Sorry, I meant madman, not just crazy
I also started with some of this thanks to my interest in history... and then some medieval looking games that had some magic, oh well.
Norse mythology is so interesting, you will want to read as many al you can. There is a book about rune magic that I bought some time ago, and it\'s still one of my favorites, i think the english title to be like \"Futhark: A Rune Magic Manual\" by Edred Thorsson. I recommend it. Also, after yo have read learned a little about norse myth, you may want to search about the relation between their religion and the other kinds of chamanism in the world.
Just be careful about what wicca think you get into, not everything is good or real or anything, many people just want the money of your pocket. As with anything...
I think the hindu christ like god you say may be Krshna? By the way, hindu religion, myths and history is very interesting. Reading Mahabarata, Ramayana, Vedas... it\'s so beautiful.
About Christianity... if one just watches it, you see that Christ does not need people to believe, respect or whatever those old stories, places, people... Most of the old stories come from the Jew tradition, and Jesus used them because, well, he lived amongst the Jews. He used Jew stories to illustrate many of his points, and used them as a vehicle for his teachings. Maybe if he was born in China, he would have used their stories with the same purpose. The Bible was written by the Greeks if I\'m not wrong, just a compilation of books with stories that contained moral lessons, and that served to explain, or reinforce what Jesus told. But, I just think that a religion is there to make people reach what they want, to be really happy, to have a good life, and afterlife, if that really exist; it\'s there too to make people leave the mundane ways of life they are leading, and to make them see and learn what is beyond. So, most of the time it does not really matters if this one existed or not, if that city was destroyed, or that person killed, what really matters is the teaching, and if that teaching is valuable or not, nothing more.
I think too that reading a lot and not doing a thing isn\'t really productive, there\'s a point where lecture doesn\'t give you anything more than you already know, so you have to investigate by yourself...
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