Culture
Column: Jormungandr
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Luke Babb plays Sony’s God of War and experiences the divine power of the jotnar of Norse mythology.
Paganism
Opinion: Of Baptists and Pagans
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Karl E.H. Seigfried reflects on the role of the relationship between politics and refuge in contemporary Pagan religions.
Paganism
Column: After Ragnarök – Interview with Michael Avon Oeming
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Karl E.H. Seigfried interviews comics artist Michael Avon Oeming about his new project, “The After Realm,” a comic set in the world after the Old Norse apocalypse of Ragnarök.
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.
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.