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XII - Hanged Man

I ween that I hung

on the windy tree,

Hung there for nights full nine;

With the spear I was wounded,

and offered I was

To Othin, myself to myself,

On the tree that none

may ever know

What root beneath it runs.

-- Rúnatal (Henry Adams Bellows 1936 Translation)

 

Sometimes the world seems upside down and topsy-turvy. What we need is a change in perspective. But remember, sometimes that new outlook also demands a sacrifice.

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Uploaded on January 8, 2021