DOORS: The Hero, The Otherworld, The Ending

Matthew Weber · 17 Jan 2003, 19:02 · from urth-v0301.mbox · original

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From: Matthew Weber <mweber at library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: RE: (urth) DOORS: The Hero, The Otherworld, The Ending
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:02:57 -0800
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At 11:52 AM 1/17/03 -0700, Dan'l wrote:

>Your use of the word Catholic seems to stem from the
>proposition that "Catholicism came from the imposition of
>a male-centered Semitic religion on top of a dyarchical
>male/female European pantheon."

Dan'l, I think I'm getting your posts before Andy's, so excuse me for=20
reacting to him through you.

Anyway, what exactly is this "dyarchical male/female European=20
pantheon"?  Are we talking about the Horned God & Lady thing?  I thought it=20
had been pretty well established that the so-called Old Religion was mostly=20
invented by Gerald Gardner.  There were multitudes of local practices and=20
beliefs across the whole of Europe, and lots of them were similar, but=20
Wotan is not Zeus is not Lud.

Oh, and to answer your question, Asatru is a contemporary revival of Old=20
Norse pre-Christian religion.

Matthew Weber
Curatorial Assistant
Music Library
University of California, Berkeley

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.
         The Holy Bible (The Old Testament):  _The Book of Job_, chapter=20
13, verse 15

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