Thanks for the kind words! Yes that is one of the parts of Thorsson that make me roll my eyes, but that more Left-Hand Path sort of thing works for some people I guess... not me.

And yeah, I have been seeing some new sides of Odin's myths lately that I will probably explore more in some coming posts. But one example is the whole hand picking warriors for valhalla thing. That's a service. He seems to be facing a serious question that may be relevant to our time (if, for instance, JMG's hypothesis is correct): how can you help when nearly everyone is doomed?