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The Significance of 3’s & The Aesir Vanir War

“Nights through dreams tell the myths forgotten by the day.” – C.G. Jung

David explains the psychological significance of the three levels of the world tree Yggdrasil.

In Season 0, Episode 3, David explains the psychological significance of the three levels of the world tree Yggdrasil. We read the myth of the Aesir/Vanir war from Snorri Sturlson’s Ynglinga Saga and discuss mummified heads and why a man is only as good as his word.

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