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Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies: Part Two (41)
After his death, the historical Odin was apotheosized, his identity being merged into that of the mythological Odin, god of wisdom, whose cult he had promulgated. Odinism then supplanted the worship of Thor, the thunderer, the supreme deity of the ancient Scandinavian pantheon. The mound where, according to legend, King Odin was buried is still to be seen near the site of his great temple at Upsala.
The Kybalion
Chapter I: The Hermetic Philosophy (4)
As the years rolled by after his passing from this plane of life (tradition recording that he lived three hundred years in the flesh), the Egyptians...
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (103)
For the dead flesh comprehendeth only a dead god, and longeth also only after such a dead god. But it is such a god as has thrown many men headlong in...