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From hlautbolli to Chocolate Bowl

Since my family is very fond of chocolate, our hlautbolli, or blood bowl has become a chocolate bowl, a repository of chocolate Easter eggs

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Odin’s Ravens!

Odin’s choice was as wise as you would expect: It turns out that ravens are indeed very intelligent birds, far above the average for animals – up there with dolphins and great apes according to Markus...

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Does it Matter What Our Ancestors Would Do?

Christians are prisoners of revealed religion, of a book. God, in the Bible, left commands. Odin, in the Hávamál, left advice

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Sacred Biomes

As I traveled across country I experienced not only physical, but sacred biomes

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Did the Vikings use crystal ‘sunstones’ to discover America?

Stephen Harding, University of Nottingham Ancient records tell us that the intrepid Viking seafarers who discovered Iceland, Greenland and eventually North America navigated using landmarks, birds and...

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What is Your Alignment?

Do you ever think about where your morality lies on a scale that can be seen in relation to everyone else? The old RPG Dungeons & Dragons offers an enjoyable exercise

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Rituals – From the Old Heathens to Today

Recreating ancient rituals is a matter of trial and error, seeking inspiration in the sparse record of the past as we try to hearken to the spirit of our ancestors

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Jesus’ Impact? The Romans Didn’t Even Notice Jesus

Justus of Tiberias, did not mention Jesus at all. And we're not talking Alexandria here; Galilee was Justus' home, and he served Herod Agrippa, the man responsible, we are told, for the death of James...

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AI Is Coming and It Could End Humanity, Professor Warns

“You would no longer have some cool technology toy [in AI],” Bostrom said. “You would have the last invention that humans will need to make.”

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The very strange history of the Easter Bunny

Katie Edwards, University of Sheffield While you’re biting the heads off your chocolate bunnies this weekend, you might wonder how cartoon rabbits became so central to our Easter celebrations. It’s...

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