Archive for August 2008

Days In Midgard * Steven Thor Abell (2008)

Category: asatru, novel

The writer asked if I was interested in reviewing his book. The book is presented as “a collection of modern legends based on the myths of the Vikings. From its inception as an oral storytelling project and through years of performance, Days in Midgard has finally become a work of the printed page.” It became a work of 280 pages that took over a decade of work. The stories are… Continue reading Days In Midgard * Steven Thor Abell (2008)

21 August 2008
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The Mysteries Of Mithra * G.R.S. Mead (1907)

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Category: religion, theosophy

I ran into an old Dutch translation of this little book. I have known about it for a long time, did not buy it when I was studying Mithraism, but I was still curious enough to read it years later. Mead opens with ‘an alternative’ history of Mithraism. Alternative to the scholarly version of Cumont. Mead has not only used archeological sources, but also early written sources and this sheds… Continue reading The Mysteries Of Mithra * G.R.S. Mead (1907)

17 August 2008
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