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I've been meaning to do an article about this me opening up and sharing my experiences and sourcing others. As well as gathering general information (Sources included). So here we are. Enjoy.

(( VERY HEAVY UPG WARNING. You have been warned.))

So you want to work with Loki?

Working with a chaotic deity such as Loki can often times be challenging, but often very rewarding. But here's the deal, Loki isn't one of those deities to wreck your stuff for no reason, but to teach you lessons and give you different outlooks on life. He's one of those deities that will show you the lesser side of the world and how to deal with it.

Recently, for me, Loki has been hitting me hard with some adult situations. Getting stranded in Missouri, bank account overdrawn fee, 430.00 doctor fee (Which was already taken care of). On top of that, I didn't get paid today! So Loki made it a really challenging day for me today. When I asked him why he'd do this, he told me that he's showing me how to grow up and take on the world. More challenges are soon to come from him. I was kind of a sheltered kid growing up, so this is obviously needed for me. Irritating, but needed.

He'll also push you into situations that you really don't want to deal with. Such as a family drama situation, He could bring up old ties with people you'd rather not deal with. He could do all sorts of things to teach you about growth and closure from that particular situation.

In general, Loki is a deity of beneficial change through chaos. Chaos comes, change follows. No matter how long it takes, you'll be happier in the end. He's also to good to work with LGBT people. Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer, and Polyamory! Maybe more... He swings all sorts of ways.

How to work with Loki

There are no rules! Go with the flow however you wish. If you are aiming to communicate with him, you can use divination (tarot, pendulum, scrying), prayer, writing letters, and offerings. Altar or no altar, you can still work with Him. But please don't push things. Everything happens at it's own pace and time.

Likes and Dislikes

This section here is based off soley on UPG. ((To read more about UPG, use this link---> http://www.spellsofmagic.com/read_post.html?post=598601 ))

Loki enjoys almost any offering, unless he says otherwise. Specifically spicy stuff. Since, he has the trickster title, he can be childish and playful at times (even very obscene and raunchy in his humor!) he enjoys simple toys, trinkets, odds and ends.

He even likes his Marvel counterpart. Some of my other Lokean friends and I have a Loki POP toy we like to keep near us. He seems to really enjoy it! Although, he doesn't like the character of his marvel counterpart. I used to have a Marvel carboard cut out of Loki, and he absolutely loved it! Still hope I have it somewhere...

Personality

((HEAVY UPG WARNING))

Loki can often be they very playful, mischevious type. He'll bug you on occasions, irritate you for fun, and in general may even steal a few things and prank you. But when things get serious, he won't hesitate to grab Thor's hammer, smack you with it, and tell you to get yourself together. When the going gets tough, you need to be ready to up your game and get through the situation. He will nag, nag, nag. With me, he likes to nag me alot with dreams. Often having the same theme over and over and over again.He also likes to be very wild, raunchy and even obscene. His humor is all sorts of crazy, and at times, makes no sense.

Loki Lore

In the lore, Loki was often seen as a god of trickery, chaos, and all around bad omens. But he had redeeming qualities. Such as Sleipnir, Moljnir, and Sif's golden hair. He was born to two giants, Farbauti and Laufey. His wife is Sigyn, Lady of Paitence, and his mistresses were Angrboda and Skadi. Through Angrboda, She bore Him Fenris, Jormungandr, and Hela. Through Sigyn, she gave birth to Narvi and Vali. In some UPGs, he even had a wife named Glut. Together, they had children named Ember and Ashes.

Unlike Marvel, Loki is not Thor's brother. Technically, he is Thor's step uncle, since he's blood-brothers with Odin, technically (again), making him Aesir. Often times, he'd make trouble for the gods, but often resolving it. Let's take Sif's hair for example. Loki decided one day he was in the mood for mischief. So he cut off Sif's hair while she was asleep. Upon waking, find her hair gone, she was mortified. Thor was extremely furious. Loki, afraid of what consequences may await him, he promised them to get Sif some new hair from the dwarves.

Once, Loki made his way to the Dwarves, he had the Dwarves craft beautiful golden hair for Sif, as well as Skidbladnir and Gugnir. After that, he started taunting them into thinking they they couldnt build better gifts for the gods, even as going as far as to bet his own head on it. The dwarves, angered by this, started working on three more gifts. One was a golden boar, the second was a ring that could produce multiple rings, and the third was the classic Moljnir. But during Moljnir's creation, Loki turned into a fly and bit the dwarf's eye, causing him to make the handle short. After all three were made, they journeyed back with Loki to finally win the wager and claim his head.

The gods were very pleased by the dwarve's work. But Lokie still owed his head to the dwarves. Anxious to keep his head, he made a point that they could only have his head, not his neck. As an alternative, the dwarves sowed Loki's mouth shut.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed this article. Feed back is appreciated. Here are some sources and some pages you can read more about Loki and Heathenism/Norse Paganism/ Northern Tradition in general. Also a lot of books you can check out! Some Lokeans I highly reccomend are Amber Drake, Galina Krasskova, and Raven Kaldera. (Raven technically isn't Lokean, but he is a great source for Northern Tradition and Norse Shamanism.)