Paganism
Column: Look Up to the Skies and See
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How can city-dwelling Heathens bring back the old sense of wonder when gazing upwards? How can we reenchant the post-post-postmodern skies in this third decade of the 21st century?
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How can city-dwelling Heathens bring back the old sense of wonder when gazing upwards? How can we reenchant the post-post-postmodern skies in this third decade of the 21st century?
Lyonel Perabo reviews the newly released volume of The Troth’s mammoth work, Our Troth, 3rd Edition, which focuses on Heathen living.
Setting out on his bicycle in southern Sweden, Lyonel Perabo heads out in search of the Ale’s Stones and the Uppåkra archeological site, once home to one of the most important Heathen temples ever excavated.
Ever since then, across six decades, I’ve associated the forest – any forest – with dwarfs, elves, secrets, songs, trolls, traps, witches, wizards, and other mysterious manifestations. All unknowingly, my ex-monk philosophy professor father was laying the tracks for my later embrace of Norse mythology and Ásatrú religion.
We, the people, are down here under the massive roots of the World Tree. In this vision, we are not at the center of creation. We are not even at the center of attention.