“Monotheism is easily the greatest disaster to befall the human race.”
― Gore Vidal
“It is astonishing to think that millions of people in my time—now, too, I suppose—actually thought that at a given moment in history two human beings had evolved to a higher state than that of all the gods that ever were or ever will be. This is titanism, as the Greeks would say. This is madness.”
― Gore Vidal (from his novel, Creation)
Gore Vidal (photograph by Carl van Vechten)
Today (October 3rd) is the birthday of the eminently quotable Gore Vidal, who recently died this past July. Gore Vidal has always been one of my heroes and role models, and I daresay his novel Julian should be *required reading* for anyone who identifies as a pagan, polytheist, or Heathen.
Gore Vidal was a remarkable writer and a remarkable man. His many…
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