MARK MIRABELLO - Odin Brotherhood

The Odin Brotherhood 29
that characterizes any dictatorship, but our cosmos clearly
shows no evidence of one will at work. Our universe is
characterized by diversity and disorder, and that indicates the
universe is molded by many wills and innumerable forces.
AUTHOR: And what is the third foundation for polytheism?
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: We appeal to an emotion in
our souls: we feel the gods are many.
AUTHOR: Appealing to an emotion is rather irrational.
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: True. But Odinists know the
irrational can be a source of illumination.
AUTHOR: If we assume that polytheism is correct, how many
gods are there?
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: Nature—the windowless
realm of all existence—is inconceivably complex, and it is filled
with nations of gods and tribes of enchanted entities. No mind
knows them all.
AUTHOR: So nature literally swarms with gods and godlike
beings?
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: That is correct. Shintoism of
Japan refers to eight million gods, but even that number is far to
low.
AUTHOR: Are all gods omnipotent?
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: Omnipotence is humbuggery.
In this universe of hazard and adventure, the gods implement
their wills through struggle—not fiats.