INVOCATION TO ODIN
MIGHTY ODIN, WE INVOKE
AND BID YE NOW DESCEND
TO AID THY CHILDREN ON THIS NIGHT
THY POW’R AND STRENGTH TO LEND
TO THE FATHER OF ALL MEN
A SACRIFICE WE GIVE
IN ACCORD WITH NATURAL LAW
THAT BINDETH ALL THAT LIVES
ACCEPT, THEREFORE, OUR GIFT OF LOVE
IN TURN OF BLESSING, THINE
THAT THOU E’ER BESTOW ON US
BY SACRIFICE DIVINE
WE CALL TO THEE IN GLADSHEIM FAIR
BY MIDGARD’S SACRED POW’R
HORNED LORD OF CHARM AND WORD
COME TO US THIS HOUR
COME! O COME! TO THE HEARTBEAT’S DRUM
TO THOSE WHO DARE INVOKE
BY JOY AND FEAR WE KNOW THEE NIGH
BY THORN AND ASH AND OAK
WITH ALL THE FORCE OF OUR TRUE WILL
WE CALL UNTO OUR KING
WITH ALL THE PASSION OF OUR HEARTS
WE WELCOME OUR LORD IN
THOU ART THE COMFORTER OF MEN
CONSOLER OF THE TRUE
IN KNOWING THEE WE KNOW OF FATE
IN DEATH WE FINDETH YOU
THOU ART THE LORD OF SHADOWS GRIM
LONELY, JUST AND STERN
BEAR THY FACES TO THY KIN
WHO FOR THEE EVER YEARN
THROUGH MIMIR THOU WATCHEST WORLDS
THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN
PERCEIVING TRUTH AND SACRED LORE
BEYOND ALL THAT HAS BEEN
TEACH US IN THE DEPTHS OF SLEEP
WITH DREAM AND VISION CLEAR
SO THAT WHEN YOU SPEAK TO US
WE UNDERSTAND AND HEAR
WE BID THEE, WODE, ENCOURAGE US
AND FORTIFY OUR HEARTS
FILL OUR BODIES WITH THY LIGHT
AND THY POW’R IMPART
THEN SPEND THINE ANCIENT LOVE, O LORD
TO AID US IN THESE RITES
DEVOTED TO THE UNIVERSE
UPON THIS SACRED NIGHT
(faster)
BY HOOF AND HORN AND STAFF WE CALL
UPON THEE, MIGHTY ONE
BY SACRED TREE, BY LIFE AND DEATH
WE ENTREAT YE COME!
BY HOOF AND HORN AND STAFF WE CALL
UPON THEE, MIGHTY ONE
BY SACRED TREE, BY LIFE AND DEATH
WE ENTREAT YE COME!
BY HOOF AND HORN AND STAFF WE CALL
UPON THEE, MIGHTY ONE
BY SACRED TREE, BY LIFE AND DEATH
WE ENTREAT YE COME!
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