The next questioning to a god which I've been instructed to share here is one to Óðinn, which I'll preface by resharing the leads from these earlier (very) brief notes for those who've not had their own (knowing) encounter with the Lord of Mysteries. It's in this aspect that the Áss revealed himself for this meeting, perhaps because of these questions' subjects, and given the nature of both questions and answers I'm still a bit startled at being exhorted to share them here. Having learned just a thing or two about what to question and what to trust, I'll wrap up this preface with just a few brief and possibly helpful notes on this particular encounter before leaving the words to lead on to other thoughts for the now-still-more-highly-esteemed Reader(s?) whom I've been assured will be able to recognize exactly what's needed from them.

There are many ways to connect to this Áss of many names, but on this occasion I followed an instinct to connect via the naming ᚢᚦᛁᚾ.

Obviously this entity's communication will come across in a very different tone from that of Athena in the previously shared consultation. I can't 100% say that what's sampled here is completely characteristic, because honestly Óðinn is always full of yet more surprises. I can say that I've never heard him speak exactly like he did in answering these questions at this time, and I've had MANY encounters with this one. While Athena in my more limited personal experience can show some variation from straight-business to affectionately humourous to dramatic-heroic there's still very much a feeling of a *constant* in her bearing and demeanour - with Óðinn you know there has to be some constant under the surface because of how all of his manipulations eventually come together, but I'll be damned if I've quite pinned it down, the Wanderer can show so much variation. It's like the psychic equivalent of a shapeshifter. For a long time I've had an excellent ability to 'feel' the energy of a person or especially a spirit if ever I've encountered them, and recognize them again later even through attempts at deception or changed appearance: obviously if anyone else has fooled me and not let me know I'd remain ignorant, but as far as I'm aware I've always correctly identified everyone's energy signature after a first meeting except somehow for Óðinn (whom I've met more times than I'd like to spend time trying to count) when he wants to disguise himself, although a few times he has revealed this deception after the fact. No idea how he does this, but it's no common attribute, and hopefully goes some way towards describing the extreme subtle complexity of this god even when compared to fellow deities of some note. This is also the main reason why I wanted to reshare these older observations as they relate to his characteristic (with me, and I suspect with other deep students of the runes) though of course still-difficult-to-really-classify mode of communication on occult matters.