3.5
Odin
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“Paxson provides songs, rituals, magical exercises, and practical advice to help you develop your own personal relationship with the Lord of Runes.” —Judika Illes, author of Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells
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: Ecstasy, Runes, and Norse Magic 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.
“This remarkable book is at times ribald and reverent, worldwise and innocent, pragmatic and idealistic, as needed to masterfully show the ways of a very complex God.” —Ivo Domiguez, Jr, author of Keys to Perception
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: Ecstasy, Runes, and Norse Magic 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.
“This remarkable book is at times ribald and reverent, worldwise and innocent, pragmatic and idealistic, as needed to masterfully show the ways of a very complex God.” —Ivo Domiguez, Jr, author of Keys to Perception
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“4.5 stars. This was a fantastic deep-dive into Odin that’s very friendly to newcomers. Diana L. Paxson does a fantastic job of meticulously going through every known association with Odin and their meanings, supposed meanings, and speculations. She pulls directly from the eddas and sagas, as well as various historical accounts. She recounts other people’s experiences and UPGs, as well as her own. This is not always useful to everyone, but it can be and it’s certainly interesting regardless. It is worth noting that not all of her sources are perfect; she once cites Edred Thorsson. It’s only once, though, and only as further reading, not as a citation. Still not great, but I’m not going to fault the entire book or the author for one bad source. Especially when Paxson is very good about inclusion (saying “all genders” instead of “both”, “he, she, or they” instead of just “he or she”, and particularly pointing out the idea that people of any ethnicity can be heathen and follow Odin.) as well as pointing out the problems with the Odinic Rites, including their association with white supremacy.
Throughout the book she recounts various stories and myths of the lore, but one thing that I absolutely loved is her use of the modern myth — creating her own stories with the lore as a base. She tells of the creation of the Bifrost using her extensive knowledge of the runes, and the story of Odin and Jordh from a “meteorological analysis of the cause of lightning and thunder.”
The exercises and practices in this book are wonderful. Paxson provides meditations, of course, but also various other activities like writing poems, learning a new language, or something else that relates to the chapter the practice is in. Extremely useful if meditation isn’t your strong suit.
Overall, absolutely wonderful book by a learned practitioner and scholar. If you’re a heathen, definitely check this out!”
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About Diana L. Paxson
Diana L. Paxson has been teaching classes and leading rituals on trance work for more than twenty years. She is the coauthor, along with Marion Zimmer Bradley, of Priestess of Avalon and has continued the immensely popular Mists of Avalon series on her own.
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