Abode of the Gods

"Ancient Egyptians talked about a mountain that houses a passage through which those who are destined to "solar" immortality eventually enter a "triumphant land," in which, according to a hieroglyphic inscription, "the leaders who dwell by the throne of the great god proclaim their eternal life and power." "It is well known that this theme is found in the legends of the Western Roman-Germanic Middle Ages: mountains such as the Kyffhauser and the Odenberg were believed to be places where kings such as Charlemagne, Arthur, Frederick I, and Frederick II had been taken. These kings allegedly are not dead but are waiting for the time to appear again." "Buddha compared to a high mountain the state "in which there is no here nor there, no coming or going, but calmness and enlightenment as in an infinite ocean" (the state of nirvana), likewise we read in Yashna that the mysterious haoma grows on high mountains." "The concepts of Walhalla and Asgard originally enjoyed an immediate relationship with the mountain so much so that Walhalla became the name of Swedish and other Scandinavian mountains. Moreover, when it was thought to be located on ancient mountains, such as Helgafell, Krossholar, and Hlidskjalf, Walhalla was thought to be the seat of heroes and of deified rulers. Asgard is often referred to in the Edda as Glitmirbjorg, the "shiny mountain" or as Himinbjorg, in which the ideas of mountain and of luminous sky, or of luminous, heavenly quality are fused together. Thus we still find the central theme of Asgard as a very high mountain, on the icy top of which an eternal brightness shines forth above the clouds and fog." -Julius Evola "Meditations on the Peaks"