Arts & Culture
Jethro Tull’s Regressive Rock Ragnarök
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Karl E.H. Seigfried reviews “RökFlöte,” the new Jethro Tull album whose songs are inspired by Norse mythology.
News
Jimmy Carter: Faith in Action
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“I believe that many Pagans would agree with President Carter’s sentiments. At least, I hope they would. There’s much to love in Carter’s words – and many points of intersection with Pagan approaches to living in the world.”
Paganism
Gathering the Heathen Tribes: Asatru UK’s Althyng
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TWH’s Lyonel Perabo speaks with Jack Hudson, events coordinator for Asatru UK, about the upcoming Althyng festival in North Yorkshire, England.
Arts & Culture
Review: Watching ‘Ragnarok’ during a hurricane
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C. Foxnose Huling writes about watching Netflix’s “Ragnarok,” which retells Norse mythlogy in a modern setting with themes of industrialization and climate change, while enduring Hurricane Ida.
Paganism
Column: New Gods of the Fourth World
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I’ve known about Darkseid at least since he appeared on the cover of the first issue of DC Comics’ Super Powers in 1985. Since then, I’ve read dozens of comic books featuring the dark master of Apokolips and all the associated New Gods created by Jack Kirby. When the latest reboot of Superman comics introduced Lex Luthor’s Apokoliptian armor and use of a Mother Box, I realized that I’ve never really had a particularly clear grasp of Kirby’s whole DC mythology. I know who the characters are, I know about the strange melding of mysticism and technology, but I’ve never really felt like I fully understood what all the fuss and bother with these strange figures was all about. I decided to pick up a used copy of the first volume of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World Omnibus to start at the beginning and see if I could get a better understanding of the weirdness.