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Superman and Philosophy: What Would the Man of Steel Do? (edited by Mark D. White) explores the ethical, metaphysical, and political philosophy surrounding Superman. Key topics include Superman as a Nietzschean Übermensch, the morality of his secrecy and violence, his role as a "god" among men, and comparisons to heroes like Batman.

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"For stark, living fear. . . What other writer is even in the running with Robert E. Howard?"

H. P. LOVECRAFT

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The Longship A Beginner's Guide to Heathenry Beginner books

A Million and One Gods — Page duBois A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry into Polytheism — John Michael Greer Demons and Spirits of the Land: Ancestral Lore and Practices — Claude Lecouteux The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies — Marcel Mauss “Pantheon? What Pantheon?” — Terry Gunnell (PDF) Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind — Claude Lecouteux The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and Practices — Claude Lecouteux The Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture — Paul C. Bauschatz The first essay is especially essential

Intermediate books

The Elder Gods: The Otherworld of Early England — Stephen Pollington Gods and Myths of Northern Europe — H. R. Ellis Davidson “Interpretatio Indigena: Re-Inventing Local Cults in a Global World” — Ralph Häussler (PDF) Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature — H. R. Ellis Davidson “Roman Animal Sacrifice and the System of Being” — John Scheid (PDF) The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion — Mircea Eliade Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World: Eostre, Hreda, and the Cult of the Matrons — Phillip A. Shaw Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo — Mary Douglas

Advanced books

A Piece of Horse Liver: Myth, Ritual, and Folklore in Old Icelandic Studies — Jon Hnefill Andalsteinsson Beowulf — authors unknown Recommended translations: Dick Ringler, Seamus Heaney, Michael Alexander The Germanization of Medieval Christianity — James C. Russel The Poetic Edda — authors unknown Recommended translations: Jackson Crawford and Jeramy Dodd for ease of comprehension, Carolyn Larrington for thoroughness, Lee M. Hollander for the preservation of the poetry, and Henry Adams Bellows for accuracy of translation The Prose Edda — Snorri Sturluson Recommended translations: Anthony Faulkes for completeness and Jesse Byock as an incomplete, but easy-to-read, introduction

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🏎 Ferrari F40 Public Unveiling Milan 🇮🇹 1987 #ferrari #cars AETATESOLIS

Carly Simon - Touched By The Sun (Official Video) #carlysimon #music AETATESOLIS

The Hall of Stars in the Palace of The Queen of the Night Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) Both artworks are entitled the same. They were both designs for The Magic Flute, an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).

The first image is specifically a design for Der Hölle Rache, an aria sung by the Queen of the Night in the second act of Mozart's opera. The second image is a design for the sixth scene of the first Act. The Magic Flute is one of the most famous and recognizable opera arias (chances are that you recognize the music when you look it up). In the scene, the vengeful Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro.

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Spirit of the Night (1879) John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) 🧚🏻 The painting was originally accompanied by the following quote from Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem entitled Night:

Wrap thy form in mantle grey Star in wrought! Blind with thine hair the eyes of Day; Kiss her until she be wearied out. Then wonder o'er city and sea and land, Touching all with thine opiate wand - Come, long sought!

It shows a fairy, dressed in a transparent veil, flying above a seaside village. In Grimshaw's typical style, the scene is lit up by the moonlight, making the fairy and her veil shimmer. AETATESOLIS

💀 Terminator: The Burning Earth It's a five-issue miniseries published by NOW Comics in 1990, written by Ron Fortier and fully painted by Alex Ross in his first professional published work. Set in the future of the Terminator universe, it follows an adult John Connor leading the human resistance in a desperate attempt to destroy Skynet and prevent total annihilation.

The comic is especially remembered for Ross's artwork, which already foreshadows his epic, hyper-realistic style, even at an early stage of his career. While the script received mixed reactions. The Burning Earth became a cult work due to its visual impact and historical importance.

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If you were born in the 80's or 90's... AETATESOLIS

🧬 James Watson ...On the difference between Whites and Blacks in IQ tests. #dna #genetic AETATESOLIS

James Cameron’s The #Terminator was released 41 years ago today. AETATESOLIS

Best-Selling Music Artists aka How Music Went Downhill 1969 - 2025 Not that it proves my point exactly, but can be an indicator in general. Especially post-2000. #music AETATESOLIS