One of the many problems with the concept of “UPG” is that it judges dark knowledge using light knowledge standards. What is labeled by some as “UPG” is “personal”. It is labeled “unverified personal knowledge.”As such it is for the one to whom it is given. It functions in ways that often benefit the one who receives it. When it is judged with ( Read more... )

I have nothing against (Neo-) Heathens. They are free to be as (Neo-) Heathen as they want. I’m just not a (Neo-) Heathen and have no desire to be. I make a distinction between (Neo-) Heathens as people and (Neo-) Heathenism as a religion. What I write here is about my perspective of Neo-Heathenism as a religion and not (Neo-) Heathens as people. ( ( Read more... )

NOTE: As with all of my posts, I speak only for myself and express my personal opinion.

The practice of distinguishing between UPG and "The Lore" is inherently hierarchical and authoritarian. That it is a hierarchical and authoritarian practice might explain why it is embraced by so many who are true to the Aesir and not embraced as broadly by ( Read more... )

UPG is a useless concept to me. It’s not that I do not understand the concept. I do and find it incoherent and worthless. If something is “Unverified” how can it be “Gnosis”? If something is “Gnosis” it is “Verified”. What sense does it make to call something knowledge when that something is unverified? Don’t we already have other words like “ ( Read more... )