16 MAGIC WORDS • One, alone • Pangs of death -- Ajith Fernando, Acts (1998) • Source of movement "The word Odin, according to the mythologist Jacob Grimm, in ancient times literally meant the 'source of movement.' Thus, Odin becomes the creator god, the source of all movement in the world." -- Dean Williams, Real Leadership (2005) • Supreme God -- M. Mallet, Northern Antiquities (1847) • The Wader "The word Odin means The Wader in the sense of a person wading through water. By extension it signifies the permeator, or the power that moves through all things." -- Manly P. Hall, Horizon (1946) • Wind, the life-giving breath of heaven -- Duncan Long, Classical Mythology Super Review (2002) • Wisdom -- George F. Fort, Early History and Antiquities of Freemasonry (1884) Origins: In Scandinavian mythology, Odin is the name of a deified monarch who invented letters. Odin is "the counterpart to the Greek Hermes, likewise is the god of magic, poetry, divination and inspiration, who undertakes shamanic practices." Variations and Incantations: • Votan • Wednesday • Woden • Wotan • Wuotan In Literature: • "In desperation, Samuel grasped the ring pin tightly in his hands, closed his eyes and shouted, 'Odin, Odin, Odin.' Nothing happened. Again, with his voice nearly choked with fear, Samuel gasped the magic words." -- John Anacker, Raven's Ring Pin (2004) • "You are blessed in the name of Odin." -- Ed Fitch, The Rites of Odin (1990) 5 Nigel Pennick, Magical Alphabets (1992)