STJ Reading List
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- I have been flooded with requests for a reading list video. So here it is.
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Some of the books:
Chaney, William, The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England: The Transition from Paganism to Christianity, (Manchester University Press: 1970).
North, Richard, Heathen gods in Old English literature, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997).
Wilson, David Raoul, Anglo-Saxon paganism, (London: Routledge ,1992).
Sturluson, Snorri, The Prose Edda, Jesse L. Byock, (trans), (Penguin Classics: 1970)
Orchard, Andy, (trans), The Elder Edda, (Penguin Classics: 2011).
Grattan, J. H. G (trans) Anglo-Saxon magic and medicine: illustrated specially from the semipagan text “Lacnunga”, (London: Oxford University Press, 1952).
Sturluson, Snorri, Heimskringla: volume 1 The Beginnings to Olafr Tryggvason, Alison Finlay, Anthony Faulkes (trans) (Viking society for Northern Research, UCL: 2011).
Tacitus, Cornelius, The Agricola; and, The Germania, H. Mattingly (trans) (London: Penguin, 1970).
Abram, Christopher, Myths of the Pagan North, (Continuum: London, 2011)
Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis, Gods and myths of Northern Europe, (Penguin books, Baltimore, Maryland: 1964).
David W. Anthony The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World.
Rene Guenon, Introduction to the study of Hindu doctrines.
Julius Evola, Revolt Against the Modern World.
Check out an updated STJ reading list here: www.goodreads.com/group/show/827240-survive-the-jive-reading-list
Thank you for your recommendation. I've just gotten several of the books you've mentioned and cant wait to dig in.
Survive The Jive * YOU ARE A TEACHER AND YOU GIVING THIS VIDEO A GO IS A MUST !!! WE OF GERMANIC. HERITAGE NEED TO GO BACK TO OUR ROOTS LIVE IN VILLAGES EAT FROM THE EARTH AND CARE FOR OUR KIN !!!! YOUR TEACHINGS MAKES YOUR KNOWLEDGE ( BOOKS - HOW/WHAT YOU GOT HERE) IS SOOO VERY IMPORTANT , THANK YOU - KELLEY FROM WEST VA
Whats the updated list for 2024?
Awesome, going to have to look into getting a lot of these to further my own knowledge 👍🏽
Out of interest, what did you study at university?
History With Hilbert medieval history
History With Hilbert + Survive the Jive = the two best channels on TH-cam.
Didn't know History With Hilbert yet. Always nice to find a new treasure trove of content.
Shout out to Feature History aswell as The Golden One and Thuleanperspective.
I wanted to study ancient and medieval history, but as an older student [I was 21] I managed to get myself talked out of it by the tutor who interviewed me at Cardiff uni.
Amazing! You make me very proud to be European.
Pride comes before the fall. Pride, the ugliest human trait.
@@Storytime2023x Well, your a barrel of laughs
@@richb3802 : Your ironic statement means that I am not a fun person because I talk about serious things. I am not a child, so I tend to think about deeper material, such as the evil involved in pride. This lesson comes from the Holy Bible and many, like you, will scoff at it and deride it and anyone who stands for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Scoff as you wish while you live, but when you die you will know everything and even your knee will bend in recognition of the lordship of Jesus Christ. Even the demons believe, and they tremble.
@@Storytime2023x That's nice
@@Storytime2023x You sound like a proud Christian.
do a video on your beard routine.
Disziple oh you're no fun!
I have only started watching you
You talk of things I have wondered over for a good few years now
as a Scotsman in his twenty’s I have always knew we Europeans are a very special race of peoples
Keep up your great work I hope you will reach the European youth with this wisdom
Thank you
if you have no luck with libraries, you can look it up on library genesis
Thanks for this, better get reading!
I will google you now! Ta!
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Quite. Or... VERY
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i like your ideology ......more people like u required in Europe.....keep going u r in right path.....
I'm similar in a way, but I'm in the United States.
Hey man I embrace my Proto-Indo-European roots, but I am also Native American as well (Blackfoot and Cherokee). I may not embrace my Native heritage that much, but I acknowledge it. :)
I also like to speculate what it would be like if the PIE peoples and the Native Americans met. I mean the PIE peoples were pillagers, but I think it would have been cool to see what the "White Men" culture used to be like before the plague that is Christianity.
Yeah, one of them was that a pregnant wife of a Viking scared off the Natives at one point?
@the antiquity goth, I believe they would get along very well. Finns got along with them very well, even made marriages with them. (I recall there was even a word for the people of mixed marriages between Natives and Finns.) There was one Swedish settlement in the new world. Near this area in the modern world, there was until recently a sign on a tavern near: "No Finns or Indians allowed", which had been there for ages. The Swedish settlement was largely inhabited by Finns, since they were considered by the crown pioneers, and they indeed were such. Finns farmed using burn-clearing and lived in forests, had all kinds of primitive habits and customs, they very primitive and barbarian indeed.
Homers Iliad and Beowulf are an absolute MUST
And the Bhagavad Gita!
@@josephraffanello3955 in Bhagavat Gita.....its mentioned of the 1 female being married to 5 male brothers.....
And also it is mentioned how these all good spiritied 5 brothers have lost this female in a game of something that is close to domino
The most proper brother has made his choice to bet his beleave on this most beloved female........
And the way this whole royal family decided to die......its very very very unique story......fascinating.......
When are you getting married and having children? You need to pass on your genes, Europe needs them!
Lari Kipe next year i am getting married
Congratulations!
@@karlosthejackel69 He got married in church, Ive been told. Very indo european ;-)
ImNotJoshPotter but..... they were covered in sheep’s blood? Weren’t they?
@kseykshoykshaksat - in hindu tradition the bride's sisters are the one who hides the grooms footwear not grooms sister
I must sincerely thank you for highlighting the time of the Bronze Age and especially the Yamnaya culture. The more I advance in my study of this field, and the more I realize that this time was really founding. Many cultural, social, artistic, linguistic, economic aspects of our history find their origin in this time and place. It is time for us Europeans to return what we owe them. In addition, it allows us all to unite around the same basic culture, whether we are Latin, German, Greek, Slavic (and even Armenian or Iranian) because we all once had (at least partly) the same language, the same gods, the same blood.
Very informative video. Dumezil is definitely great and I like Mallory too. Perennial philosophy is interesting indeed. Also I suggest everyone to read Bhagavad-gita. The best versions imo are Hridayananda dasa Goswami's "Comprehensive Guide to Bhagavad-gita with Literal Translation" and A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's "Bhagavad-gita As It Is".
The whole Mahabharata is a must-read especially for anyone who enjoys martial epic such as Iliad. It's so long that an abridgement is the best way to start, and I'd recommend the John D. Smith abridgement that moves between summary and actual translation of important parts.
Bhagavad Gita as it is 1972 reprint, dont buy revised shit
What about the Slavic and Baltic branch of Indo-European people?
Hi Goran. If you're interested I could do a video on some of the books I have read in the past regarding Slavic beliefs; keep in mind many of these books have been in Polish, however. Where are you from? I could try to compile some sources in your native language if I can find any.
Gille Slàbhach Regards, I am from Croatia I personally think that I have nothing against what the gentleman orients to Antich and the western part of Europe and the north, but to mention all the Indo-Europeans without mentioning the biggest branch in Europe, it is strange to me.
Agreed.
Well, if you're interested in reading about the beliefs and mythology of the native Slavic faith, I would suggest first getting familiar with the founding fathers of studying Slavic folklore & mythology, i.e. A.N. Afanasjev, V. V. Ivanov & V. N. Toporov; then I suggest having a look at the works of Boris Rybakov (Iazychestvo drevnykh slavian, "Ancient Slavic Paganism", 1981) and looking at the online archives of the fantastic academic publications, such as STUDIA MYTHOLOGICA SLAVICA (available through the Slovenian Academy of Sciences & Arts) and Folklorica (available through Kansas University).
Henryka Czajka wrote a great book, "The Heroic Folk Epic of the Southern Slavs", but I believe it has only been published in Polish.
Adrian Ivakhiv studies Slavic paganism, and he (among with other scholars whose works I've read such as Aleksander Gieysztor and Jakub Zielina) seem to more or less agree with the theory that the majority of Slavs followed a pantheon which fits into Georges Dumézil's trifunctional hypothesis. Even scholars agree that the deities of all the Indo-European tribes (whether Slavs, Balts, Anglo-Saxons, Norsemen, Greeks, etc.) were, to a certain degree inter-changeable and all served as role models which explained and looked after the tripartite division of society into castes (the priests/shamans, the warriors, the farmers). Now, guess which Middle-Eastern division founded around the year 0 A.D. mimicked this tripartite faith in order to appeal more to native Europeans? ;)
Anyway, I know this is kind of a chaotic list. I've only really started building my TH-cam channel and for about 5 more months I'll be uploading very rarely, but some of the videos I plan to make in the future will be about Slavic mythology and native faith (filling in the gap left by Survive the Jive? :P)
I have a few sources on my ancestors the Old Prussians if you're interested.
Monolith In which language are your sources?
Three brilliant and mandatory titles in my experience:
Vilhelm Grønbech - The Culture of The Teutons. 3 volumes, Copenhagen, 1931.
Jacob Grimm - Teutonic Mythology. 4 volumes, Dover, 1966.
Viktor Rydberg - Teutonic Mythology. 3 volumes, The Norrœna Society, 1906.
Another:
Saxo Grammaticus.
you really shouldn't mention virgil(2) without ovid(3) and horace(1)
im not as thoroughly well versed as id like to be however metamorphoses will truly explain the descent from the golden age of paganism and how to truly realize a new one
just think about why you change your clothes everyday when they're not soiled
and exactly how does this affect you
I see so many people buy a mjolnir pendant then claim theyre odinists or asatru, but maintain their idiotic leftist views on inclusiveness. Can you make a video on the racial component of ancient germanic and norse religions?
Your job is at risk if you publicly declare inclusiveness is destructive x
Yes for now we will have to be implicitly exclusive but no one can be racially exclusive in the west without risking legal action, or at the least social ostracism leading to joblessness. We are living under an anti-racist tyranny.
thats nonsense
modern racism and racial supremacy is just modern egeneracy
Any philosophy/mythology/religion that claims to describe the basis of the world but is exclusionist is nothing short of bullshit.
And then ThuleanPerspective weighed in... "NONE of these Zionist forgeries represent the TRUE nature of the divine Indo European race. In order to fully understand our advanced and truly superior spirituality, you'll have to read my wife's book "The Secret Of The She Bear". If you do not read this book you will truly live on in ignorance."
Can you make a video about the Tyrrhenian languages and/or about the Rhaetii and Etruscans?
that's a very ignorant thing to say
Armattica Losattadavilla Well, maybe if Etruscan isn't everyone's cup of tea, he can probably make a video about the Rhaetians or Lemnians, no? Albeit we do only have a little information on them.
Why didn't you include any Persian or Zoroastrian texts? The Shahnameh, for example, has a lot of parallels with the Tain. Also, the Gathas are good to read. BTW, check out Stephen E. Flowers who tries to fuse Zoroastrianism with Germanic myths.
Julius Evola deserves a video all on its own
Another good addition to this could be the Khordeh Āvesta a collection of Zoroastrian prayers and my copy has transliterations of the original Avestan into Latin script
Very Indo-European :)
Also I suggest you make some videos on the Goths(Visigoths and Ostrogoths) since they are very Indo-European Germanic Warriors.
creely123 read A Struggle for Rome (Ein Kampf um Rom) by Felix Dahn. Very Indo-European historic novel about Ostrogoths. :)
Thanks for the suggestion. Their history is very intriguing
Goths are not very Indo-European (except for language). According to genetic studies made on Wielbark culture in Poland, main Indo-European paternal lineages (R1 branches) were absent among East Germanic tribes, and they were mainly I (native European) and G (Neolithic farmer).
Martin, R1b is Indo-European, and its various branches were found in ancient DNA of all three principal Indo-European cultures (Corded Ware, Bell Beakers, Yamnaya).
Martin Schaedler it is, over 90% of yamnaya finds belonged to R1b, and they brought it into Western Europe.
from a straight guy to (apparently) a straight guy, man you are handsome
if you are straight, how come you didn't say "no homo"?
You gotta make a video about the Scythians, Sarmatians and Alans. I find the culture and history of what I like to call "The European Iranians" absolutely fascinating!
Many people don't realize how close Iranian culture was to Slavic and Germanic cultures in Europe, the mutual influence, and the part these European Iranians played in the histories of Greece, Rome and Eastern Europe.
The Scythians/Sarmatians are the stuff of legends. Amazonian women, Conan the Barbarian, serpent gods, mages, mounted archers and fierce warriors.
Even J.R.R Tolkien based some of his Middle-Earth mythology on that of the Iranian steppe nomads, and much of the fantasy fiction and fantasy video games take cues from Scythian and Sarmatian culture and mythology.
Going out now but so looking forward to this when i get home, is there any chance at all you could speak about Irish mythology and pre Christian religion laws etc. Keep up the good work
Seriously how can you dislike this video.
The books don't even mention that the Celts were blacks and that there were muslim vikings, so obviously this should be disliked. Or are you a fucking nazi or something?????
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If you are a true Christian, you won‘t like this video.
Thanks for making this (even reluctantly). This was an expensive video to watch 😂 But thanks again 👍🏻
Julius Evola's "Revolt Against The Modern World" is a fantastic book! (There is also "The Metaphysics of Sex" (obviously, on a different topic)).
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Essential list Tom, thank you! I hope you don't mind me adding Joseph Campbell to it. A proper analytical view of all the world religions and mythologies. The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Myths to Live by, The Masks of God, etc. All of his books and lectures are an absolute must read and watch! ...(for anyone interested that is).
everyone ought to check out at their Public Library "the mythology of all Races" in 13 volumes edited by Louis Herbert Gray especially volumes one Greek and Roman volume two eddic volume three Celtic Slavic Volume 4 finno-ugric,Siberian a must-read for all serious
#SurviveTheJive
I'll be checking this list out.
My list. (Vikings)
Vikings by Magnus Magnusson
The Vikings and their Origins by David Wilson
A History of the Vikings by Gwyn Jones
I've read Beowulf and recommend it to all.
On my reading list-
An introduction to Anglo-Saxon England by Peter Hunter Blair(1956)
Fun book- RhineGold by Stephen Grundy.
Jackson Crawford is a very good channel. Well worth subscribing.
Great timing for a reading list, in time for a long winter. Love this channel as it always brings me back to matters of a spiritual nature.
Excellent. Can't wait to read these. Might as well start with one of my favourite authors Tolkien on Beowulf.
Great list! Another valuable author who really helped me in atuning my mind to the qualities of traditional thought is Mircea Eliade, especially his book 'The Sacred and The Profane'. It's a great and very concise introduction into the fundamentals of symbolic and metaphysical thought.
Hammer of the Gods by Swain Wodening , is on Anglo Saxon paganism
Great list! I already own a few of the books but some of the others are quite hard to find, especially the first three. I currently have my hands on a copy of The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England through my public library. There is also a reference copy of Anglo-Saxon Paganism which I will look at but I would say those first three books are expensive to buy online and hard for someone in a small town to access via local library. I'm just lucky to live near a large library system.
The best book I ever read on the Indo-European Religious Values:
The Religious Attitudes of the Indo Europeans, Hans Gunther
www.theapricity.com/earlson/raie/index.htm
Book was written during 1930s in Germany so has some issues but it is very good otherwise in explaining the religious ideals of the peoples especially relating to the modern world.
mubarak352 interesting
ILIAD and ODYSSEY by Homer
GEORGICS and AENEID by Virgil
METAMORPHOSES by Ovid
REVOLT AGAINST THE MODERN WORLD by Julius Evola
Hail Europa!
You should write a book on Anglo-saxon beliefs and practices. I would buy that in a heart beat. I absolutely love your videos.
Heðin Galdr agreed!
Do you have any story and book recommendations for kids and young adults books? I would love to build my kids a library too..
Davidson's books are top notch, well researched, accurate and easy to read. I find them in used bookstore sometimes.
IRL collab with Varg when?
Next video: Are Italians Europeans?
Yes, Italians are Europeans. Sicilians have a 5% north African admixture (on average), but besides them there really isn't much non-euro blood coursing through the veins of Italians.
London is not England more, like Paris is not France and Amsterdam is not Netherlands
@Dogman exactly.
@@riverbe4132 They have more than 5% just look at some DNA tests made by Italians/Sicilians.
I love that you recommended mostly spiritual/theological works, as opposed to tired politics that try to take priority over God. Keep up the good work, as per usual!
Many of us are high IQ without knowing or caring about it.
We look to a truthful learned man for advice.
Truth is the light to our existence.
And to some dyslexics any chance of links to spoken words?
Many of us are very literate in the real world but find seeking written truth hard.
Best wishes.
For people interested in the Perennial Philosophy, but not brave enough to go straight into something like Evola or Guenon, I would recommend 'The Underlying Religion' Edited by Martin Lings. It contains various short essays on the subject.
Thank you. I have always been fascinated by our ancestors and our ancestral roots. Being a very proud Englishman knowing very well that there is mostly English blood line on both side of the family (family all from Essex, Sussex and East Anglia were I was born, Bury St Edmonds) but I know there is a Scottish great grandmother, Welsh great great grandfather and a great great Spanish grandmother. So I know my heritage has blood has blood from around Europe.
But I now live in Australia and think it time to reconnect with my ancestral past more than ever. I have two ravens that visit every day, I feel it is a sign from the gods.
Everything fine my friend, but there around 20' your critics on solar symbolism could be more insightful...
Well originally it was Uranus (Varuna, the IE Sky-Father) that was the center of their patriarchal cosmic spirituality /metaphysics. Sun was simply meant as the eye of the Sky. Combined with the symbolism of the Fire {Agni}, the symbolism gradually shifted so, that it became the Sun, who incorporated the essence of Uranus. The Sun does also convey the idea of the Origin, as a new manifestation of the One, the origin out of which the world emanates.
This is why Helios (=sun) is masculine in Greek, whilst in German "die Sonne" is feminine.
I assume that you have checked, that sun also in PIE language was grammatically feminine.
That cannot alter a nanometer of the metaphysical insights of the great Julius Evola anyway!
The moon does not have its own light, it is just reflecting the light, which it receives from the Sun; the feminine nature and the shallow intellect (reflection!) so alike.
In this interpretation, not only conveyed by the Greek and Roman tradition but also by other Indoeuropean families (look for example at the Mithraic tradition), we have an invaluable key to the understanding of the essence of the Aryan spiritual core.
I have just seen your video here, and I am answering spontaneously without reviewing literature etc in order to reinforce my point, in awareness of the fact that you are a pure idealist, so that I can feel quite certain, that you are getting my message.
Keep doing the good work!
the sky father was not a sun god and the sun was only an inferior and feminine component of the daylight sky in the original IE worldview - yes that changed for the urbanised IE cultures over time, while the more rural IE cultures preserved the idea of sun as female
@@Survivethejive I didn't mean, that the Sky-Father was a sun god, no.
What I said is, that in the new symbolism of those "urbanised", as you put it, IE cultures, the male Sun somehow took over the role of the Sky Father. In view of that, the symbolic use of the solar character by J. Evola is fully justifiable - and it is also a very effective, very comprehensive, insightful and accurate symbolism of the corresponding qualities.
By the way, I have always believed that, the main reason why christianity was so relatively easily accepted (sometimes...) was exactly its association with our own PIE Sky-Father as central god - but we were unfortunately deceived...
Helios did not take Zeus' roles nor did surya take those of Indra. Evola is useful and interesting but not always right
@@Survivethejive I wrote "role",certainly I didn't mean it so, a wrong expression. I mean that the solar qualities in this new context correspond to those of the Sky-Father, they are heroic, manly, war-like, quite as Zeus. They are not feminine, despite the feminin personification of the sun in other IE branches.
@@Survivethejive Although Helios has never been a central deity as such, Evola uses it also as a symbol, a principle - which also comes prior to the personified deities - and this is actually a crucial thing to understand in Evola.
Portuguese here, anyone know any good books about: lusitanian, celtiberians, or visigoth, suebis? These are part of the etnic background of Portuguese, im trying to restore my indoeuropean identity, my country as been heavily judaized since the 17century.
be kind to the weak, and a will against will. have a good day thomas.
I recommend Celtic Gods and Heroes by Marie-Louise Sjoestedt and Celtic Mythology by Proinsias Mac Cana. Celtic cultures are fascinating in their own right, but because of their conservatism and isolation they give us possible insights into proto-Indo-European culture, especially when we see similarities to Hindu culture.
Thanks for the video. Just trying to get my feet wet, and this is a good start. Just saw that Wilson's book is currently going for $900 on Amazon. As if finding resources on Anglo-Saxon paganism wasn't hard enough!
"Evola believed in them (the proto-indo-europeans), but he believed some funny things about them...."
YOU DON'T SAY? :)
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You just sold out a few libraries with this video!
10/10 Homer. I've enjoyed the Caroline Alexander translation. St. John's College in the US has students start with reading The Iliad in its Great Books curriculum. Islam must die: Islam is the modern-day Carthage to the Rome of Western Civilization and everywhere else.
Do you have a particular selection of writings that give liturgical pagan rites and tradtions we can use today?
I'm proud to be of Indo-European descent
@@robertmitchell8630 the culture dose.
The Indo-European-ness is over 9,000!
Do a video on Indo European Shamanism.
I know since uploading this it is a short time in the grand scheme of things but in the interest of your perspective, do you think this video is still relevant and correct?
Hello! can i ask you a question? you said that Evola was wrong in thinking that a solar cult took over a previous lunar one, and that indoeuropeans had a culture with both solar and lunar cults(?). How do you know this? where can I find some info about it?
I have just gone back through your videos and I'm impressed at how your beard has developed through the years.
Have you read "The Lightning and the Sun" by Savitri Devi, Tom?
Every STJ video inspires me to plow ahead in learning another Indo-European language.
Evola's solar-lunar dichtotomy is one of the things I agree with him on, from a symbolical standpoint. It makes sense to me that the sun represents masculinity, given it's superior position in relation to the moon and the earth, and the role it has in relation to them.
There was a “time before the Moon“. Our ancient fore⸗bears also had another “sun“, Saturn.
It‘s a reference the Greeks, such as Aristotle, were using in regards to ante⸗diluvian peoples. Plutarch for instance speaks of the pre⸗Greek Pelasgians of Arcadia as “pre⸗Lunar“ Folk.
I think it depends on what a culture considers characteristically masculine or characteristically feminine. A culture that considers contemplation to be the characteristic masculine quality might see the moon as being male, and this would probably be reflected in a priestly culture (the moon and the night time are symbolically associated with contemplation). A culture that held up action as the characteristic male quality would consider the sun more masculine, and this would be reflected in a aristocratic and war-like culture. Just speculating.
Did they or anybody else actually mention Saturn in those writings? This could have interesting implications
Could be that Northern people see the night as more powerful because of the cold, so they see the moon as masculine. While Romans, Egyptians etc see the day as more powerful because of their climate
Ask a scholar for a list, and you get a lecture, too.
Thank you, for sharing your knowledge.
Would love to see you in an interview with E.Micheal Jones.
H A I L
and thanks 🦁
Have you released any audio books or could you recommended some?
Any books on Slavic Paganism?
South There is basically no difference.
europe, a history. Norman Davis :)
Bibliographytime
The Ancient City by Fustel de Coulanges
Literally nothing about the Celts in there.
Thank you StJ! Great recommendations, hail Woden Krishna and Mithra
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Where can I read/hear more about this feminine solar versus masculine lunar dynamic?
daledheyalef evola's theory is outlined in revolt against the modern world and is based on Roman dynamic which he incorrectly projects onto all indo European religion.
Yes, I actually recall something from that book about the Sumerians (maybe Babylonians?) having a masculine lunar deity and a feminine solar one, but I wonder what accounts for the different characterizations of these celestial bodies across different traditions. Whether, for example, there is a symbolic significance and what it might be.
Wonderful list!
However I was wondering if you knew any great Baltic or specifically Estonian pagan literature? I've been introduced to plenty of Estonian myths and stories by word of mouth, however searching for the recordings of such stories has only led me to christian texts.
I want that shirt
Evola too had a thing with "misleading" titles as with Guenon, take a look at Revolt Against a Modern World. Striking title really, but "Methaphysics of History" would fit much better.
In regards to Anglo Saxon Heathenism anything written by Steve Pollington is good. Particularly 'The Elder Gods' and 'Leechcraft'. These and many others can be got from Anglo Saxon Books.
Late to the game here, but if anyone’s lingering and has some insight: thoughts on why Émile Benveniste’s Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society was excluded? He comes at the subject from a linguist’s perspective, but as far as I can tell, it was a pretty groundbreaking text that’s hugely influenced not only de Benoist but also more mainstream philosophers like Agamben.
Evola's RATMW is not the best place to start. I'd say that Pagan imperialism or Mystery of the Grail is the BEST start or maybe Hermetic Tradition. Evola's main 3 is something you should read AFTER getting a good introduction on the esoteric, occultism and spirituality.
I would also recommend 'the White Goddess' by Robert Graves and 'The Glory of Hera' by Philip E. Slater for an understanding of paganism and literature from Antiquity through Dark Age Europe.
Trust the experts. Don't take source material literal. Better don't read source material yourself, read something about the source material. Stay in the cave and look at the funny shadows.
I recommend 'The elder gods. The otherworld of early England' by Stephen Pollington (www.asbooks.co.uk/t-elder-gods-of-england.htm). I had to wait a year to get it (since I live in the end of the world, it takes me 14 hours to travel to England), but it's worth it.
There has been a welcome change in the past twenty years or so, and a lot of progress has been made in challenging Eurocentric paradigms in various fields in the social sciences. Much of the progress has been made in bits and pieces, and there are no cogent multi-cultural frameworks and perspectives yet in most fields. This progress has largely been achieved due to the fact that people from different countries from around the world have taken up positions in eminent and prestigious American and European universities, and have raised objections and concerns on important issues. Thus, we can see a multicultural perspective emerging on different issues (big change even from the year 2000, when many obsolete paradigms of consequence to different cultures remained unchallenged) However, solving a complex puzzle such as that of Indo-European origins is a different ballgame altogether, and requires not only an inter-disciplinary approach, but also a multi-cultural one. What experiential knowledge would an Indian national have of Iceland, Albania, or Kazakhastan? This is easier said than done and requires persistence and dedication. Such endeavours may take decades and will call for proficiency in many different languages, knowledge of different cultures and a thorough grasp on different regional histories as well. I still see this as a distant pipedream, as few researchers have even thought on these lines, as yet. However, raising awareness may expedite things a bit. It is now time to kick start that process!
"most important piece of litterature for european paganism.." me: Edda, Beowulf, the song of the nibelungen... "Homer" me: Doh!
Would you be so kind to also share your opinion on James Frazer, Mirca Eliade, and Joseph Campbell? Have you talked about them on Patreon?
Everytime I tell mi mates to look up there surnames and it comes up with like an Anglo Saxon name or a Viking one there never bothered ! They just go "oh that's cool" and carry on with there life like there not realising that there descendants of warriors like Vikings n Anglo Saxons and celts and normans and romans they'll just not be interested.......... why.
If you can't get ahold of the books, get the movie Warriors and the movie O Brother Where Art Thou. Good companion to Illiad and Odyssey
Great list my friend, I'll definitely have to check out those essays. I was wondering if anyone here has read Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity by James J. O'Donnell and has any thoughts on it. I finished it recently and would love to hear other's opinions on the book
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Jackson's Crawford Poetic Edda is a very good translation (Contemporary English) IMO
Infinite Radio American dialect I presume. Not all contemporary English speakers are American
American Dialect but I think a great introductory translation
For the best Edda-translation in Dutch, it's the one from dr. Jan De Vries. Other Dutch translations are often weird in their use of words or lack the original rhyme.
You can find a pdf of it online: sites.google.com/site/canddifftecca/edda-rauil
The odyssey and the Iliad are ridiculously hard to understand. Tried to read an understanding of book for them and that was even more complex. War and peace and these two are out of my league. And I got an A at gcse english! Our education system failed us.