Anonymous asked grumpylokeanelder:

what are some ways one could give blood offerings safely? (also, are there any ways that are cheap/cost nothing?)

For those who read the post on the concept of Mythic Time yesterday and were curious about my brief mention of a similar idea being found in mathematics: I asked my husband, and the concept he was thinking about at the time was Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorums and the impact those had. The best layman’s summary I could find comes from Boyer’s History of Mathematics: “Gödel showed that within a rigidly logical system such as Russell and Whitehead had developed for arithmetic, propositions can be formulated that are undecidable or undemonstrable within the axioms of the system. That is, within the system, there exist certain clear-cut statements that can neither be proved or disproved. Hence one cannot, using the usual methods, be certain that the axioms of arithmetic will not lead to contradictions … It appears to foredoom hope of mathematical certitude through use of the obvious methods. Perhaps doomed also, as a result, is the ideal of science - to devise a set of axioms from which all phenomena of the external world can be deduced.”  Further information:

Other short explanations in layman’s terms

A really good lecture on Gödel and his Incompleteness Theorums that’s easily understandable (but 45 minutes long).

People are probably already aware of some of this, but it bears repeating for newbies and seekers.

The Sacred Text Archives - Icelandic Lore Section - older materials, so read with a grain of salt and know that some of the texts are going to be quite “dated”, to put it lightly.

Sunnyway - concentrates mostly on runes. Good for quick reference for some things. Read with a grain of salt, as there are some pages with disinformation or modern inventions that I find rather silly, such as Stav Martial Arts. (That’s a topic for a whole other thread.)

Heimskringla - an online collection of Old Norse source material and various goodies. This Site. UNF. Do note that some pages are only available in certain Scandinavian languages. Google Translate is your friend.

Northvegr - free reading materials. This will keep you busy for awhile. Be sure to check out the translation of Lokka Tattur.

Anonymous asked grumpylokeanelder:

Hi, I am interested in norse mythology and I have read some Lokean’s blogs. It’s really appealing to me but I don’t understand how Loki can interact with humans if he is bound under a snake until the end of the world.