We've all seen depictions of the Vikings. My favorite is the Netflix series, The Last Kingdom.

But that's Hollywood. The real truth about the Norse culture and the Viking culture,

well, it requires talking to an expert. And today we have Kaderick Olsen, an expert, not only on Viking history,

Norse history, but also the mysticism that underpins a lot of their beliefs. And it was really a mind-blowing eye-opening conversation,

and I can't wait to share it with you all. This episode is brought to you by the new Fit for Service Academy app.

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When you get to the root of most of the mystical teachings of the world, they all point to similar things,

whether that's the study of Rumi or whether that's the study of Nosticism or any Christian mysticism,

or just your own experiential spiritual journey that I've been on with the plants and with other teachers,

and you find the similarities and you find the synchronicities and you find that the different ways that people describe

the interaction of self to mystery, there's a lot of things that can help expand your understanding

and add different language, different metaphors, and different stories to strengthen what you internally can believe is true.

And this has absolutely been the case with everything that we discuss here on this podcast with Kade Rick Olson,

who has a robust spiritual practice on his own that also ties in deeply to some of the mystical Norse roots,

everything from the study of runes, the study of toning, and sound, and all of the different stories

that were part of this spiritual tradition. So I can't wait to share this podcast with you.

It's something that most of us, myself included, had no idea about before actually learning from and talking to Kade Rick.

But before we get started, a quick word from our sponsors.

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