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Author_Diana L. Paxson
Bifrost
body mind spirit
bolverk
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consciousness
deity
divination
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folklore
Gandalf
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lord of ravens
lord of the rings trilogy
lord of the runes
magick study
master of ecstasy
Merseberg charm
modern media
music
mythology
norse magic
origin
poetic edda
ritual
runes
saga
Social science
song
Tolkien
trickster
Viking age
wodans hunt
Product details
- ISBN 9781578636105
- Weight: 426g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 21 Aug 2017
- Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Odin is arguably one of the most enigmatic and complex characters in Norse mythology. Revered since the Viking Age, Odin has been called the greatest of the gods - the god of words and wisdom, runes and magic, a transformer of consciousness and a trickster who teaches truth. He is both war god and poetry god and he is the Lord of Ravens, the All- Father and the rune master.
ODIN is the first book on Odin that is both historically sourced and accessible to a general audience. It explores Odin's origins, his appearances in sagas, old magic spells and the Poetic Edda and his influence on modern media, such as Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Each chapter features suggestions for rituals, exercises and music, so readers can comprehend and become closer to this complicated god.
Author Diana Paxson, an expert on Viking-era mythology, provides a complete portrait of Odin and draws on both scholarship and experience to provide context, resources and guidance for those who are drawn to work with the Master of Ecstasy today.
Diana Paxson is a writer, priestess and teacher who has been studying and teaching Germanic mythology and religion for nearly 30 years. She is the author of Taking Up the Runes, Trance-Portation and Possession, Depossession and Divine Relationships. Paxson, also, pioneered the recovery of traditional Norse oracular practice, described in The Way of the Oracle.
