WOTAN - GOD OF THE GERMANIC PEOPLES!
He has been called Odin, Woden, Wodan, Wodhanaz, and a myriad of nick-names... High One, Father of Victory, Lore-Master, Stirrer of Strife...but always he is the father-God of the peoples we call Nordic or Norse, Germanic, or Teutonic, and we are his kin.
Today, most people associate Wotan with Richard Wagner's "Ring Cycle" operas, written in the late 1800's, featuring Wotan and his valkyries, or "shield maidens." More importantly, in 1936, psychologist Carl Jung wrote a masterpiece titled "Wotan." In this essay, he described Wotan merely as an "archetype in the collective unconscious" of the Germanic Folk. Later in his life, according to Miguel Serrano, Jung admitted that Wotan was indeed a reality, if an inexplicable one. (I can attest that he has pulled me out of life-threatening situations when the odds against my survival were indeed ugly.)
Wotan loves freedom, bravery, great deeds, wisdom - and his human Folk. Wotan stands with us, and I stand with him. Hail, Wotan!
Wotan Network: Carrying the banner forward. Read more in my book, The Spear. THROW THE SPEAR... OF WOTAN'S WISDOM! Pierce minds, not flesh. "The existence of our people is not negotiable."
The Spear can be ordered from Lulu as an actual book or in PDF form, or you can order it directly from me at
[email protected]. Signed copies of my earlier book, Asatru: A Native European Spirituality are also available along with other, smaller works; inquiries welcome.
