CH 9 ODIN, DER WANDERER
DURING MY VISITS TO VARIOUS 'LEBOWSKI' WEBSITES I WAS INTERESTED TO NOTE
THE SIMILARITY IN COMMENTS REGARDING THE NORTHERN EUROPEAN 'NORSE'
SYMBOLISM INHERENT IN THE MOVIE.
PEOPLE ASSUMING THE 'VALKYRIE' MAUDE TO BE SOME KIND OF CIRCUS ACT
WITH A 'NORDIC'ORIGIN..THE 'KNUTSENS' ETC.
THIS WOULD NATURALLY LEAD ONE TO THE ASSUMPTION THAT ALL THE NORDIC DEITIES WOULD BE INHERENT IN THE STORY.
INDEED THIS IS THE CASE IN A METAPHORIC SENSE.
[the Archetype of 'DMT'is the Circus/Theatre]
THE MYTHOLOGY OF 'ODIN' MAKES INTERESTING READING.
ODIN-LIKE HIS'ALTER-EGO 'LOKI-IS THE TRICKSTER/THIEF.
[THE ODIN 'CYCLE' OF DEATH AND REBIRTH MAKES HIM A 'NATURE' 'GOD']
ODIN HAS AN ALTER-EGO OF 'THOR'-AND IN GERMANY IS KNOWN AS 'DONNER'
HE FLEW THOUGH THE SKY ON A CHARIOT PULLED BY GOATS! AND SOME PEOPLE SPECULATE THAT 'SANTA CLAUS' THE NORTH POLE ETC ARE DERIVED FROM
NORTHERN EUROPEAN SHAMANIC USE OF AMANITA MUSCARIA MUSHROOMS..
ODIN OF COURSE IS ANOTHER 'FORM' OF THE SUN.
BUT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED SOME PERTINENT FEATURES OF HIS MYTHOLOGY..
NOW YOU MUST REMEMBER I'M USING METAPHOR DESCRIPTION TO INVESTIGATE DYSLEXIA! NOT SUCH AN EASY
THING TO DO..BUT 'VAGUS' [ie; the Vagus Nerve stimulated in Anal Intercourse] and 'VEGAS'
ARE EASILY CONFUSED IN SYMBOLISM INTERPRETATION.
BUT ALCOHOL MISUSE CAN DAMAGE THE LIVER AND VAGUS NERVE LEADING TO ALL KINDS OF CHAOTIC SCENARIOS.
I THINK THIS IS WHY THESE MYTHOLOGEMS CAME INTO EXISTENCE HISTORICALLY.
THE VAGUS NERVE IS ALSO SOMETIMES KNOWN AS 'THE WANDERER'.
[SECTION BELOW WITH THANKS TO https://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/valhalla/]
Wisdom, Magic, and Shamanism
One of the greatest differences between monotheistic theologies and polytheistic theologies is that, in the former, God is generally all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving, etc. Polytheistic gods are none of these things; like any human, tree, or hawk, they are limited by their particularity. For Odin, any kind of limitation is something to be overcome by any means necessary, and his actions are carried out within the context of a relentless and ruthless quest for more wisdom, more knowledge, and more power, usually of a magical sort.
One of the most striking attributes of his appearance is his single, piercing eye. His other eye socket is empty – the eye it once held was sacrificed for wisdom.
On another occasion, Odin “sacrificed himself to himself” by hanging on the world-tree Yggdrasil for nine days and nights,
[THIS EQUATES,WITH, THE 'NINE WORLDS',OF,HIS,'WANDERINGS' ie, THE PSYCHE.
'NINE', OR,'NONOGRAM SYMBOLISM',OFTEN APPEARS,IN,MOST,ARTISTIC,PRODUCTIONS, LENNON'S No9 DREAM,ETC]
receiving no form of nourishment from his companions. At the end of this ordeal, he perceived the runes, the magically-charged ancient Germanic alphabet that was held to contain many of the greatest secrets of existence. He is depicted as having subsequently boasted:
Then I was fertilized and grew wise;Odin’s competitive side once drove him to challenge the wisest of the giants to a contest to see who was more knowledgeable and learned. The prize was the head of the loser, and Odin won by asking his opponent something that only he himself could know. Odin then claimed his prize and returned to Asgard.[10]
From a word to a word I was led to a word,
From a work to a work I was led to a work.[9]
Along with Freya, he’s one of the two greatest practitioners of shamanism amongst the gods.
His shamanic spirit-journeys are well-documented. The Ynglinga Saga records that he often “travel[s] to distant lands on his own errands or those of others” while he appears to others to be asleep or dead.[11] Another instance is recorded in the Eddic poem “Baldur’s Dreams,” where Odin rode Sleipnir, an eight-legged horse typical of northern Eurasian shamanism,[12] to the underworld to consult a dead seeress on behalf of his son.[13]
[EIGHT, IS, A 'DOUBLE QUATERNITY',INDICATING,'ANIMAL NATURE'...DUALITY..]
Odin, like shamans all over the world,[14] is accompanied by many familiar spirits, most notably the ravens Hugin and Munin, the wolves Geri and Freki, and the valkyries.
The shaman must typically undergo a ritual death and rebirth in order to acquire his or her powers,[15] and Odin underwent exactly such an ordeal when he discovered the runes.
We’ve already, albeit briefly, discussed the berserkers and other distinguished “warrior-shamans” under Odin’s patronage. This was the form of Germanic shamanism that was the most socially acceptable for men to practice.
The other main form of Germanic shamanism is contained within the magical tradition known as seidr, of which Odin and Freya are the foremost divine practitioners. In traditional Germanic society, for a man to engage in seidr was effectively to forsake the male gender role, which brought considerable scorn upon any male who chose to take up this path. As the sagas show, this didn’t stop some men from practicing seidr anyway. However, even Odin wasn’t exempt from such charges of “unmanliness,” and was taunted for adopting the feminine traits and tasks that form part of the backbone of seidr. Saxo, in the passage on Odin’s exile alluded to above, relates that “by his stage-tricks and his assumption of a woman’s work he had brought the foulest scandal on the name of the gods.”[16]
[HE, IS, A 'SHOWMAN', WHO,SEEKS, AN ,AUDIENCE..ie VANITY.]
Note also the reference to being “fertilized” in the verse quoted above – while this is certainly a metaphor, it’s a metaphor loaded with sexual implications that would have been immediately recognizable to any Viking Age or medieval reader or hearer of the poem. A fuller discussion of the relationship between Germanic shamanism and gender roles can be found here. For our present purposes, it’s sufficient to point out that, in the eyes of the pre-Christian northern Europeans, Odin’s practice of seidr made him a largely transgender being incapable of fulfilling the expectations placed upon an honorable man.
[ie, HE,IS,UNDEVELOPED,SEXUALLY..IMMATURE.]
But we’ve already noted Odin’s scant concern for honor. He isn’t one to refuse any ecstatic practice, even those that bring him ill repute.
Poetry
Odin speaks only in poems,[17] and the ability to compose poetry is a gift he grants at his pleasure. He stole the mead of poetry, the primeval source of the ability to speak and write beautifully and persuasively, from the giants.
[HE,IS A THIEF..A CRIMINAL..]
Ever since, he has dispensed it to certain gods, humans, and other beings whom he deems worthy of it. The mead’s Old Norse name is Óðrœrir, “The Stirrer of Óðr,” and, as we have seen, óðr (“ecstasy, fury, inspiration”) is the root of Odin’s name as well. This intoxicating drink, along with the power it grants, is yet another manifestation of his overflowing ecstasy.
The Dead
When Roman writers spoke of the gods and goddesses of other peoples, they generally tried to identify them with deities from their own religion. When they mentioned Odin, they glossed him as Mercury, the Roman psychopomp (the divine figure who guides those who have just died from the realm of the living to that of the dead, and, in due time, back to the land of the living again).[18] This is significant, because it shows that Odin’s associations with death were seen as being even more significant than his associations with war, or else he would have been glossed as Mars. (This designation usually fell to Tyr or Thor instead.)
[DEATH ASSOCIATIONS,EQUATE TO 'DEPRESSION',..ie, ODIN,IS A 'COMPLEX'.]
Odin presides over Valhalla, the most prestigious of the dwelling-places of the dead. After every battle, he and his helping-spirits, the valkyries (“choosers of the fallen”), comb the field and take their pick of half of the slain warriors to carry back to Valhalla. (Freya then claims the remaining half.)
He was a frequent recipient of human sacrifice, especially of royalty, nobles, and enemy armies.
[ie, HE IS 'INCOMPLETE' ..AND NEEDS OUTSIDE 'NOURISHMENT'..THIS IS 'HIS'
ACHILLES HEEL...AND 'HE' KNOWS, IT...IN OTHERWORDS,HE IS A NEGATIVE
'ARCHETYPE'...]
This was generally accomplished by means of a spear, a noose, or both – the same manner in which Odin “sacrificed himself to himself” (Old Norse gefinn Óðni, sjálfr sjálfum mér) in order to acquire knowledge of the runes.
[ODIN WAS ILLITERATE AND IGNORANT VIOLENT, AND DISRESPECTFUL..SOUND FAMILIAR?..]
A common – and chilling – way of securing his favor in battle was to throw a spear over one’s foes, sacrificing them to the god with the cry, “Odin owns ye all!” (Old Norse Óðinn á yðr alla).
His mastery of necromancy, the magical art of communicating with and raising the dead, is frequently noted.[20]
While there are several reasons Odin maintains this commerce with the dead, including his desire to learn what knowledge and wisdom they possess, the most significant reason is his dread-driven desire to have as many of the best warriors as possible on his side when he must face the wolf Fenrir during Ragnarok – even though he knows that he’s doomed to die in the battle.
[CLICK ON 'FENRIR' ABOVE, TO SEE THAT A 'CYCLIC' PATTERN IDENTIFIES HIM,
WITH A 'CIRCULAR' SET OF ARCHETYPES, YIN/YAN,SYMBOLISM, ETC...THE WOLF, FENRIR, IS CANINE,-INDICATING ASTRAL PHENOMENA 'DOG STARS', ETC..ALL POLYTHEISTIC RELIGIONS ARE 'ASTRAL' SUN SYMBOLISM
..ODIN THE TRICKSTER IS THE SUN..]
The Allfather
One of Odin’s countless names is “Allfather” (Old Norse Alfaðir), “because,” according to Snorri Sturluson, “he is the father of all of the gods.”[20] And, as we’ve already noted, Odin is listed as the divine ancestor of countless families from all over northern Europe. He’s simultaneously an Aesir god, a Vanir god (the Vanir god Óðr is only an extension or transposition of Odin), and a giant (his mother is Bestla, one of the first frost-giants). One Old Norse poem even identifies him with önd, the breath of life.[22]
What can we discern in all of this regarding Odin’s identity? Odin is the primal animating force that permeates all life. Or, to put it in Nietzschean terms, he’s the Will to Power (German die Wille zur Macht) that dwells at the heart of the world, by which the cosmos eternally strives to overcome itself, to grow and to flourish and to sweep away stagnation. The shamans, rulers, warriors, outlaws, poets, and sorcerers who enjoy Odin’s patronage are the highest ambassadors of óðr, the ultimate and unconditional life-affirming force.
If you’ve enjoyed this article and want to learn more about Norse mythology, I recommend picking up one of the books listed in this guide: The 10 Best Norse Mythology Books. And if you’re particularly interested in the worldview of the pre-Christian Norse and other Germanic peoples, you might want to take a look at my own book, The Love of Destiny: The Sacred and the Profane in Germanic Polytheism.
References:
[1] Adam of Bremen. c. 1080. History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen. Translated by Francis Joseph Tschan. p. 207.
[2] Snorri Sturluson. Ynglinga Saga 6. In Heimskringla: eða Sögur Noregs Konunga.
[3] Turville-Petre, E.O.G. 1964. Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. p. 50-52 and references therein.
[4] Nietzsche, Friedrich. 1954. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: a Book for All and None. In The Portable Nietzsche. Edited and translated by Walter Kaufmann. p. 159.
[5] Turville-Petre, E.O.G. 1964. Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. p. 56, 70.
[6] Dumézil, Georges. 1988. Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty. Translated by Derek Coltman.
[7] Dumézil, Georges. 1973. Gods of the Ancient Northmen. Edited by Einar Haugen. p. 46.
[8] Saxo Grammaticus. The History of the Danes.
[9] The Poetic Edda. Hávamál 138-141. My translation. The original Old Norse of verse 141 reads:
[11] Snorri Sturluson. Ynglinga Saga 7. In Heimskringla: eða Sögur Noregs Konunga.
[12] Eliade, Mircea. 1964. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Translated by Willard R. Trask. p. 380.
[13] The Poetic Edda. Baldrs Draumar.
[14] Eliade, Mircea. 1964. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Translated by Willard R. Trask. p. 6.
[15] Ibid. p. 14.
[16] Saxo Grammaticus. The History of the Danes.
[17] Snorri Sturluson. Ynglinga Saga 6. In Heimskringla: eða Sögur Noregs Konunga.
[18] See, for example, Tacitus’s Germania.
[19] Turville-Petre, E.O.G. 1964. Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. p. 42-50.
[20] See, for example, Ynglinga Saga 7 and Hávamál in The Poetic Edda.
[21] Snorri Sturluson. The Prose Edda. Gylfaginning.
[22] The Poetic Edda. Völuspá 18.
[JEFF THIRD SON OR 'MULLET' BRIDGES, IN THE MOVIE, 'SEVENTH SON']
IN A RELATIONSHIP THE ONE EYED,UNFEELING, MONSTER,CAUSES UNTOLD DIFFICULTY AS HE,
OR,SHE,CANNOT SEE ANOTHER'S, 'POINT OF VIEW'.
[COLDNESS,UNFEELING,NEGATIVITY=DEPRESSIVE STATE USUALLY FROM
THE 'THIRD PARTY' IS AN 'AMALGAM'...OR 'CONIUNCTIO' AND USUALLY FINDS VISUAL
The Allfather
One of Odin’s countless names is “Allfather” (Old Norse Alfaðir), “because,” according to Snorri Sturluson, “he is the father of all of the gods.”[20] And, as we’ve already noted, Odin is listed as the divine ancestor of countless families from all over northern Europe. He’s simultaneously an Aesir god, a Vanir god (the Vanir god Óðr is only an extension or transposition of Odin), and a giant (his mother is Bestla, one of the first frost-giants). One Old Norse poem even identifies him with önd, the breath of life.[22]
What can we discern in all of this regarding Odin’s identity? Odin is the primal animating force that permeates all life. Or, to put it in Nietzschean terms, he’s the Will to Power (German die Wille zur Macht) that dwells at the heart of the world, by which the cosmos eternally strives to overcome itself, to grow and to flourish and to sweep away stagnation. The shamans, rulers, warriors, outlaws, poets, and sorcerers who enjoy Odin’s patronage are the highest ambassadors of óðr, the ultimate and unconditional life-affirming force.
If you’ve enjoyed this article and want to learn more about Norse mythology, I recommend picking up one of the books listed in this guide: The 10 Best Norse Mythology Books. And if you’re particularly interested in the worldview of the pre-Christian Norse and other Germanic peoples, you might want to take a look at my own book, The Love of Destiny: The Sacred and the Profane in Germanic Polytheism.
References:
[1] Adam of Bremen. c. 1080. History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen. Translated by Francis Joseph Tschan. p. 207.
[2] Snorri Sturluson. Ynglinga Saga 6. In Heimskringla: eða Sögur Noregs Konunga.
[3] Turville-Petre, E.O.G. 1964. Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. p. 50-52 and references therein.
[4] Nietzsche, Friedrich. 1954. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: a Book for All and None. In The Portable Nietzsche. Edited and translated by Walter Kaufmann. p. 159.
[5] Turville-Petre, E.O.G. 1964. Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. p. 56, 70.
[6] Dumézil, Georges. 1988. Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty. Translated by Derek Coltman.
[7] Dumézil, Georges. 1973. Gods of the Ancient Northmen. Edited by Einar Haugen. p. 46.
[8] Saxo Grammaticus. The History of the Danes.
[9] The Poetic Edda. Hávamál 138-141. My translation. The original Old Norse of verse 141 reads:
Þá nam ek frævask[10] The Poetic Edda. Vafþrúðnismál.
ok fróðr vera
ok vaxa ok vel hafask,
orð mér af orði
orðs leitaði,
verk mér af verki
verks leitaði.
[11] Snorri Sturluson. Ynglinga Saga 7. In Heimskringla: eða Sögur Noregs Konunga.
[12] Eliade, Mircea. 1964. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Translated by Willard R. Trask. p. 380.
[13] The Poetic Edda. Baldrs Draumar.
[14] Eliade, Mircea. 1964. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Translated by Willard R. Trask. p. 6.
[15] Ibid. p. 14.
[16] Saxo Grammaticus. The History of the Danes.
[17] Snorri Sturluson. Ynglinga Saga 6. In Heimskringla: eða Sögur Noregs Konunga.
[18] See, for example, Tacitus’s Germania.
[19] Turville-Petre, E.O.G. 1964. Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. p. 42-50.
[20] See, for example, Ynglinga Saga 7 and Hávamál in The Poetic Edda.
[21] Snorri Sturluson. The Prose Edda. Gylfaginning.
[22] The Poetic Edda. Völuspá 18.
HE IS 'ONE-EYED' WHICH EQUATES HIM WITH OTHER ONE-EYED 'GODS'
'CYCLOPS'[FROM 'THE ODYSSEY'] ETC.. ..HAVING SACRIFICED A PART OF HIMSELF TO ACHIEVE
'KNOWLEDGE'..[USUALLY A TESTICLE]SOMETHING COPIED BY MODERN DAY SELF-HARMING MISGUIDED BRAIN DAMAGED PSYCHOTICS.
THE ONE-EYED MONSTER CAN BE A METAPHOR FOR 'PENIS'.OR GREED.
MY NOTE; WHAT USE IS KNOWLEDGE IF IT IS NOT SHARED EQUALLY?
FROM A 'JUNGIAN' PERSPECTIVE..THIS EQUATES HIM WITH 'THINKING FUNCTION'...HE IS STUCK IN A 'ONE-EYED'MONOCULAR WORLD
AND IS INCAPABLE OF SEEING ANY OTHER'POINT OF VIEW'..[EVERYTHING BECOMES NIHILISTIC].
TO 'REDRESS' THE BALANCE IN THE PSYCHE..THE OPPOSITE 'FUNCTION' OF FEELING MUST BE GIVEN EXTRA ATTENTION. [THERAPY]
EYE PATCH WEARING CHARACTERS SUCH AS JOHN GOODMAN IN 'O BROTHER'
OR THE NAZI PORTRAYING ROBERT DUVALLIN'THE EAGLE HAS LANDED' ETC..OR
INDEED ANY HOLLYWOOD PRODUCED MOVIE WITH AN EYEPATCH WEARER.
ARE ALL INDICATIVE OF A PROBLEM.-THE PROBLEM IS 'PARTICIPATION MYSTIQUE' IN JUNGIAN TERMINOLOGY - LITERALLY THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND..
IN A RELATIONSHIP THE ONE EYED,UNFEELING, MONSTER,CAUSES UNTOLD DIFFICULTY AS HE,
OR,SHE,CANNOT SEE ANOTHER'S, 'POINT OF VIEW'.
[COLDNESS,UNFEELING,NEGATIVITY=DEPRESSIVE STATE USUALLY FROM
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA ETC]
LISTENING,TO EACH OTHER IS WHAT IS REQUIRED, NOT TRICKERY AND DECEIT.
YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU MIGHT LEARN, SOMETHING...
THE EGO IS NOT CAPABLE, OF 'SELF' REFLECTION, WHILST IN AN 'INFLATED', STATE.
WHEN TWO EQUAL PARTIES,[INTHE PSYCHE], ARE 'COMPETING' FOR ATTENTION.
LISTENING,TO EACH OTHER IS WHAT IS REQUIRED, NOT TRICKERY AND DECEIT.
YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU MIGHT LEARN, SOMETHING...
THE EGO IS NOT CAPABLE, OF 'SELF' REFLECTION, WHILST IN AN 'INFLATED', STATE.
SO OVERCOME YOUR OWN EGO,
AND BE YOURSELF
WHEN TWO EQUAL PARTIES,[INTHE PSYCHE], ARE 'COMPETING' FOR ATTENTION.
A THIRD PARTY IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE RESOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT.
THE 'THIRD PARTY' IS AN 'AMALGAM'...OR 'CONIUNCTIO' AND USUALLY FINDS VISUAL
'FORM' AS GOLD/SILVER- LIKE DUDER'S BOWLING SHOES..[FOOT FETISH]
OR SOMETIMES AS A 'FISHY' REMORA TYPE ENTITY OR A 'COMBO' OF SUN/MOON ETC
ALBUQUERQUE, HAS A NAME ORIGIN, OF 'WHITE OAK TREE'....
THIS TREE, IS INTRICATELY LINKED, TO 'ODIN' MYTHOLOGY.
AND NAZI-SM... IT IS OF SPANISH[ LATIN],ORIGIN...AND WHITE OAK BARRELS ARE
ALBUQUERQUE, HAS A NAME ORIGIN, OF 'WHITE OAK TREE'....
THIS TREE, IS INTRICATELY LINKED, TO 'ODIN' MYTHOLOGY.
AND NAZI-SM... IT IS OF SPANISH[ LATIN],ORIGIN...AND WHITE OAK BARRELS ARE
USED IN BOURBON PRODUCTION.
IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A TREE 'NUMEN'..
BEING VEGETATIVE..THEREFORE-ODIN AND HIS BIRD COMPANIONS
HAS MULTIFARIOUS LINKS TO ALL OTHER TREE/VEGETATION MYTHOLOGY.
[INCLUDING 'YEW' TREE MYTHOLOGY]
SEE'ANACALYPSIS' BY G.HIGGINS..HE POSTULATES THE ORIGIN OF THE VERY WORDS WE USE
AS ORIGINATING FROM TREES. JUDAIC ESOTERICA DEPICTS THE TAROT 'LE PENDU' OR 'HANGED MAN'
IN A TREE..THERE ARE MANY POSSIBLE LINKS TO THE 'O-T' GENESIS TALE..
THE SNAKE IN EDEN SPOKE WITH A HUMAN VOICE - LE PENDU CANNOT LEAVE
THE TREE ETC
TOLKIEN A DEVOUT CATHOLIC USED HIS IMMENSE KNOWLEDGE OF MYTHOLOGY
AND FOLK LORE TO CREATE SOME FANTASTIC CHARACTERS. TALKING TREES ETC
I HAVE ALREADY SHOWN ON MY OTHER BLOGGER HIS USE OF ANCIENT SYMBOLS
FOR EXAMPLE THE 'CIRCUMPUNCT' AS THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HOUSE
OF BILBO BAGGINS OF BAG END IN THE SHIRE.
The
persecutor of God. -- Paul thought up the idea and Calvin rethought it,
that for innumerable people damnation has been decreed from eternity,
and that this beautiful world plan was instituted to reveal the glory of
God: heaven and hell and humanity are thus supposed to exist - to
satisfy the vanity of God! What cruel and insatiable vanity must have
flared in the soul of the man who thought this up first, or second. Paul
has remained Saul after all - the persecutor of God.
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