From Lords of the Left Hand Path



"The figure of Odin and his myths hold our attention when we seek to find the dark side of the northern world. The name Odin means “the master of inspiration.”22 The Old Norse form is Óðinn. The key to the name can be found in the Old Norse word óðr, which means “poetic inspiration” and is derived from the earlier Proto-Germanic root wōð-, meaning “rage” and “inspiration.” The Old Norse name Óðinn is identical to Old English Woden. (It is a regular linguistic rule in Old Norse to drop the initial /w-/ before certain vowels.) This is a decidedly “psychic” god in the sense that his name and function refer to essentially soul-related or psychological powers and faculties. He is often depicted as a dark god of intrigue and mysterious motivations.



To gain universal wisdom, Odin gives (sacrifices) “himself to himself” that he might take up the runes: symbols of articulated universal knowledge.23 These runes he shares with certain humans. Odin further pledges one of his eyes, which is then sunk into Mimir’s Well (the Well of Memory), so that he may gain the special sight that drinking from the well gives.24 He (along with his two other aspects) endows humankind with threefold spiritual qualities shared with the gods.25 In sharing divine consciousness and the runes of wisdom with humankind, Odin is very much like the figure of Prometheus in Hellenic mythology. The major difference is that in doing so he is not transgressing against authoritarian rule of law."



From Black Runa



Had to just take notes as I couldn't copy/paste from it.



- The way of Wotan was the only historical example of a National LHP school.



- Walhalla is a LHP afterlife.



- He is the a of the questing magical hero.



- He is the master of inspiration.

