The best you can do quickly and for free is to close blinds to let a small amount of light in when its hot, and when it's below 20°, open windows and have as much ventilation as possible. This is easiest and I find that in some rooms it can cool them significantly.

Sadly, yes. All of us in the Heathen community are all too aware of the presence of far-right people and their beliefs. There are certain organisations that are "Heathen" while also being white nationalist (like the AFA). Most people in the Heathen community, like myself, despise those people and actively try to fight against that by being vocal about inclusive beliefs. White nationalism, racism, nazism, and other hateful ideologies have zero historical basis in the religion.

I am someone who hates the taste of peanut butter, but I've never had crunchy before, and I am now curious so I choose crunchy.

One day I got curious about old Germanic gods and decided to research that subject. Further research led me to discovering reconstructionist Heathenry and I eventually decided that I just wanted to do that. I can't quite remember everything about that but I suppose it just felt right. It sure is very annoying considering that a lot of what we have is guesswork due to the large lack of good sources on so many vital aspects of the religion, but despite that it gives me joy so I've continued with it.

In my experience, I find that talking about it can actually lead to a lot of good conversations and friends. One of my close friends I met during a discussion of religion, and I have another great friend who is Pagan and we have been able to bond over that, though I do also understand the wish to keep it private and respect that preference 100%.

Edit to add: community was also extremely important in a lot of pagan traditions and being open about it can help one find others to practise with.

I agree. I love taking walks in the forest.

That too is very important to keep in mind. My plants often get partially eaten by animals, but I really don't mind sharing and never have. As long as the plants are still doing well, I don't see why other creatures can't benefit from the land.

Planted some native plants in my garden, been taking care of that more, growing my own veggies and helping in a community garden, donating old clothes I don't need any more and repairing clothing and apparel, sharing plants with friends.

100% this, it's very important to understand how different different cultures can be. Something a lot of people often get wrong about other religions is that they believe there are virtues and sins and punishment after death like there are in Abrahamic religions.

I do believe that this is true and that gods and other spirits do exist, but it's not something that I am very steadfast in believing in, I just choose to believe. I would describe this best as agnostic theism; I do not believe it is possible to prove or disprove the existence of gods or spirits.

Of course, thank you for asking!

Your mum's house, I presume.

Woden and Thunor (Odin and Thor) are the gods that I worship most often, though I also worship Hel and have prayed to other gods.

I literally couldn't name many things more solarpunk than that

Glad they've stopped proselytising. I'm curious to hear their reactions 😂

That is completely fair and understandable

I honour some gods of the old Germanic pantheon. The three biggest would be Thor, Odin, and Týr. Thor has the domain of thunder and rain and storms as well as protection and strength and of course war, Odin for wisdom and poetry and frenzy and war and a lot of other things. We know less of Týr despite archaeological evidence pointing to him having been a very central deity in antiquity, but victory and justice and war and bravery seem to be things associated with him.

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Not much, really anything. Worship of the gods is not because of an obligation but of choice. There are of course some general morals important to old Germanic society like keeping oaths and being a good host to guests that are a good idea to follow but nothing is really asked of us.

Yes, from what I've seen most Hellenic Polytheists identify as Pagan