My latest article at The Wild Hunt is up. It’s about Loki, Dionysos, Nietzsche, Wagner, and Fate.
May 22, 2017
TWH: Loki and Dionysos
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Guan Sheng Di said:
"Man lives in the world. If he values loyalty, filial piety, honesty, and righteousness above all else, he will not fail in life.
However, if he doesn’t value loyalty, filial piety, honesty, and righteousness, although his body is alive, his heart is already dead. This is called stealing life.
Man’s heart knows the gods and the gods know man’s heart."
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May 22nd, 2017 at 5:46 am
I read this and it was a great read! one think I really took notice of however was how you mentioned that Nietzsche was very much against anti-semitism. (as he should be haha) but it’s just kinda ironic to me how many white supremacist pagans cite him. weird.
May 22nd, 2017 at 12:05 pm
Thanks! Nietzsche’s personal opposition to anti-Semitism is very important to me. His writings are complex, and I think he’d agree that there isn’t one “true” way to read them and that different interpretations may very well be in irreconcilable conflict with one another. In that spirit, I don’t think we should cede Nietzsche’s philosophy to the fascists, especially since it’s clear that he himself was violently opposed to anti-Semitism.
May 22nd, 2017 at 6:46 am
This was an interesting read, as you never fail to produce…but even more interesting considering today is Wagner’s birthday, as well as my own! So, thank you for that! 😉
May 22nd, 2017 at 11:53 am
Happy birthday!
May 24th, 2017 at 4:09 am
I really enjoyed it. A ward against nihilism indeed!
May 24th, 2017 at 3:15 pm
Thank you! You’ve been a big influence on me in understanding the significance of Bataille and Nietzsche.
May 26th, 2017 at 5:54 am
Thanks for sharing this. Nietzsche’s ‘The Birth of Tragedy’ led me to paganism and his artist’s metaphysics has been been deeply influential on how I view the world and the gods and art even though I feel more connection with the British than the Greek and Germanic myths.
I like what you say about Loki’s burning cunning and Dionysos’ ectastic tragedy transcending boundaries in the service of fate and having a dissolving function that cannot be bound. It’s my belief that many of the other gods have similar qualities that cannot be contained.
Yes, there is a value in seeing this dissolution and coming to be of a new world is taking place now and that it can be joyous as well as heart-rending.
June 2nd, 2017 at 12:43 am
Thanks, I definitely agree that there are other Gods with very similar qualities. And They seem to be very active in making Themselves known to humans right now.