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The Man who spoke to "gods"

Dear Readers,

we have prepared a three-part sequel of a gorgeous story from one of our correspondents for you on the AO Web Sites this time. The story records the life, and particularly the spiritual progress, of inhabitants of one north-germanic village from the era of almost two thousand years ago. Now, we invite You to meet the main characters of this story.

We want to wish you an exciting reading.

Link to the ( Czech ) original [ O muži, jenž hovořil s „bohy“ ]

The Man who spoke to "gods" - Part 1

Yorick was not wholly inept, he just did not find any pleasure in things like hunt, fight, and mad carouse. He only hunted out of necessity, therefore he did not achieve any great success. Physically, he was also slightly weaker then other men. Most of the villagers looked at him without interest, without respect, and there were also some who found him inferior. They did not intentionally treat him badly, altought they sometimes teased him, they simply acted and looked at others as they had been taught without having the idea that a man may also have other, less-bright qualities than rough physical strength and fitness. They could not think any other way.

The Man who spoke to "gods" - Part 2

In the morning, when Yorick woke up and realized what Thor had told him, he felt almost dizzy. But this time, he did not mention Snorri anything about what had happened. He was well aware of importance of the knowledge he had been allowed to take, and altough Snorri was a wise man, now he probably could not understand everything at once. First, he himself had to understand it fully, and get into it, and stand in it firmly, and just then he could bring knowledge to others. Otherwise, he would have seemed untrustworthy and could have not properly shaken the old perception of the world of the rest of the inhabitants of the village. They would have laughed at him, and they would have not been able to separate the wheat from the chaff which they so far had gripped in their hands.

The Man who spoke to "gods" - Part 3

Now, I'm going to show you the starting point of the human spirit. What I'm going to tell you is just a brief base of whole knowledge, but for now it's all what you have to know. You will be able to complete your knowledge alone, in purity of your sentience, when the right time comes."