MARK MIRABELLO - Odin Brotherhood
MARK MIRABELLO - Odin Brotherhood
MARK MIRABELLO - Odin Brotherhood
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82 Mark Mirabello<br />
AUTHOR: Your reference to Christ reminds me of the legend—<br />
told during medieval times—that Jesus and the goat-god Pan<br />
perished on the same day.<br />
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: <strong>Odin</strong>ists know and believe<br />
that tradition.<br />
AUTHOR: And if gods die, that means all other creatures<br />
ultimately die as well?<br />
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: Yes. All beings—gods and<br />
titans, elves and dwarfs, men and animals—all face certain<br />
death and decomposition.<br />
AUTHOR: And how did Balder himself die?<br />
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: Invulnerable to fire and water<br />
and steel, Balder was killed by a mistletoe projectile that<br />
pierced his heart.<br />
AUTHOR: Who hurled the projectile?<br />
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: The blind god named Hod.<br />
The action was an accident, but Hod nevertheless paid for the<br />
mistake with his own life.<br />
AUTHOR: The two deaths sound tragic.<br />
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: In a sense. Remember,<br />
however, that death is also a benefactress.<br />
AUTHOR: In what way?<br />
THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: It is necessary. Without<br />
death, life would eventually become a spiral of infinite boredom.<br />
AUTHOR: So death gives value to life?
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