The Odin Brotherhood - Softcover

Mirabello PH.D., Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906958637 ISBN 13: 9781906958633

Publisher: Mandrake of Oxford, 2014

Synopsis

First published in 1992, The Odin Brotherhood  is now available in a new and expanded sixth edition with an additional fifty pages.  This edition details the legends, practices, and rituals of the mysterious secret society that is dedicated to the old gods and goddesses of Asgard, and it contains new material on the nature of secret societies, and the lore of Odin and the afterlife. ContentsIntroduction
Introduction to the Mandrake Edition
The Dialogue
Odinism and the Mysteries of the Past
The Odin Brotherhood Today and the Heroic Ideal
On Polytheism and the Nature of the Gods
The Eddaic Verses and the Three Ages of Man
Why Venerate the Odinist Gods?
The Contacts between Men and Gods
The God Odin and His Mysteries
The Goddess Frigg and the Rite of Marriage
The God Thor, the Nemesis of Titans
The Goddess Sif, the Mischief of Loki, and the Skill of the Rock Dwarfs
The God Heimdall and "The-Sojourn-of-the-Brave"
The God Bragi, the Holy Words, and the Seasonal Rites
The Fair Goddess Idun and Her Enchanted Fruit
Brave Tyr, the Warrior God
The God Njord, Magic, and the Vanir Gods
The God Frey and the Elves
The Goddess Freyja, the Lovely Patroness of Birth
The God Balder and the Adventure of Death
The Goddess Nanna and the Odinist Death Rite
The Legend of "The-Mountain-of-Promise"
Destiny, Ragnarok, and the Mysteries of the Future
Epilogue -
Eddaic Sources
Works on Modern Odinism
Reviews of Earlier Editions of
The Odin Brotherhood
Three New Chapters:
Supplement
Odin Lives Interview
Secret Societies: A Brief Essay
War, Odin, and Valhalla
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About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Mark L.Mirabello, author and a Professor of History at Shawnee State University in the USA, has served as a Visiting Professor of History atNizhny Novgorod University in Russia.

Mirabello has a Ph.D.from the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and an M.A. from theUniversity of Virginia (U.S.A.)

 
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About this edition

• Publisher: Mandrake of Oxford
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1906958637
• ISBN 13: 9781906958633
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 180