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Is Valhalla Heaven or Hell? 10 Facts That Might Surprise You

By Scandinavia Facts

Valhalla is closer to the concept of heaven than it is to hell, but it is not an exact parallel. Located in Asgard, Valhalla is where Odin, the god of thunder, reigns. Valkyries, Odin’s maiden warriors, select which elite Viking warriors may enter. The description of Valhalla is what the Vikings would have considered a paradise.

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The Myth of Analysis: Three Essays in Archetypal Psychology

In this work, acclaimed Jungian James Hillman examines the concepts of myth, insights, eros, body, and the mytheme of female inferiority, as well as the need for the freedom to imagine and to feel psychic reality.

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James Hillman
1998
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Is There an Afterlife? - Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, David Wolpe, Bradley Artson Shavit

'In this recent Whizin Center for Continuine Education program, leading advocates for atheism, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris square off against Newsweek top rabbis, David Wolpe and Bradley Artson Shavit to determine what may or may not happen in the hereafter.

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David J. Wolpe
2011
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Oliver Sacks on Humans and Myth-making

Oliver Sacks on humans and myth-making.

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Oliver Sacks
2012
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Seyyed Hossein Nasr - Eternal Life is Like What?

How to imagine the experience of eternal life? Would we sense ourselves? How would we feel? Whom would we know? What would we do? What would God do? Living forever seems so absurd, yet eternal life is the promise of almost every religion.

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
2021
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God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism

As conflicts over religious extremism dominate our front pages, the bestselling author of The Harlot by the Side of the Road presents a work of history that could not be more timely; a surprising look back at the origins of religious intolerance during the tumultuous fourth century.

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Jonathan Kirsch
2005
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Jesus Didn’t Believe in Hell | 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Heaven and Hell

Bart Ehrman unveils the history of the afterlife, and what most people don’t realize about where our beliefs about eternal torment and reward originated.

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Jesus
2020
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Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife

What happens when we die? A recent Pew Research poll showed that 72% of Americans believe in a literal heaven and 58% believe in a literal hell. Most people who hold these beliefs are Christian and assume they are the age-old teachings of the Bible.

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Bart D. Ehrman
2025
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The Study Havamal: Original Old Norse - 3 English Translations - Journal

As it’s name states this book is meant for those in the Asatru & Heathen community who are looking to understand the words of Odin on a deeper level.

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Carrie Overton
2017
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Norse Mythology

Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction, presents a bravura rendition of the Norse gods and their world from their origin though their upheaval in Ragnarok.

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Neil Gaiman
2025
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A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru

Asatru Then and Now From its pre-Christian beginnings to its contemporary practitioners, Heathenry has long fascinated people from every corner of the world.

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Patricia M. Lafayllve
2013
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