A
few words from the author……
When
I put The View – One Man’s Living Asatru
With Help From The Havamal in print, I never had the intention of making a
“trilogy.” But sometimes life dictates
different terms. After some time, it
only seemed natural that The View – Act
II was a needed response to the
first View. And, it was not a “response” to aid the first,
but more like a necessary addition.
Obviously, I had more to say.
This book, The View – The Final
Act completes what I started in the first.
The
three View books are intended to be
used not just for reading enjoyment, but to offer the reader a chance to look
inside his own thoughts, feelings, and understandings about the world we live
in today. We do live in a modern era,
not the 7th, 8th, or 9th centuries. However humans, doing what they do, repeat
behavioral patterns that are less than honorable, regardless of the century; a
thief is still a thief, a glutton is still a glutton, and a louse is still a
louse. The difference is the point in
time.
Today,
we have many “things” that our ancestors would not understand – like a
computer, movies, and automobiles, just to name a simple three. Along with all of this, we are supposedly a
more “polite society.” But humans still
behave badly, maybe just with more finesse.
So the question persists: what do
we do with these characters and how do we stand against them? It is the same question that plagued our
ancestors. They dealt with thieves and
murderers in manners that are similar to our methods of today. But, maybe time and “polite society” has
dulled the edge of judgment’s sword.
The
serial killer of today is put to death by lethal injection; we want to kill him
as “humanely” as possible. Our ancestors
did not care about the criminal’s comfort; they were concerned about the
victim’s ongoing pain and grief and made an example of the criminal’s
execution. Time changed method, for
better or worse.
The
questions that follow each essay do not have a right or wrong answer. They are present to get the reader to think
on his own, about a variety of subjects.
And, just are there is no right or wrong answers, many folks will have
strong options about certain things while others will not. Maybe the purpose of the View books is an attempt to get folks thinking again. That’s not a bad idea.
Copyright 2016 Terry Unger
