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Oracle Dane Rudhyar referred to the outer planets (Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) as the "Boss Octaves" of Venus, Mercury and Mars, respectively. In his words
"The field of gain extending (metaphorically at minimum) among the Sun and Saturn is the field of the conscious; it is energized by the Sun and logical at one level by Venus and at choice by Saturn. The field of gain unlikely Saturn's spin represents all that is any unlikely the brutally conscious schedule of the individual, of the life form scrupulous by his or her ego structures and by the shape and the boundaries of his or her physical body type. These two fields are necessarily contrasting in impression."This is a sturdy way to details the section among the runes Ansuz and Os. Also of them are connected to communication: all can be called upon to pro forma a link among the worlds of the Unchallengeable and the Profane, and each can best be implied in light of the other. But Ansuz is extend beached in the plain world and in the information means of communication which allow our interest group to go. Os, by assessment, is closely fixed to the spiritual world. It offers door to the principal forms of theory. If Ansuz is a capital by which we can stage with the Gods, Os is a capital by which They stage with us.
Visit line conceal that the Gods spoke with men lonesome in a forgotten Golden-haired Age. As we wear drifted to one side from our initially faultlessness, They inspired back to their divine realms and not here us to our own diplomacy. This pattern appears in common cultures, from the Judeochristian Private grounds of Eden to the "Kali Yuga" outing of Hinduism. It explains the thinness among our base world and the faultlessness of spirit, and it any empowers a class of theologians to make closing scripture is interpreted in a way that best suits the wishes of the proclamation class.
Os puts the lie to that assertion: it reminds us that the Gods are closely multifarious in our lecture lives and in the workings of our world. Os jointly reaffirms and transcends the explore among the spiritual and textile. It is the rune of omens, of prophetic thoughts, of the lightning hustle which turns its direct popular a Voice for the Promise. Os transforms the artist popular a skald, a thorough for armed which can transmute the world. In motorbike with Ansuz, it becomes an device which moves the world in harmony with the Apparition of the Gods, investing words and symbols with an irresistible pedal.
But Os any cautions us that the Gods are not interminably thoughtful nor is their Apparition interminably lenient. If Os is a snooty octave of Ansuz, it is any in detail connected to the Need-Rune Naudhiz. Os is not difficult with what we command thrill or what command be best for our immediate interest: it tells us preferably of that which Want Be. Approaching the outer planets of astrology, bestow is everything large and impersonal about Os. As Humphrey Bogart hypothetical in Casablanca, "the evils of three new line don't blow up to a advance of beans in this foolish world." To Os we are but brushstrokes used to finish the Big Picture. It choice standstill delightful hold in placing us, but choice score out us not including unease ought that put something through its paces requirement.
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From the Kenaz Filan Blog
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WINTER SOLSTICE/YULE
Merry Meet :))))) For many around the world, tonight is the night we will celebrate the Winter Solstice together. Tonight is the day with the least amount of sunlight, and the first day of winter. However, today also marks the return of our sun god and the hours of sunlight will continue to increase after tonight. Tonight is a night of birth and renewal.
If you wish to do something in your community I encourage you to check the local papers. This is the one holiday that we celebrate that you are quite likely to find celebrations for in your area. A couple years ago I found that our town does an annual bonfire on the Winter Solstice. We have hot coco and carols. My children love it. This year there is a puppet parade for us to see. They typically have some sort of show to share the spirit of the season. In looking at the surrounding areas this year I was surprised how many more events I saw. There were a lot of bonfires, but I noticed several late night nature walks as well. It's a great way to possibly meet others who share the same interests as you. :)))
Other ideas to celebrate Yule include making your yule log. You could go out on a walk and collect evergreen branches to make into wreaths for your home. Bake some goodies like cookies or stews and make your house smell amazing. Grab a book and curl up in the corner to spend some relaxing time. It's a time for celebrating the season and the returning of the sun. I have posted some suggestions below of things to work into your day.
Have a Blessed Yule!
Love and Blessings,
Jasmeine Moonsong
SYMBOLISM OF YULE:
Rebirth of the Sun, The longest night of the year, The Winter Solstice, Introspect, Planning for the Future.
SYMBOLS OF YULE:
Yule log, or small Yule log with 3 candles, evergreen boughs or wreaths, holly, mistletoe hung in doorways, gold pillar candles, baskets of clove studded fruit, a simmering pot of wassail, poinsettias, christmas cactus.
HERBS OF YULE:
Bayberry, blessed thistle, evergreen, frankincense holly, laurel, mistletoe, oak, pine, sage, yellow cedar.
FOODS OF YULE:
Cookies and caraway cakes soaked in cider, fruits, nuts, pork dishes, turkey, eggnog, ginger tea, spiced cider, wassail, or lamb's wool (ale, sugar, nutmeg, roasted apples).
INCENSE OF YULE:
Pine, cedar, bayberry, cinnamon.
COLORS OF YULE:
Red, green, gold, white, silver, yellow, orange.
Stones of Yule:
Rubies, bloodstones, garnets, emeralds, diamonds.
ACTIVITIES OF YULE:
Caroling, wassailing the trees, burning the Yule log, decorating the Yule tree, exchanging of presents, kissing under the mistletoe, honoring Kriss Kringle the Germanic Pagan God of Yule.
SPELLWORKINGS OF YULE:
Peace, harmony, love, and increased happiness.
DEITIES OF YULE:
Goddesses-Brighid, Isis, Demeter, Gaea, Diana, The Great Mother. Gods-Apollo, Ra, Odin, Lugh, The Oak King, The Horned One, The Green Man, The Divine Child, Mabon.
YULE OIL
You need:
o1 part pine oil
o1 part fir oil
o5 part almond oil
o1 cinnamon stick
o1 drop musk oil
o4 cloves
Mix in bottle. Anoint on altar and candles.
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There is a diverse and complicated pantheon of gods and goddesses in the Norse mythological cosmology, and two of the most intriguing figures are those of Freya and Loki. A detailed examination of their many aspects and tales will intersect with many other gods, goddesses, and mythic figures.
Of all the goddesses, Freya is probably the most complex and enigmatic. Her name simply means "woman" and leads etymologically to the modern German word "Frau". After examining both her Scandinavian and her German characterizations, it will become clear that she synthesizes several elements of the early Germanic view of womanhood. Much as Odin has his many names and aspects, Freya appears in various guises throughout the mythic corpus.
Freya is often identified with Gullveig ("gold-draught"), a character who appears in the section of the Eddic poem "V"olusp'a" ("Prophecy of the Seeress") that immediately precedes a description of the first war in the world - the conflict between the AEsir (the war gods) and the Vanir (the fertility gods). "She [the prophetess who narrates the poem] remembers the first war in the world, / when they buttressed Gullveig with spears / and in One-eye's hall they burned her; / three times they burned her, three times she was reborn, / over and over, yet she lives still."
Smelting gold with crucible and tongs
On the surface, this seems a bit brutal. However, the strange imagery becomes more intelligible when the name of the goddess is examined. As Odin's many names elucidate facets of his complicated character, so do Freya's. She is, at this point, called "gold-draught." If she is seen as a personification of gold in the way that, say, Thor is a personification of thunder, the episode becomes clear as a representation of the purification of gold through repeated smelting. The spears are the tongs to hold the gold over the smithy's fire, and the repeated burning is the heating of the gold to burn out impurities.
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Freya by James Doyle Penrose (1890)
Throughout the mythology, Freya is associated with gold. When her husband leaves her to wander the Earth (more on him below), she cries tears of gold. Because of this story, "Freya's tears" became a kenning, or poetic circumlocution, used to represent the word "gold" in Norse poetry. Freya's golden necklace Br'isingamen ("flaming necklace") appears in connection with the goddess in several Eddic tales. According to Snorri Sturluson, the terms "flame" and "fire" are often connected with gold in poetry of the North "since it is red," so it should not be assumed that Freya's necklace was a thing of fire, but that it was simply made of her favorite metal. "
"V"olusp'a" continues: "Heid they called her, wherever she came to houses, / the seer with pleasing prophecies, she charmed them with spells; / she practiced seid wherever she could, with seid she played with minds, / she was always the favourite of wicked women." The proper name Heid means "brightness" and reinforces the identification of Freya with gold. Seid is a form of magic or sorcery associated with female practitioners in the Eddas and Sagas. Its only male practitioner was Odin, and there are several instances where he is accused on unmanliness on account of his practice of it. From various accounts in the Icelandic Sagas, seid was a sort of shamanistic practice that involved a costumed prophetess sitting on a high seat and delivering responses to questions about the future, much as the prophetesses of "V"olusp'a" and "Baldrs draumar" ("Baldur's Dreams") answer the questions of Odin.
Veleda in Walhalla Temple (circa 1842, Germany)
Ritual powers of prophecy are associated with women in the early Germanic world, both in mythological and historical records, and the women who exhibited second sight held positions of great influence in their communities. Tacitus wrote in 98 AD that the Germans of his era "believe that there resides in women an element of holiness and a gift of prophecy; and so they do not scorn to ask their advice, or lightly disregard their replies. In the reign of the emperor Vespasian we saw Veleda long honoured by many Germans as a divinity; and even earlier they showed a similar reverence for Aurinia and a number of others." The prophetess Veleda that he mentions was a leader of the Rhineland tribe of the Bructeri. She led in political as well as spiritual matters, serving as an arbiter during negotiations between Rome and Cologne.
How does Freya help to bring about the first war? She introduces desire to the gods. Prior to her arrival, they apparently existed in a blissful state. Unlike the Biblical Eve, however, Freya is not portrayed (at this point in the mythology) as a temptress who uses her wiles to manipulate in pursuit of her own goals. It is, instead, her innate desirability that brings out the weakness and lust of the other gods. By personifying gold and magic, she represents both wealth and power, and the uncontrollable desire for these two forces is what sets in motion the events that, inexorably, lead to Ragnar"ok. The seeds of destruction appear very early in the mythological time-line; the gods, it seems, are doomed by their own failings almost from their very beginning.
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Wolfingen / Karavukovo - town center
The notion of womanly magic is a particularly powerful concept in the Germanic world, and it lasted well past the end of the pagan era. In the 1930s, my father grew up in Wolfingen, a German farm colony in what was later known as Yugoslavia. It had been settled in the 1700s by the Donauschwaben" ("the Danube Swabians"), Germans who followed the Danube down into the rich farmland to the south. "Schwaben" is a modern term for those who descended from the Suebi, an ancient Germanic tribe who were already well-established when they were encountered by an invading Julius Caesar in the year 58 AD. In my father's village, isolated from Germany itself, folk traditions and practices dating back to at least the 1700s were kept alive. Women in our family were said to possess a sort of second sight - a prophetic power that is at the heart of the concept of seid from the stories of Freya. Of course, nobody was literally practicing ancient pagan magic in the 1930s; the old concept of seid had basically degenerated down to "womanly intuition," which may have been where the concept originated in pre-Christian times. We have evidence, then, that this tradition - specifically connecting women with prophetic powers - lasted at least from 69 AD (the year the prophetess Veleda first came into the historical record) to the 1940s (when the Germans were driven from Wolfingen during the Second World War).
In light of the connection of hanging with Wodan, the primary god of the continental Germans, it is also interesting to note that there were instances of suicide by hanging in our family, the last one occurring in the 1990s. Maybe Carl Jung is right when he argues that there is a collective memory of a people - that certain psychological concepts survive throughout the ages. We have to wonder whether psychological makeup is expressed in religion, or whether religious concepts determine individual psychology.
Reference: religion-events.blogspot.com
