Below is a translation of the Hávamál where Odin (Gaut) describes his self sacrifice himself to himself. Himself to the Gaut / God / Monad / Brahman / Emptiness / Divine Oneness in order to discover the Runes. In this mixture of cosmological metaphor and metaphysical reality he describes 18 Rune spells to which he passes on to those who seek wisdom from him as he sought wisdom within himself (the cosmos).