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We Need New Gods

by Atlas Minor

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There’s an old Roman maxim that fear gave birth to the gods.

The historian Will Durant elaborates: “It was fear that made the gods: fear of hidden forces in the earth, rivers, oceans, trees, winds, and sky. Religion became the propitiatory worship of these forces through offerings, sacrifice, incantation, and prayer.”

What new gods will today’s fears create?

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Dusted off and tuned up an old track that I made from a pair of half-speed classical loops, a lot of reverb and crackle, and a touch of Joseph Campbell.

This thing’s been drifting in and out of my headphones for nearly three years now, becoming a moody companion on late-night walks. I keep fiddling with it, never feeling confident enough to share it. But it’s time to let it go. My aim was to create something that’s simultaneously contemplative and tense, which more or less captures my sense of faith.

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released January 15, 2022

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Atlas Minor Nevada

James A. Reeves

Busted loops and 21st-century dust from the Mojave Desert.

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