WOTAN
THE ALLFATHER
One eye given to the well of wisdom.
Nine nights hanging on the world tree.
The god who chose knowledge over comfort.
Nine nights hanging on the world tree.
The god who chose knowledge over comfort.
I
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THE SACRIFICE
Odin gave his eye to drink from Mímir's well. He understood that true seeing requires the surrender of easy sight. To gain wisdom, you must blind yourself to illusion.
What are you willing to give up to know what you need to know?
What are you willing to give up to know what you need to know?
II
THE RAVENS
HUGINN
THOUGHT
MUNINN
MEMORY
Each dawn, Odin sends his ravens across the nine worlds. They return with whispers of all that transpires. Thought scouts the future. Memory preserves the past.
The Allfather fears more for Muninn. Memory is harder to hold.
The Allfather fears more for Muninn. Memory is harder to hold.
III
THE MEAD OF POETRY
Brewed from the blood of Kvasir, the wisest being. Mixed with honey by dwarves. Stolen by Odin through shapeshifting and seduction.
The mead grants the gift of poetry — the ability to speak truth in forms that bypass the rational mind. The mushroom opens similar doors.
What you see in the vision, you must bring back in words.
The mead grants the gift of poetry — the ability to speak truth in forms that bypass the rational mind. The mushroom opens similar doors.
What you see in the vision, you must bring back in words.
IV
NINE NIGHTS
"I know that I hung on a windswept tree
nine long nights,
wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin,
myself to myself."
He hung on Yggdrasil until the runes revealed themselves. The ordeal was the teaching. The suffering was the transmission.
nine long nights,
wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin,
myself to myself."
He hung on Yggdrasil until the runes revealed themselves. The ordeal was the teaching. The suffering was the transmission.
V
THE HUNDRED NAMES
Odin has over 200 names. Each reveals a face of the infinite.
WOTAN
The furious one
ALFǪÐR
Allfather
GRÍMNIR
The masked one
HRAFNAGUÐ
Raven god
VALFÖÐR
Father of the slain
GANGLERI
Wanderer
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INVOKE
The Allfather walks among us still. In the stranger at the crossroads. In the one-eyed man who asks strange questions. In the voice that speaks when the mushroom opens the door.
Allfather, wanderer, wise one —
Grant me the vision that costs.
Show me what I need to see,
Not what I want to see.
I offer my comfort.
I offer my certainty.
I offer my easy sight.
In exchange for wisdom.
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