![]() Thumos – the white horse of will and spirit.In essence, Plato presents the soul (or psyche) as being divided in three: The author introduces Plato’s theory of the soul, which we encountered in our review of The Practical Art of Divine Magic by Patrick Dunn (as well as in my video: Lose Fat With Plato – Mental Technique to Resist Cravings). They lift our eyes upwards to reveal the fantastic and mysterious motions of the web of forces above us and give us the opportunity to live our lives attuned to that divine clockwork instead of being mindlessly tossed about by it.’ – Hymns for the Gods Plato’s Tripartite Soul ‘We affirm that the mystic and perennial truths elucidated by the Orphic, Platonist, Asatru, and Vedic traditions are in fact uniquely and providentially suited to addressing the problems of modernity and post-modernity because they teach us the proper relationship of our selves to our experience, our selves to others, our selves to our spaces, and our selves to their source and cause. Many of the hymns are quite beautiful, I might add! ![]() Thereafter, a number of Gods are introduced and hymns that can be recited (sung) to them are presented. It also contains an insightful introduction in which God, polytheism, metaphysics, and relevant topics are discussed. As the title suggests, the book contains hymns to the Graeco-Roman and Germanic Gods. I have had the pleasure of reading Hymns for the Gods – From Olympus to Asgard, published by Heliotroph Books. ![]()
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