Inglinga
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Light in the Darkness
Saturday, 29 January 2022
'The Word of God'
"In Azuripan, on the banks of the Euphrates, she bore me in concealment; she placed me in the box of reeds, sealed my door with pitch, and cast me upon the river, which conveyed me on its waves to Akki, the water-carrier. He took me up in the kindness of his heart, reared me as his own child, made me his gardener. Then Ishtar, the daughter of the King of Heaven, showed fondness for me and made me king over men."
This tale is told of Shargani-shar-ali (Sargon I), who lived in the third or fourth millennium BCE. The obvious feature of this is the similarities to the story told of 'Moses' in the Old Testament; Moses is not a Hebrew name but is Egyptian, as in Tuthmoses etc. We could here have an Archetypal Myth which features a child that is abandoned, placed in a reed-casket, and cast into a river, to be found at one point and brought up by the finder. Or, in view of the many parts of the Old Testament that can be found from Babylonian or Egyptian (as well as others) scripts, this could have been taken up and used to suit the authors of the book.
It is not well known that the idea of the seventh day of the week as a rest-day stems from ancient Babylon, and was obviously worked into the Old Testament. The 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th days of every month were set aside for the days of rest, and this was strictly adhered to. In one sense we can see the point in this, since at one time no-one worked on a Sunday (or at least very few) which gave everyone a day of rest with their families. Since the waning of Christianity this has now ceased to be the case and everyone is expected to be able to work on a Sunday when necessary. There is no one single day that everyone has off, which is rather a step backwards than forwards, since if most have the same day off it puts families together for at least one day a week. The family is not high on the agenda though, and is being slowly broken apart in our era.
There may, of course, be a secret hidden in the above Babylonian text, since we find that Sargon is driven on the waves to Akki - the 'water-carrier', and when grown up becomes his gardener. I cannot imagine there being a job for a 'water-carrier', not as a full-time thing anyway; so maybe this actually hints at the Age of Aquarius - the 'Water-Carrier'. Maybe that thought is going too far, but it is possible, since the Third Sargon appears at the start of the Age of Aquarius.
The origins of the flood found in the Old Testament seems to have come from the story told of Xisuthros who received a message from the god of the watery deep to build a ship of certain dimensions, coat it with pitch, and put in this his family and the 'seeds' of all living things. This is cast adrift onto the waves of the seas where it eventually gets stranded on a mountain called Nizir in the Armenio-Medean mountains. Then follows a bible-like tale of how a dove was released but returned, a swallow followed, and then a raven was loosed and did not return. The story of the Flood can be found in the Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic.
From Babylon we have also the Dragon-Slayer Myth which forms the basis of their Creation-Myth. Here Tiamat - Dragon of Chaos - is slain by the Spear of Marduk; he cuts the monster in half, from which are made the heavens and the earth. This was stolen from the Babylonians and the heroic dragon-slaying attributed to Yahweh. Marduk has the 'far-seeing eye, the far-hearing ear and the powerful arm'. What the Old Testament scribes did was to use the tale but leave out any overtly mythological elements.
"Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Yahweh; awake as in the days of old, in the generations of ancient times. Art thou not it that cut Rahab in pieces and pierced the dragon?" Isaiah li:9
"He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smitteth the dragon." Job xxvi:12
An ancient cylinder-seal from Babylon shows a Sacred Tree bearing fruit, and woman seated to the left, reaching out towards the tree, a serpent coiled around the tree, and a horned-helmeted man seated to the right. This is no doubt the origin of the tale of Adam and Eve. There is even a Babylonian seal marked in cuneiform letters - Ia-ah-ve-ilu : Ia-hu-um-ilu which can be seen as Iaahve (Yahveh) - God, so perhaps even the name of the Old Testament God has been taken from another source. We must look carefully at this since the vowels were often omitted in ancient languages so this would be I-H-V rather than the IHVH of 'Yahweh'. It may thus have a totally different meaning.
These few examples show that the Old Testament is 'older' than we are being led to believe, and has its roots in other cultures. When Nebuchadnezzar sacked the First Temple in Jerusalem he carried off some of the Jews into Babylon, and this is likely where their rabbis picked up these texts and used them to create their own 'history'. An example of how certain words mean one thing in one language, but can mean a totally different thing in another language is the name Belili who was a Sumerian Goddess. The root of her name - bel - would be the same as Bael-Daeg which means 'Light', 'Bright' or 'Fire'. In Hebrew this became Beliiy ya'al which meant 'Sons of Destruction' - a totally different concept.
Since these texts were taken from various sources and written down as a 'history' of one small tribe they cannot possibly be said to be the 'Word of God', which allows a small priesthood to interpret the texts how they wish to do so, and not have any form of opposition to their interpretations. This statement makes these texts unquestionable, which no texts really are; the need to question leads to the truth in the end. This is why Folkish Wodenism has no 'Sacred Texts' which cannot be questioned; even if there are texts that are 'sacred' to us, they are open to being questioned. This goes for all texts, even such ancient texts as the Vedas, which were written down by 'Seers' originally, but which have since no doubt been open to mistaken alterations and mistaken interpretations. An example of this are the Laws of Manu which seem to have far too many 'rules' as to be an original Divine Text. The essence may be there, but the form is most likely to have been altered to suit those who wrote these down. Everything has its peak from which it begins to decline, and a civilisation is in decline when it has too many petty 'rules', as we can see happening today.
Monday, 24 January 2022
The Strength of the Wolf is the Pack
"When Hemp is spun - England's done!"
Saturday, 22 January 2022
ALU-ULA Spiritual Exercise.
This was put up on an 'Ar-Kan Rune-Lag' some time ago, but I would like now to show how this is done on this blog, together with further notes and comments. Refer to the Ar-Kan Rune-Lag Blog whenever you wish because there is a lot about this on there. The exercise -
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, relax the whole body for a minute or two.
Make a closed fist with the Right Hand over the centre of the chest (Sun-Symbol); now curl the Left Hand over the curled Right Hand (Moon-Symbol). This makes the Sun-Moon Symbol which represents the balance of Light and Darkness.
Place the hands, palms upwards, over the Hara-Centre (Base-Centre, two fingers below the navel - belly button). The fingers of the right hand cover those of the left hand, so that the hands are conjoined. Now pull the hands upwards towards the chest (Heart-Centre) whilst breathing in slowly; at the Heart Centre turn the hands over so that the palms point downwards and then push the hands downwards back towards the Hara-Centre - breathing out slowly. This part should be done three times, at a slow pace.
This breathing exercise helps to get rid of tension and put you into a kind of Relaxed Awareness. (A tip here - this whole exercise can be done with the eyes closed, once it has become familiar enough to do. Before doing this close the eyes, roll the eyes back in the head, and this should put you into an Alpha State of Consciousness.)
ALU-ULA Exercise.
Hold the hands across the Hara-Centre with the forefingers and the thumbs making a Trikona (Inverted Triangle). The hands will be flat against the body with the fingers pointing downwards. Intone the sound URUZ in a deep voice, at the same time visualising the Ur-Rune in Black; do this slowly and deeply. Visualise a Black Bull. This is the Bodn Energy Centre (Earth).
Bring the hands upwards towards the centre of the chest, to the Heart-Solar Plexus Centre, at the same time slightly opening the hands to form a 'Double-Laguz' Rune with the thumbs now apart slightly. The hands will be flat with the fingers pointing away from the body. Intone the sound LAGUZ in s slightly higher pitch than 'Ur', at the same time visualising the Laguz-Rune in Red. Visualise a Red Deer. This is the Son Energy Centre (The Golden Sun).
Bring the hands upwards again, pushing the thumbs together as you start to make a Triangle over the Third-Eye (Head-Centre) with the fingers this time pointing upwards. Intone the sound ANSUZ in a higher tone again, at the same time visualising the Ansuz-Rune in White. Visualise a White Swan at this centre. This is the Odroerir Energy-Centre (Wod-Roarer).
***When chanting the rune-name the 'z-sound' at the end should be prolonged as long as you can, making this a 'buzzing' sound - zzzzzzzzzz. You should try to place the sound at the centre being opened, feeling the vibration of the sound in that centre. This will open the centre and its energy.
Now start at the top - the Head-Centre - and do the same exercise from A-L-U down to the Base-Centre again. Thus we have ULA-ALU. You can do this once, or even three times if you like, and maybe as time goes on progress to nine times.
These three Energy-Centres are the three centres of human consciousness -
The Hara-Centre - The gut, where we have 'gut feelings' which are intuitive ideas - Centre of Intuition.
The Heart-Centre/Solar-Plexus Centre - The heart has always been associated with the 'emotions' and this is the Centre of Emotions.
The Head-Centre - The head is the centre of logical thinking (left-brain) and intuitive thinking (right-brain), so it is the centre of the 'marriage' of Intellect-Intuition or HE-SHE. The 'gut-centre' is connected to the 'brain-centre' as some scientists are now finding out.
There are also more correspondences between these three centres -
URUZ - Hara - Niflheim.
LAGUZ - Heart - Midgard.
ANSUZ - Head - Asgard.
'Niflheim' is the 'Mist-Home' or 'Mist-World' and we find a variation of the Uruz-Rune with a 'mist' inside the rune-stave. There are references to the Three Cauldrons, even though they are sometimes vague -
Urda magn
Svalkaldr saer
Sonar dreyri.
Wyrd's strength,
Cool-cold sea,
Son's Liquid.
'Wyrd's Strength' is found in the Well of Wyrd (Well of Urd) which is Odroerir. 'Son's Liquid' is from the Well of Mimir at the Cauldron of Son - the Heart-Centre. The 'Cool-Cold Sea' must be Hvergelmir, and this is where the Fire-Serpent lays dormant - 'Fire-in-Water'. The three liquids from the Sacred Wells are contained in the Auroch's Horn (Urarhorn or Ur-Ar-Horn) and the Help-Horn has the Mythical Serpent Fann engraved on it.
There are also some interesting ideas around these three Energy-Centres -
Hara Centre - Physical Fire or Friction-Fire (Ned-Fire) - Nyd-Rune.
Solar-Plexus/Heart Centre - Solar-Fire - Sig-Rune.
Third-Eye - Spiritual Fire - Ken-Rune.
*** Please note - The 'Three Cauldrons' exercise was not thought up and created by me; this was originally the work of Steve McNallen who created the Asatru Folk Assembly, and went on later to found the 'Witan Network' on YouTube. Steve used the Irish 'Cauldron of Poesy' as the basis for equating the Three Kettles - Bodn-Son-Odroerir - with this. I equated this with the ALU-ULA Formula and thus created my own version of it, together with the exercises used here. This can be found on the Ar-Kan Rune-Lag Blog from some time ago, and also in more detail and put together in my early book Ar-Kan Rune-Lag : The Secret Aryan Way (for those who have the book, it is no longer available I am afraid, unless you can get a copy second-hand).
Thursday, 13 January 2022
Announcement
Tuesday, 11 January 2022
The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal was a film that came out in 1982, which has a sequel in a Netflix Series, Series One having already been shown, and Series Two was for some reason stopped in its tracks. Not having as yet seen the Netflix Series I would not like to comment upon this as yet, but this may form part of another post in the future. Here I am going to concentrate on the original film, which is more of a children's tale but is quite interesting for adults.
The heroes of the film are two Gelflings - Jen and Kira; Gelflings, as the name suggests (G-Elflings) are a kind of Elven Race that has been almost destroyed except for these two. It is Jen who has been chosen by the dying Mystic Leader to find the Crystal Shard, broken off a thousand years before, and return it to the Dark Crystal held by the evil Skeksis. The Mystics and the Skeksis were originally one - the Ur-Sheks - but when the Dark Crystal was broken they broke into two parts. They will be reunited if the Gelfling Hero returns the shard to the Crystal as the Three Suns merge into one in a conjunction.
"A girl made of fire steals a shard of a legendary crystal in hopes of re-igniting the dying Sun."
The quest to return the shard to the Dark Crystal is to reignite the dying Sun. This is a point that I had not noticed before, although I have seen the film a few times, having it on a DVD. 'To reignite the dying Sun'. This reminds me of the Black Sun which is the 'Dying Sun' (or was the 'Dying Sun') and which, when rekindled, will give strength to the Aryan Struggle as the Age of Aquarius dawns. The Dark Crystal is the Crystal of Truth. Of interest The Mystics were called the Ur Ru, and each of them had Ur in their name.
This is as far as I will go in giving details of the original film, because in a sense this is not the core of the post. I have done a post in the past describing how a fellow Odinist from the Bedford area came to Woden's Folk after having a strange dream in which he was told to - 'Seek the Pale Dragon and the Wolf' - which was a dream back in 2012 that one of his fellow Odinists in his group had at the same time. He came to one of our Folk-Moots after this but after a while we lost contact with each other. The point that I made in the post was that after he attended the Folk-Moot I was asked by another fellow Odinist to undertake a 'quest' to the Scottish Highlands to find a 'Crystal'. He had undertaken 'Psychic Questing' in the past but had lost contact with those who did it, and so asked me to do the 'quest' with him.
Because of the long journey to the Scottish Highlands, and the lack of cash at the time, and because it was not clear where exactly the 'crystal' was supposed to be, given that the Scottish Highlands cover a wide mountainous area, I was not sure what to do about this. I came up with the idea of contacting the Odinist from Bedford, whom I knew did a lot of meditation work, and ask him to meditate upon a 'crystal'. Since I had met him once and been in contact only a couple of times, he would know nothing about this, and thus the best person to get an answer from. I sent an email to him asking if he would do this for me, giving no details whatever of the 'crystal'.
What happened then I described in the previous post, but for the sake of ease I'll go through this again. He took a totally different direction than I had imagined, thinking that by a 'crystal' I had meant the Hexagonal Crystal (Krist-All) of the famous Armanen Master, Guido von List. On a second attempt at the meditation a Listian Crystal came into his mind, together with the Armanen Runes placed around the Crystal, as they should be. But the vision he had also contained something else inside the Crystal, something that he could not see clearly enough to know what it was. The next day he did a second meditation and inside the Hex-Crystal was a Diamond-Crystal, with flaming-red symbols around this. He undertook a third meditation the following day and they appeared clearly as 33 Runes, blazing in a red light. He jotted down the rune-staves. The following evening he again meditated on this and he was given a set of rune-names to match these runes. Assuming that because I had asked this of him these runes were meant for me, and sent them on - this was in 2012.
What I have is 33 rune-staves which match the 33-Rune English Runes, but most are very different, and they are mad up of 'directional runes' (with an 'arrow-point' upwards, downwards, or sideways) or contain the Germanic Ing-Rune (Ing-Diamond). When they first appeared to him inside the Hex-Crystal this seems to indicate these have somehow 'evolved' from the 18 Armanen Runes, maybe for the English Folk in particular, especially since 11 runes contain the Diamond Ing-Rune.
Going back to the Dark Crystal, which triggered this whole thing of back in 2012, it was a very strange and vivid dream that brought this back into the light of day. In this a young girl named Kira gave me a key to a black open-top BMW car, which was standing out in the pouring rain with the top down, and was a bit of a 'banger'. The name 'Kira' and the the black open-top car were the main symbols in the dream. It was so vivid that it had to be of importance, and I pondered this all day but nothing came to light. The next day it was pouring with rain but had eased a bit so I took the dog for a walk to the local woodlands; on the way I noted a child's car left outside a house, an open-top black car! This was too much of a coincidence!
My first thoughts on this were that the dream was some kind of 'premonition' of seeing the child's car in the rain, so I dismissed it as that. However, through the day I thought more and more of the dream, and began to wonder why the name 'Kira' had cropped up. Then I remembered the Dark Crystal which featured the Gelfling Kira; I had bought the DVD back in 2012 after what had happened. Looking back through some notes I made in book at the time I came across the bit about the 'Rekindling of the Dying Sun', which immediately brought the Black Sun into mind.
The above crop-formation which features the Black Sun appeared at a place called Ox Drove, at Bowerchalke in Wiltshire on August 8th 2015. If we use numerology on this dating we get 8 - 8 - 8, the extension of 88. I have covered this crop-formation before so will not go into it again, but it has significant changes to the Black Sun Symbol, and appears to suggest some form of movement, i.e. it appears to be active in its symbolism. The X-Cross made by the four small circles (dots) on the Second Ring suggest the Precession of the Equinox into the Age of Aquarius.
It seems reasonable to assume, after these 'coincidences', that the 33-Runes are associated with the Black Sun. According to Nigel Pennick, using Greek Gematria the Number 888 means 'Jesus', which connects the number with Krist or Kristos. In view of the connection made by Aelfric Avery, that between Kristos and the Black Sun, this may be something to consider. When we go back to the statement - 'A girl made of fire steals a shard of a legendary crystal in hopes of re-igniting the dying Sun' - this seems to link the whole thing with 'Fire', and thus Ingwe-Krist (Agni). The 33-Runes were Fiery-Runes as seen in the meditation, and around the edges of an Ing-Rune.
The name Kira is usually seen as the feminine version of Kiran or Kieran, and stems from Sanskrit, meaning 'Beam of Light'. There are other meanings proposed from different cultures, but this one seems to be the most used. Another 'coincidence' here is that at one of our Folk-Moots held at Wayland's Smithy a young lad called 'Kieran' sat with us for a social, and the next morning he asked me about three runes he had 'seen' in the tree-shapes. These were Anglo-Saxon Runes, though he had little knowledge of the runes; on his journey around the country he had come across a Black Dragon (Scotland), Green Dragon (East Anglia), Red Dragon (Wales) and then the White Dragon Flag we had raised. I believe this was around November 9th 2009.
The Netflix Series is called The Dark Crystal - Age of Resistance which, as I said, I have as yet no seen. I hope to do so now and will get back on that sometime, since there may be more stuff of interest. Until then I am going to leave this post as it is, hoping for more ideas on this later.