I highly recommend Collin Cleary's Summoning the Gods for all of us who follow Asatru. The first part includes updated versions of articles Cleary wrote in issues one and two of the journal Tyr. They deal with the nature of the Gods and their presence in a cynical world, and show how we can learn to perceive the divine in nature. This approach is a much-needed counter to the atheism now popular among many of our younger generation. Cleary tells us to let the Gods speak for themselves, rather than projecting our expectations on them, and I have incorporated some of his suggestions in my spiritual exercises. Several of my blog posts over the last month or two have been on this subject. Cleary's writing has greatly influenced my thinking on these matters.
Other chapters focus on the nature of Odin, the mechanics of personal transformation, philosophical speculations on the runes, and more. All these topics are discussed with the kind of philosophical sophistication that Asatru needs if it is to gain respect in academia.
Summoning the Gods can be ordered from Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/3fjdxtk.
Steve McNallen
Asatru Folk Assembly
http://runestone.org
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