Forward from: Woden's Folk
In recent years we have seen the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the idea that the Human Soul does not exist. This is not a new thing, but has been the result of centuries of decline and degeneration whence man becomes machine. Wizards warned of the dangers of soul-travel, how the soul can be 'stolen' ('eaten') by dark entities if care was not taken. The word Eoten in Old English comes nearest to the Proto-Germanic *etanaz- meaning 'to eat', from which the Old Norse Jotunn stems. We have called these entities 'The Joten' in order to link this with modern ideas on the Forces of Evil. These Dark Forces seek to destroy the Human Soul, turning us into machines for their own use.