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Woden
By: Alfred Raeburne Date: October 30, 2014, 3:37 pm
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Woden : The Wizard Ever Seeking Wisdom by Alfred Raeburne
The All Father Woden is also known as the Divine Wizard who
Seeks the Secret Wisdom of the World Tree, that is, the Runes.
Hanging on the Great Ash for Nine whole Nights he was given
neither bread nor water, thus fasting and undergoing ordeal like
the shamans and monks of other cultures. He was wounded by Gar,
-upon which the Runes of Law were etched- (The Futhark / Futhorc
itself) and descended into Hel and took up the Runic Wisdom in
which he let out an ecstatic scream and ascended into the High
Halls of the Esa's Garden...that is Asgard. He, along with his
brothers Hoenir (New English: Hoaner) and Lodurr (New English:
Lother) shaped Ash and Embla (Vine). Thus we see how the High
One reveals to us with his sacred poetry that Ash as Mankind
contains within itself the World Ash and all of the Gods,
Giants, Elves, Worlds, and Mythological Events that are within
it.
This brings to mind how the Brahmin in North-Indian Lore is
described as the "Cosmic Self". This is similar to Gaut (the
archaic spelling for God) who being listed as one of the names
of Odin in the Edda is his highest name. Therefore those who
grew up praying to God need not worry for their souls because
God is indeed one of the names of Woden. Those who once called
upon St. Germain who is alchemist, magician and wisdom seeker
can transfer this tendency over to Odin as Wanderer of the Nine
Worlds and Master of Magic. St. Nicholas as compassionate giver
and benefactor is similar to Odin as Oski (New English: Oasky or
Wish Giver), hence his connection to Santa Clause. Jesus Christ
as Healer, Questioner, and Fighter of Demons reminds us of Odin
as a Healer in the Nine Worts Galder where he strikes down The
Dragon into several parts and sends forth herbs to fight the
venoms.
As Questioner he duels many Giants with Questions, indeed Odin
(New English / Old English: Woden) is one who "Questions
everything" and uses the Questioning Process to fight "demons"
of a kind, that is, the Giants that hail from the Hame of
Ettins. That being said, we can move on to other aspects of
Woden, that is, as The One Eyed God. In a peculiar myth his
Uncle Mimir (New English: Meamer) was killed by the Wains when
Hoenir (New English:Hoaner) was speechless without him.
Preserving the head with herbs, he is able to speak with the
Talking Skull if he but gives forth his eye to drink from the
primordial burne. Woden was also charged with Winning the
Roaring Wode, that is, the Blood Mead from the Hame of Ettins.
When the Esa and Wains sealed peace with a Holy Pact, they
blended their spittle (virtue or power) into the cauldron in
which a being named Kvasir (New English: Kivaser) emurged.
Wending his way to Middle Earth he was met by some greedy derrow
who killed him and hid his blood in a vessel. Met by Ettins of
similar treachery they themselves were killed and the mead was
stored in the Hame of Ettins.
Woden, in the form of the Woe Worker, roamed into this hame in
order to give back the Mead to the Garth of Gods. Through an act
of generosity (which coincidentially killed the Thralls), hard
work (which did not result in attaining the mead despite the
Giant's empty promise) and ultimately a Kiss after entering the
abode of the Giantess in the form of a Serpent he caught the
mead with Eagle's talons and winged his way to the Hame of the
Gods. Spitting the Mead into Three Parts, that is, The Roaring
Wode (Divine Ecstacy), Son (Chalice or Container), and Bodn
(Redemption) a Mystery is revealed, that there is only A Chalice
that is filled with God-Force and an effect that is Redemption.
Thus through the Power of the Gods (Virtue) we can be Redeemed.
These, and much more, are the Teachings of the All Father that
we can Learn through Understanding is Holy Word, that is, the
Edda itself.
Woden is thus the Great Rune Seeker, the Redeemer, Questioner,
Healer and Wisdom-Drinker. He is one who enters halls of death
in order to go beyond the world and wend into the root as well
as the bough. As the great War-God he fights against that which
attacks Wisdom and births Hatred and Cowardice...the terrible
Wolf himself. The Wolves at his Side, -The Ones Called Greedy
and Hungry- accounts for his voraciousness for Wisdom as well as
his desire to restore and protect the great World Ash. Thus
those who are given to him, the One Harriers that tread the
Bridge wrought from a balance of Wind, Fire, and Water can enter
the great Wall-Hall which is within The Home of Gladness. Thus
when we leave behind old outworn selves with "die" and ascend
into a higher Self and enter Gladsome state of Being. The seax
that we bring with us when we die to our ego is none other than
your Hyge, your Thinking-Mind, thus we come to know why Clever
and Cleave rise up from the same Root. It is with this same Seax
that we carve the Runes upon our mind, lich, and souls.
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