The Heretical Heathen: Polytheist Parable: Hacker

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Polytheist Parable: Hacker

Another polytheist parable, this one foreshadowing a new essay post to be published eventually...

Hacker

I waited at a distance until the bowl had been replaced and only approached when the tremors had died down.

"Why'd you do it?" I asked him.
He turned his head toward the sound of my voice, but it was a few moments before he seemed to focus on me.
"Why?" he croaked, and a memory came alive in his bloodshot eyes and his scarred lips trembled. "Nobody's perfect."
I fled the broken sound of his laughter.

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The Heretical Heathen

Hail and welcome. Being a polytheist means more than just honoring multiple gods. It means having a distinct world-view, one which has several significant differences from both monotheism and secularism. Though regarded by both monotheists and secularists as being somehow primitive and something that modern people have grown out of, it is my contention that polytheism is not only still viable, but is in many senses the most natural way for mankind to relate to the world. Yet, to one raised in the modern world, polytheism can often seem quite unnatural, and this way of seeing and being needs to be cultivated in order to be reclaimed.

This blog is the story of my own intellectual and spiritual journey on the path to connect to my Northern European polytheistic heritage. This is why I am "heathen". Along the way I will be presenting information on polytheism from anthropological, psychological and historic perspectives, as well as my own personal thoughts and experiences. I will also be questioning and debunking some ideas that have taken root in the practice of neopaganism and heathenry, as well as those held in secular and monotheist world-views. In this sense, I am "heretical."

I am hoping an important part of this blog will be the discussions it inspires. I am eager to hear people's reactions to my ideas and am ready to be challenged by constructive criticism. As the Havamal, an ancient Norse wisdom poem, reminds us:

One brand takes fire from another, until it is consumed,
a spark is kindled by a spark;

one man becomes clever by talking with another,

but foolish by taciturnity.

--Havamal 57 (Larrington trans.)

So enjoy, think, respond, challenge and argue--enrich your thought-hoard, and then return the gift.

Wes thu hal
(Be you whole)

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Polytheist Parable: Hacker

Hacker

I waited at a distance until the bowl had been replaced and only approached when the tremors had died down.

"Why'd you do it?" I asked him.
He turned his head toward the sound of my voice, but it was a few moments before he seemed to focus on me.
"Why?" he croaked, and a memory came alive in his bloodshot eyes and his scarred lips trembled. "Nobody's perfect."
I fled the broken sound of his laughter.

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Polytheist Parable: Hacker

Hacker

I waited at a distance until the bowl had been replaced and only approached when the tremors had died down.

"Why'd you do it?" I asked him.He turned his head toward the sound of my voice, but it was a few moments before he seemed to focus on me."Why?" he croaked, and a memory came alive in his bloodshot eyes and his scarred lips trembled. "Nobody's perfect."I fled the broken sound of his laughter.

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"Why'd you do it?" I asked him.
He turned his head toward the sound of my voice, but it was a few moments before he seemed to focus on me.
"Why?" he croaked, and a memory came alive in his bloodshot eyes and his scarred lips trembled. "Nobody's perfect."
I fled the broken sound of his laughter.