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The folks I know who work with Odin, after a certain age, have remarkably similar medical histories. Eye trauma features heavily: cataracts, glaucoma, the sorts of illness that require long periods with eye patches or new, glass eyes to fill out empty sockets. The day my partner looked at me and held up their hand, covering one eye and nodding as if something made more sense, sits with me still on some nights.
In a special Yuletide offering, Karl Seigfried addresses the god Odin, giving thanks for his gifts at Midwinter.
In part two of a series, TWH contributors Bat Collazo and Luke Babb discuss the concept of the “godspouse,” a Pagan whose practice involves romantic or erotic love for a deity.
Karl Seigfried reflects on lessons learned from the scientist David Attenborough about our responsibility to the natural world and to each other.
Eric O. Scott writes about building a shrine to Odin in his garden, and the memories of his grandfather that it recalls.