The Bold Philosophy of Northern Courage & Ragnarök. Spengler, Nietzsche, Tolkien, Lewis, & Carlyle

Today we are exploring the philosophy of civilizational cycles, the reconciliation of Norse and Christian eschatology through Christ, and how these relate to the writings of Oswald Spengler, C.S. Lewis, Thomas Carlyle, J.R.R. Tolkien, Friedrich Nietzsche, and more to learn how we can confront Ragnarök in our age or prepare for it in the next.

This is a follow-up video to my exploration of the story and meaning of the Old Norse poem Völuspá which tells the story of Ragnarok. I recommend watching this video to better understand the characters, story, and meaning: https://youtu.be/pgPd9TggLbc

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction and Context
01:09 Culmination of Failures
03:16 Echoes of Tolkien
05:01 Death Ground Philosophy
07:35 Northern Courage
10:16 Beowulf and Primal Forces
12:54 Parallel Meta-Narratives
14:56 Spengler's Civilizational Cycles
18:05 Embracing the Challenge
20:36 Nietzsche's Defiant Love of Fate
22:07 Tragedy
22:48 A New Cosmology
23:31 Christ's Narrative and Cyclical Rebirth
24:41 The Fellowship and the Apostles
25:36 Fatalism in Nordic Literature
26:18 Nature's Relentless Course and the Mythic Pattern
27:25 Werner Herzog on The Poetic Edda
29:31 The Viking's Dark Yearning for The Boundless
31:47 Tragedy of Past & Future
32:54 Norse Gods and Men
36:48 Odin's Shadow Over History
39:31 Wholeness of Western European Folklore
43:39 Odin's End and Christ's Victory
45:55 Odin's Challenge & Riddle
47:14 Völuspá & Revelation
49:16 Reconciling Norse Mythology and Christianity
51:33 Odin & Christ
52:55 The Next Phase of Heroism
53:38 A Completed Ragnarök