empyreal_futhark@lemm.eetoAncient faith today!@kbin.social•Y'all go to "church" or is y'all's practice personal and private?
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1 year agoNo. Some people like to style themselves a goði or “family priest” or something of that nature. To me, that sounds pretentious when not talking about an organized group. Ásatrúarfélagið in Iceland, for example, have certified clerics that use the title goði, which makes more sense.
Reconstructionist with no specific need to do things exactly as they were a thousand years ago. I’m not going to slaughter a sheep in my back yard (not even legal to do anyway). I will pour some water or other offerings.
But I do not stray so far from what we know about the historical worship practices that I would be able to say “work with” or incorporate the beliefs into something Wicca-esque or New Age-y.
So, somewhere in between the two, but leaning towards reconstruction.