He spoke about Heracleitus and about the Bhagavat Ghita He spoke about Odin and Baldur, the gods of the north. He spoke about the sylvan spirit and the witches’ dance in the fire.
The other one listened but shook his head. In all that there’s nothing, at the end he said. No gods, no demons, not even Arjuna the Hindu warrior. Otherwise it would’ve been on the telly.
From the The Second Moth and the Flame collection Translated by James Lilley