Given the two people who do it most often is a 3rd degree in B*?
Couldn't say on this one, not knowing the situation. I thought you meant that someone who wasn't an initiate was referring to themselves as one (a la, "Assistant Manager" rather than "Assistant to the Manager")
As for Asatru, I have never been one to assume that wearing a something that a particular group/religion/whatever has claimed as as symbol of theirs means a connection. Lots of people wear those things. If that were true then every fairy star wearing fluff bunny out there would be linked to B* in some way.
That's a fair assumption, but in my case I have to say I probably looked/talked the part. I spent a lot of time among the Asatruar at FSG, so I can understand the question, since I was wearing a hammer. So more of an association = perception. Like people don't just assume festival goer = B*, whereas someone who spend a lot of time with B* might be mistaken for one by an outsider.
Feeling like I need to have a conversation with someone who knows Asatru. I'm not sure why but the Norse dieties seem to have an interest in me. Perhaps because of the connections of the people around me. Still, the numbers have risen significantly and that generally means something to me. Of course the people around me who look to the Norse dieties do not do so in the Asatru way. A different perspective might be nice.
Well, there happens to be a fairly good resource of Asatruar around, if you've got questions. I don't know it particularly well yet, but I could point you towards people.
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Couldn't say on this one, not knowing the situation. I thought you meant that someone who wasn't an initiate was referring to themselves as one (a la, "Assistant Manager" rather than "Assistant to the Manager")
As for Asatru, I have never been one to assume that wearing a something that a particular group/religion/whatever has claimed as as symbol of theirs means a connection. Lots of people wear those things. If that were true then every fairy star wearing fluff bunny out there would be linked to B* in some way.
That's a fair assumption, but in my case I have to say I probably looked/talked the part. I spent a lot of time among the Asatruar at FSG, so I can understand the question, since I was wearing a hammer. So more of an association = perception. Like people don't just assume festival goer = B*, whereas someone who spend a lot of time with B* might be mistaken for one by an outsider.
Feeling like I need to have a conversation with someone who knows Asatru. I'm not sure why but the Norse dieties seem to have an interest in me. Perhaps because of the connections of the people around me. Still, the numbers have risen significantly and that generally means something to me. Of course the people around me who look to the Norse dieties do not do so in the Asatru way. A different perspective might be nice.
Well, there happens to be a fairly good resource of Asatruar around, if you've got questions. I don't know it particularly well yet, but I could point you towards people.