Odin, Ecstasy, Runes and Norse Magic Softcover Book

Odin hung on Yggdrasil for nine days, sacrificed himself to himself, and came back with the runes. The least you can do is read the book.

Diana L. Paxson has been deep in Norse reconstructionist and heathen practice since before most people knew what seiðr was. This isn't a beginner's mythology overview or a Wikipedia print-out with a cover, it's a working guide to one of the most complex, contradictory, and genuinely unsettling figures in the dark aesthetic canon. Odin is the god of war, poetry, death, wisdom, and ecstasy, a shapeshifter who sacrifices eyes and hangs from trees in pursuit of knowledge. Paxson unpacks the runes, the shamanic traditions, the magic, and offers songs and rituals that make this genuinely usable for active practice. Essential reading whether your interest runs through Norse paganism, runic work, or you just think the crow-haunted wanderer energy is spiritually relevant.

Softcover. Author: Diana L. Paxson.