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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:01:52 GMT -5
I'm going to post pictures of the futhark runes so we can more easily identify them, along with their various ablities/correspondences. Weeeee.
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:02:50 GMT -5
Keywords / Magical: Prosperity, social success, foresight, money, wealth, "inner-wealth" and creative fire. Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Frey, Freyja and Njord Lore: This is the principle of mobal power-within nature, within the self, and within society. Fehu is a power that flows outward like fire from its course and must be circulated in order to be beneficial. Positive Meaning: Foresight is needed. Wealth may be in the future, but it must be used with wisdom and shared to avoid conflict. Also true of "inner wealth" of knowledge. Negative Meaning: Greed can cause you to become a outcast. Discord may be in the future, discord based on a lack of circulation of the power of fehu. Excess of fehu can cause you to "burnout" your creative energies. Control them but use them with wisdom.
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:03:41 GMT -5
Letter value: u,v Keywords / Magical: Vital strength and virility, defense, primal forming force, tenacity, freedom, health, understanding, sudden or unexpected changes (usually for the better). Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Audhumla, Urd Lore: This is the principle of vital organic life energy, original procreation, and organic transformation. Uruz is the primal cosmic bovine-force that shapes manifestation and defends that manifested form. The aurochs was a wild and powerful large bison-like longhorned bovine that roamed Europe until it became extinct. The beast was known for its power, ferocity, and tenacity. In the mythology this is represented by the great cow Audhumla, which licked a great icy block of salt in order to form the primal androgyne Buri. Also, she was the source of sustenance for the cosmic giant Ymir. Audhumla was herself formed from the dripping rime produced when the world fire met the world ice. This is also the unmanifested energized essence from which the cosmic ice and Audhumla were originally formed. Positive Meaning: Vital strength is its essence. There is a up-welling and out-pouring of energy. This energy leads to strength if it is tenaciously held onto and controlled. Properly this strength should be used to defend your "homeland", be that the physical home or the "hall" of the self (defense mechanisms). Strive toward inner goals and more power will result. Use the strength to burn away weakness and dross. Negative Meaning: Obsessive protectiveness and possessiveness. Strength used in the wrong way or time, or strength used by the wrong people whose only desire is to control others. Sickness, inconsistency, ignorance.
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:04:49 GMT -5
Letter value: Th Keywords / Magical: Reactive force, directed force, defense, to learn you must go through hardship, appiled power, regeneration (following destruction), essential desire. Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Thorr Lore: Thurisaz is the directed cosmic force of destruction and defense. This rune is a symbol of lighting and thunder and is associated with Mjollnir, the hammer of Thorr. This weapon is the protector of Midhgardhr and Asgardhr. Just as the thorn protects the rose, so too does Mjollnir protect Midhgardhr and Asgardhr. Positive Meaning: Thurisaz is the forward-trusting force of destruction of powers hostile to cosmic order. These hostile powers are not "evil", they are just harmful to the way of life demonstrated by the gods and expressed in mankind. It is a projectable form of applied power. May be combined with other runes to direct their force. Thurisaz is also a rune of regeneration and fertilization. It breaks down barriers so that new beginnings may occur. It is a catalyst for change. This rune is a sign of the psychosexual symbolic response, which in unconscious individuals leads to compulsion and in conscious ones to transformation. Negative Meaning: Betrayal, compulsion and defenselessness.
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:05:26 GMT -5
Letter value: a Keywords / Magical: Inspiration (enthusiasm), synthesis, spiritual knowledge, container of knowledge, magical incantation, speech (the power of suggestion). Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Odhinn (Wodan) Lore: The Ansuz rune is instrumental in the creation of mankind. It describes two of the gifts given to Ask and Embla (the first man and woman) by the gods Odin, Vili, and VĂ©. These gifts were ond or anda (breath, sprit, animating life principle) and odhr (inspired mental activity, inspiration). Positive Meaning: This is the rune of the word, song, poetry, and magical incantation (galdr) as a container and expresser of magical force. Ansuz is a magical ancestral power, one that has been handed down from generation to generation along genetic line. Through the power of this rune the realization of the link between the ancestral gods and their people may be regained. Negative Meaning: Danger may come through a misuse of knowledge or from unwholesome influences. Beware of others trying to manipulate you. Boredom and intellectual death.
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:06:12 GMT -5
Letter value: r Keywords / Magical: Right action and order, journey (way back to right), ritual Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Forseti Lore: Raidho is the cosmic law of right and order in the multiverse. It came to be a symbol of organized religion, of Asatru, the ancient form of Germanic religion. Today this rune is a symbol of the "way back to right", through the efforts of those who want to recover the essence of the primal order. Positive Meaning: This rune represents the right order of a persons journey through the paths of the Nine Worlds of Yggdrasill. Good advice and judgment according to right are attributes of Raidho. It is the channeling force according to natural laws along the right road leading to the right results. Obtaining justice according to right. Negative Meaning: Spiritual boredom. Beware of bad advice. Injustice.
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:06:45 GMT -5
Letter value: c,k Keywords / Magical: Controlled energy, creativity, ability, sexual lust, transformation Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Freyja, dwarves Lore: Kenaz is the fire of creation, sacrifice, the hearth and the forge- fire controlled by mankind toward a willed result. Positive Meaning: It has the ability and the will to generate and create. It is the rune of the artist and craftsman, and the technical aspects of magic. Kenaz is also the rune of human passion, lust, and sexual love- as positive attributes. It is also important to the concept of kin. Negative Meaning: Lack of creativity, Inability, problems with relationships (break-ups).
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:07:27 GMT -5
Letter value: g Keywords / Magical: Gift (giving), generosity, hospitality, magical exchange, sex magic Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Odhinn, Freyja Lore: Gebo is the eminent unconscious magical force present in the Ginnungapgap (magically charged void) before the formation of the Worlds. The holy mystery of the two (or many) in one. Positive Meaning: It is the giver, the giving, the given and that which is given to. By the power of this rune persons are bound together through an act of will in order to effect a result. Gebo contains the secrets of psychically joining two people, or several persons, in order that they may produce a creative power greater that their sum total. This is the rune of sex magic. Negative Meaning: Do not become overly dependent upon gifts from others. Greed and weakness, or poverty and loneliness.
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:08:00 GMT -5
Letter value: v,w Keywords / Magical: Joy, harmony, fellowship, well-being, binding Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Freyja, elves Lore: This is the principle of ideal harmonization of entities or elements - especially those derived from the same source. Positive Meaning: The power this rune aids in is the promotion of fellowship and goodwill between brother and sister and of the clan or tribe. Wunjo is the energy that binds different fields of power together and is therefore invaluable in rune magic. With this energy you can bind several runes into a single harmonious force that can work toward a specific result. Negative Meaning: Loss of identity, alienation, sorrow
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:09:04 GMT -5
Letter value: h Keywords / Magical: Controlled crisis, completion, inner harmony, protection Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Ymir Lore: "Hail" is a complex principle which involves the projection (from "above" or "beyond") of a hard and dangerous substance which is also the "seed of becoming", new creation and transformation, sometimes through crisis. Positive Meaning: A change or transformation of your life situation. Be prepared for a controlled crisis, leading to completion, inner harmony. Wrath of nature. Hagalaz is also a rune of protection and a rune "mother", as all runic forms may be created from its sixfold form. Negative Meaning: Crisis leading to the destruction of your vital powers and sources of well-being. A Change for the worse. Or the blocking of this rune's force could lead to a lack of change in life.
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:09:46 GMT -5
Letter value: n Keywords / Magical: Need, self-reliance, need-fire, necessity, resistance Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Norns (Nornir) Lore: In the darkness and cold of the need-rune the need for fire is realized, but the fire must be generated from what you have within yourself. Positive Meaning: Recognition of "need" leads to taking appropriate action to alleviate distress. Stress is turned to strength through consciousness. Acknowledgment of one's fate. Negative Meaning: Danger of being lead to the path of least resistance or easy path in life.
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:10:19 GMT -5
Letter value: i Keywords / Magical: Consciousness, self-control Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Frost Giants Lore: Ice gathers all things around it into itself and tries to hold them in stillness, darkness and coldness. It has a solidifying quality. However, in its pure state it is a destructive and dangerous element. Positive Meaning: Enhancement of self-consciousness and of ego awareness. Difficult situations are overcome with inner resources. This rune may indicate a time to pull back into the self without separating from the world. Negative Meaning: Isa can cause a freezing of life forces and a over-concentration in the ego leading to dullness and stupidity.
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:10:53 GMT -5
Letter value: j,y Keywords / Magical: Reward, plenty, proper timing, solar year cycle Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Frey Lore: Jera is the cyclical aspect of nature, the great wheel of the year. When properly used this natural cycle yields good fruits (rewards). Positive Meaning: Rewards for right action. Plenty and a "good harvest" can be expected. Reaping rewards for past efforts. Have patience to act at the proper time. Negative Meaning: Inappropriate timing or actions lead to negative results. Inability to use natural patterns.
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:11:28 GMT -5
Letter value: ei Keywords / Magical: Enlightenment, endurance, initiation, protection, life/death Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Odhinn, Ullr Lore: This is the principle of the vertical axis that penetrates into the world above and the world below and connects the human realm to heavenly regions. It is the synthesis of above and below, light and dark, life and death. The yew is a flexible force but also hard; it endures beyond all other things. The yew is evergreen in the winter (life in the midst of death), and it is useful to build fires, becoming the "sun within". Positive Meaning: The "yew" promotes spiritual enlightenment. Mental toughness and flexibility are needed. The inner flame must be ignited through discipline. Realization of inner strength will protect you from outside dangers. Negative Meaning: Eihwas coming too early into the life of a person can cause deep confusion. The hot fires unconsciously ignited may "burn-out".
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Post by Angaridatha on Feb 17, 2005 0:12:04 GMT -5
Letter value: p Keywords / Magical: Mystery, good lot, Cause and effect, orlog, chance, fellowship Gods, Goddesses and Deities: Norns (Nornir) Lore: This rune contains the mystery of the Nornic laws. Nornic force defines an aspect of the laws of cause and effect. The mystery of divination is central to this rune. Positive Meaning: Hidden mystery. Forces we cannot fully understand. Fate. It is the rune of the vitki, the one who seeks the mysteries of the cosmos through the understanding of synchronicity. Negative Meaning: To much can cause an addiction to pleasures. Loneliness.
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