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08.01.2009 / 6
The turning inward at the level of Isa was only the antechamber of a new return, a new cycle. And just as spring inevitably follows winter, after pregnancy, after turning inward, comes birth, a new manifestation.
The eleventh Rune of the Elder Futhark – Jera (year, harvest) – the Rune of organic development, which is always cyclical.
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07.01.2009 / 5
It continues the Second Aett — the Rune of passivity, of slowing, or even suspension of movement. However, given previous events, this suspension is necessary for further development. Since, in Manifestation, the stages of Yav always alternate with periods of Navi (life–death, day–night, etc.), to the diurnal mind Manifestation appears discontinuous. Those very interruptions, which in fact are simply periods of other existence, symbolize the forces of the Rune Isa.
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06.01.2009 / 7
The influence of the principle of Mortality on the movement of the Wheel of the second Atta leads to an awareness of the need for endurance and resolve.
The awareness of death, at first paralyzing and then permanently transforming, forces one to press on through life’s storms with gritted teeth.
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05.01.2009 / 5
The Second Att begins with the rune Hagalaz, which establishes the foremost law governing the existence of manifested being: everything that is born must die.
This rune expresses the activity of the Second Att: the driving force behind the establishment of laws is the relating of the reality of life to death.
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04.01.2009 / 3
It is well known that the runic order — the Elder Futhark — is divided into three parts: three Families (Aetts) of eight Runes each. By the names of the first Runes of each Aett, they are called the Aetts of Freyr, Hagal, and Tyr. The association with these gods is largely conventional: it is […]
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03.01.2009 / 2
Magical Animals. Discover the hidden meanings and deep traditions in this article on the official Enmerkar website.
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02.01.2009 / 8
The First Att concludes with the rune of transition — having reached the fullness of embodiment, Power passes to the next level.
The rune Vunyo (joy, glory) mythologically corresponds to the Hall of the Fallen — Valhalla. Even graphically, Vunyo depicts the Banner of that Hall.
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01.01.2009 / 4
The power born in Ansuz, which began its movement in Raido and found expression in Kenaz, in Gebo begins to penetrate other systems and move outward.
The seventh rune of the first Aett symbolizes the exchange of energy as the condition for a system’s stable existence; in other words, from the perspective of this rune, only open systems are stable.
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31.12.2008 /
The purposeful motion set by Raido makes the walls part, and a shaft of light pierces the darkness. From within comes fire and brings illumination. Such a light through the clouds symbolizes the Rune Kenaz.
Kenaz (pine, torch, Kano, sometimes Kaun, ulcer) — the sixth Rune of the Elder Futhark, corresponding to the process of transition from neutrality to the fertilization of Receptivity.
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30.12.2008 / 13
Fairies are a people arising from two distinct sources. One branch of them are the “offspring” or the result of the degeneration of the Light and Dark Alvs.
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29.12.2008 /
The process of the Power’s manifestation, accomplished by the first four Runes, finds its equilibrium in the Rune Raido.
Raido (chariot, riding, road) expresses the idea of a means of movement along the Way of Power.
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28.12.2008 / 1
The force conceived by Fehu in Uruz and carried by Thurisaz finds its manifestation in Ansuz. In other words, Ansuz (As, the mouth, the Orifice) corresponds to the very process of the birth of force — neutrality — fertile passivity.
The fourth Rune of the Elder Futhark is connected with what so many contemporary rune practitioners lack: inspiration.
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27.12.2008 / 6
The Awakening of Power. Discover the hidden meanings and deep traditions in this article on the official Enmerkar website.
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