Paganism
Opinion: Sigurd, the Dragon, and Our World Today
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Karl Seigfried examines the myths of the Old Norse Volsung cycle and considers what meanings they might have for the modern world.
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.
Arts & Culture
Column: Finding Reverie in the Met’s “Wagner Week”
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Weekend editor Eric O. Scott partakes in the New York Metropolitan Opera’s “Wagner Week” of opera streams, and loses himself in the dream of Der Ring des Nibelungen.
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.
Heathenry
Column: The Forgiveness Ritual
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Karl E.H. Seigfried examines patterns of public forgiveness, and argues for a different ethic of repentance based on the Heathen principle of “we are our deeds.”