These are only ideas. The sumbel is a very freeform type of thing and the framework is very simple to adapt. The blot and sumbel make up the mainstream of our modern Asatru tradition. Profession Profession is one of the most important ceremonies in Asatru. To Profess one's belief in and kinship to the Gods should be an important turning point in ones life and the beginning of a new understanding of the self.
Profession is, however, a very simple and rather short ceremony.
In our kindred we usually profess people during a regular meeting, but either before or after the blot offering. Profession is not an occult or initiatory ceremony. I swear to ever uphold the Raven Banner of Asgard, to follow the way of the North, to always act with honor and bravery, and to be ever true to the Aesir and Vanir and to Asatru. By the Gods I so swear. By my honor I so swear.