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'''Pagan Resurrection''', subtitled ''A Force for Evil or the Future of Western Spirituality?'', is a 2006 book written by anthropologist and broadcaster [[Richard Rudgley]] regarding the increasing interest in [[Odinism]] across [[Europe]]. |
'''Pagan Resurrection''', subtitled ''A Force for Evil or the Future of Western Spirituality?'', is a 2006 book written by anthropologist and broadcaster [[Richard Rudgley]] regarding the increasing interest in [[Odinism]] across [[Europe]]. |
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"Pagan Resurrection" puts forward the controversial idea that it is the pagan god [[Odin]] and not [[Christ]] who is the single most important spiritual influence in [[western civilisation]] and that far from being just a [[New Age]] fad, [[neopaganism]] is fast becoming a major spiritual, intellectual, ecological and political force across the globe. |
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Rudgely is an Oxford trained anthropologist and critically acclaimed author of "Lost Civilisations of the Stone Age", who has since presented three series on [[Channel 4]]. |
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He explains the allegedly ancient idea of the "[[Web (occult)|Web]]" - a cosmic field of energies that encompasses time, space and the hidden potentials of the human organism, and shows that this is a pagan equivalent to the eastern tradition of [[Tao]]. Rudgely claims that our civilisation, our belief systems and attitudes and indeed our psyche have been formed by Odin. The influence of [[Christianity]], he says, has been relatively recent and shallow. |
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Rudgley throughout the book concentrates on the dark and violent side of Odin, according to the Independent's review "committing the ultimate sin of any anthropologist or historian, back-projecting from highly selective examples of unpleasantness today and photo-fitting them to a distorted image from the mythological past", concluding that Rudgely's book is |
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"a catalogue of racist individuals and organisations whose only connection with Odin, through very dubious links, is by assertion rather than argument." |
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"Pagan Resurrection" puts forward a fascinating and controversial idea - namely that it is the pagan god Odin and not Christ who is the single most important spiritual influence in western civilisation. Far from being just a New Age fad, paganism is fast becoming a major spiritual, intellectual, ecological and political force across the globe. Rudgely is an Oxford trained anthropologist and critically acclaimed author of "Lost Civilisations of the Stone Age", who has since presented three series on Channel 4. He takes the reader through the strange world of modern pagan cuts, the pagan beliefs that underpin important parts of modern culture, such as "Lord of the Rings" and the highly pagan counter culture that sprang up in the sixties and now offers an attractive alternative spiritual vision to millions alienated from Christianity. He explains the ancient idea of the Web - a cosmic field of energies that encompasses time, space and the hidden potentials of the human organism, and shows that this is a pagan equivalent to the eastern tradition of Tao. Our civilisation, our belief systems and attitudes indeed our psyche have been formed by Odin.The influence of Christ, he says, has been relatively recent and shallow. Paganism, like Christianity, can be a force for good or evil. At this turning point in history we need to choose between the dark and destructive paganism that gave rise to Nazism and modern right-wing movements in American and, on he other hand, the green paganism of ecology and alternative spirituality. Every decade or so a new generation is inspired by a controversial classic of alternative history/spirituality - The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Fingerprints of the Gods... The time now is just right for Pagan Resurrection! |
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==Book details== |
==Book details== |
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*[http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article1784644.ece Reviewed by David V Barrett in the Independent Newspaper in the UK]. |
*[http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article1784644.ece Reviewed by David V Barrett in the Independent Newspaper in the UK]. |
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*[http://www.druidnetwork.org/reviews/index.html Reviewed by the Druid Network] |
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Revision as of 12:13, 30 November 2006
Pagan Resurrection, subtitled A Force for Evil or the Future of Western Spirituality?, is a 2006 book written by anthropologist and broadcaster Richard Rudgley regarding the increasing interest in Odinism across Europe.
Synopsis
"Pagan Resurrection" puts forward the controversial idea that it is the pagan god Odin and not Christ who is the single most important spiritual influence in western civilisation and that far from being just a New Age fad, neopaganism is fast becoming a major spiritual, intellectual, ecological and political force across the globe.
Rudgely is an Oxford trained anthropologist and critically acclaimed author of "Lost Civilisations of the Stone Age", who has since presented three series on Channel 4. He explains the allegedly ancient idea of the "Web" - a cosmic field of energies that encompasses time, space and the hidden potentials of the human organism, and shows that this is a pagan equivalent to the eastern tradition of Tao. Rudgely claims that our civilisation, our belief systems and attitudes and indeed our psyche have been formed by Odin. The influence of Christianity, he says, has been relatively recent and shallow.
Rudgley throughout the book concentrates on the dark and violent side of Odin, according to the Independent's review "committing the ultimate sin of any anthropologist or historian, back-projecting from highly selective examples of unpleasantness today and photo-fitting them to a distorted image from the mythological past", concluding that Rudgely's book is "a catalogue of racist individuals and organisations whose only connection with Odin, through very dubious links, is by assertion rather than argument."
Book details
First publised in 2006 by Arrow Books Ltd (UK) in Hardback, with 288 pages. ISBN 0712680969