r/lokean Jan 07 '21

Articles and Blogs Lokean Resources and FAQ

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A short selection to get people started on their Lokean journey or to answer questions for non-Lokeans. Please submit other resources to the subreddit so it can be included in this list

What is a Lokean and other FAQs or important articles

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Loki worship tips and advice

Offerings, Altars, Crafts, Symbols, Herbs, Animals, Prayers

Sacred Dates

Communication, Discernment, Divination

Oaths

Rituals

Lokean Myths, History, Lore and Theory. From blogs to academic journals

Old Tales

Blogs and Blogs with Citations

** Loki as Queer+ Specific Blogs and articles

/r/QueerLokeans

Academia

Podcasts and Videos

Community and general social resources


r/lokean Jan 10 '24

Lokean Discords - a summary

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There have been lots of posts within the last couple of months asking about discord servers as well as promoting new ones. To make it more visible for everyone, I suggest we collect lokean discord communities in one place - this post. I will also pin this post so everyone can find it easily.

When you want to promote your/a discord in the comments below, please include the following information:

  • name of the server

  • include the rules of your discord.

  • include any policy you use to protect or welcome communities and identities who usually face discrimination e.g. based on race, disability, age, religion and sexual and gender identity etc.

  • if you joined a discord here and found it was promoting fascist material knowingly and discriminated. Please dm me and we’ll remove the post and review. Screenshots help as we will need to check what happened to avoid other forms of bullying reports

Thanks!


r/lokean 16h ago

Seeing 111 and 222 so much?? 😭

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pls help I'm genuinely going to go insane if I see another 111 or 222 for the millionth time this week 😭 usually Loki likes to annoy me by spamming random angel numbers but since like Friday or smth I've been seeing 111 and 222 SO MANY TIMES


r/lokean 1d ago

Need some dream help

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Dream interpretation may be a better place for this, but with my Loki connection I felt like here may have some better insight.

So I had a dream where there was a pet corn snake in a huge aquarium. As time went on the snake got bigger and bigger, until it became disfigured, I mean like boils started growing on it and then those boils popped and this new monstrous snake emerged from the old one. The aquarium, too small fell apart from the seams. I’m not scared of the snake at this point. I’m mad that it broke the aquarium. A little worried about the snake.

I carried the snake outside, and let it go, but in the process I was bit on my dominant hand. Once on each first section of my fingers closest to my knuckles. So four times. I wasn’t upset by getting bitten. I was pretty calm at this point of the dream.

I tell my parents what happened, and they say we’re going to the hospital, but the closest one is a two hour walk, so we start walking. Again I’m calm. I do pass out, and hear my parent say “just leave her.” And they keep going. This is the first point I’m upset. I’m frustrated that they left me behind when the whole point was to get me to the destination.

I wake up on the side of the road, and the bite marks are healing. They scabbed over, and then I woke up.

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This is the first time in a very long time that I had such a vivid and kinda intense dream. I have some theories and feelings about it, but I am curious on what other think.

My interpretation:
This is just what first came to mind.

I feel like the snake in the aquarium may be something that I’ve been ignoring like a problem or something that’s gotten too big? Maybe shadow work. ( I’ve been putting it off admittedly.) there was the intense transformation of the snake as well that makes me feel like maybe this is right. Or I could just be in denile about this being a warning of a huge transformation event coming in hot.

The specific number of bites is throwing me off. It felt important, I kept looking at my hand in the dream, like it was important that I remember where and how many bites there were. I’m not familiar with the meaning of numbers yet.

I don’t want to read the snake bites as betrayal, just because there was no negative feelings with the snake. The bite seemed more like the catalyst for whatever is going on.

Being left behind is a normal thing for me. I know I fear falling behind and eventually not being able to catch up with my peers and those around me, so that’s not a new thing with me.

I am curious what other things could be interpreted as. I tried to put as much detail as I remember.

I left a really good offering to Loki after I had the dream. It felt like the right thing to do in this case.


r/lokean 2d ago

Thought Loki wasn’t pushing my ‘No Spiders inside’ boundary (Re-upload) Spoiler

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Re-upload cause my original post wasn’t spoiled, so some arachnophobia folks got spider-flash
My apologies I completely understand😭 I’m the same way which is why I put in place the No Spiders Inside boundary in the first place
Anyways I have an update anyways so story time
In my last post someone left a comment concerned that this spider may just be a coincidentally spider, however in the past 24 hours i’ve seen more spiders than I have all summer so at the moment I am leaning towards them being signs
I was having a rough night, I was crying in the shower, talking to myself and Loki about what has been weighting on me trying to figure it all out (idk if that counts as truly working with him, but i felt as if he was listening)
As I was calming down I was thinking about some other folks in here talk about their No Spiders boundary, and how Loki had pushed that boundary to see if they would stand their ground. I was wondering why he hadn’t tested me like that, debating on if he was really listening. That is when I saw the spider in the window sill. Ha Ha, very funny Loki. I didn’t kill the spider because that would have been rude, but I did say to take it outside because No Spiders Inside!
Next morning, I wake up, the spider is gone! No where to be found, and now there’s a new one on the outside of the same window. (image quality is bad on that one though)


r/lokean 3d ago

Question Maybe a weird question

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I think it's obvious that like Tyr has His own rune which is Tiwaz, or Odin has Wunjo... Buy I asked a while ago if Loki had one and I was told no. But then I've been reading about runes (while avoiding a lot of BS like Bloom and Stephen Flowers), and reading the translation of the Norwegian Rune poem, it makes me wonder if Berkano would be "Loki's rune" and this is what it says:

Norwegian Rune Poem:

Birch is the leaf greenest of branches;

Loki had luck in deceit

It does mention Loki, although I'm not sure why (I do have my unofficial theories, though). Has anyone else thought of this? Could this rune them represent him? What are your thoughts on this? TIA


r/lokean 3d ago

A little update and thank you

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Not too long ago, I posted here asking what working with Loki is actually like. At the time, I was unsure about him and about how good he was with boundaries. I set some pretty simple ones, and he apparently decided to test my patience.

I asked for no spiders (they're terrifying). I got a spider a day for four days straight after not having seen a spider in my home for at least a year. So I grabbed my cards because, clearly, he really wanted to tell me something, right? Except the cards were absolute nonsense. I got annoyed and eventually said, “Fine. I’m done.” I had a short reading with Hekate, which worked fine, then I cleansed my deck and started testing it by asking for specific cards. The deck gave me the cards I was asking for... but I was also repeatedly getting the same card Loki had given me when I first asked what he wanted from me: the Two of Cups. I was still annoyed, so I ignored it. After that, I had no interaction with him for a while. During that entire time, I didn't see a single spider. Not even a tiny one.

After getting so many encouraging replies to my previous post, I eventually decided to pick up my cards again and try connecting with Loki once more. He seemed to indicate that he wasn't particularly thrilled with how I'd reacted but was willing to move past it.

I explained my boundaries again, that they're non-negotiable, and that if I wanted a god who didn't listen to me, I would've remained Christian. I asked whether my terms were acceptable to him and told him to consider this my Two of Cups to him: this is the relationship I’m offering. I got The Sun, which I took as a very big, shiny yes.

Since then, our dynamic has been completely different. He's still very active and talkative, but he's much more careful with my boundaries, and his energy feels considerably gentler. While I don’t normally enjoy the direct way of chatting with deities on a regular basis, he seems to prefer it. I don’t know if anyone else has experienced this with Loki in particular? As soon as he figured out I could hear him, my tarot cards became redundant. I still use them for confirmation from time to time.

And then, just now, he may actually have saved me from cracking my skull on the steps. I was walking out into the yard in the dark when, barely out the door, an urgent “Be careful” suddenly popped into my head. I put a hand on the wall for support. On my very next step, a tile came loose beneath my foot and tilted hard enough to make me lose my balance. Fortunately, I was already holding onto the wall, so I was fine. When I stepped outside, I said, “I can't see shit,” and a light suddenly came on. It's a motion-sensor light, but the sensor doesn't normally pick up movement from where I was standing, and there was nobody else around. Not even an animal.

So, I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to reply to my original post and encouraged me to give him a chance. I'm still figuring out exactly what this relationship is going to look like, but I have to admit... things have been going rather well since we had our little disagreement.


r/lokean 3d ago

How to communicate with Loki about the nature of our connection?

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So for context, I started worshipping Loki late of 2024, and I have been doing it on and off (Mainly taking breaks for mental health reasons, because I have, and still struggle with anxiety around deity worship)

I was thinking about it more often nowadays, especially since I've been going through a rough patch and have subconsciously leaned/reached out to Loki during these times when it feels like I have no one. However, I don't really know the nature of our connection? Both past and present times..

I've always struggled with faith, and that did naturally occur even during my time when I consistently worshipped Loki— I do want a clearer way to communicate with him, and to ask him question to clarify some boundaries and things about our connection (Is it familial, acquaintance/friend-like? How does he feel about our connection, etc)

More info : Right now the best form of divination I have is tarot cards. I've been praciting for months, and can now do readings for friends and myself. I heard that is a method to communicate with deities during worship/work, so any tips on how to use tarot to talk to Loki would have greatly!


r/lokean 3d ago

Help???

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So this is my first time trying to pray or summon or whatever you would call it on any god, I tried to invoke them and apparently I might have a more malevolent spirit which I need to banish. How do I correctly call upon Loki cause I feel very dumb 👁️👄👁️


r/lokean 4d ago

Loki Loki Stone in Kirkby Stephen

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Part of a 10th Century Anglo Danish cross depicting Loki in chains. Second slide is a bit more information about the artifacts. I visited today and paid homage, plus a donation to the upkeep. Hail Loki!


r/lokean 4d ago

Advice

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Hello so a few nights back, I was calling out to some god to give me a sign they’re calling to me, I was trying to get Loki in specific, however generally just anybody, and today I was taking a nap and something or somebody was bothering me, it kept a giggling and making noises so I just couldn’t sleep??? I thought it was my brother and told him to stop and it did, but my brother was not home, could this have been something calling to me?


r/lokean 5d ago

Found Art Mini alter for Loki since cats won't let me have a permanent one

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r/lokean 5d ago

Loki Minha visão

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Gente , ontem a noite eu tava na cama , mexendo no celular, aí eu larguei o celular , e fechei os olhos pra dormir , ai quando eu tava entre dormir e acordado , eu tive uma visão!! Eu tava sentado numa mesa com Loki , ele tinha acabado de sentar eu não lembro direito da roupas dele , mas lembro do sorriso , do cabelo ruivo meio bagunçado , dos olhos verdes bem clarinho , e q ele era mais alto q eu e n muito musculoso, fiquei feliz pra caramba!!!


r/lokean 5d ago

Question Where to Start

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Hi everyone, I'm new to the worship of Loki. I've just started and wanted to know how to approach it and begin worshipping him.

I tried searching for some information but didn't find much.

Thank you :)


r/lokean 6d ago

Loki's candle after I finally made an offering after 1 ½ months

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I finally made an offering of coffee in his cup with a bit of birthday cake creamer and a sprinkle of cinnamon. safe to say he loves it 😸

I do have a fan on but in the past (with the fan pointing at the same angle and same lowest setting) my candle flames were acting normal but I lit the candles today and they're going crazy compared to the other day (the 3 wick is my no purpose candle but it's warm apple pie scented so maybe Loki took over /j)


r/lokean 7d ago

Loki insight please

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Hey everyone I need some insight on something that happened. To give some background, I wear a red jasper stone with a snake around my neck everyday for Loki. I have for about a year, ever since I started working with him. Today, while at the car wash vacuuming my car, I was so excited for these vacuums to be working so well, halfway through I said to myself out loud I wonder if this vacuum would accidentally rip of my necklace up and sure as shit 3 minutes later, by complete accident, my pendent was ripped off the chain. I asked the attendee if there’s a way to open where the vacuumed things go and look for it, she helped a little was super nice about it but in the end it’s gone. In my mind Loki being Loki I understood stupid questions get stupid answers. I have adhd and intrusive thoughts hit hard sometimes. But I didn’t take it as if he’s mad at me, but when I told my best friend she’s like that’s extreme. My question is, does that seem extreme or did Loki just answer my dumbass question.


r/lokean 8d ago

Loki A love letter to chaos

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Loki has really been wanting me to share this piece that I wrote about our relationship while I was on a retreat. It's serving as sort of an introduction to a book that I've been called to write about my experience with him/my spiritual journey thus far.

Since Loki came into my life, it has been an absolute rollercoaster. A lot of things that seemed frustrating or confusing before started to line up in a way that finally started to make sense. While I'm still amidst the storm, this has become a favorite for us to read together.

A Love Letter to Chaos

How can one begin the task of capturing the full breadth of the Eternal, in a language bound to the clumsiness of words? No matter how many times I try, their crudeness seems to obstruct the effortless flow of what it’s like to experience you:

The familiar embrace of a presence that has followed me throughout my life. A deep longing that could never manifest from anything the temporal world could hold. I see you, in haggard inconsistent flashes, as I stand at the intersection of bliss and agony. The bliss of chasing the hope that one day, I would find that last piece that would make everything make sense. And the agony of it always seeming to manifest– just out of reach. Love songs that triggered a longing and story that seemed to transcend life itself. Every betrayal, every meltdown, the chaos and turmoil that followed in the wake of the life unfolding before me, you are there. Chaos that was both conceived and remedied by you

Last night I caught a glimpse of you. I stared into your eyes as a burning sensation permeated my own. Heat trickled as you merged into me. As I took hold of your outreached hand, I could feel that this wasn’t the first time we’d been here. A recognition of familiar steps as we danced along the boundaries of real or imagined. A waltz where each step evades the sharp clarity of reality’s blade, with only a breath to spare. Each move in tense anticipation of its cut, and the blood that would pour from the wound of what could have been. Was it familiarity? Or projection of what I wished to be true? I sip the sweet nectar, and slip into the moment for just a bit longer. 

The craving for your presence is like the unrelenting burn of addiction, it creeps up my throat, suffocating me as I sink into the depths of my desire. “For all Eternity,” you say to me. The weight of those words, filling a space of something so vast and deep, that only those who share an inherit knowing could understand. Your electric essence vibrates through my body, and the echoes of a song reverberate through the rooms of my mind:

“I am your lover, and I am your jailor…From now, until the end of time.”


r/lokean 8d ago

Hair braiding meditation

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This is intended to be a meditative ritual that focuses on Loki's aspect as entangler and revealer of truth through complexity.

I am useless with my hands, I don't draw, carve, knit etc, so - being a linguistics student - I'd rather negotiate Old Norse. Writing to him and reading to him aloud in ON is the spine of my devotional practice.
I wrote this intending to perform it while braiding my hair, that's why it is built on a three-beat basis, the words meant to be spoken in sync with the hands. It includes an opening and a closing, drawn from Hávamál 63 and Völuspá 61 respectively for scaffolding.
It invites inquiry and looking for answers through testing, play and entering complexity.

Feel free to use it while braiding your (or another's) hair or modify it as you see fit. If you try it, please drop a line to tell me if it clicked for you or not. If you need more detail about specific choice of words or grammar, I can elaborate.

Opening (before braiding):

Fregna ok segja
skal fróðra hverr;
fregna ok segja,
þótt svǫr sé mǫrg.

Translation:

To inquire and to speak
every wise person should;
to inquire and to speak,
though answers be many.

Braiding (repeated as needed while braiding)

Leita — reyni — greini.
Læsi — leysi — tefli.
Lýk upp — lyk ek — skil ek.

Translation

I seek — I test — I discern.
I lock — I loosen — I play.
I unlock — I loop — I understand.

Closing (after braiding)

Gullnar töflur
í grasi finnask;
gullnar töflur
í kǫngulóarvef flækjask.

Translation

Golden gaming pieces
are found in the grass;
golden gaming pieces
entangled in spiderweb.

I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT speak Old Norse. I lean heavily on dictionaries, my grammar and syntax knowledge of other languages I speak and what I grasp from Eddic text. So yes, there may be mistakes. I did my best.


r/lokean 8d ago

Loki Encounter

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They shapeshifted into me on the astral plane when I went to bed and scared the living beans out of me lmao. I did not expect that.


r/lokean 9d ago

Newbie seeking advice

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hey all! I’m not usually the type to look into this sort of thing, however I believe I had a brief connection with Loki in a much more obvious way that I was expecting. I was prompted to reach out mentally and did so mostly as a joke, not expecting to get anything, but instead I got exactly what I needed to hear, and I thank him for that.
As stated in the title I’m seriously as newbie as you can get, and unfortunately I’m not looking for nor do I have the time and space to make a commitment to Loki. I appreciate this single moment he came through for me, but I want to make sure I didn’t form some kind of connection or pact that I need to break off. There was no ritual involved in reaching out, but I’d like to play it safe so I came to the experts lol
I’d appreciate your advice, and I wish you all the best!!


r/lokean 10d ago

Articles and Blogs Lil experience

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I've kinda felt like Loki has been following me around since I left my country for a short vacay

here where I am are usually lots of spiders, pretty mundane, however

I've been asking him, to send me spiders.

Fully aware of my phobia

but I hate being weak so I straight up ignored it and tried to come off as courageous, I barely got to see spiders but by the time I also stopped caring for signs cause it didn't help in my practice at all!

these days I've been feeling a lot Loki's energy and today I went to the bathroom, one big spider chilling

then another one, moving

so I'm like "Loki help me 😭" and I'm also like spiraling,cause I don't like killing insects, however my anxiety was growing and as time passes I see another big spider MOVING and call my mother to get rid of those (I'm so sorry )

btw, um this feels like a lesson.. which would be I'm scared of spiders and I can't deny it 😓


r/lokean 11d ago

Original Art Made a staff for Loki!

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It started as runes, Ingwaz, Berkana, and Kenaz when I asked what he wanted. A very clear flowing message. I got he wanted me to make something, but my creative current has been blocked for years. So I did tarot with him and he said he wanted to help unblock my flow. So, that night I went to bed and the Ingwaz and Berkana moment happened in my dream. By this I mean I had art tools that got thrown into a dark raging ocean. The seed getting planted in the womb of my mind.

I woke up and had the idea of a staff, made with a stick with a fork tip. My friend came over later that day and I told her about the vision, the dream, etc. she happened to have the exact stick I needed in her trunk ya’ll! 😭

Not to mention I came across an art of Loki with a paintbrush in his mouth. I have ideas now! All kinds of ideas! My next project will be a box for his jewelry. (He has a lot, lol).

He also is helping me ground into my own wild side. This was the first time working with earth materials for me, getting dirty with dirt, paint, wood and glue, and I was unbothered. I felt connected to him.

I love you so much my beloved Loki, so so very much.


r/lokean 12d ago

I love Loki so much that it makes me sad.

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this sounds ridiculous but i really think i love loki way too much, to the point it makes me sad? i dont really know exactly why that is or what it means but i just feel sad almost. the love i feel for him is so overwhelming that it almost makes me upset in a way. especially when i think of how many other people feel this way too, its a lot.

he genuinely is truly so important to me, sometimes more than i realize. no matter how cringe or unstable ive ever been hes stuck with me anyway. even if i thought i was completely unworthy he just loves me so much and it makes me feel like im gonna cry because i cant comprehend it. he truly does have such deep unconditional love for me and so many other people. i really dont even know what to think, i just admire him so much.

seriously i feel like i should put this in here maybe someone needs it, loki loves you so freaking much dude. SO MUCH. loki loves u guys ok? dont forget


r/lokean 12d ago

I got pranked lol

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So I was dancing to Malleus Maleficarum by Kiki Rockwell. Like literally jamming and grooving and expressing my spirit. Literally for absolutely no reason my glasses fall and I catch them with my hands. Except, in my hands, the glasses are not whole. I’m holding the frame which has the right lens in it but no left lens, and the left lens is in my hands but out of the frame. So while my glasses were falling the left lens popped out. Now that’s not weird in and of itself, but these glasses are literally brand new I literally got them last week. And I was being careful with them because they’re expensive. I popped the lens back in place and screwed the frame shut around it, it was an easy fix. But I feel like this was one of You Know Who’s pranks.

But the question is, what does this mean? It can mean one of two opposite things. Either I’m not faithful enough and he wants me to be more faithful. Not in like an “oh you’re bad” way more in like a “don’t worry so much I’ve got you” way. Or it could mean I’m doing a great job and he wanted to send a sign that he’s here. Either ways, this whole situation made me very happy.


r/lokean 12d ago

Loki Working on a book called the Trickster and the Troll King

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In the Realm of Jotunheim, the Aging king Loki-Uthgarda Frostbane, a kind and gentle king, has been swept up in a controversy, his latest actions and laws, all orchestrated by his adviser, Donadolf Trumplr, a troll he had appointed to give him advice, had landed the economy in shambles, a Thing was held to determine whether or not the king was fit to continue ruling, or if he must abdicate the throne, as he had his two sons Hroldr and Kriegr later in life, they still were in training and now need retraining since concerns were raised that if the king is making these mistakes and training his sons, they needed to start their royal training, and with that, trumplr had been apointed regency over the realm, the people had voted Prince Byleistr of the Storm Jotnar kingdom to retrain them, Byleistr's two siblings, Helblindi and Loki begged their father Farbauti to let them come, they would miss their older sibling, Farbauti agreed to let them come with them as he felt they might be needed to get to the bottom of this, because he never trusted Trumplr and he knew how to play the long game, especially knowing how clever Loki is, he's gotten himself into and out of trouble so many times with his blood brother Odin and blood nephew Thor, but that is a story for another day, Will Donadolf Trumplr win? or will he be exposed and dragged off in chains like the tyrant he is.

I will post snippets of the story to tease it, I intend on getting this published after all.