Which eye did he lose?

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In article <95cnrtF985U1@mid.individual.net>,
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> wrote:

> Which eye did he lose?

I can't answer that. But I did speculate that the
two eyes of Odin the sky god are the sun and the
moon and the missing or closed eye represents
new moon (dark of moon) which I also associate
with the ravens which are associated with Odin.

David

On 2011-06-10, David Dalton wrote:
> In article <95cnrtF985U1@mid.individual.net>,
> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Which eye did he lose?
>
> I can't answer that. But I did speculate that the
> two eyes of Odin the sky god are the sun and the
> moon and the missing or closed eye represents
> new moon (dark of moon) which I also associate
> with the ravens which are associated with Odin.

No. It's an old topos. Here's an assortment of oneeyed heroes:
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-46409294.html
Hagen von Tronje was oneeyed too.

The oneeyed is not the dardevil. He is ambiguous, dark, more
sophisticated and has more wisdom. The sane eye means knowledge about
the world as we see it 'normally', the 'life', its principles. The
missing eye is the knowlege of something behind the scenes, the
insight.
If the oneeyedness of the pirates makes them equal to those heroes
might be discussed, but those oneeyed Hollywood Pirates are a little
ambigous too. They are feared but admired too.

Or so, my English is very bad, sorry.

Sabine

--
Nicht das Schicksal zu aendern, sondern sich ihm zu unterwerfen, macht
den Heroismus des autoritaeren Charakters aus. (E. Fromm)

On Jun 9, 5:28�pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Which eye did he lose?

The other one.

Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
>
> Which eye did he lose?

The one time I met him close up it sorta looked ambiguous. I can't tell
if he'd been there longer they might have faded back and forth or if I
would not be able to tell no matter how long he stayed.

So I'm going with personal choice if you've met him and seen enough to
decide, poetic choice if you're composing a poem that works much better
one way or the other, no literal choice to be settled upon.

On Jun 9, 7:28�pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Which eye did he lose?
Odin obviously lost the parietal eye, which in our distant
vertebrate ancestor was right in the middle of the forehead. We all
have a parietal eye deep in our brains which is now called the pineal
gland. So the lost eye is neither the left nor the right eye. It is
the center one.
According to scientists, the parietal eye dropped down deep in
our brains where light can�t get to it. However, the pineal gland
regulates the timing of our conscious states. Thus, the pineal gland
enhances our thinking process. One can claim that the pineal gland is
still being used as an eye, only it looks at planes of consciousness
rather than at images of light. So the sinking of the parietal eye
into the brain helped give vertebrates the capacity for intelligence.
This is an obvious analog to the eye of Odin sinking into the
Well of Wisdom. Thus, the parietal eye of Odin was never lost. It is
still functioning, looking at the wisdom accumulated by the Elder Gods
(i.e., the Jotun). The eye allows Odin to see the lessons of history.
The lessons of history are the water of the Well of Wisdom.
Here are two links that mention the parietal eye.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_eye
The third eye (also known as the inner eye) is a mystical and esoteric
concept referring in part to the ajna (brow) chakra in certain
spiritual traditions. It is also spoken of as the gate that leads
within to inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness. People who
have allegedly developed the capacity to utilize their third eyes are
sometimes known as seers.
�.
Some writers and researchers, including H.P. Blavatsky[7] and Rick
Strassman, have suggested that the third eye is in fact the partially
dormant pineal gland, which resides between the two hemispheres of the
brain. Various types of lower vertebrates, such as reptiles and
amphibians, can actually sense light via a third parietal eye�a
structure associated with the pineal gland�which serves to regulate
their circadian rhythms, and for navigation, as it can sense the
polarization of light.
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parietal_eye
�A parietal eye, also known as a parietal organ or third-eye or (often
but less correctly) pineal eye, is a part of the epithalamus present
in some animal species. The eye may be photoreceptive and is usually
associated with the pineal gland, regulating circadian rhythmicity and
hormone production for thermoregulation�
�Many of the oldest fossil vertebrates, including ostracoderms,
placoderms, crossopterygians, and even early tetrapods, had a socket
in the skull that appears to have held a functional third eye. This
socket remains as a foramen between the parietal bones even in many
living amphibians and reptiles, although it has vanished in birds and
mammals. The third eye, where present, is always much smaller than the
main paired eyes, and, in living species, it is always covered by
skin, and is usually not readily visible externally.�

On Jun 17, 9:58�am, Darwin123 <drosen0...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jun 9, 7:28 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru...@gmail.com>
> wrote:> Which eye did he lose?
>
> � � Odin obviously lost the parietal eye...

"Obviously?"

> One can claim that the pineal gland is
> still being used as an eye, only it looks at planes of consciousness
> rather than at images of light.

One can claim lots of things. Doesn't make 'em accurate.

> � � � � This is an obvious analog to the eye of Odin sinking into the
> Well of Wisdom. Thus, the parietal eye of Odin was never lost.

And so he covers his missing eye... because why?

> People who
> have allegedly developed the capacity to utilize their third eyes are
> sometimes known as seers.

More often as "crackpots" and "newage scammers."

> Some writers and researchers, including H.P. Blavatsky[7]

Blavatsky? Fricken' *Blavatsky*??

On Jun 19, 6:44�pm, "scottlowt...@ix.netcom.com"
<scottlowt...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On Jun 17, 9:58�am, Darwin123 <drosen0...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 9, 7:28 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru...@gmail.com>

> > One can claim that the pineal gland is
> > still being used as an eye, only it looks at planes of consciousness
> > rather than at images of light.
>
> One can claim lots of things. Doesn't make 'em accurate.
I was being whimsical. There is no straight answer to "which eye did
Odin lose".