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It is hard to find anyone who, as a child, did not at least once take part in—or at least hear of—the summoning of the “Queen of Spades”, the “red, blue, or ‘pencil’ gnome”, and so on.
What happens in such cases?
Are the “appearances” described by children merely products of their imagination?
In the modern world, ideas about the dreaming body, the “astral” body and the “etheric double” regrettably remain at the level of the century before last, with its vulgar mediumism à la Cagliostro, muddled and lacking clarity.
One can only hope that dedicated groups seriously studying and applying this phenomenon will bring some order to the confusion.
All ancient cultures of the world, in the fragments of knowledge that have reached us, speak of astonishing beings that come to people’s aid and often save their lives. Animal Powers were regarded as extremely useful to people, who greatly need that direct, unmediated, absolute connection with the Universality of Life that animals possess.
The sagas mention three fundamental features that characterize seiðr: 1) a high seat, or platform, on which the practitioner sits; 2) the use of special songs to induce trance or to secure assistance from spirits; 3) an association with sexual “indecency” (ergi).
Thousands of years before the Vikings, at the far end of the earth people worshipped a god who, like the Great Aesir, was associated with storm and inspiration.
We have already spoken of artifacts that have affected (at least on the psychological level) the course of human history — the Spear of Destiny and the Holy Grail.
Yet these artifacts, though the best known, are not the only objects shrouded in mystery and legend.
Another such Item is the great Sword of Nergal.
