The Hamingja initiative started with that the founder, Björn Ekdahl, used to write eternally long comments on YouTube videos touching upon Indo-European spirituality, not the least on the videos by Thor at Norse Magic & Beliefs and by Survive the Jive. The comments seemed to add value to the viewers of the videos – and hence the readers of the comments – so he decided to start a podcast to elaborate on these topics. The audience grew, and there was a need for a community around the podcast. So a Discord server was set up. The server was soon full of engaged members, weekly events and 48 channels with 20k+ deep going posts on pagan spirituality. We then understood the need for a structured way of learning about paganism and deepening one's spiritual practice. We therefore decided to create the most in depth and hands-on courses and content for our community.