What is the Odinist Bible called?

After many years of research and piecing together sources, now comes the first known holy text ever presented for the Odinist faith. Giving these accounts in their true, epic form, The Odinist Edda is designed as a religious work by and for the men and women of this path.

Can you still worship Odin?

Thor and Odin are still going strong 1000 years after the Viking Age. Many think that the old Nordic religion – the belief in the Norse gods – disappeared with the introduction of Christianity. Today there are between 500 and 1000 people in Denmark who believe in the old Nordic religion and worship its ancient gods.

What does odinism stand for?

Definition of Odinism : worship of Odin : the Odinic cult.

Who founded odinism?

The Odinic Rite, organized by John Yeowell, was established in England in 1972, and in the 1990s expanded to include chapters in Germany (1995) [1], Australia (1995) [2] and North America (1997) [3]. In the 1990s, the Odinist Fellowship emerged as a separate group in the United Kingdom, led by Ralph Harrison.

Does Viking exist?

No, to the extent that there are no longer routine groups of people who set sail to explore, trade, pillage, and plunder. However, the people who did those things long ago have descendants today who live all over Scandinavia and Europe.

Is Santa in Odin?

Santa Claus may owe his earliest influence to Odin (also known as Wodan), a god revered by Germanic peoples in Northern Europe as early as 2 B.C.E. Odin was celebrated during Yule, a pagan holiday that took place midwinter.

What are the rules of Odinism?

The main rules of Odinist conduct are listed in the Nine Charges which are: To maintain candor and fidelity in love and devotions to the tried friend: though he strike me I will do him no scathe. Never to make a wrongsome oath: for great and grim is the reward for the breaking of plighted troth.

Do Odinists have too much knowledge?

For Odinists, whose religious traditions have no boundaries of dogma, but instead are girded by reason and honor, and the real seeking of truth, there is no such thing as too much knowledge.

What is the Odinist priesthood?

Odinists subscribe to the principle of the ‘priesthood of all believers’, insofar as any adult Odinist, male or female, who has made the Pledge of Faith, may lead a congregation or perform priestly duties without any further act of ordination, provided that he enjoys the confidence of his fellow Odinists.

What is Odinist cosmology?

Odinists believe that all living beings are, in some degree, possessed of a spiritual essence; and by ‘living beings’ we understand not only beasts and plants, but mountains, rocks, seas, rivers, islands, all of which can be apprehended, like the Earth herself, as living entities, endowed with spirit. AND OF ODINIST COSMOLOGY?