attached to it forever...even if you didn't agree with the other half of the book! That's a recipe for disaster. Good move brother!
Yeah one of the main sections they had written was on divination, and the definition of each rune! How could I put my name behind so much information I have not reviewed!
It is irritating to me how people like myself Live a pagan lifestyle and then you have all these corporate heads taking every symbol and every holiday they can and instead of telling the truth of these things they twist it to hell and mislead the masses with it. I sincerely appreciate You and how you don't sellout your channel or us the peeps tuning in to this great community you have established. I would love for you to write a book just stay You brother. May the Gods and Goddesses watch over you. And by the way, if no one has said this yet I appreciate the honesty and devotion you give to this channel and to all of us that are a part of it. And Etsy is a great place to find real artisan jewelry and decor. Just be careful and yes check the shops out just because someone has a depiction of a deity from our faith doesn't mean they give two shites. Have a great day
As much as I do not like Amazon as a corporation, their ability to publish books early completely independently is something I very much like. And I hope its a sign of more people having the chance to have a voice. I am nearly half way done on my personal fiction novel around Yule. I will be publishing it through Amazon hopefully by the end of the year! And if it goes well, I will be writing more!
They don't have your best interests at heart
Thank you for not selling out and cheapening our community.
Thank you for sharing this. It’s not everyday we get an inside look of the corporate side of things especially in the TH-cam aspect and, in regards to paganism, I’ve been genuinely curious. Good eye catching that trap. $3000 for 60 days of work and barely any of it can be your genuine thoughts/experiences….I hope no one ever takes that deal.
I came across these cards about runes at Spencers a few years back and generic is exactly what I would call it. I wasn’t very knowledgeable of runes at the time, but Jera was/is very prevalent in my life and I was working with it at that time. When I saw that as the example on the back and how basic and so simple the meaning was it genuinely was infuriating.
I feel like these kinds of conversations need to happen a lot more. I love talking about the faith and the gods, but I think we need more content on how it relates to the world we currently live in. So much of our faith is centered around an older world that just doesn't exist anymore, and we need to start discussing how we can adapt to the current world and protect ourselves from the vampires who would bleed our faith dry for money.
I can’t agree more, that’s for pointing that up. You should start making your own book, I definitely support you !
As a freelancer too, companies take advantage of all of us, but like you said, we have to visualize the whole thing to see who is winning from this.
Thanks brother! And good choice
I really appreciate your honesty and integrity, brother
It’s scary to think of how far the rabbit hole truly might go? 🔮
Thank you for never doing video game promotions. I turn videos off when I see those
Absolutely right bhai,
No action is pure if it’s motivated by an egoistic gain.
Thanks for this it was really good information
Thank you for sharing. You definitely made the right decision.
I personally don't think it's inherently bad to care about money or wanted to make money out of something but I do agree that it's incredibly sad and irritating to get ripped off and seeing how people want to take advantage of something dear to you like our gods or our faith. In the last few days I've seen an increase in norse paganism ads promoting oath rings, Mjölnir pendants and other products like those. They look incredibly great but they just seem like a scam or I really do not trust them because of the way they're popping up in my feeds.
Wholesome content thank you 🙏🏻🥰
Well that is terrifying. I'm picturing a bunch of pale, starved, humanoids in a cave, gathered around the all-knowing glowing cube, anxiously awaiting their next orders. And whenever it spits out what it wants next, they all scurry away like rats from under a dumpster, all of them desperate to be the first one to bring back a stack of cash for the All Mighty Algorithm.
Sooo..the Amazon warehouse?😅
Well new agey woo woo spirituality/ and Wicca have been profitized and commercialized for a longgg time. It was inevitable especially when half of the folks identifying as NP are in it for the larp/aesthetic so there is an easy consumer base.
Good advice for those of us in a creative field.
As a creative writing major and author to be, this is horrible! It really horrifies me and I agree with your stance. Thanks for the video and shining some light on this matter.
Anything remotely popular, someone will try to commodify it in today's society. I was both surprised and a bit weirded out to see how much "witchcraft" stuff was in the tacky Spencer's Gifts in the mall amongst the band t-shirts and adult toys 😳
I just wonder how many are getting into it bc they're interested in the spirituality vs into the Witchtok aesthetic
Excellent video. Great food for thought!
I'm so glad you addressed this issue. Hi we visited before on Instagram. When I began my Pagan path back in 1989 there was very little items to be had. Llewellyn was just a paper flyer magazine. We all had to make our own jewelry etc. for the most part. I was in Barnes and Nobel recently and the general Pagan products and books was mind boggling.
Loved this video! I really agree. Thanks for bringing it up! 🔆✨
You see this on Facebook where the ads are supposed to be pagan, but actually stealing from a pagan artist on Etsy. I always report it. I have to say that I came across some wonderful artists on DFO. Also, I constantly have come across fake pagans. To them it's the flavor of the month due to the blockbusters and the stupidity of it. Its sad and frustrating about the disrespect to our faith. I'm so glad you did this video so that people are aware what's going on. Sorry this is happening to you. I hope someone comes through for you in publishing a book. I definitely would buy it 😊. Again, great, informative video.
I never clicked a video so fast 👀
Personal integrity is a something to cherish.
I don't comment often, but I couldn't agree more. Your awesome Jacob, been watching for a few years you put out great content keep it up!
Thank you! I appreciate it 🍻
Jacob you made the right decision! Proud of You brother!!! Skål💀🍻
Yes
I have been saying this for at least 5 years.
The first rule of doing business is to make money. There is nothing wrong with making money. Shady, poor business practices, and doing business without passion for the business you are conducting (like this corporation that contacted you) are terrible ways to make money. Imagine if they had spent, just a small amount of time researching you, and instead offered you a deal where you would be able to write what you want, and they would provide the support and advise. With your publicity from your channel, they'd have locked in the deal and with your passion and authenticity, it had the potential to make a lot of money. They failed as a business here, likely because of the way corperations (really legal government charters designed to mitigate risk) are structured. Thanks for doing what you do. Skål!
Thanks for the information
Hey this video came at the right time for me personally. I recently quit my job, and am now (Still freelancing for money), I have shifted my focus to "Esoteric" / "Spiritual" content creation, but in order to fuel that content , I will be using a corporate huge manufacturing company , to sell my designs / merch in order to make the business feasible. I was tackling with my reasons for this, one is money and the other is finding work fulfilment, I can't see myself doing marketing for things like brands and events for my whole life.
Anyways, my point is sometimes the corporate side is needed, but in your case, I hear what you mean. Next thing we know, there will be a box drawn around spiritual / occult / pagan information, and huge corporations will create it for nothing but profit, with no growing in mind.
This is scary to me, because , in the same way "punk is dead", I feel like we're already opened the lid on cashing in on spiritual information for the masses. It's interesting, because next thing you know there will be franchise crystal stores and regular scheduled esoteric information from PBS or something xD
Plus the fact that people are trying to make this faith “trendy” really irritates me and numerous people that practice paganism. This isn’t something that you just get into because it’s “cool” this is definitely a way of life, and you have to put work into it. ESPECIALLY trying to work with the gods of old and your ancestors. And those who try to take advantage for a profit is just an insult
They come, they go, and the line is long. The thing that pisses me off is people that are atheists or use to be a pagan and now is a Christian or another religion selling pagan items. Whether it’s a Thor hammer jewelry or idols.
It’s hard to support
You should do random promotions for trees and nature!
Yes, the book market is flooded by folks piggy backing off more well known authors. Buckland. Chamberlain. Cunningham. McGregor. Crowley. :(
They ripped off Cunningham!
It’s a shame but it’s the price payed for popularity, great video as always Jacob❤️
So awesome that you brought this into the light. It's really sad. Props to you for not going through with that for money. There's just too much of this happening currently. Sometimes, the money isn't always worth it. 💯
I thought about it and my price would have been $20,000, and only have done it to put towards the hall 😂
@@TheWisdomOfOdin sounds more reasonable lol
That's why I don't get into video games and movies with norse pagan themes. Paganism needs to be rooted in the sacred and spiritual, not plastic bs.
I love the thumbnail
I get paid 3.5k per month working a more low-end health care job. These people must have Eugene Krabs as their patron god.
So sad that money is so important to some people that they slap faces on books of topics they have no passion about. I wonder how often this happens.
I have a small Instagram account (less than 100 followers) where I make mostly blacksmith work and occasionally pagan stuff, jewelry, knotwork, etc, and every couple months I get some random corporation that makes cheap "Viking jewelry" (probably in china or somewhere using slave labor or something) try to get me to promote for them. It definitely gets annoying.
I always try and look up book review or the person who wrote them , but I'm going to try and be extra careful now
I have nothing against capitalism, but I detest monopolies, corporations, and trusts with a passion. In my opinion, they exist only to screw over the common people. Good on you for dodging that particular bullet.
That aside, a rune book written by you sounds pretty interesting.
Same
This is why I support local businesses. 🧙♂️
I don't buy anything devoted to my believes I only make it I feel it is more important that way. I carved a tobacco pipe with the runes and took forever getting them all right it looks amazing I follow Freya and Odin Not so much others and it shows being most of my stuff has Freya or Odin carved or etched into it. I think the only thing I ever paid for was a symbol of my family's fylgja a black obsidian fox because unlike a lot of people I know that is what got me to my faith as a kid and through my life I have been seeing a black fox when ever I am in a bad spot or something bad happened and never understood what it was. I'm Blackfoot Cherokee and Icelandic and a black fox is considered a fylgja and is very similar in native beliefs it is a follower of a family and I believe it has been with mine for a very long time. very old mythology and very interesting
Feel like your really missing out in the opportunity to be the Norse Pagan Troy McClure, who we might know from such films as “Thule Runnings, the Spiritual Craft of Bobsled” and “Gods: Why Have One When You Can Hávamál?”
I would read your Rune book. There isnt much with alot of information like you said. Ussually just basic crap. So if you ever decide to do it on your own I would defenitely get it. Also im a bit nervous for seeing you in Europe haha just needed to get it of my chest.
Also as an creator. thank you for being there for all of us
Mad respect
Me when I co-opt a stylized rainbow logo for four weeks and poof I'm just like you, little consumer. Stick it to 'the man' right guys? That's nothing like me guys, I had a stylized rainbow variation of my logo for 30 days!
That's just how it goes really. 🤷♀️
Its not always a bad thing for people who don't have specialty shops in their area. Or who live in places where they hafta be discreet. My main issue is you can't sense out what's inherently right for you in person, if you end up buying online.
And businesses exist to make money. Even the artistic ones.
I only buy it if it is made by hand by my folk the other stuff looks nice but its garbage.
The process that they sought to impose upon you sounds beyond ghastly! I'm not anti-business by any stretch the imagination, but I do find myself increasing anti-corporation. What do corporations touch that they don't degrade?
As I said in the video I saw a lot of this in the photographer business. I had once a company that wanted me to take 10,000 photos of 10,000 products for a website for $1,800. I calculated the work load and even if I developed a system of taking 60 photos and hour (which is insane) it would take me 166 hours to finish the job. Thats 20, 8 hour days! And the equivalent of $10 an hour.
And I stressed that 60 an hour was not possible, it would be more like 20 in order to properly categorize them.
When I laid this out for the company they told me I should be thankful for the job!
I always knew deep down that..RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS!
I have been reached out by them, I feel like I finally made it then 😂
@@TheWisdomOfOdin In the big leagues now Jacob!
It’s true. Same with every religion. It’s all about money. PS: Corporate people are always very nice. They want your soul. Like Al Pacino in Devil’s Advocate.
Not the beard products! They’re playing on the insecurity of a smooth chin like me lmao
That one beard company themed around Viking and Norse mythology. I think we all know what i'm talking abouthaha.
I would love it if you made a rune book if only because it's hard to figure out where to start with them without reading a really lousy book by very questionable author on questionable press
What lesson can we learn form our indo European past especially combat
$3000 for 2 months of work? lol get f*cked. You did the right thing.
Thats basically minimum wage for not minimum wage work 😂
Where did you get your mjolnir
www.etsy.com/de/shop/Blutforge
That book deal is hot garbage.
Just wait until Elon Musk shows up with a few bags of cash!!! 😂
Shit do I get a Tesla? Nevermind, selling out 😂!!
@@TheWisdomOfOdinwell you'll certainly go out in a blaze when it finally explodes. Maybe not glory though. 😅
Please do on i do European india
🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
what about working class paganism? proletarians do it best.
It brings in posers yes but I would rather that than the racist crap people tried to label it as. The more corporate the more accepted