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Review: Getting all the Bases Covered with “Ásatrú for Beginners”
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Lyonel Perabo reviews Mathias Nordvig’s new introductory book on Heathenry, “Ásatrú for Beginners: A Modern Heathen’s Guide to the Ancient Northern Way.”
Arjuna
Column: The Left Eye of Odin (or Right)
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Which eye did Odin lose, exactly? Karl Seigfried takes this and other overly-literal questions as a jumping-off point for an exploration of Pagan theology, including a comparison with the Bhagavad Gita that demonstrates why gods take on familiar shapes to become comprehensible to human eyes.
Paganism
Column: Giving Voice to the Skalds – Einar Selvik and Assassin’s Creed
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Lyonel Perabo interviews Einar Selvik, the frontman of the Nordic folk band Wardruna and a composer for the soundtrack of the new video game, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla.
Paganism
Review: Treasure Behind a Hundred Doors in the New Volume of “Our Troth”
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Lyonel Perabo reviews the first volume of the new edition of Our Troth, “Heathen History.”
Heathen
Column: Innangard and Utangard – Problematic Roots of Heathen Dualism
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Karl E.H. Seigfried explores the linguistic roots of the Heathen concepts of “innangard” and “utangard,” and traces their modern conception back to the völkisch scholar Vilhelm Grønbech.