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		<title>Intercultural Translations on Pagan+Politics</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new post is up on Pagan+Politics. See it here.]]></description>
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		<title>A Review of Paxson&#8217;s Essential Ásatrú</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2010/04/a-review-of-paxsons-essential-asatru.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a long overdue review of Diana Paxson’s Essential Ásatrú, a book mentioned by S.M. Stirling as a resource for his Emberverse series (previously reviewed here). Diana Paxson is both a Pagan and an author – not only of speculative fiction but of nonfiction works relating to various aspects of Paganism. Essential Asatru: Walking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living and Dying &#8211; Heathen Style</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2010/02/living-and-dying-heathen-style.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hrafnkell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Heathen ancestors had a great many conceptions of death, and to what road it led: to the halls of our ancestors, to Hel (nothing like Christian hell but just a place you go when you die), to Valhöll if Odin chooses you. Skjöldunga Saga speaks of "going to King Odin" and "the underworld," and there is some sense of going "into the mountains" to join your ancestors. There is also a limited appeal to reincarnation, as Ellis-Davidson puts it,  "belief in the birth of the souls of dead ancestors into the living world again, in the persons of their descendants."[1] And of course, there are the dísir, who are female ancestors who have stayed behind to help the household.]]></description>
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		<title>Divining Man: A Belief in the Absurd or Just Absurd?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hrafnkell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People can accept without reservation the miraculous - and on the face of it absurd - story of Jesus' divine birth or apotheosis but dismiss as ridiculous similar (and far older) stories of Pagan divine men.]]></description>
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		<title>The Enduring Strength of Paganism</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2010/01/the-enduring-strength-of-paganism.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hrafnkell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much of the myth of Christianity centers around the idea that people flocked to become Christians, that it was a liberating experience. It was not. Christianity succeeded because it was imposed by force, including torture and death. It was maintained by the same forces throughout the centuries. ]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient cat goddess temple found in Egypt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hrafnkell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An ancient cat-goddess temple thought to belong to wife of king who ruled in 3rd century B.C. was recently unearthed in Alexandria, Egypt.]]></description>
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		<title>Is There a Refuge From Superstition?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hrafnkell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Why," I thought, "am I forced to sit here and listen to all this crap about what their god would or would not do?" You cannot escape it. This is a debate we would not even be having, we would not be forced to listen to and to endure, if it were not for monotheism. There was no Satan in the days of polytheism for people so sell their souls to. This was an accusation that could not have been made. And therefore, a debate which could not have taken place.]]></description>
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		<title>The Myopic Christian: Religion and Public Discourse</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2010/01/the-myopic-christian-religion-and-public-discourse.html</link>
		<comments>http://aheathensday.com/2010/01/the-myopic-christian-religion-and-public-discourse.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hrafnkell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Douthat believes that “the debate that Brit Hume kicked off a week ago is still worth having. Indeed, it’s the most important one there is.” I disagree. How is what one person’s religion might be of such profound importance? It’s his religion – not yours. It’s his business – not yours. It’s one thing to say: “This is my religion: this is what we believe.” Fine. Do it. It’s another entirely to say, as Hume did, “Tiger Woods needs access to a superior religion in answer to his problems.”]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Religion</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2009/12/organic-religion.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hrafnkell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Virginia, there is a world without soul-destroying monotheism, and it is grand. I’m talking about Pandora. It’s not a real world, but for three hours it can be yours, and you can revel in it and enjoy the seething disapproval of conservative Christians at the idea of a fulfilling religion without their god.]]></description>
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		<title>A New Odin?</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2009/12/a-new-odin.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been called the Odin from Lejre. <a href="http://www.roskildemuseum.dk/Default.aspx?ID=313">Roskilde Museum</a> revealed him on Friday November 13.]]></description>
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