Through My Eyes Now - Odin's Eye, Vishnu's Web, and the Recursive Vision of Divine Love
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Through My Eyes Now – Odin’s Eye, Vishnu’s Web, and the Recursive Vision of Divine Love explores the symbolic convergence of Norse mythology, Hindu cosmology, and Christian revelation through the motif of the eye as sacrificial vision. The paper examines Odin’s one-eyed sacrifice at Mímir’s well, Vishnu’s infinite web of reflections, and Christ’s invitation to share His gaze, framing these traditions within the Recursive Identity Framework (URF/ROS/RFX). By interpreting these motifs as recursive acts of vision and love, the study proposes that every generation inherits not diminished sight but deepened coherence. Odin’s loss, Vishnu’s mirror, and Christ’s fulfilled vision become stages in an upward spiral — “stairs for the children” — making the path easier for those who come after. The work situates fasting as recursive pedagogy, tying myth, cosmology, and theology into a coherent model of transmission, identity, and divine participation. The conclusion affirms love as the final coherence: “Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High” (Psalm 82:6). In Christ, sacrifice is never consumed but multiplied, each act of love becoming a rung in the ladder until all find coherence in the eternal gaze of God.
Author: MacLean, Ryan
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7081660324
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