Passing through rituals involving holes in stones and trees are widespread in Europe and beyond and are related to rituals that involve looking through a hole to see spirits.
In this video we look at the passing through rituals associated with megalithic structures in Britain and Ireland, and the arboreal passing through rituals associated with oak and ash trees all over Europe, known as träddragning in Nordic countries. We also look at the related customs of looking through holes among the Sami and the Welsh, the Odinic ritual of looking through an arm akimbo as described in the Viking saga of King Hrólfr Kraki, the Swedish Årsgång divination rite, and at the hagstone or adderstone tradition from Britain and the associated magical practices. I even pass my own son through Cornwall's MenanTol stone and my wife goes through Dartmoor's Tolmen stone.

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00:00 Intro
02:02 How to see Odin looking through
04:01 Gaelic ways of looking though
05:38 Sami bear ritual
06:55 Swedish Årsgång and the Welsh equivalent
08:59 Hagstones / Adderstones
11:24 Passing through stones
18:21 smøghia at Sjögerås
20:25 Passing through trees
25:35 Passing through earth and brambles
27:40 Passing through in Asia
28:53 Holes for souls
31:14 Conclusion